Blog move!

I moved to a new blog (https://noraorzira.wordpress.com/). I know, I know. I have too many blogs or I wouldn't be able to maintain all these blogs. So, I will be updating only on the wordpress. I have been pressed by my friends to continue writing my blog, get updated at least once a week. All of these are for my own good and practise.

I will not close this blog but I will not be posting on this blog anymore. All my game reviews will be on the wordpress.

On the side note, I felt a little nostalgic looking at my first blog. (http://environmentalistinaction.blogspot.my/)
I looked through and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that I have 186 published post on that blog. Almost to a 200. And this blog has only 13 published post.

It was fun times, writing those small rants and daily lives that 140 words could not fit. It was fun ranting on blogspot, away from the eyes of some of my acquaintances from Facebook.

I am going to miss it. Of course I will still be ranting on the wordpress but not as innocent as I were 8 years ago. YES, IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS. Time really do fly fast.

I guess that is all. Thank you all for reading. I know I am the only one reading this. Haha, but shout out to the invisible people behind the screen that read. Thank you for those time. Thank you.

Update on Revelation Online

Taken from My.com

Since Chinese New Year visiting is already over, I had the opportunity to explore the world of Revelation Online. And so far, this is what I learnt:

1. Leveling is hella easy from 1 to 40. 
Like Tera and Wildstar or in this case, most of the MMORPGs in these modern times, you will spawn at a beginner island. A place for you to learn the tutorials on how things work. Controls, inventory, questing, the simple simple stuff. You can easily level up from 1 to 15 there. Questing is simply with autoguide of a simple click of the mouse can bring you to your target. I level up from 15 to 36 in a matter of hours and I was taking my time doing other stuff than the quests.

(Rant: Unlike the old games like Ragnarok Online where there is no such thing as a guide for you. I admit that I miss taking my time, hitting that options button, learning each controls, clicking on each icon to see how they work instead of being shown the way. I am pretty sure most MMORPGs gamers nowadays are born from that era.)

2. Translation is not yet complete.
The translation is not fully complete yet which I think might call for a few more closed beta test before open beta test. Some of the quest markers are in Chinese. The people talking in Chinese. And surprise, surprise, you might find AngelaBaby in that game. Her voice is even in that game.

(Rant: I actually don't have a rant here. I love the Chinese speech. It makes the game feel more authentic. The game IS originally from China so keeping their original speech from their original country is simply a good idea to bring gamers into the developer's world. Some gamers dislikes taking their time to read subtitles so they will disagree with my part. Which brings me to the next point.)

3. Story? Meh. 
I didn't bother about the story. I was clicking next, next, next all the way without bothering to understand the story behind it. At the end of a sub-chapter, I will somehow, work out what is happening. The game works like this. They have chapters with started with a prologue and in each chapter, there is small stories which I refer to as sub-chapters. These stories work like a travelling quests. Most of the time, you walk here, talk to this dude, take the quest, move to another dude, and rinse and repeat. Once this story ends, you move to a new location and start all over again. On the way, you will a few monsters but not so much that you will feel overwhelm instead you will feel bored of it.

(Rant: Travelling is not much of a problem when you have the autoguide. And at level 29, you get your wings, travelling gets so much more fun. However, I wished for more fighting in the story quests. Like fight this boss, hit these 10 monsters. Instead of just a few mouse clicking and watching my character running here and there. MORE INTERACTION!)

4. World is big.
When I mean big, I mean VERY VERY BIG. AND it is still expanding. Some areas and quests are locked. Imagine Guild Wars 2. You can travel between continents by foot. Or in this case, by mount or wings. There is teleportation devices for you to travel quicker with the cost of some gyph notes but it doesn't cost that much. About 20 to 50 notes (for now).

(Rant: No rant here. I love big worlds)

5. Open world is open world. 
I am so thankful for this. There is swimming, there is flying, there is running and mounts. I can fly as high as I can but I glitch at some low areas. I can run as fast as the game allows but I have a limit to it and I am blocked by mountains at certain areas. I can swim but I am limited to the air and depth of the ground. But the whole point is I can explore as much as I want without a limit of only a pathway.

6. Characters are so pretty.
This is just a personal opinion. There is freckles and wrinkles option in the game. Some NPCs are created to be who they look like (a.k.a stereotypes)


That is all for now from me to you.
Zira.