Tibia

"It says free but unless you shell out bucks you ain't going to be able to get on."

Ahhhhh Tibia how I love thee....well not much. Hello there who ever is reading my review of Tibia a free MUD game. Yes you heard me right free but trust me you aint going to go far unless you buy a premium account. Lags and Pk are only few of what you'll find in the "exciting fantasy adventure".

Gameplay-5/10
The gameplay of the game is decent. Pretty simple and bland as well....you start off on Rook were you will stay till you level 8. From there on you move on to Main you choose were you want to live Venore, Carlin, and Thais. This is were you meet one of the many problems of Tibia know as Pk (player killers). These Pks kill for no reason or for pretty dumb reasons like stealing a kill or gold. When you do die from who knows what then you got to deal with the loss of a skill exp and your backpack and unless you were by your self is going to get stolen. You get to choose from one of the four classes in the game Paladin, Knight, Druid, or Sorc. Now heres the fun part! Once you've leveled up you want to train and get your skills up now its time to spend HOURS on the computer training. Am not kidding my friend whos a Knight(he seems to find this game one the greatest games out there I guess)spends around 10 hours just to get one skill on his club.

Story-2/10
uhhhh story ummm well there pretty much isn't any story to the game. There are history's about the monsters and how Tibia and humans were bought on to it but nothing of interest and nothing that will encounter in the game.

Graphics-9/10
This I like the graphics in this game are great very crisp and well done. Every monster looks different the world looks very well done the characters only get 3 suits plus 3 extra suits for the premiums.

Sound-0/10
What sound there is no sound in this game now a roar or a sound of a nice blunt weapon hitting upon a skull nothing. But if we did get sound I have a feeling it would only cause more lag for the game.

Play Time-5/10
Now this is mixed in many ways. If you've seen many of the reviews there all around 2002 or 2003 that was when you could get on with out a worry. That was when tibia was good now unless you keep trying over and over or wait to around 1:00 at night your going to get a messege saying to many players online only premmys are allowed. So unless you want to shell out 20 to maybe even 50 bucks you ain't going be able to play and don't even think about trying on the weekends. If you do have a premium then chances are you might get Pked by some high level nerd whos still living with his mom in the basement. In which case you will lose so much stuff your not going to want to play ever agian.

Download or not-go for it
I say download it and see for yourself how many noobs Pkers and looters there are that is if you can even on.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 06/19/04