Gates of Andaron News & Events & Guides

Please note that I am writing this as an early review. I have spent about seven hours with this newly released MMO. Opinions may change as I dive deeper into the game but for the moment, these are my thoughts.

I have been playing MMO's for a while (about 12 years). I have played many PTP and FTP games, taking the good with the bad, most of which was bad. The majority of FTP MMO's out there stink, let's be honest. The controls are wanky, or there is terrible graphics, or they passivly 'force' you to pay real money for items that pretty much make gameplay a huge nuisance without (I'm talking to you Atlantica!). But so far, Gates of Andaron Gold  has fulfilled all of these categories without disappointment. In addition to Runes of Magic, this is one of the best free to play MMO's I've encountered so far, and I would be lying if I said I've tried less than 30+ of them. The real money online store offers a few nifty things like +exp potions, or special mounts, but nothing that you 'need' to play or enjoy the game.

Moving right along, GoA offers three different races; human, feline, and fairy. Each of them has their strong points and weak points in relevance to the class they choose, of which there are 6. They are warrior, night walker (rogue), archer, magician, Gates of Andaron Goldpriest, and finally evocator. Fantasy MMO vets will be more than familiar with the classes so I won't go into the skills of each.