Review: Everworld
 

*Quickly finishes the review on Friday night because he promised he would review it for Arcadius by Friday* :p

I got the impression Everworld was more of a community type server with events, quests etc but it claims to have tailored to role-players. This map is pretty full, not exactly a big metropolis like Delteria is, but there are no huge blank, barren spots in the map like some servers may have had.

Creativity - 9.5/10 - Wow! You didn't even have your own tileset but you really added small details that made your own server unique. Everything from different colored mushrooms not in the real tileset to flowers, to different graphics for baddies, all that really contributed in a positive way to your server and gave it an increased level of sophistication. I also liked the idea how everything "flowed" in the server, you could really find out a lot of information about buildings and things to do just by bumping people into the street, you didn't have any idea where you'd end up next sometimes which I thought was cool. You'd get immersed into doing one thing when you should be doing another! New mini games and some q games as well (similar to krak man on bomy moon). There were still some monotonous components to the server that others have, but still I think the effects of those things (I also forgot the trees, they were neat though it's debatable whether they fit into the overworld) far outweighed the regularities.


Storyline - 5/10 - This I found kind of problematic. Okay, so you're the guy who has to save the day and such, but I didn't really find any elements in the server that contributed to the storyline. Sure, you meet the odd person or two who has things to say about the antagonist but I didn't feel anything building up or any key climatic point that made the story worthwhile, except to just explain a few things as you go along. Maybe it would be best if you got rid of the story or phased it out even a bit more or added a few more components into it for the quests. Either way, you don't have to totally reform your server but maybe just have something relevant in the server (or nothing at all) to make the story worthwhile.

Levels - 9/10 - Another fantastic job. The server had no custom tileset but some of those levels were simply fascinating. While the main towns are great what really caught my attention is how the quality remained consistent and didn't trail off after a while. It was always there, from the towns to the quests to the countryside. No plain green fields or endless roads that went straight on forever. Some of the styles you used such as some of the flower bunches are debatable when it comes to style but you didn't do a whole lot of it, the general overworld still looks very good. Player made houses could use a little bit of work, but still, you really did a good job levelling.

NPC's - 8/10 - You had some interesting NPC's in this server. Some of them were regular ones like the hammer and shovel etc but some of them were unique like the hats (wow, the hats! Most of them totally original) which must have taken a ton of effort. There was two things, though, and that was the pistol might actually be better if it had a graphic for it (and different attack style) and also one of your minigames, I think I've seen it before but you may have made it.. I'll have to look into it later. The NPC characters placed around the towns giving you small odd tasks to do was pretty neat too, and some weren't just standing there, they would go into a story and casually mention this and that, which leaves what you do about it open-ended. Good job here, but you might want to think about adding a few more interesting NPC's if you like.

Quests - 8/10 - Lots of quests, tons of quests in fact, and Arcadius mentioned the possibility of there being more of them he did not pick up. The sheer quality, however, is not what made them so good but the variety. Yes, I think some of them could have been converted from "slash the baddies" to something more interesting, but the prizes at the end aren't all just hearts, it's a great variety of things. Sometimes, when you think a quest is over, it really isn't and you have to find your reward. Also some of tasks couldn't be classified as quests, but they felt like them (example: Go deliver this item to player x and he will tell you something which may help you later on in a real quest). Things like these show that the staff actually care about the server and didn't just slap it all together, they took their time and worked hard on it.

Overall score: 39.5/50

Everworld's Status: Pass!

Everworld's website: http://everworld.yoll.net

So, it has all the components of a required server, and it passed too. Neat, that means my work here is done. Congratulations to the team for their fine work on this server. But wait, even the magnificent me ( ;) ) sometimes can have subjective and flawed judgement, which means that it won't go up just yet. It's onto the second reviewer, which is Torankusu. He will review the server, then post his review on the forums too for everyone to see. Like it or not, we aren't exactly robots, we cannot get every server and every review perfectly, we just have to assess how it would succeed with the graalian population and compare it's quality to other servers online and other potential servers.

So anyways, there you have it. Round 2 should follow soon

Woo-friggidy-whoo!!!

::sniffle:: Im so happy

aftershock766: http://forums.graal2001.com/forums/s...threadid=41897
aftershock766: I'll get to the point, you are a winner

Cool, and congratulations.

We did actually think of changing the name, but it wasen't our main concern at the time.

CONGRATS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON EVERWORLD!!
Thats a great rating for a playerworld, now since the quality of servers now has increased. I can't wait to see it :)

All I can really say is "OMG WEEEEEEEEEEEEE" in the voice of an 8 year old school girl at the moment, when I calm down ill talk in a more primitive manner.

Good Job Arc and Staff! And Good review Aftershock!
With all the hard work you guys have done on it I hope to see it online.
;)



PS- Hey Arc now if you could just somebody to visit your Forums now.

wow I checked out your sites and the screenshot section and it looks pretty nice.I hope to play it one day :]

Wow, nice review! Good luck guys, I hope you pass the second review.

Oh, and you got a compliment by Pith. That's like the first time I've seen him say something positive <:]

P.S: Put me on your compliments page ;]

O.o.. i will add all these compliments.. tommorow.. *is half asleep*

Congratulations :)
sounds nice, ~maybe~ i will play there and later offer some help hehe.

woot? more gfx people.. yey..

WE NEED SCRIPTERS :grrr:

Congrats i started this server over a year ago
and u made it promising good luck with it and i hope u go far with it = P

Impressive scores.
Sounds like theres plenty of stuff there.
Cant wait for it to go up.

Im not so possitive for playerworlds, nice rating, congratulions, i might check it out some time

what does that mean ur not so possitive for playerworlds????

Sorry if im hard to anderstand lol, but im a hard rater when its about playerworlds.

Jaffer, not even a week ago you were asking me to hire you for everworld o.O

ur point?

Bleh, I understand what he means now X_x

The passing score is 37.5, so don't think it's easy to get a playerworld online. Everworld didn't exactly pass with flying colors, but it definatrely did get a higher score compared to some other servers.

If what I hear is true, it'll be servers like Oasis and Graal 2230 that will be looking for scores in the mid 40's

Well, the important thing is Everworld passed review #1 :P

LMAO! Did you turn him down? Thats probably why he said what he said :P

He sent me his app then I was looking at it then we broke into another convo and I completely forgot about the app O_o

No he didnt you girl fool, as he said in his last comment thats true, he also said he was tired.

Im always tired ... Jaffer if you still want that position contact Senator.. he posted in this post earlier :X

O_O whats is aim?

i talked to him on aim, yesterday, but it was just a chat, with some server i was LAT on umm, Genesis and Senator and me was gonna help him i think X_X, but i dont remmember what his aim was O_O.


:|

He's working on EoA as well.. O.o..

his aim's Senator LAT

http://www.scholastic.com/everworld/
Everworld is a serious of books, the name is trademarked, and cannot be used for playerworld ;o

Do you realize this makes absolutely no sense?

haha, dont think so...



Trevor ish funny, oh well, i didnt find him on aim, he wanst on and im to lazy to try to get him later, tell him to look here.

edit: im gonna fix the little tile error in the mountain, right side of river.

Eh.. series of books.. errr..

Well, Ive got a plan :)

So the name can be changed and the server wont have to go under SUPERMEGAMASSIVE changes.

Please explain to me how this made sense...

I guess I'll break it down to small parts for you :\

Everquest - Ok, this word makes sense but has nothing to do with anything anyone said in this thread
is - Simple linking verb, its ok
a - still ok
serious - makes absolutely no sense in the way it was used
a - ^same^
books - ^same again^

Is there still confusion?

I was confused when I read it, but the Everquest thing was an obvious mistake, since he editted his post to cover it up. If he said series of books, that would make since.

I have it quoted for the truth and that won't change....

Also, Since even though he edited his post it still makes no sense. :\

I find Your Website Half Offensive

I take it who ever wrote this cheesy comment, they are Are American?

''LoL The Target Added to the Turban was by me. For everyone to get a close lookout if they ever go to Afgahnistan! (Yes I know my spelling sucks...)''

Your so controlled by propaganda that you think that Afganistan is a bad country, nothing but war and you your self have no real reason to hate that country. [As far as I know]

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Next thing, About the snowboarding, it looks nothing like a snowboard, Thats not a big deal but it looks similar to the Skatebaord, try and change that as it would be better.

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Final thing:


I think the server would be ruined by a different tileset as its basicaly the same one but slightly darker and neater and the normal one it fine.....

Congrats :D

>_>
Actually the turban wasnt added by me, there was one other person who had access to the site.. and I wont mention hsi name because he's no longer a part of everworld nor graal, he asked me never to speak of him. Eep?

WOOT WOOT

OMG!!! BROCK!!

..DANCE MEGAMAN DANCE!!!!!

Ok then, fiar enough, I look forward to checking our Everworld, It looks like a fun PW to play on.