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Tales of Pirates - The Anjo Adventure

Posted by Anjo Banjo on 04/07 at 11:34 AM | Skype:
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As I was surfing the gigantic place called the internet, I came across a banner. The banner captures my attention since it said the 3 words I love! MMORPG, FREE and PIRATES!
While I was registrating I was still looking for that litte button that requires your creditcard number, but rest assure, nothing as such was found anywhere.

What is Tales of Pirates you say?
A few years a go an onlne MMORPG came out called Ragnarok online. Though it’s beta generated a huge audience, it has slowly died by every passing month. Most people claimed they left because it got boring, well here is my theory!
IT GOT TO EXPENSIVE!
What does this have to do with tales of pirates you say? Well the design of the game is very similar, it has the classic snes RPG graphics that reminds you of Secret of Mana. In other words. Cute pixel anime graphics. Registration online for Tales of pirates is like every online MMORPG registration a pain, but trust me, it is worth it!

The games name is a big givaway. You are a pirate and you are suposed to do pirate things, such as getting a ship, travel the seas looking for treasure! This is not a game for the weakhearted, there are a bunch of cute looking monsters that you will have to conquer to level up.

What you do first is go through a profile and character creating sequence. It’s easy to navigate and doesn’t take much time. Ofcourse choises are limited (the game is free after all) but you can still creater the pirate version that lurks within you! Here is a little screenshot of my character being born into the world of Pirates!

Here you can change face, hairstyle, gender and such to costumize the pirate within you!

You choose what part of the world you wish to start! I Picked the one that looked less evil.

Log in with your newbie character and get into the spirit of Piracy!

Time to play the game! They throw you in a city with a whole bunch of people walking around you! Usually I am a very social person but they start your character in their underooz. So here I am, walking around in my undiez looking like an obvious noob. It took me a while to realize that I had clothing in my inventory screen. So yea, now I have clothing, good huh? I still have a title that tells everyone that I am a noob, people around me tell me to join the newbie guild. At first I thought it was a mochery, someone was making fun of the biggest pirate there is and always will be. Again I quickly realize that there is such a thing called Newbie guild! In shame I drag my feet to the newbie guild and get my first assignment (talking to the blacksmith and other “need to know” townfolks).

DUDE! Where are my clothes?

So after spending a few hours in the safety of the city, I decide to take a peak outside the citygates! What wonders will await me? What’s in stored for the likes of me? Anjo ZE Pirate! HEre is where Ragnarok comparesment comes into play, the monsters weren’t hidious or scary at all, they were very adorable. It was a shame that so many plants have fallen dead by my hands! The humanity!!

Shorly after I started my distruction I met a fellow pirate who was kind enought to help me level up. He was also very informative about what I am suposed to do. How to get weapon upgrades and what quest are available to me! The more I played the more I fell inlove with the community aspect of the game. People in game are a very helpful bunch! After all, we are all brothers and sisters in the name of Piracy. Like any RPG, leveling up in the beggining is easy enought, the higher your level gets, the longer it takes for you to reach your next level.

Wasn’t I recently LvL 1?

Another wonderful aspect of your game is that you have a littlte treasure chest in your inventory, as you level up you get more awesome gear to wear. So you don’t have to pay for weapons if you don’t want to!

What Level is the duckman? -10? I want a funky duckoutfit too!!

The game can tend to get a bit laggy depending on how many players are logged into the server. It does not disturb the gameplay itself. It can be a bit annoying at times but it does not happen that often. There is a small learning curve on how to controll your character. The game has the auto run function so your character can sometimes spin out of controll and run around as if he/she is being chased by a horde of toothless turtles! Again, once you learn to controll the character it will only help you in your gaming experience! I’ve put alot of hours in the game, I am yet to have my own pirateship and plunder! As with every RPG patience is a virtue, things do take time but once you really get “into it”. You will realize how much fun you can have joining other players in finding treasure! I usually only have to play 15 minutes before I get an offer to join a party and then im off!! Twards new adventures and heroism! The winds of adventuring was calling us twards the northwest, as we reached the ocean we saw two ships in battle! I just stood there and stared blankly into the sea. It’s a wonderful aspect that you can have a ship and battle other pirates. I haven’t reached a high enought level yet to finish the really big quests. My latest quest took me to a swamp. The landscape diversity is well planned and big. You can run any direction for a few minutes and you will end up surrounded by a new scenery. I haven’t had the oppertunity to visit other citys yet, and that too is a driving force for me.
Another great aspect is the possibility of zooming in, zooming out and changing of the angle (for the picky gamer). You can customize your own angle and change it when needed.

I see your Shwartz is as bigger then mine!

It’s easy to find people to play with when a whole marketplace is filled with fellow players. Wonderful community!

What are you waiting for? THE SEA IS CALLING! Sail up and twards the sunset!

Anjo gaming rant • 15686 comments • Posted by Anjo Banjo on 04/07 at 11:34 AM

Comments

Posted by on 04/17 at 10:37 AM

wow! great review! ive been waiting to play this game for ages but my internet on my computer is down -.- im really excited tho! tales of pirates is a great game wooo! =D

Posted by on 04/18 at 05:48 PM

Hey there. If you ever need another person to help you out, im usualy on 24/7. Either playing on ‘Maegra’ or ‘Argeam’

Catchya online sometime.

Posted by on 04/18 at 08:52 PM

Oh sorry, ‘Maegra’ should be ‘Project’

Posted by on 07/13 at 05:21 PM

My question is, how long have you been playing now? Cause obviously you made this with a new character...also, what class did you choose?

Posted by on 07/15 at 06:34 AM

hey i have a prob with register when i fild it in
it says invalide verify code plz help

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