Sunday, November 11, 2012

The Secret World

Hey everyone, I'm back. Let's get straight into it.

The Secret World is an MMORPG, with new concepts never introduced before. Most of these concepts revolve around three conspiratorial factions. The Illuminati, the Templars, and the Dragon.

Illuminati
Illuminati is said to revolve around sex, drugs, and money. All of these are just the goodies, that come with power and wealth. With their headquarters in New York, the Illuminati strives to use their power to pursue the New World Order.

Templars
Based in London, the Templars are all about fighting the evil. Their royal highness provides them with the resources in order to follow through, and their spiritual strength keeps them fighting every day.

Dragon
Fueled by chaos and located in the "Seoul" of Korea, the Dragon fight for change in the corrupted and ironically secreted world.

GAMEPLAY
One account can contain three slots, one for each faction. You can try out each one, and stick with the one you like. Or if you are intrigued by each faction's story, you should definitely investigate the secret's you can only access by being part of that faction. I myself played as the dragon, and I must admit I am quite surprised.
       Character Creation
              Starting our you get to create your own character, and dress them however you choose. You can even make the player look like yourself. Make sure you take your time on this part because once you choose you can only change your face once for free (in the Illuminati headquarters). You will then get a backstory to your faction, and go to the training ground in order to choose the weapon that best suits you.
      Weapons          
             You can choose from three categories: Melee, Range, or Magic. Melee consists a hammer, blade, or simply your fist. Range consists of a pistol, shotgun, or assault rifle. And last but not least you can choose either elementalist, chaos, or blood magic. I personally favor blood magic because it gives you the ability to heal yourself and other players.
      Skill and Ability Points
             Whenever you complete certain challenges you will receive Skill Points(SP) and Ability Points(AP). SP allow you to upgrade your damage and other skills based on you weapon of choice. With AP you can buy new passive and active abilities to equip and use during your fights.
      Agartha
             After you have discovered your own faction's city, you will be transported to Agartha, the transport world into all other worlds. From there you can travel to any other factions' city or continue on to other worlds and playing missions in order to continue discovering the secrets. You will get a ring that recharges every 28 minutes and will transport you back to Agartha no matter where in the game you are. Go on and discover each world and its missions.
       Discovering the Secret World
              Each world will present new secrets, and you will just keep digging deeper and deeper. No matter what mission you're playing you will almost always have to fight zombies. It is very helpful if you can get online with a friend and play side by side in order to help each other locate certain objects or places and massacre the zombies standing in your way. If you and your friends want to challenge each other instead, by all means you can fight to the death in any of the factions' PvP battle arenas. Just make sure you come prepared.

Why You Should Come Play
I've never played an MMORPG before this one, but from what I hear, it has a greater variety of abilities, missions, and character make-up. If you ever plan on trying an RPG, this would definitely be the one. By the way I have two free trials for the game so if anyone is looking for a challenge I'd be happy to compete or play-along side you (your choice).

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