Wizardry Online

Note: On July 31, 2014, the game servers were shut down and its further development was discontinued.

Wizardry Online is a MMORPG created by the Japanese company Headlock Games. The game takes the mechanisms of the legendary series into the realities of a big network world inhabited by thousands of players. This is the first new PC version of the cycle since the eighth part was released in 2001.

The Japanese took care to keep the basic elements of the series. There is therefore no question of any simplification. Instead, we get a high level of difficulty and complexity. The game consists mainly of sightseeing the vast undergrounds. However, it does not resemble the carefree breaking through the hordes of monsters known from modern MMOs. In Wizardry Online, recklessness is quickly paid for with life. The dungeons are filled with a mass of deadly traps. Even ordinary chests are dangerous - improper opening can lead to poisoning and death of our hero. Headlock Games didn't want to nanny players and that's why achieving anything takes a lot of effort. We won't even find any auto map here, which is supposed to encourage us to study the environment and more thoughtful exploration. At the same time, the game is still fair and rewards strategic thinking and ingenuity.

The issue of the death of a character was solved in an interesting way. Then we take the form of a ghost and get one last chance to regain our own body. If we fail, however, we lose the hero forever, so in Wizardry Online it is often a good idea to escape from a stronger opponent. Cooperation with other people also plays a key role. We are allowed to form small teams and larger groups of up to 100 players. At the same time, the game does not in any way limit violence between characters, so reckless heroes will quickly end up with a knife in their backs, which their comrades have driven in there. Death of a character is a little bit sweetened by the system of lockers. We can leave some of our equipment in them for our next character.

Wizardry Online belongs to the increasingly popular segment of free MMORPGs with voluntary micropayments. The game offers simple, but climatic 3D graphics, which has the advantage of low hardware requirements. The whole is kept in a style which is a combination of typical European fantasy with manga character designs.

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Last updated on August 14, 2015