Boundel: The Second Era

- Original Review after a couple of hours of play - The server was moved after several days of being offline, and I was finally able to give the game a try. My impressions - Positives: + Good variety of creatures + Leveling seems fairly easy, at least in the beginning + Can pick the skills you want to use + No quests means you can really go do whatever you want Negatives: - Mob AI is pretty bad. Lots of them just stand around while you hit them, others kill you off with no warning or follow you forever - Mana regeneration is very slow, at least in the early going, which means you spend a lot of time just kiting in circles or standing around doing nothing - Abilities need better descriptions and equipment/skill points need explanations - Server stability - The server went down and/or I was booted at least 5 times in the few hours I played - Toxic community - I was pk'd by two different people multiple times that could oneshot me, as they obviously outleveled me by a huge amount (h...

Pretty terrible example of an MMORPG. So bad in fact they had to drop the MMO, i'm not sure who wanted this as a single player game but it's just not working out for me. Hard pass.

The rot rate on your items after a death is way too quick. I should be able to return to my body before all my hard earned gear disappears ffs. BS!

It's a fun little fantasy MMO. No quests or missions, all you do is kill different types of monsters for xp and loot and explore the world. Be warned: There are some nasty creatures that lurk far from the castle, and even nastier PVPers. However, since there are so few players, chances are you won't get attacked while out training and exploring. I've been killed once in the 7 hours I have played and it was right outside of the safe zone. Pros: + Relaxing + Casual game mechanics + Easy to learn + Hidden treasures (Hint: Explore more.) + Ability to host private server Cons: - Public server is down A LOT. At least once a day for the past 3 days. NOTE: Hosting your own private server is still doable. - BUGGY. Enemies will come after you and just stand there, not attacking, like statues. - Shop items are overpriced. (Personally, this is not a con, but I've seen complaints on forums about it, so...) - Lack of party system. There is only local player chat.

Very good start to a MMO, you pick your own skills want to advance in, magic or combat stuff, its your pick. each level up, you get a point to put into what you like, Stats atm, are raised defaut, but is lots of bonus weapons to aid you in your stats needed. i went as a mage/healer, and its been fun so far. give game a try, you wont be sad. well worth the cost they asking.

I hadn't heard of this little gem before but glad I saw a friend post some screenshots of it. First off let me say that this game is still in very early access. Also even when playing local your internet connection must be stable for you to play. I found this out the first few times I was trying to play and I had something downloading in the background. I disabled the background download and then was able to connect with the local server. I have plans on picking up another copy for my daughter for us to play LAN with once I try it out some more. As of this writing I have about 90 minutes in the game. I will say at this point don't go into the game expecting any fancy graphics, currently they are very bare bones. Your character is going to look off, but I am sure that will vastly improve over time. Also there isn't any hand holding in the game yet. You are going to have to experiment. One of the things I found out very quickly is that there are a mixture of mobs all around...

PROS: Cheap No Microtransactions Combat is balanced Community is friendly (for now) Loot system is balanced Levelling system is balanced Open world CONS: Small community No narrative Graphics aren't all that great. (Not the worst mind you, could be better however) Can't talk to NPCs Bugs aplenty 6/10 Eh. The game will get better as it grows.

I purchased this game yesterday and I'm willing to rewrite this review once it's playable. Currently, however, the game is unplayable. Literally. I haven't been able to sign in for a complete day now. I've read great reviews, and I will leave a more in depth one once this game is actually starting. This is a known problem, hopefully to be fixed. **UPDATE FOR JULY 5th, 2016 BELOW** This game is STILL down. Looking forward to it but I'm curious as to how there are so many positive reviews? Be on the lookout for future updates.

I love the open world and playing it with friends, the bosses are a challenge and there is so much to explore. Good enough to buy a second copy for a friend.

Completely unplayable at this point due to the developer having set it up so the game phones home even when you try to play in solo offline mode. Pity this no longer works, Boundel was relatively playable on your own versus AI mobs. Oh well, another developer to blacklist.