play to pay

bounce

gawd lol...how can a game which has
"Premium Item Mall" (paysystem for in-game items)
filling a third of the homepage's front-page
a rating of 8.1?

ohw wait, i have a guess on who's responsible for the
rating...

well this teaches me how much of damn you can give
on ratings...

Indeed

There isn't anything in the item mall I would like to have so wtf? You can pimp up your stall, get a fancy hat, get absolution from death debt and more things that are really optional.

Nevertheless this game is still in beta, who knows what they will offer later which might become crucial in high level area?

I think it is the best free Korean mmorpg up to date but damned - what a grind.

Sarennia

I think the monkey is pretty good in the item mall. I gather stuff for you and if you're lucky it find a good weapon or equip that someone left out, if you're REALY lucky you might even find a sos.

And the game is not in beta, it ended in january i belive.

Tortimer

You really don't need to spend any money in the item mall to be able to advance or compete with everybody else.  I have to agree SRO is the best free game I have played to date.  I do play GW but I actually like SRO a little better.  I like SRO so much I figure I might as well support the game and I have spent $10 in the item mall for both months I have played.  I bought a monkey and 1000 arrrows and a gold ticket for leveling which really helped me get past level 20.  You really don't need the gold ticket and I probably won't buy another one but it did help.

sungam

The item from game mall dont interfer in the game, like unique weapons os any uber garbage, thats the reason, for 8.1, is another kind of P2P item, check the silkroad page to see

treysmooth

Been messing around with SRO for around a month now and I would agree its the best of the asian free mmo's with premiums services offered.  For a free game if you max the graphics it looks really good and the character development is decent as well, I guess for me I just don't understand why most of these mmo's from korea offer so few customization of your character appearance( I know a minor thing).  If I was goin to give any of these free mmo's money it would be this one except one problem, 2/3's of the time I can't log in because the servers are full, I guess this is a testament to how much better it does the Korean mmo thing.  Its still a bit annoying not being able to really pick when I can play, but beside that seems like a great game run by honest people(unlike some others cough... cough... Knightonline).

Suitepee

It's the best of a grinding bunch for me so far,although I've yet to play the PvP-side (getting past 20).

The only main flaw is that due to the heavy crowd,I can only really play SRO in the UK,on my server any time after 11pm at night.  Still,once on the controls,moves and general atmosphere is pretty good,even if it's got its share of 'immaturity'.

icechai

The PVP side is quite fun. The current job system pales in comparison to the upcoming update though, that will really improve on the hunter/trader/thief trades.

Regarding Guild Wars, right now they are just there for fun. If it is against a guild that you don't like or money is at stake, it becomes a stupid game of "kill the low levels until we get higher points, and then hide in town." Down the road of updates they list a seige system. So maybe that will improve on the guild warring system. Also Union war is in the game but not usable yet.

Cape battles is the "arena" fighting. You put on a cape and outside of town you can attack anyone with a different colored cape (or orange cape can attack all). Fun test of seeing how your character stacks up against others. Of course keep in mind if you see someone in crazy mythical glowing armor and you are in your small leather armor, don't expect to win :P

Blaze323232

thats how most free games turn out....donation items : /

kolossos84

Becuase its great!!!