The Legend of Ares

Infobox VG
title = Legend Of Ares
developer = Netgame
publisher = Mgame USA Inc.
distributor = Various
release = TBC
genre = MMORPG
modes = MMO
platforms = Windows 98/ME/2K/XP
media = Download (642Mb)
requirements = Intel Pentium III 700MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, 1.5GB Hard disk drive, Video 1024*768 32 bit color, Graphic card Geforce2MX or higher, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
input = Keyboard, Mouse

"The Legend of Ares" is a free 3D, MMORPG game developed by MGame USA Inc. It is currently in Open Beta. Like many 3D MMORPGs, it is a point and click game, where players can attack monsters (PvE) or other players (PvP), pick up items, and talk to NPCs for items and quests.

tory

Ares, Greek god of war, has become resentful of his fellow gods, and wishes to gain more power in order to defeat them. However, the Greek city-states are already warring, and Ares must find new lands in which war can be started. At the same time, the land of Arabic is at a restless peace, with the leaders of both The Holy Empire, and The Religious Alliance ready to break it. Ares travels to Arabic, appearing to Emperor Damion of The Holy Empire as a crow, and incites him to attack the Alliance. Athena, Ares' sister, gains knowledge of this plan, and also travels to Arabic, and informs the native god Kulam of the foreign gods intrusion. Under her guidance, Kulam has intercourse with Aleria, the daughter of Alliance leader Abner.

Gameplay

The game contains two nations which a player can choose to join: the Holy Empire and Religious Alliance. Players can also choose from four separate classes: (Knight, Spearman, Archer and Sorcerer), each with their own skills that are unique to their class. As with most RPGs, the more you play, the stronger you become; players must kill monsters for experience points (EXP) to level up. As a player advances in levels, trouble is bound to occur, not only with stronger monsters, but with players of either country.

LOA is a Hackfest

With very few hackers, the game heals from a long era of illegitemate item duplication bugs and hacks eploited which originated from a player named "moonlancer". This past year, the GMs of The Legend of Ares managed to clean up and switch up the rules a little bit to make it more strict. Since the new Terms of Service update for this online game, the game has been a much safer place for players. In less than 2 weeks, the Legend of Ares staff have managed to permanently ban over 100 members for illegal item duplication and exploiting hacks. Including banning all accounts on the same IP address an account was found hacking on. With this being said, the game has in fact cleaned up quite a bit this year. Which is a great relief for all players and Game Moderators. The past year, they've also managed to come up with a program called FATES. The FATE program allows different players who have done good deeds in game to become VGMs, or, if you may, Volunteer Game Moderators. Since the game has cleaned up, more and more people are leaving because the GM's have taken away even the legit items. soon this game will be no more due to the GM's. LOA currently has aprox. 200 players between both pheonix and demeter servers at this time "9/11/2008"

Warfare

Every so often, twice a week to be exact, warfare is declared. During warfare, players unite with their countrymen to battle it out against the other nation.Two types of warfare exist. In standard warfares, your team earns points when an enemy dies, an enemy symbol is destroyed, or an enemy catapult is destroyed.In territorial warfare, both nations go against each other in an attempt to destroy the other nations chieftain to control certain areas for added bonuses like cheaper prices for supplies and higher sell rates to npc's. The Warfare Map is relatively simple: One base per nation, separated by a large canyon/gorge. Whenever symbols are destroyed the name of the person who made the last hit on the symbol is announced. The two different levels are levels 70-129 and levels 130 and above.

Guilds

Players can form guilds or clans which allow for more social interaction, other people to quest with and the addition of a cape and guild tag. They can also engage in guild wars, involving two guilds fighting each other. When a guild war is declared, the names of the guilds involved are announced.

External links

* [http://ares.netgame.com Legend of Ares Official Site]