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[quintin522]

Mythos

So for those of you who don't know, Mythos is an MMO that was originally created by a large group of ex-Blizzard employees who worked on the Diablo series. They created the Flagship Studios, which also worked on Hellgate: London. It got as far as a beta, and then was closed down when the studio collapsed due to financial issues. Rights were left with a Korean company, Hanbitsoft, which continued development. Its been apparently for awhile in Korea, and it was just released on April 28th for Europe. But not for North America because apparently there's three different companies handling development/release for Korea/Europe/North America.

Spoiler: Graphics from the first version (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: New version Graphics, Isometric view (click to show/hide)

Taken at lowest graphics settings

Spoiler: New version Graphics, MMO view (click to show/hide)

Taken at lowest graphics settings

Their release trailer, which is a little...eh
A video from closed beta from MMOHut, which goes over alot of stuff


Whats its got going for it
-Its like Diablo, but an MMO
-Free, with a minor item shop that doesn't give you a one-up on other players
-Four races, three classes. Each class has the same Diablo-style skill trees
-Nice crafting system
-Sockable items
-Good tutorial
-Party system
-Guilds
-An Achievement system that actually means something! You get an achievement slot every ten level, which you can place an achievement that gives bonuses.
-Plays good on low spec systems
-Two different view systems, Isometric and MMO
-Did I mention its pretty much a Diablo MMO?

First Impressions
It plays like the older version, which i was in the closed beta in. I only just finished downloading and installing and have played for less than an hour, so I'll come back to this. But its fun so far! Plays like Diablo and I've noticed some cool stuff. You can use the E key to pick up loot. When in parties, you don't have to worry about loot splitting because everyone gets seperate loot drops. I've also noticed a nice solid FPS despite my horrible graphics card when I'm on the lowest settings. Also despite the fact that the server is in Europe and I'm playing in NA I'm not getting alot of lag

[King Cow]

I read the forums for this game as I was thinking about trying it out. All I could find were people complaining about the massive grind and how they will quit once beta is over. Oh and how incompetent the devs are. I was scared away.   

[Toaster]

I enjoyed the beta until the company folded.  The influences of That Other MMO are obvious, but whatever, every game rips it now.

It's a fun game if you're looking for MMO-Lite without a serious commitment.

[warhammer651]

huh, this got resurrected?

'twas an okay game, standard stuff though I liked it more when it was purely randomized instances instead of the overworld crap.

I also remember a convesation with a friend about whether the rifle in the game were rifles or shot guns.

[Soulwynd]

I used to play the closed beta, it was quite fun, but lag was a major issue.

If you had a 150ms ping to the server, playing close range safely was almost impossible.