An imaginative MMORPG with unique gameplay
But I musn't be too harsh, this is just a game and im sure it will take the next step into graphics and concepts once the second part will be released in 2012 preferably.
The post-apocalyptic lands are very illustrative in reflecting what has happened after the attack of the evil entity known as Cabal. Maybe the Korean producers should have thought of making a prequel and a sequel of the game, like lets say Before Cabal and After Cabal, and only after this long history briefing will the player be presented to the third part of the game, respectively Cabal( The revolution of action). With the game developing in such a manner in the eyes of the players it would have surpassed easily WOW( World of Warcraft) because there aren't many games released that have a main focus on the story.
I appreciate the fact that the developers designed three "pure" classes and three "hybrid" classes, the last three being combinations of the first three. Creating a character that has melee and also long range attacks is a good part of the game, because you will wield in the same time the strength of a warrior and the magic wisdom of a wizard.
When you enter the world of Nevareth for the first time you as a newbie character will be the unknown hero who has the qualities of battling the evil forces of Cabal which is planning to return again. Only you can take the right path into becoming a legend of the world of CABAL ONLINE.
The transportation in the game is quite nice when you reach a level beyond 100 lets say, and have a generous amount of Alz( the ingame currency) so you can buy teleportation stones, which in spite of other MMORPGS are not buyable only by the donaters who want to make their life much more easy.This teleportation stones are available at the merchant NPCS which you can find inside the cities of the different maps of the game.
Of course Cabal Online has a donater section, which is quite fine because without it who would have produced this fine game into being in the first place.A game which is 100% free will induce the makers a sentiment of boredom, and ultimately disappear from the game lists.
The textures and the graphics of the game are good for how much processor memory it uses, but they could be improved a little by adding some more alpha and colour to different aspects of the lands. The PvP system is common as in other MMO'S, but these zones can be accessed by players which have a level above 110. The bad thing about this zones is that you can't make a union or a party with other players, the communication being also distorted together with your characters name and guild, if you had joined any. That means that your just a piece of cyber meat that is ready for some slaughter, you not being able to distinguish your friends from your foes once inside the PvP zone. You could battle there your guild mates, the person that says Hi on the street, your next door neighbour, your baby brother, your girlfriend and never know who that enemy character really is. But, from its release in Korea in 2006 till now at the ending of 2011 the producers have considered the idea of making a communication channel inside the PvP zone only for the members of a guild. Well its better than nothing.
Another favourable point I will accord to this game for the locomotion system. When you want to move much more faster in the game you either use the sprint skill or just the high tech machinery which which you can summon it from nowhere just so you can ride it to another part of the map. These locomotion machineries are called Astral Boards and Astral Bikes. As you can imagine the Astral Board is much more cheaper than an Astral Bike being usable from the start of the game at level 1 if i can recall correctly. The Astral Bike is the one item of the game besides others which you definitely want to obtain and use. The bad part is that you can't summon it whenever you wish, these item being available only to rich strong players which have a level above 50. At 50+ you can take the quest of unlocking the skill for riding the Astral Bike.
I also adore the skill charging colours when they are used. They are the most addictive part of the game besides the level 100+ armors for each class alone along with the special limited weapons that can be obtained only by the buyers from the Cash Shop. These charging colours make the CABAL world a more vivid place, giving a sign of pleasure to the banal bitmaps that are recuperating their power after the malevolent entitys strike.
Furthermore I am hoping to see the evolution of Cabal Online within the release of the second chapter of the game.