Review: Ghost Online vs Maple Story (By Dexcross) -- 03-04-2008
KeyWord: Review,Ghost online,Maple Story,Dexcross,Gameplay Date: 03-04-2008
Summary: I really hate to have a bad review of a game. But seriously, if I have to compare the game with the pioneer of 2D side scrolling MMORPG, Maple Story, Ghost Online is just a me too product of the genre. I still don't have a chance to play Dragon Gem, the other title of this genre. But if this title is not far from it's competitor, they will be dead.
Game Title: Ghost online(MY) MMOsite Resources:
Genre: Fantasy Official Site
Developer: NNG Screenshots
Publisher: Game Flier Video
Status: Open Beta Download

This review is written by Dexcross from MMOsite Blog.

I really hate to have a bad review of a game. But seriously, if I have to compare the game with the pioneer of 2D side scrolling MMORPG, Maple Story, Ghost Online is just a me too product of the genre. I still don't have a chance to play Dragon Gem, the other title of this genre. But if this title is not far from it's competitor, they will be dead.

Graphic

Many people said that Ghost Story is better than Maple. But how come? The graphic is not as fresh as Maple. Even the opening and login screen is very plain. And since I have played Maple Story before, obviously I will compare Ghost to Maple. Including the login screen. One thing that I like about Maple is the fresh color of the environment, and they build it since the login screen. But Ghost failed to give me one.

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Also, the character is not as cute as the predecessor of the genre. Wel the theme is about ghost. So I can understand the "dark" environment that they built. But why don't they emphasize the cuteness of their character? They even replace the face emotion with emoticons. When you play Maple, and you express your emotion, it is going to be displayed right away in your character face. And now, in Ghost, they replace it with emoticons! One of the main factor that attract people to play 2D side scrolling MMORPG is because they are CUTE! Take a look at these example:

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I have chosen my character face as a serious type one. But if he want to express a laughing emotion, a paradox scene is what we get. A laughing emoticon with an emotionless face. NOT CUTE at all. Well although at some points the graphic are quite fresh, but overall, they fail to bring us the cute sense. That's what I thought about the graphic.


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