While playing online games have you ever thought "If only I can have full control over my character/toon"?

Games that rely mostly on numbers are almost overrated (dodging or defending based on numerical stat values) and has already passed. Imagine having the controls of Dragon Nest, with the graphics of Aion - in which I've already posted a review on - fused together. You've got Tera Online.

In this game, the difficulty of playing is mostly player based and not gear based, you completely control how the character dodges and defends from enemy attacks. Currently the only server that caters to Pinoys is the Europe server (having the Philippines IP address blocked on the North American server) which I have met quite a lot. Playing Tera you need to have a good presence of mind, since your character will not be just stationary and you don't just need to button mash the skill shortcuts. Tera requires your character to move, dodging, parrying, and blocking needs timing, and is also actually a SKILL. Simply put, the best defense in Tera, is NOT GETTING HIT.

Tera has some cool features as well:

Are you getting tired of all the running and the grinding? Well, so does your character, only difference is it's represented by a number. Characters in Tera are given a stamina of 120, spent on battling monsters and players alike. Stamina is considered a buff, since with a full stamina you will be getting health and mana bonuses, however going lower than the normal stamina rating you will get a debuff, which lessens the attack and defense power. With this feature both you and your character can take a break from the stress of fighting. Recharging stamina can be done through campfires. Tera Online has two types of campfires, a permanent and a portable campfire. These can also serve as a social tool, players can gather together on a single campfire to regenerate stamina, and if you have Charms, you can use them as well  as additional buffs not just for yourself but also to others that are gathered on the same campfire as you - Sociable and Charitable isn't it?

In Tera Online you don't have to worry about distributing stats every level up, but you still have to think about the gears that you are wearing, having gears parallel to your characters level gives you more window to commit mistakes while fighting, but I would really suggest not getting hit. In addition, you can also finish a fight faster with more attacking power. Unlike other MMORPG, Tera Online also boasts about it's enchanting system. Have you experience enchanting a weapon or an armor, and ending up breaking it? Resulting to your character having a lower tier armor that you have extra, or worst, no armor at all. In Tera Online you only have to enchant your armor piece, without worrying that it will be destroyed. The only catch is, you have to sacrifice the same item of the same tier that will be destroyed. It's still promising, considering that you will only upgrade a single +4 item and not two of them worrying that it might be gone at +5.

The only downside that I can see at this time is latency issues (not that I experience it a lot. But there are times you will experience it) together with FPS (Frames Per Second) issues. Having low latency means you will experience lag, and lagging means you might get hit -- a lot. And having FPS issues, you might feel that the characters action and the over all User Interface of the game is sluggish. Luckily there are fixes scattered all over the net, you just need to test them if it's applicable to you.

Now, overall I can rate this game 8 out of 10. Considering the action packed experience that you will get from playing the game, but still it's not perfect, since it's action packed, lagging will lessen the action but you will see your characters face flat on the floor... a lot.

For more information, and additional reference check their website at: http://tera-europe.com

Have you already played the game? I would really like to know what you think. See you on the battlefield

This blog has been in a long hiatus ever since my computer broke down, I'm still on the verge of getting a new one, but seeing as it has been taking me too long, it is really quite unfortunate that I won't b able to update regularly, from time to time I'll try, but is not really a guarantee.

Now enough of that emo speech and let's go back to business, I just had to get it out anyways.

For an update -- if I can still call this an update -- I've stopped playing Dragon's Nest for quite sometime now. I got my character stuck on level 35 if I'm not mistaken, I've already got everything I need, everything a character has on the high end. So what got me to stop? LAG!!! Yes, that's right, the game has some lag issues, specially if you play on a cafe. I know it's a SEA server and all that, but it's just like playing Exteel back in the days. Don't get me wrong though, the game has the best game play I've experienced in years, it's just that, I played the game for the fun of PvP, but when the lag spikes are really at their peak, it just takes out the fun off the PvP'ing. The game boasts of its infinite combo feature, but then again, when the lag spikes and you're in the middle of your combo, it just so happens that it also affects it, next thing you know, the enemy is already right behind you. So there, I quit. Not so much fun for an Internet cafe junkie like myself. And I heard that the game already has an update, never got the time to read about it since I have limited time (playing, testing, working) in a cafe. If anybody can shed me some light about it, that would really be appreciated, and credited.

Now I went back to playing League of Legends Philippines, with the new February update (Click to see the Patch Notes) I was hoping that they already released the new Dominion map, but to no avail. It was still a good patch for me - being the support type player that I am - because they released a new hero together with the patch, Ahri, the nine tailed fox. Which is an Ability Power (AP as it was called in-game) assassin champion. I'll go into full detail the next time. Ahri is my new champion, I got tired playing support, this time I can be aggressive and play as a killer. I'm currently playing as I was writing this, if you wanna test me if I can handle her, by all means, please add me in Garena and let's play.

My Garena Account: Yoshinen

External Links: http://forum.lol.garena.ph/showthread.php?19424-February-Patch-Notes

Alright, after a long time of hiatus here's a comeback post for all the peeps out there... I've been busy myself, playing a new game (after League of Legends that is) called Dragon Nest. This is a SEA (SouthEast Asia) server, as of this post, haven't heard if there will be a local server for the pinoys. Now on to my post...

I'm currently at level 15 playing as a Paladin (technically should have been higher since I transfered to the new new server released as of October.) and I can say the game is really enjoyable graphics wise it's kind of cute and reminds me of Grand Chase 3D style, with dungeons and dungeon bosses. If time permits me I'll be posting my very own leveling and and farming guides here. For now this will just be a brief post regarding me getting the game tested, for now I have to sign off since I'm sharing this computer with my sister... and really.. that sucks!

Now This just sucks! Just when I had my close beta key handed to me, LoL (League of Legends) Philippines suddenly went on Open Beta Phase.

But looking on the bright side at least I will get to play with a lot more players now... and there won't be a need for a key to play the game. I just went to update my patcher today and I saw the big sign on Garena Messenger, that LoL Ph, went OBT January 22, 2010. Together with it come a 3 day celebration and all heroes are free to play... Now guys go grab a seat and practice with your favorite hero!

League of Legends, a game derived from the Warcraft III's custom game Defense Of The Ancients, is now being hosted by Garena for the Philippine gaming community. The game is currently on it's closed beta phase, and is distributing closed beta keys to interested players.

I just got my beta key today, and I'm planning to test the game later on, I've been playing on the original League of Legends server which is published by RIOT Games, I haven't played with that much Filipino players on the server so I'm planning to transfer -- after testing though -- if I get to like the local distribution.

Just a brief rundown about the game, League of Legends is basically just like DotA, and players would notice some similarities, with some additional features:

SUMMONERS SPELLS: Summoners Spells allow you to assist your champion, unlike the regular spells unique to your hero, these spells are staple and the same for all, but you have to choose wisely because you can only select two spells per game.

RUNES: These are passives that you can bring on a game, you can choose from a vast selection of runes, from the store, these runes are only beneficial for your hero alone.

For more of the new user guide better follow this link.

Last time I played the game was still in closed beta, tested out some of the features and I got hooked, though the same with perfect world (which is also the developer -- correct me if I'm wrong -- of the game) revolves around quests. and I mean, a lot of them, It's the players main means of leveling. But it's not boring though, there are still a lot of features I wasn't able to test and a lot of quests and instances that I haven't had my hands on yet. I'm planning to continue playing, but that's until I get my own computer -- breaking down and all -- so I can test all the games I've been posting here.

Open beta for BOI (Battle Of Immortals) started December 6, 2010. Battle of Immortals is a Free-To-Play Fantasy Themed MMORPG by Perfect World Entertainment and it is published here in the Philippines by Cubizone. It is a very easy game to play and it uses a point-and-click system to control your character. I created a slayer (known as Executioner in BOI.ph, which is the localized name for the class) back in the closed beta stage of the game... I liked the graphics and all, but kind of disappointed, due to the lack of action and effects, not to mention the limited camera angles.