Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead
Release Date: January 22, 2009
Action, FPP, FPS, online, alternative history, shooters, multiplayer, internet
Betting on multiplayer FPS set on an alternative vision of history, in which the Second World War still lasts in the 1950s. Two factions take part in the conflict: Axis and Allies. The game offers both traditional Deatchmatch and Free for All, as well as more ingenious modes such as sabotage. There is also the equivalent of zombie modes, in which we have to face hordes of mutants.
Online Karma: Prisoners of the Dead is a multiplayer FPS game. The Korean studio Joymax, known from the popular MMORPG - SilkRoad Online, is responsible for its production. This time, the artists gave up the realities of fantasy and settled their latest production during World War II - slightly modifying historical events.
The Online Karma Action takes place in the 1950s. The plot depicts an alternative reality in which the Second World War did not end in 1945 and continues. The world was almost completely destroyed by constant fighting. Cities turned into huge communities of ruins and rubble. Despite the enormity of the destruction, nothing announces the arrival of the end of the Great War.
We start the game by choosing one of the parties involved in the conflict. We have two factions at our disposal - Axis (the equivalent of the Nazis) and Allies (the historical allies). After making a choice and creating a hero, we can decide whether we want to start the game right away or train our skills in training matches.
The new production of Joymax studio is a combination of FPS and MMORPG. The game itself resembles a traditional shooter with a first person view. However, the creators implemented in it a highly developed system of character development. For the points gained during fights with other players we can improve the equipment and skills of our hero. In addition, each of the professions available in the game specializes in different types of weaponry. Adding to this the effect of clothing on the damage it takes and the weight of the items limited inventory capacity, Karma Online gives you a lot of freedom to create your own tactics.
As befits a network FPS, KO:PotD offers several different gameplay modes - in fact, we have eight of them. It must be admitted that the Joymax team managed to introduce a lot of interesting innovations in this respect. In addition to traditional modes such as team deathmatch and free for all, there are also completely original types of online skirmishes. For example, we can take part in a sabotage action aimed at blowing up the Axis base. Playing in their ranks, of course, we try to prevent the success of this mission. An interesting mode is also Prisoner - our task is to capture the members of the opposing team into captivity, without causing them any harm. In addition, the game features a mode known from the Call of Duty series, based on the fight against zombie hordes - here the undead were replaced by mutants created as a result of an unsuccessful experiment.
In conclusion, it is worth mentioning that the selection of opponents is the responsibility of a specially created system that measures the player's skills and searches for opponents as close to his level as possible. This solution is well known to all fans of online skirmishes in StarCraft II or Quake Live.
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Last updated on August 14, 2015
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Platforms:
PC / Windows
