Mu Legend - Launch Day Impressions - MMORPG.com

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Mu Legend - Launch Day Impressions - MMORPG.com

MU Legend is a new MMO Action RPG from Webzen, or as I like to call it, the House that MU Built. What is it? Well, think of Devilian, or Diablo 3, or Marvel Heroes with Webzen’s MU stylings. That’s the gist of it. But is it any good? The answer is, after 24 levels and several hours - yes, we think?

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Warlyx

1h queue......sigh

Albatroes

Lol I dont think mentioning Devilian was good since not even Trion seems to remember it. But as you mentioned, there's still games like PoE, Marvel Heroes and only more otw, so this one will mainly be drowned out. Feels like 5+ years too late, but that's just my opinion.

rojoArcueid

Considering the original MU was released in 2003, MU Legend feels a bit late to the party.

I think it still looks good but i might not even bother with it for one simple reason... point and click. It drives me nuts when ARPG devs still refuse to add either WASD or gamepad support to those games in 2017 almost 2018.

Even 4 directional isometric games on super nintendo played well on a gamepad and these "modern" people still think that limiting an ARPG game to point and click has some kind of benefit. It is a big con.

lahnmir

rojoArcueid said:

Considering the original MU was released in 2003, MU Legend feels a bit late to the party.

I think it still looks good but i might not even bother with it for one simple reason... point and click. It drives me nuts when ARPG devs still refuse to add either WASD or gamepad support to those games in 2017 almost 2018.

Even 4 directional isometric games on super nintendo played well on a gamepad and these "modern" people still think that limiting an ARPG game to point and click has some kind of benefit. It is a big con.

Modern? Diablo 1 had it and that game basically started the whole genre. WASD controls in hack'n slash games are actually 'modern', not the other way around. 

I don't see any benefits by using WASD, at all. I also don't see a downside tbh, just a simple matter of preference.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

flizzer

For me the benefits of using WASD is it doesnt aggravate my carpal tunnel the way point and click does.  I stay away from point and click type games.

rojoArcueid

lahnmir said:

rojoArcueid said:

Considering the original MU was released in 2003, MU Legend feels a bit late to the party.




I think it still looks good but i might not even bother with it for one simple reason... point and click. It drives me nuts when ARPG devs still refuse to add either WASD or gamepad support to those games in 2017 almost 2018.



Even 4 directional isometric games on super nintendo played well on a gamepad and these "modern" people still think that limiting an ARPG game to point and click has some kind of benefit. It is a big con.

Modern? Diablo 1 had it and that game basically started the whole genre. WASD controls in hack'n slash games are actually 'modern', not the other way around. 

I don't see any benefits by using WASD, at all. I also don't see a downside tbh, just a simple matter of preference.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

by modern i mean todays devs. There is a big benefit in adding either WASD or gamepad support to games. It attracts the playerbase that wants to play those games (like me) but cannot play with the mouse for longer than a few minutes.

Yes, i played Diablo 1 on Playstation 1 and it played wonderfully with a gamepad. Just like Brotherhood of steel on PS2 and the Ultima games on supernintendo. Perfect world had two mmo ARPGs, Battle of Immortals and War of Immortals and although the games were shitty IMO, they played wonderfully with WASD.

While it is mostly preference when people choose how to control the games, unfortunately, it is not preference when playing with the mouse makes existing hand problems worse. Many of these companies are missing out on a lot of people because of that.

I never feel any pressure or discomfort when playing with a controller because the shape of the controller falls naturally into the hand resting on your lap. Not the same when holding a mouse.

Mikeha

Its fun so I will play it as a side game. 

MageOfEmpires

I played 100+ hours of Guardians of Ember and, from watching people stream this game, it appeared to be incredibly similar.

TheDarkrayne

MageOfEmpires said:

I played 100+ hours of Guardians of Ember and, from watching people stream this game, it appeared to be incredibly similar.

I'd say it's a lot better than GoE. Not that I think MU is good, I think it's below average tbh. But I thought GoE was terrible.

Darksworm

flizzer said:

For me the benefits of using WASD is it doesnt aggravate my carpal tunnel the way point and click does.  I stay away from point and click type games.

Yes, but that's a personal problem - not anything to do with the merits of P&C controls.

rojoArcueid said:

lahnmir said:

rojoArcueid said:

Considering the original MU was released in 2003, MU Legend feels a bit late to the party.







I think it still looks good but i might not even bother with it for one simple reason... point and click. It drives me nuts when ARPG devs still refuse to add either WASD or gamepad support to those games in 2017 almost 2018.





Even 4 directional isometric games on super nintendo played well on a gamepad and these "modern" people still think that limiting an ARPG game to point and click has some kind of benefit. It is a big con.

Modern? Diablo 1 had it and that game basically started the whole genre. WASD controls in hack'n slash games are actually 'modern', not the other way around. 

I don't see any benefits by using WASD, at all. I also don't see a downside tbh, just a simple matter of preference.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

by modern i mean todays devs. There is a big benefit in adding either WASD or gamepad support to games. It attracts the playerbase that wants to play those games (like me) but cannot play with the mouse for longer than a few minutes.



Yes, i played Diablo 1 on Playstation 1 and it played wonderfully with a gamepad. Just like Brotherhood of steel on PS2 and the Ultima games on supernintendo. Perfect world had two mmo ARPGs, Battle of Immortals and War of Immortals and although the games were shitty IMO, they played wonderfully with WASD.



While it is mostly preference when people choose how to control the games, unfortunately, it is not preference when playing with the mouse makes existing hand problems worse. Many of these companies are missing out on a lot of people because of that.



I never feel any pressure or discomfort when playing with a controller because the shape of the controller falls naturally into the hand resting on your lap. Not the same when holding a mouse.

I've literally never played a game with WASD controls, and wouldn't. I can never get used to it, so I simply avoid games that default to those controls and don't work well out of the box with gamepads like Orbweaver or Tartarus (Nostromo-type gaming accessories).

My keyboard is for chatting :-P

20+ years and no RSI, and I fall hard on my hands/wrists all the time.

What are [some fairly young] people doing with their hands to make it impossible to play Diablo III with a mouse for more than a few minutes? Lol.

titanofdoom

Sort the mana regen out in this game!! Fed up hearing 'you're out of mana' every 10 seconds!

darkhearts

Loved the first, thanks for the heads up the game is live. Just downloaded it now.

odiasuda

"Per say"? Really? Come on, man...

BillMurphy

odiasuda said:

"Per say"? Really? Come on, man...

I suck.

Elthium

Having trouble sleeping at night? Doctor Elthium recommends 30 minutes of MU Legend™ before bedtime for a good night's sleep. FDA approved.

Caution: May cause brain cell atrophy. If symptoms persist see your doctor.

LeoTolstoy

Played for about 30 minutes and it felt shallow like Devilian. I'll hop back in and give it another run. I think most of us are just antsy for Lost Ark.

rojoArcueid

Darksworm said:

What are [some fairly young] people doing with their hands to make it impossible to play Diablo III with a mouse for more than a few minutes? Lol.

I'm not sure about the other guys, we are all different, but in my case you can blame chemotherapy for damaging my nerves. And it just got worse from using the mouse.

Games that have proven to be played well with various ways of controls should offer all options. Mouse movement for those who want it, WASD for those who want it, and gamepad for those who want it. I'm fine with either of the latter two.

If it was an impossible task it would be understandable, but if you can make an entire game from scratch, there is no way you cannot offer different ways of playing the game, i would think.

Tiamat64

DMKano said:

Albatroes said:

Lol I dont think mentioning Devilian was good since not even Trion seems to remember it. But as you mentioned, there's still games like PoE, Marvel Heroes and only more otw, so this one will mainly be drowned out. Feels like 5+ years too late, but that's just my opinion.

This is yet another mmo-ARPG that has the same pitfalls of the others - namely lack of depth in both gear and skill builds, which eliminates "build theorycrafting" and also makes linear nature kills replayability.

On the other issue of Devilian (which I played to end raid game and stopped) - same pitfalls, but Bluehole has seemingly stopped development since PUBG. I think Bluehole has forgotten Devilian - not only Trion but other publishers around the world havent gotten any updates in forever. Its a dead game sadly. The combat was quite promissing at high levels but linear gear progression is so 2004.

Like Ive said many times before - western ARPG gamers need build theorycrafting with deep gear and class skills.

this KR mmo-arpg trend of linear gear progression and very limted class builds = dead game in the west before too long. Mu Legends sadly seems to be following the same design

Dead game in the east and around the world too apparently if it's not receiving any updates.

ARPGs just aren't the same if you can't spend hours upon hours theory crafting things.

bamwalla

played a bit of the first beta. it was fun in a mindless-button-mash sort of way. but then I stopped playing it and never went back and probably never will.

slyths

Am i the only one who sees that gating dungeons behind microtransactions is a huge problem in this game?

Phry

Point and Click movement/combat, nah.

mazut

Damn, I was whining about some similar new game few days ago, but MU... come on. This is the bottom of the genre. The original game is such pointless, mindless grind fest... You can't get worst then MU

Veexer_Nui

It has more endgame than Diablo 3 that's for sure, instances, raids. But I would still prefer Path of exile to both of these.

ciely

i found the original version quite nostalgic and strangely addicting, though i don't think i remember loot farming in mu online, mu legend does better at that but as other people said path of exile is superior then again i find mu legend a bit more appealing (poe gfx bother me)

i hate how mu legend looks like a mobile or a chinese web browser game though and it just reeks with p2w nonetheless i'll play it until lostark shows up since other games are just as p2w and not worth our time.

habs845

I found it to be good fun, i prefer this type of combat then poe (still beleive poe is king) but i love the classes and i like the combat and the fact that it has pvp is also a bonus