Monday, October 11, 2010

Florensia Review

Florensia Review

by Ron Keith


Do you like the feel of salt water splashing on your face? The sound of the wind filling your sails? The roar of cannon fire and the grip of a cutlass in your hand? Adventure on the high seas calls, and its name is Florensia.

Florensia is a MMO that attempts to combine land action with naval battles. Does it succeed? If you're looking for some pirate action is this game a good choice? 

Overview
Florensia is an free-to-play (F2P) MMO that offers both land and sea combat. The game has an anime look-and-feel, and from its bouncing mushrooms to its extra cute characters, Florensia is decidedly oriented to teens and pre-teens. Unlike a game like Hello Kitty: Online, though, it's solid MMO gameplay makes it appealing to adults, too.

The game is your standard MMO with everything you'd expect from an MMO, but with added bonus of sea battles, and that's a bonus you're likely to enjoy.


Starting out
Florensia allows you to choose one of four starting class: a Noble, an Explorer, a Saint, and a Mercenary. The Mercenary is a warrior-tank class, the Saint a healer, and the Noble is mage. The Explorer, with its guns, is a ranged class, but can also wield a sword for melee.

Character customization is limited. There are just a few different faces, hairstyles, hair colors, and not much else. As a newer MMO, this is disappointing; more character customization would be nice and is expected, these days.


Questing and leveling
Questing is your standard MMO fair. Go kill 6 of this. Go gather 20 of these. Go see this person, then go see that person. Florensia might not have the most inventive quests, but what it lacks in originality it makes up for in variety and quantity. If you get bored with the land quests, you can do some sea quests. If you get bored with those, there are quests for other activities such as fishing.

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