So I just started playing this game a couple of days ago, and had been toured around the Crystal Saga world by my high level friend.I kinda have a grasp of certain game system/mechanics and those expected visual/customization stuffs as you go along with your levels. As of now I believe that my opinions would matter even with the slightest validity given I've only played a couple of days ago.
One thing that struck me the most and left me with awe is the visuals. Such magnificent graphics for a browser game, and it really made me fall in love in this game.
But still I can't help to notice some things that I find annoying or insignificant and could use some changes. So I compiled them and decided to post it here.
1. There's too much text attached to characters.
This is the very first thing I noticed when I set foot on Starglade. There's a text for the server tag, a text for your achievement, a text for your honor, a text for your status (evil,guild, etc), a text for your partner (wife,husband), and a text for your guild, all of this appearing on every single character you will ever meet.
It messes up the playing screen and hinders the beautiful graphics the game has. I even had the trouble looking at the screen when 10 or more players are standing inside my screen with there awe-so-awesome flood of text covering the great graphics of the game.
But what really ****** me off is when I learned the existence of the "View" function. You can practically see all those said character information by "Viewing" a character, so what's the point of showing those texts hovering on top of everyone? Isn't counter intuitive to have such beautiful graphics and visuals only to be hindered by information that could be accessed through popping-up a new window using the "view" function?
2. On a related note, the "Pet Ownership Text" seems unnecessary.
Again this is kinda related to number 1. Showing a hovering text on it is unnecessary since everyone can surmise that the pet is owned by you since it is following you.
3. Too much Icons in the screen.
Though I can see that the purpose of this is to help newbies, I can't help but notice that it takes up a lot of space on the screen. I don't know, maybe add a function where you can put all this icons in one clickable icon where there they are all stored?
4. Fixed hairstyle, choosing an avatar at character creation disappoints.
I was very happy that I could choose from five different avatar during character selection, feels the game to be very customizable. Turns out it was a cheat. Every character has their fixed hairstyle, and greatly discourages people who expects this game to got a lot of customization.
I understand that the purpose of this is to make your item mall's demand go high, but at least let us choose from maybe 5 different mediocre hairstyle instead of being stuck into one. I hate my ranger's hair
5. Fixed character animation.
My character is a ranger, and I don't expect much from the skill/character animation during battle. It's just that fancying a bow user's single "draw and release" animation doesn't work mostly on games. But to other classes, that's a different story.
My friend was a Knight, and what discouraged me the most is that his character keeps on doing the same boring single slash animation every time he uses a different skill. Though some visuals changes, it's still not enough to cover the laziness of the devs from putting up only one animation for skill casting. This doesn't only apply to knight, even other classes suffers from this "One style animation" syndrome.
I won't buy the "CS is a 2.5d browser game" argument. Mounts delivers spectacular smooth animation (from a Rabid Raccoon's tail movement, to Hellwing's wings animation), so why can't the pivotal, important faction of the game, which is the player's characters, can't have awesome unique animations?
6. Scheduled events not accommodating everyone.
Being open to any country, it is a known issue that some people residing on a certain part of the globe can't join events.
I know it may be hard and will take time, but having a way, or a change in system where everyone can benefit from scheduled events even if they live on the other side of the globe would be great.
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So there, so far those are the things that I find that needs fixing. Feel free to open up a discussion or a debate whether my points are valid or not.
One thing that struck me the most and left me with awe is the visuals. Such magnificent graphics for a browser game, and it really made me fall in love in this game.
But still I can't help to notice some things that I find annoying or insignificant and could use some changes. So I compiled them and decided to post it here.
1. There's too much text attached to characters.
This is the very first thing I noticed when I set foot on Starglade. There's a text for the server tag, a text for your achievement, a text for your honor, a text for your status (evil,guild, etc), a text for your partner (wife,husband), and a text for your guild, all of this appearing on every single character you will ever meet.
It messes up the playing screen and hinders the beautiful graphics the game has. I even had the trouble looking at the screen when 10 or more players are standing inside my screen with there awe-so-awesome flood of text covering the great graphics of the game.
But what really ****** me off is when I learned the existence of the "View" function. You can practically see all those said character information by "Viewing" a character, so what's the point of showing those texts hovering on top of everyone? Isn't counter intuitive to have such beautiful graphics and visuals only to be hindered by information that could be accessed through popping-up a new window using the "view" function?
2. On a related note, the "Pet Ownership Text" seems unnecessary.
Again this is kinda related to number 1. Showing a hovering text on it is unnecessary since everyone can surmise that the pet is owned by you since it is following you.
3. Too much Icons in the screen.
Though I can see that the purpose of this is to help newbies, I can't help but notice that it takes up a lot of space on the screen. I don't know, maybe add a function where you can put all this icons in one clickable icon where there they are all stored?
4. Fixed hairstyle, choosing an avatar at character creation disappoints.
I was very happy that I could choose from five different avatar during character selection, feels the game to be very customizable. Turns out it was a cheat. Every character has their fixed hairstyle, and greatly discourages people who expects this game to got a lot of customization.
I understand that the purpose of this is to make your item mall's demand go high, but at least let us choose from maybe 5 different mediocre hairstyle instead of being stuck into one. I hate my ranger's hair
5. Fixed character animation.
My character is a ranger, and I don't expect much from the skill/character animation during battle. It's just that fancying a bow user's single "draw and release" animation doesn't work mostly on games. But to other classes, that's a different story.
My friend was a Knight, and what discouraged me the most is that his character keeps on doing the same boring single slash animation every time he uses a different skill. Though some visuals changes, it's still not enough to cover the laziness of the devs from putting up only one animation for skill casting. This doesn't only apply to knight, even other classes suffers from this "One style animation" syndrome.
I won't buy the "CS is a 2.5d browser game" argument. Mounts delivers spectacular smooth animation (from a Rabid Raccoon's tail movement, to Hellwing's wings animation), so why can't the pivotal, important faction of the game, which is the player's characters, can't have awesome unique animations?
6. Scheduled events not accommodating everyone.
Being open to any country, it is a known issue that some people residing on a certain part of the globe can't join events.
I know it may be hard and will take time, but having a way, or a change in system where everyone can benefit from scheduled events even if they live on the other side of the globe would be great.
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So there, so far those are the things that I find that needs fixing. Feel free to open up a discussion or a debate whether my points are valid or not.
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