I guess I should blog about my latest game addiction. Which would be non other than Mabinogi. Coming from playing Ragnarok on a vast number of servers (iRO, Xile, WolfRO…) and playing a few WoW private servers; Mabinogi has been an overall great experience. There are a few pieces to Mabi that feel like I have seen before in another game, but hey… what game hasn’t shared at least an idea with another? In Mabinogi there are three classes which you can be; Human, Elf, or Giant. I have one of each, but at the moment completely focused on my Human character. This game has many things for you to do than just grind (and I can’t stress enough how much I hate grinding, but that’s is another topic for another day). To just name a few; you can cook, compose and play music, Weave, Fish, Cultivate, and many more. There are more quests than I know what to do with. The quests are split up into different types of quests. You have hunting quests which require you to hunt a specific monster. You have exploration quests which can be as simple as finding a given statue to sketch or as hard as finding your way out of an underground tunnel filled with some very hard monsters. You also have the Mainstream quests. These quests are the story line of the game. It requires you to go through a series of tasks to complete to unlock more details on the story.
There is just so much to this game that explaining it all would take a whole days worth of writing. Again as I said before the overall experience has been great. Though the game has been great it has had its low points. Most the low points just end up giant headaches and frustration. The battle system for the game is a bit confusing at first, but if you’re willing to spend the time and learn it, it becomes second nature to the game. One of my main frustrations comes from the ‘I hate grinding’ mindset, as much as I love leveling and running dungeons…. I feel that all the dungeons in mabi are nearly identical. Minus the frustrations I can sadly say,
I have however been able to pull myself away from Mabi long enough to watch some anime. The main things keeping me playing mabi right now are the friends I have gained, and the vast amount of cute outfits in the game. Here are a few screenshots I have taken (click on images to see full size):
Left to Right: Zyg, Me, Roobz ▼
