First impression:

Graphics (8.5)
The Graphics run on an older game engine, more specially the Jupiter game engine. The Jupiter engine is not the most stable by any means but it does do its job. Textures in this game are very well made and if you don¡¯t like them make your own with the proper plugin to Photo Shop. There aren¡®t any major graphical bugs if all your video drivers are up-to-date. The graphics could use a nice update but the game in all still looks quite well considering how its run/developed and its age.

Sound (9.5)
Thought I prefer to keep any game music/sounds off no matter what game I am playing (I¡®m a music freak) I do enjoy the sounds of this game. The music is actually something I can listen to and unlike other games battlebuff sounds are something nice to listen to. The only downfall to this is the limited number of ingame songs, though the ones that are in the game are nice.

Gameplay (9.5)
The game is very fun to play and very in-depth in the development system. One thing that I really like there is no XP loss if your in a party. So say your out soloing and killing a mob that gives 10k XP.. if you join a party of 9 you will all still get 10k XP of that mob if all the players are within the same level range. The development system in very unique and different by far then any I have ever seen before and makes you want to keep playing (I will get into the development more later)

Community (10)
Without a doubt hands down by far the best community you will ever find in any game. Say a new player comes ingame and in the /help channel they ask a question that isn¡¯t met for that channel they wont be yelled at or harassed for using it incorrectly but nicely told in a whisper that their question wasn¡¯t right for that channel and then that player usually continues to help with whatever question was asked. Another great feature for the community is the mentor system. If any new player comes in they can ask for a mentor, a higher level and more experienced player will mentor them, teaching them everything they will need to know about the game.. once the student hits level 7 they are a graduated student.

Value (8.5)
This game has called me back to it many times, I will leave for awhile but ill just have to come back I can¡¯t be gone for long.. there is always something you can try out with a new character and always testing on skillseffects to be done. One downfall to the value is that its development team is rather small, and they are volunteers at that (doesn¡¯t mean they don¡¯t know what they are doing) and parts of the game are incompletes as of now.

Unique features :
The one thing most unique to this game is the development system, right off the bat there are 7 races and over 100 classes to choose from, yes 100 classes! This makes for quite some varyance from one player to another. Something even better is how you develop your character with development points, DP for short. when you gain XP you also gain DP and can spend these DP anywhere in a wide array of skills including: strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, staff, sword, axe, spear, archery, armor, shield, duel weapon, bardic, conjuring, druidic, shamanic, necromancy, summoning, and even gathering skills.. the list goes on with many more magic schools and more weapons to choose from. The crafting system is also unique but if you want to find out more about that I suggest you go download the game now and try it out for yourself.

Personal rating:
My personal rating for this game is a full 10 since It¡®s my all time favorite game.
Overall rating: 9 and I give it a 9 instead of a 10 for its few downfalls.
All in all I say go download and play Rubies Of Eventide. Now!

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