The differemce between l2 and wow is that for the first couple runs through the wow content is interesting. With l2 its just grind grind grind. Wow does have content in the form of interesting quests instances plot lines and such. And while repeating these instances and raids over and over does become tiresome and grindy and very boring. At least the first few times are exciting. L2 has no such excitement and really no content.
Did you ever do the level 40 class quest in L2 . That quest as a Dark Avenger and Bounty Hunter for me was the most agonizingly grueling but when it was over the most awesomely satisfying feeling I've ever experienced in ANY mmorpg. L2 is not for noobs , and PW is not really for noobs either. PW just has a little bit of everthing that makes you feel like you been there before but yet it is still all new. I'm greatly enjoying PW and hope they take it even further.
The game is more similar to lineage than to WoW, even it has lots of quests. So the similarity to WoW is minimal to none existent.
If you really want to play this game till to the end game, you will need the cash shop for sure. There are too important items for sale which benefits you in pvp, the game is much more ingame shop dependant than probably any other games. It is not really a F2P game, since you will be more or less the underdog without cash.
i already played it for awhile because of the cool advertising... so far its not that fun yet... but then again it could be one of those games that grow on you...
Well they be banning US IPs? If so will they be at least bringing it to the US players?
Stop thinking the world revolves around the US. They are blocking all IPs outside the Philippines not just the US.
Their publishing contract only allows them to provide the game to Filipinos.
Wondering if he can play because he lives in the U.S. does not mean he thinks the world revolves around the US. He just wants to play and is curious if he can or can in the future. I would read more carefully next time and knock off your U.S. prejudice comments, however slight they are.
The game is more similar to lineage than to WoW, even it has lots of quests. So the similarity to WoW is minimal to none existent. If you really want to play this game till to the end game, you will need the cash shop for sure. There are too important items for sale which benefits you in pvp, the game is much more ingame shop dependant than probably any other games. It is not really a F2P game, since you will be more or less the underdog without cash.
TBH most of the people playing probably won't be using the shop all that much since most f2p's are inhabited by people that are 18 and under or people w/o cc's. i mean sure you will run into the people that do have cashshop items and they will whip your tail but i say if you look at like 100 people only maybe 25 of them are going to use it...if that.
As i said it could be a hacked client or they are using alot of the textures and resource from WoW.
But it is definatley suspicious.
My Reasons are. From a couple of images it seems Textures are taken from World of Warcraft including Ground/Grass textures. For a Free MMORPG, the engine seems to be constructed rather well compared from what i normally see on a Free MMORPG. The Text in one of the videos () When he goes into a new location, is the Exact same Font, Size and Color of whats in World of Warcraft, its also displayed the same. The User interface in this video is slightly modified to a different version i saw in another video, which Both are almost exact as what is in WoW - Its easy to Mod User interfaces, as Wow had many customisations. The Mini Map and Interface bars(That comes up when you use a spell, the cast time) Is Exatly the same as world of Warcraft. Another little thing is the Loot animation where its glowing lights streaming up from the corpse, is Exact. Other Little parts seem to have similarities, like the floating Islands, they look pretty simlar (Apart from the buildings on them) to what appeared in a Patch last year for World of Warcraft. Theres acouple of other things, like above, but so many little ones theres not much point in mentioning as its just little parts. One part that stands out for me is the Panda Character and the Tiger Character, The Panda more than anything, anyone who plays World of Warcraft will know what i mean when i say Panda. Basically for ages there's been references to Pandas in world of Warcraft, you can have a baby pet panda, and in the origonal model database there is *Speculation* but a Model for a Panda Character, wether or not it made it into the game or not is beyond me as ive not played in about a year now.
Coming to think of it after writing that out.... There is a Program that you can get that lets you see any model thats in the world of warcraft game, all you need is the game itself. You use the external program you can put armour onto Characters, customize them, weapons, and also run animations, even at any speed. Also the Game is pretty loose as far as MMO's go, because ever since its been out there have been hacked servers for Wow, so its easy to manipulate the whole game. Im not saying this game is a complete WoW rippoff, but theres definatley a Homage to Wow in this Game.
No worry, perfect world has nothing in common with WoW...it is more close to lineage 2 but has more quest content and different pvp content.
I realld dont see where this game is similar to WoW, this game here is totally different...just a f2p clone with more content than average. Probably one of the best f2p at the moment, since u have more quests and not only grief pvp (pk) when you dont want to pay for a game.
Easy to download and install and you can even play the game with a almost 100% english translation patch....official release for english client and international server is probably still some weeks away, except beta which will happen this month but they will wipe after it...so yeah i guess one month around until full release.
I got a torrent for that client after searching for a while, downloaded the client and installed it. It didn't work (could not connect to update server, could not connect (in-game) ).
I read something about an IP ban for users outside the Philippines, but all of that information was a couple of months old and as far as I know this beta was started not long ago.
I then downloaded the Malaysian Client and patched it (english patch), so I could play it. It works.
But here'S the thing: I have a seriously horrible ping. I was hoping that maybe the servers for the english open beta would be somewhere else and would respond faster to my location (europe).
Is the ping that is shown when connecting to the server (was about 250ms) real? It feels like at least 500ms or more ... extremely unplayable as soon as things are heating up a little.
Is there a chance that the open beta servers are responding faster?
Is everyone else playing this game with shitty pings? (monsters hit you way after they're dead, can't really shoot effectively)
Is my open beta maybe not working because I did something wrong? The Malaysian beta works though. I opened ports 29000 and 80 on my firewall as well as my router (NAT).
I have a question, but first a short story: I tried downloading the client from the official website (http://perfectworld.levelupgames.ph/). I didn't work. I got a torrent for that client after searching for a while, downloaded the client and installed it. It didn't work (could not connect to update server, could not connect (in-game) ). I read something about an IP ban for users outside the Philippines, but all of that information was a couple of months old and as far as I know this beta was started not long ago. I then downloaded the Malaysian Client and patched it (english patch), so I could play it. It works. But here'S the thing: I have a seriously horrible ping. I was hoping that maybe the servers for the english open beta would be somewhere else and would respond faster to my location (europe). So here's my questions: Is the current open beta on this site http://perfectworld.levelupgames.ph/ an open beta for players all over the world (no ip ban)? No. Phillipines only, all else banned. Is the ping that is shown when connecting to the server (was about 250ms) real? It feels like at least 500ms or more ... extremely unplayable as soon as things are heating up a little. The ping shown is real. I never had the game become unplayable, either. But depends on what your comp setup and connection speed is, also. And the reason for higher pings is because the Malaysian version you are logging into was meant to be played by Malyasians/Chinese, not the rest of the world. Is there a chance that the open beta servers are responding faster? If you mean the Phillipine's version, no. The english version should have better pings, as although the servers will be in Malaysia, they will be optimized for making connections farther out than just Malaysia China. Is everyone else playing this game with shitty pings? (monsters hit you way after they're dead, can't really shoot effectively) I usually get between 150-200 ping. No lag or performance hits, really. Also, have you tried both servers or just one? You may get better ping with the newer server. (There are two servers to choose from at login). Is my open beta maybe not working because I did something wrong? The Malaysian beta works though. I opened ports 29000 and 80 on my firewall as well as my router (NAT). No, again, Phillipines beta is IP blocked. Thanks for even reading this
Well that's what I thought ... they should make it a little more clear on the website I think ...
That the ping is crappy cause I'm playing on chinese servers was obvious but as I said I was kinda hoping the open beta would have servers in a different location closer to me. My ping in other games is great by the way, so its not my setup Any I'm playing on the server with a better ping.
Ok, I can read Chinese, and understand Chinese. My Chinese is good, for short. I have played the Chinese version of Perfect World and I can say that it is a very good F2P game. Instances, it has one every 10 lvls (But the monsters are much higher lvl than you, in comparison to the time of which you accept the quest). 6 classes, and the most fun one would be the Yao Jing (Beast Tamer?). That class is able to catch many pets in the game. And, of course, every pet has a unique stat growth and skill. Thus, there are better pets (which people are willing to camp) which will be worth catching. Quests, there will be tons of quests, in short, you level up through quests. Quests, come in quite a few ways. One, is the simple and common (Kill this, and get this) quest. Second, is (Complete this Instance quest, basically kill the boss). Third, (Find this item or person), for some, they give your the coordinates, otherwise, just pray that you find it fast. Fourth, a little jumping fun, 3D jump quests. I only know a few though. However, you need to SP and XP grind a little. But alot of it is given through quests. At least 90%.
Classes -
Warrior - Late Gamer, shreds in late game
Mage - Very Late Gamer, 80+ (which is very long), but undefeatable at that point
Archer - Very strong PVPer through the whole game (loses only to mage)
Priests - Heals party, buffs party (Priests have tons of buffs), can cast attack spells too.
Beast Tamer - Fun class, strong against warriors 1v1 (They have a reflect dmg skill). Has two builds, the spell casting build (For early game). And the best build (For later on, I believe that its actually strong late in the game). Obviously, a restat is needed.
Druid - Tanker, casts spells as damage.
Graphics -
One word, fantastic.
Sound -
Not irritating. Nice.
Animation -
Every skill has something new. Terrain is nice. Flying is nice.
Variety -
Because of the fact that most people do not want to SP grind (Which takes up, a lot of time. Thus, quests are there to give SP). There are actually a lot of builds which you can go to.
Character Customization -
You can EDIT EVERYTHING, except for the beast classes (Where you can't really edit much, maybe the eyes, cause making your own beast is hard. They give you a few default ones though.) Other than that, the elves and humans, you can edit everything, from your hair, to your chest, to your legs. Colour, yes you can look pink. Size, everything. If you find someone that looks like you, it's a miracle.
Grind -
Ok, you'll be grinding for very long at the start. In short, PVP isn't fun until the later part of the game. Where there's siege wars, territories take-over. Bidding for battles.
Overall -
Good game. Must try. Worth playing. Worth waiting. The best F2P you can find (in general).
Perfect World PH is foreign IP Blocks, like other have mention it. also their translation makes me to understand with it. beside then wikipedia, i have found that malaysia publisher will release the International Perfect World. well, u guys can visit their website http://w2.cubizone.com/ or http://www.perfectworld.com.my/
this is the current news i get from Perfect Worlds forum regards the International Version feedback:
Here are updates regarding the game that you've all been waiting for.
First of all, the translations still need a lot of work and I do mean a lot of work. As with most Chinese/Korean to english games, the paragraph alignment and such. A lot of cosmetic modifications need to be done as well. However, we will let everyone test during the Open CB soon.
Translations and bugs will be fixed, but it will take time and it will be a long road ahead. We'll probably need to use a heck of a lot of short-forms for the names and text as the text boxes are really small since they were meant to only incorporate Chinese text.
I will work with my team on improving quest translations which is quite the bulk of the text. We're looking on releasing the game for specific access and testing in coming days. Please keep your comments purely on a constructive basis. If you've seen any screenshots, give your suggestions and ideas, not posting unneccesary comments.
And please do NOT complain about not receiving the client at this stage. I honestly don't want you to waste your time downloading the client and later having to download again if the client were not compatible somehow.
If I see comments that I don't see as constructive or in any way damaging to the community or game, I will personally ban the poster and any game accounts that are related to the person without prior notice. I know a lot of you have been waiting a long time for the game, but like many of you have commented, better to release at least a good effort than a half-assed one.
I'd like to thank all of you who have contributed to the scene and have been kind enough to help other players with questions and technical problems. Your help is much appreciated. This community will be great and we shall be the best game AND community in the online games scene. Don't bash each other, work together.
PS: I love all of you even if you're banned!!!.... hahahaahaaa
Sounds nice but I won't try any game, f2p or p2p that isn't available in an english version. I didn't read through every post but from that I skimmed it seems its not available atm.
Also.. do the cash shop items in this game give advantages pvp-wise?
Sounds nice but I won't try any game, f2p or p2p that isn't available in an english version. I didn't read through every post but from that I skimmed it seems its not available atm.
Also.. do the cash shop items in this game give advantages pvp-wise?
well, i have played abit on the games. their cash shop item doesn't sell somethings that would create unbalance ingame. basiclly they selling HP/MP Talisman, Accesories (fesyen wear), Pets, and doesn't exist any weapon that can kill your oppenant 1 skill or armor with high defends (undefeatable).
also their item cash shop ain't that expensive, sound likes just a good news for foreign player (it's totally cheap! HP talisman with 600HP Price RM5 (USD1.70 - does this item consider expensive for u?) )
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Some people say that this is the korean/chinnese/japanese WoW, but, I dont find any reference to wow, the graphic engine? thats all?
I found there are only 3 races and 2 classes for every race... is this ok? anyone else got more inf?
The graphics engine isn't anything like WOW. Perfect Worlds graphic engine is 100x better.
And yes, They're are 2 classes for the Winged Race and the Human race.
Human= Fighter,Mage
Winged= Ranged,Healer
Beast= Beast/Fighter, Tamer
The beast class is sex locked tho. So one class is male, and one is female.
Although they're are only 2 classes per race. Those classes have a wide range of weapons they can choose from to use. And different skills for those weapons. So instead of choosing a specific type of fighting style, You can choose whatever weapon you want, without being bound to that fighting style forever.
The graphics engine isn't anything like WOW. Perfect Worlds graphic engine is 100x better.
How can you say that? Did you try some other game? Because when I tried PW, it looked just about as ugly as any other generic asian MMO. And I have played about 30 of those.
But, PW is the only one of those that I only lasted for about 10 mins in. Annoyed me to no ends.
The graphics engine isn't anything like WOW. Perfect Worlds graphic engine is 100x better.
How can you say that? Did you try some other game? Because when I tried PW, it looked just about as ugly as any other generic asian MMO. And I have played about 30 of those.
But, PW is the only one of those that I only lasted for about 10 mins in. Annoyed me to no ends.
I hope you took the time to open the settings on the launcher and ingame and adjust the sliders? It looks way better after you put everything near max.
And unless you are chinese I highly doubt you were understanding much about the game, so why judge it now.. wait for PW-MY (english version, coming out within the next 2 weeks most probably) and then try it. You'll have a blast.
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Did you ever do the level 40 class quest in L2 . That quest as a Dark Avenger and Bounty Hunter for me was the most agonizingly grueling but when it was over the most awesomely satisfying feeling I've ever experienced in ANY mmorpg. L2 is not for noobs , and PW is not really for noobs either. PW just has a little bit of everthing that makes you feel like you been there before but yet it is still all new. I'm greatly enjoying PW and hope they take it even further.
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The game is more similar to lineage than to WoW, even it has lots of quests. So the similarity to WoW is minimal to none existent.
If you really want to play this game till to the end game, you will need the cash shop for sure. There are too important items for sale which benefits you in pvp, the game is much more ingame shop dependant than probably any other games. It is not really a F2P game, since you will be more or less the underdog without cash.
It is the closest game i've played that compares to lineage 2, and they go beyond L2 in a lot of areas and created a wonderful F2P
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fine, you convinced me to try it out. busy tomorrow though. sounds awesome otherwise
?played: Nearly everything.
?waiting: *Darkfall*, Hero''s Journey
i already played it for awhile because of the cool advertising... so far its not that fun yet... but then again it could be one of those games that grow on you...
i can't download it... can anyone point me in the right direction?
?played: Nearly everything.
?waiting: *Darkfall*, Hero''s Journey
Stop thinking the world revolves around the US. They are blocking all IPs outside the Philippines not just the US.
Their publishing contract only allows them to provide the game to Filipinos.
Wondering if he can play because he lives in the U.S. does not mean he thinks the world revolves around the US. He just wants to play and is curious if he can or can in the future. I would read more carefully next time and knock off your U.S. prejudice comments, however slight they are.
TBH most of the people playing probably won't be using the shop all that much since most f2p's are inhabited by people that are 18 and under or people w/o cc's. i mean sure you will run into the people that do have cashshop items and they will whip your tail but i say if you look at like 100 people only maybe 25 of them are going to use it...if that.
Even the websites look the same...well sorta :P
http://www.perfectworld.com.my/
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml
Maybe not then
No worry, perfect world has nothing in common with WoW...it is more close to lineage 2 but has more quest content and different pvp content.
I realld dont see where this game is similar to WoW, this game here is totally different...just a f2p clone with more content than average. Probably one of the best f2p at the moment, since u have more quests and not only grief pvp (pk) when you dont want to pay for a game.
Easy to download and install and you can even play the game with a almost 100% english translation patch....official release for english client and international server is probably still some weeks away, except beta which will happen this month but they will wipe after it...so yeah i guess one month around until full release.
Dose anyone know about when the eng ver is comeing out?
I have a question, but first a short story:
I tried downloading the client from the official website (http://perfectworld.levelupgames.ph/). I didn't work.
I got a torrent for that client after searching for a while, downloaded the client and installed it. It didn't work (could not connect to update server, could not connect (in-game) ).
I read something about an IP ban for users outside the Philippines, but all of that information was a couple of months old and as far as I know this beta was started not long ago.
I then downloaded the Malaysian Client and patched it (english patch), so I could play it. It works.
But here'S the thing: I have a seriously horrible ping. I was hoping that maybe the servers for the english open beta would be somewhere else and would respond faster to my location (europe).
So here's my questions:
Is the current open beta on this site http://perfectworld.levelupgames.ph/ an open beta for players all over the world (no ip ban)?
Is the ping that is shown when connecting to the server (was about 250ms) real? It feels like at least 500ms or more ... extremely unplayable as soon as things are heating up a little.
Is there a chance that the open beta servers are responding faster?
Is everyone else playing this game with shitty pings? (monsters hit you way after they're dead, can't really shoot effectively)
Is my open beta maybe not working because I did something wrong? The Malaysian beta works though. I opened ports 29000 and 80 on my firewall as well as my router (NAT).
Thanks for even reading this
Thank you for answering!
Well that's what I thought ... they should make it a little more clear on the website I think ...
That the ping is crappy cause I'm playing on chinese servers was obvious but as I said I was kinda hoping the open beta would have servers in a different location closer to me. My ping in other games is great by the way, so its not my setup
Any I'm playing on the server with a better ping.
Well then I'll just try to play it like this ...
Well thanks again.
Ok, I can read Chinese, and understand Chinese. My Chinese is good, for short. I have played the Chinese version of Perfect World and I can say that it is a very good F2P game. Instances, it has one every 10 lvls (But the monsters are much higher lvl than you, in comparison to the time of which you accept the quest). 6 classes, and the most fun one would be the Yao Jing (Beast Tamer?). That class is able to catch many pets in the game. And, of course, every pet has a unique stat growth and skill. Thus, there are better pets (which people are willing to camp) which will be worth catching. Quests, there will be tons of quests, in short, you level up through quests. Quests, come in quite a few ways. One, is the simple and common (Kill this, and get this) quest. Second, is (Complete this Instance quest, basically kill the boss). Third, (Find this item or person), for some, they give your the coordinates, otherwise, just pray that you find it fast. Fourth, a little jumping fun, 3D jump quests. I only know a few though. However, you need to SP and XP grind a little. But alot of it is given through quests. At least 90%.
Classes -
Warrior - Late Gamer, shreds in late game
Mage - Very Late Gamer, 80+ (which is very long), but undefeatable at that point
Archer - Very strong PVPer through the whole game (loses only to mage)
Priests - Heals party, buffs party (Priests have tons of buffs), can cast attack spells too.
Beast Tamer - Fun class, strong against warriors 1v1 (They have a reflect dmg skill). Has two builds, the spell casting build (For early game). And the best build (For later on, I believe that its actually strong late in the game). Obviously, a restat is needed.
Druid - Tanker, casts spells as damage.
Graphics -
One word, fantastic.
Sound -
Not irritating. Nice.
Animation -
Every skill has something new. Terrain is nice. Flying is nice.
Variety -
Because of the fact that most people do not want to SP grind (Which takes up, a lot of time. Thus, quests are there to give SP). There are actually a lot of builds which you can go to.
Character Customization -
You can EDIT EVERYTHING, except for the beast classes (Where you can't really edit much, maybe the eyes, cause making your own beast is hard. They give you a few default ones though.) Other than that, the elves and humans, you can edit everything, from your hair, to your chest, to your legs. Colour, yes you can look pink. Size, everything. If you find someone that looks like you, it's a miracle.
Grind -
Ok, you'll be grinding for very long at the start. In short, PVP isn't fun until the later part of the game. Where there's siege wars, territories take-over. Bidding for battles.
Overall -
Good game. Must try. Worth playing. Worth waiting. The best F2P you can find (in general).
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Perfect World PH is foreign IP Blocks, like other have mention it. also their translation makes me
to understand with it. beside then wikipedia, i have found that malaysia publisher will release the International Perfect World. well, u guys can visit their website http://w2.cubizone.com/ or http://www.perfectworld.com.my/
this is the current news i get from Perfect Worlds forum regards the International Version feedback:
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[quote="Daemonator"]
Dear all,
Here are updates regarding the game that you've all been waiting for.
First of all, the translations still need a lot of work and I do mean a lot of work. As with most Chinese/Korean to english games, the paragraph alignment and such. A lot of cosmetic modifications need to be done as well. However, we will let everyone test during the Open CB soon.
Translations and bugs will be fixed, but it will take time and it will be a long road ahead. We'll probably need to use a heck of a lot of short-forms for the names and text as the text boxes are really small since they were meant to only incorporate Chinese text.
I will work with my team on improving quest translations which is quite the bulk of the text. We're looking on releasing the game for specific access and testing in coming days. Please keep your comments purely on a constructive basis. If you've seen any screenshots, give your suggestions and ideas, not posting unneccesary comments.
And please do NOT complain about not receiving the client at this stage. I honestly don't want you to waste your time downloading the client and later having to download again if the client were not compatible somehow.
If I see comments that I don't see as constructive or in any way damaging to the community or game, I will personally ban the poster and any game accounts that are related to the person without prior notice. I know a lot of you have been waiting a long time for the game, but like many of you have commented, better to release at least a good effort than a half-assed one.
I'd like to thank all of you who have contributed to the scene and have been kind enough to help other players with questions and technical problems. Your help is much appreciated. This community will be great and we shall be the best game AND community in the online games scene. Don't bash each other, work together.
PS: I love all of you even if you're banned!!!.... hahahaahaaa
Regards,
Daemonator[/quote]
Source: http://forum.perfectworld.com.my/viewtopic.php?t=455
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Sounds nice but I won't try any game, f2p or p2p that isn't available in an english version. I didn't read through every post but from that I skimmed it seems its not available atm.
Also.. do the cash shop items in this game give advantages pvp-wise?
well, i have played abit on the games. their cash shop item doesn't sell somethings that would create unbalance ingame. basiclly they selling HP/MP Talisman, Accesories (fesyen wear), Pets, and doesn't exist any weapon that can kill your oppenant 1 skill or armor with high defends (undefeatable).
also their item cash shop ain't that expensive, sound likes just a good news for foreign player (it's totally cheap! HP talisman with 600HP Price RM5 (USD1.70 - does this item consider expensive for u?)
)
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Some people say that this is the korean/chinnese/japanese WoW, but, I dont find any reference to wow, the graphic engine? thats all?
I found there are only 3 races and 2 classes for every race... is this ok? anyone else got more inf?
I'd play this, but sadly I don't want to go through the hassle of going to websites where I don't understand a single thing.
Bring on the US client!
The graphics engine isn't anything like WOW. Perfect Worlds graphic engine is 100x better.
And yes, They're are 2 classes for the Winged Race and the Human race.
Human= Fighter,Mage
Winged= Ranged,Healer
Beast= Beast/Fighter, Tamer
The beast class is sex locked tho. So one class is male, and one is female.
Although they're are only 2 classes per race. Those classes have a wide range of weapons they can choose from to use. And different skills for those weapons. So instead of choosing a specific type of fighting style, You can choose whatever weapon you want, without being bound to that fighting style forever.
CHINESE! Don't get it twisted!
But, PW is the only one of those that I only lasted for about 10 mins in. Annoyed me to no ends.
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But, PW is the only one of those that I only lasted for about 10 mins in. Annoyed me to no ends.
I hope you took the time to open the settings on the launcher and ingame and adjust the sliders? It looks way better after you put everything near max.
And unless you are chinese I highly doubt you were understanding much about the game, so why judge it now.. wait for PW-MY (english version, coming out within the next 2 weeks most probably) and then try it. You'll have a blast.
I got the english translation to work on it.
Can't remember if I played with the sliders to be honest, but I will give it another shot after it's been "westernized" a bit.
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