Evolution: Arcane Saga Enters "Open" Closed Beta Phase
Those of you who may not be familiar with the MMORPG Arcane Saga may in fact know it by another name. gPotato originally launched the MMO internationally in 2011 under the name Prius Online, but the game shutdown in March of last year. Since then it has been pulled from its early grave and been reborn as Arcane Saga under the guiding wing of Netmarble.
However, Netmarble has done more than just rebrand Prius Online. Over the last year the company has been hard at work trying to improve the game for re-release. It makes sense seeing as the MMORPG closed only a year after its international launch. Clearly there are areas Netmarble could perhaps improve upon, but exactly what improvements the company is making I couldn't tell you. There is mention of an updated combat system, class skill tweaks and changes to the overall questing experience, but this was from my own snooping on the game's forums. A quick gander at the them reveals mixed impressions though.
You can however, reserve judgement for yourself and participate in the closed-but-not-really beta currently underway until May 12th. You can read more about the game's features or try out the closed beta by visiting the official site here.
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And I'm curious. Prius Online looked interesting when it was released, but I have a certain dislike towards Gpotato, so I never tried it. I hope Netmarble is a better publisher for this game. Currently playing TERA: Rising, but the lack of content makes me want to jump to another game... for just a while. Need some distraction.
Short of the entire game being redone top to bottom I cannot realistically see this as doing any better in the long run than Prius..especially since people know it used to be Prius and thus have bad memories..they come in jaded. Arcane Saga better "dress to impress" or I'll fall back into the shadows like its previous itteration. We don't need another Requiem.*
*and if you don't know what I'm refering to--Requiem is buggy as hell, neglected, grindy as all get-out and /runs on a supremely small community that barely keeps the game afloat/..which is what'll happen if they don't get their crap together.
based on GM's responds they'll attempt to persuade the developers into adding more story line, cut scenes and quests, plus improving or returning Anima system back to what it used to be.
It is in CBT atm, so there's bound to be bugs.
If you're not fond of bugs or the high speed leveling (for CBT only), than you should steer clear of this game until OBT or release when most issues are solved.
Try not to bash others or even the GMs themselves, since the GM aren't actually in control of the game, they currently act as Community Manager and can only send messages to developers.
But either way, I'm just happy as hell to be a green skinned, bad ass huntress running around killing things!