subject: Legendary Heroes: more than just another mmorpg [print this page] Legendary Heroes: more than just another mmorpg
Taking some legendary names, and kicking some legendary tail is the name of the game in the upcoming free mmorpg Legendary Champions to be licensed by Aeria Games this year to join its growing list of available online games (www.aeriagames.com).
What makes Legendary Champions such an enticing mmo? For starters, despite its resemblance to many a 3 Kingdom and other Asia-inspired mmos, a curve ball in the fabric of Western fable and Asian history opens up a truly unique game filled with familiar faces along with a familiar playing style.
On the surface, you will have your in-game character focused in the center, with menus relaying quest, character status, items, skills and the usual decorum of a usual mmo's user interface. Stop right there. What does the world need with yet another free rendition of EQ, GW and other mainstream mmo leaders? Answering that question requires a deeper look into the substance of Legendary Champions.
Mounts, monsters, morphing, the "three M's" that make Legendary Champions attractive and fun. Mounts includes an abundance of dinosaurs, mammalian behemoths, great winged dragons, and even pandas allow for even greater customization of one's character. Monsters so huge that they won't even fit on your monitor's display once battle begins, for example, Godzilla-sized gargantuan beasts that take more than a healer-tank-sorcerer team to slay. Finally, morphing in a sense, that is. You will be able to choose from over 60 heroes like Beowulf and Dracula to transform into and help you and your companions tackle the toughest of enemies as well as defeat rival PVP challengers.
The original build of Legendary Champions, "Heroes: Scions of Phoenix" made in Taiwan, was loosely based on the Ancient China inspired Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but smashes heroes of Western origin against the backdrop of the lands of Shu and Wei of the Han Dynasty.
It is clear that Aeria Games means to outdo itself with Legendary Champions by offering its primarily Western audience with such a different approach to the free to play mmorpg genre, and capture both fans of traditional mmorpgs as well as curious newcomers to the genre interested in a game surrounded by their favorite heroes of old. Legendary Champions will definitely raise the bar for other free mmorpgs to come, and break the tradition of a focused theme for an mmo's subject matter. In the future, we may yet see a similar move in the circles of science fiction mmos as well, blending them with other subgenres to create new and highly engaging mmo gaming experiences and perspectives.
