It’s a load of standard fantasy music that sounds fine while you’re playing, but you probably aren’t likely to be humming any of these tunes after you log out, much less remembering them at all.Īnyway, after the tutorial, you’re led on a standard journey from quest hub to quest hub to complete a series of quests following the game’s story. The game’s audio isn’t anything to write home about either. For a game that’s charging money up front just to play, I expected a lot better in terms of performance. I tried lowering the settings, but this only helped a little. Frames are always being dropped because the game is so poorly optimized. The major problem is the constant texture and polygon pop-in that happens which causes the game to stutter and hiccup constantly. It’s not the best-looking MMORPG I’ve ever played, but it’s not the worst. To talk about these, we have to talk a bit about the game’s presentation. These work well enough for teaching you the basics of the game but run into other more technical issues as you progress. I was seriously impressed with the number of options to tinker with here.Īfter you’ve finished your perfect creation, you’re thrust into the game’s intro and tutorials. There are all kinds of body morphing options you can undertake with plenty of choices for scars, accessories, deformations, and all kinds of tweaks to make just the right kind of character for you. Once you’ve selected a class, you’re thrown into an in-depth character creator.
For the purposes of this video, I played the Warrior class. These classes include Warrior, Assassin, Mage, Archer, and Scholar. Set in a fantasy world, you’ll choose a class from one of the three holy trinity archetypes. Still, the opinions found within are no one’s but my own.Īstellia Online is, as I mentioned, a throwback to the traditional style of MMORPG.
When it works, that is.įirst things first, before we get too deep in, I’m going to mention that Astellia is a buy-to-play game, and that I was provided a code for this video. The website promises that this is not just “a remake of what’s been done before, but a tribute to the original tenants of the MMORPG Phenomena combined with innovation and promise.” So, does Astellia live up to that promise? In short, yes. Astellia Online is a game that looks to take the MMORPG genre back to its roots.