Best Free2Play MMORPG!
Gameplay 10/10
There are 6 classes in the game : Wizard , Blader , Warrior , Force Blader , Force Archer and Force Shielder. All are unique and have their own unique skills. The first three are the basic classes, the last three are hybrids of the basic ones. Force Shielder is the "tank" , Force Blader is the "debuffer" , ...
The lvling is much faster then in WoW. You can get a lvl in 3h at lvl 70. With lvling you gain new quests, which may give you some good items and unlock some aspects in the game. Also with lvling you gain 5 points to distribute it to 3 stats (Strength,Intelligence and Dexterity). With those 3 stats you unlock cool equipment. This method of stat lvling is pretty good , because you can distribute the stats so that you can get a weapon first , not armor. That is good because players get really different. Skilling is also much more different then in other games like WoW. For skills the Lvl is not important, its the skill exp. You get it by killing monsters. You can gain much faster skill exp when you have the "Adept Equipment" which gives you more skill exp then normal, but you can't get that equipment cheap. The new expansion pack Lord of War changes the skilling so the lvl is also important and it is by the "Level Cap". Before the expansion , you can have the most powerfull skills at only lvl 10, but now you have to be a certain lvl to gain a new skill rank. The skills are the best then in all of MMORPGs that I've played. In WoW the skill animations are so awful and boring. When I saw the Cabals skills I was stunned. The skills are divided on Sword and Magic skills. Every skill is unique. Some skills give you a "knockback" chance , some skills lower the enemy atributes or even both. With lvling you gain many new features , like crafting or nation war. Crafting is possible when you unlock the new map called "Port Lux". Speaking of maps, maps are small and kinda unique for its self. On lvl 10 you have 3 maps, later you gain new ones. I am not sure how many maps are there , but it has to be more then 10. I've got 6 on lvl 90. The PVPs are awesome , even if you are just looking how two high lvl characters are fighting!
Graphics 9/10
You don't need a really good system specs to run this game smoothly. You don't need a fancy graphics card , but you will need at least 512 mb RAM , or 1 GB RAM. The graphics are really good for this F2P MMORPG. There are some graphical glitches. The character graphics are cool. So are the skills. The enviroment needs more fixing.
Updates 10/10
This is the most important thing about MMORPGs for me. I don't like when you play the game for 2 years and nothing has changed. Also the quality of updates are also important. From the new year to this date (1.1.2009 - 8.8.2009. ) there were two major updates ( The "Lost Island" content pack and "Episode 3 : Soul & Siena" update , which is the third major update in Cabal )! Today I've read that a new content pack is under way and I am pretty excited! The last update in 2008 was "Lord Of War" which gave some really exciting updates , like the Agent Shop (Auction House)!
Website 10/10
... is amazing. The most important thing about website is to have easily access to important information and Cabals website has that! On the website you can find the time for Nation wars , chaos arenas. Also you can find beginers guides, top players , guilds , ...
Community 9/10
Because Cabal is EUROPE ONLY there is a higher chance you will find someone that is from your country. Most people are friendly , but there are some exceptions.
Bots are a problem for Cabal , like most of other MMORPGs. You can find "talking bots" in the map "Bloody Ice" on most of the channels. Those are not a problem because you can turn of the public chat , or whatever chat are they spamming on. That way you can't see what are they typing in the chat list. Except those bots , there are "Farming bots" which kill mobs by just attacking with normal attack and collecting gold and items from them. You probably won't see those bots till lvl 50.
Total 9/10
If you are not willing to Pay2Play or you just want to spend a little then Cabal is for you.