The game however has very limited PvP options and only a medium sized community. The game’s graphics are incredible and the gameplay is extremely fluid. The game’s publisher has said on numerous occasions that more PvP elements are ‘currently being developed’, but as it stands the game has minimal PvP.Īlthough Secret of the Solstice isn’t anything revolutionary the game is still genuinely fun. If you’re looking for a game that’s big on PvP, this is certainly not a game for you, as players can only participate in PvP during special ‘PvP arena’ events. One aspect of Secret of the Solstice that I disliked quite a bit was the game’s lack of PvP options. I’d like to see the game expand on this and allow players to automatically move their characters to any NPC in town, sort of like the ‘path finding’ feature in Zero Online and Conquer Online. Unlike other MMORPGs that have quests that force you to play the ‘fed ex’ delivery guy (going back and forth between NPCs… Get it? Hah), Secret of the Solstice has a feature that automatically moves your character for you whenever a quest demands it. The game has a solid questing system that was rewarding. Secret of the Solstice had a lot of small good and bad details that are worth mentioning. If you’re one of those gamers that like reading through quest text, I feel sorry for your eyes, as they’re going to be quite strained every time you log into Secret of the Solstice. You’d imagine that something so obvious would have been addressed by now, but the problem has been around since the game’s launch in late 2007. Every time I need to read something on the game’s screen I have to move myself real close to the monitor just to be able to make out the words on the screen. My single biggest complaint with Secret of the Solstice is the game’s ridiculously blurry and hard to read font. Each new level rewards players with only a single ‘stat point’, and since the game has six attributes, it just doesn’t feel right to get only one ‘stat point’. I have a small complaint with the game’s attribute system, as it simply feels too slow. The game has four starting jobs and each one of those has at least three job promotions at later levels. All players start their adventure in the game as classless ‘Xenians’ and must reach level 16 before they can choose their first ‘job’. Even though Secret of the Solstice’s core gameplay is generic, it’s still a genuinely good game that’s worth checking out. If you’ve new to the MMORPG scene you probably prefer something simple, but if you’ve already played a dozen or so MMORPGs, you’re probably in the market for something a bit more unique (like Atlantica Online or Runes of Magic). The game really doesn’t do too much to try and innovate or revolutionize the genre, which can be looked at as both a good thing and a bad thing. Unfortunately, the core gameplay in Secret of the Solstice is much like every other MMORPG. The milk was actually surprisingly helpful, as it’s incredibly hard to earn enough money to purchase skill books and potions during the early parts of the game. The NPC also provided free ‘milk’ to newbies which were simply HP potions. One interesting thing that Secret of the Solstice did that I’d like to see other games do is have an NPC in the middle of town named ‘Solstice Guide’ that outlined the basics of the game. The game’s environments and character models look great and the overall gameplay is incredibly fluid, which makes playing the game an incredibly enjoyable experience. In fact, I’m glad they did it, as Secret of the Solstice simply looks gorgeous. I don’t blame the game’s developers for modeling their game after an incredibly successful one. Games like Water Margin Online and Tales of Pirates for example were definitely inspired by Ragnarok Online. There are actually quite a bit of free MMORPGs out there that drew their graphical inspiration from Ragnarok. The absolute first thing that popped into my head after logging into Secret of the Solstice is ‘Wow this looks far too much like Ragnarok Online to be a coincidence!’ The game seriously looks almost identical to Ragnarok, with only a few minor things changed. I’m a big fan of Outspark’s website, probably because they’ve done a great job to date keeping their games updated and hackers away. Another small thing I like about the game is that it’s published by Outspark. The game has an interesting art style, a good XP rate and enough variety to keep players hooked. Secret of the Solstice is another one of those ‘under the radar’ free MMORPGs that are surprisingly good. If you haven’t heard of Secret of the Solstice before you’re probably not the only one. Full Review Secret of the Solstice Review
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