After hearing many glowing reviews and reading about some engaging content, I decided to explore Atlantica Online. I read that this game can be played through without spending a dime of real world money.
This was all the motivation I needed to hack my own computer in safe mode to try and get rid of most of the Mabinogi game client. I don’t think I ever want to play that game again. But I have read removing F2P game clients are even harder than enjoying playing them. I am starting to realize that I am going to need to do a factory restore after I am done all of this F2P exploration. Good times.
Unfortunately while the game seems to be true to its promise, you get what you pay for. When I finally managed to get online, after a bug filled setup process, I got in line. Characters almost literally stand in line to visit game avatar after game avatar. Then they stand in line to wait their turn to kill critters to complete quests. It felt like I was in a passport office or at the DMV going from kiosk to kiosk to fill out different forms, jumping through different hoops and moving into the next area.
When I finally completed this gruelling process and got a reward for completing it, it didn’t work. Again I felt like someone who smiles knowing he is about to get his passport or drivers license, just to find out they spelled my name “Foneil.”
Goodbye Atlantica online. This may very well be the first true F2P game but why would anyone bother to stand in line to find out?
