Hero Online

Takingits story cues from a different cut of MMORPG cloth is the martialarts-based Hero Online. Free to play and layered with a multitude ofcharacters, villains, settings, weapons, and armor, the joy in playingHero comes from the rich tradition from which it is adapted, combinedwith some of the best graphics weve ever seen in a free game.
Thegameplay is smooth, and the ease with which you can rotate your pointof view is necessary, since attacks can come from more than one anglesimultaneously. Just like in other MMORPGs, when you upgrade yourweapons and armor, your characters appearance changes, and the standardMMORPG conceits of weight and personal rank apply to what you can andcant use. As with similar games, there are system slowdowns andoccasional crashes, but they were few and far between for us.

UtilizingChinese weapons, character design and kung fu moves, the game builds afantasy fighting world thats equal parts mythology and faux history.Even as tangentially grounded in reality as it is, Hero is neverthelesseasier to understand and yet more complex than many free-to-playMMORPGs. You might not be a stronger martial artist by the time you logoff, but youll definitely have much better click-to-fight reflexes.

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