My reflections:
At a glance:
After the first dissapointment i was reluctant to see how it improved. I got on and I blinked once or twice. Thinking "Hmm, this is kinda getting cool" At first i picked my gender and Kingdom then was ploped in the middle of nowhere with an oldman digging me out (one scoop, must be a powerful old man) of the ground. (how did I get here?
). I walked arond, got the bandana. Traded it for an Axe. Etc. My overall impression : Good job
Graphics:
What can I say but "WOW". The cartoon look is all but gone. I still like the palm trees that remind me of Escape form Monkey Island. The other trees dont fit with the Plam Trees tho and almost makes it downgraded. The tiles are outstanding when they are placed on a gmap. They almost give it a real life feel. The bodys are well down however undetailed, still look good. Hairs sometimes are lowered so I can see my bald head through the top of my hear (Catholic monk-ish style I assume)
Right here your rating is 9/10 (tweak it up a bit and it will loo great)
Music:
BOOM! as I was blown away by the soundtrack. Its outstanding work and it set a good mood for the game. I like the introduction of new music as it fades out and plays a new tune. Although the music was great, as quickly as it amazed me is how quickly it became tiresome to hear. Although the music is exceptional someting turns me away from it after an hour or so of listening to it. (Except on of the songs, I could listen to the pathway that one all day. don't remember the name)
right now I stand with a solid 8/10 because I was forced to turn off my music support because I got bored of listening to it.
Gameplay:
The Gameplay was the same as the alpha release. So I can't really review it. You can trade things and trow things. I liked that system but the acualy gameplay is slim. For an alpha release you can't expet much tho.
Overal: 6/10 (I would have given lower, but its an alpha so im lienient)
Overall:
2k is a big step up for Graal. It is a nice place to go to see eyecandy and ear candy aswell. Although their inst much to do I find myself sitting in the pub banging to cook most of the time (YES! playerhumpin is enabled +100 points!!) but its really good for an alpha and I am impressed
Overall rating: 8 / 10
05-20-2002, 01:11 PM
It's fun though, I just hope that there will be some fun stuff to do soon. I also hope that there will be people that roleplay on it, since all I saw was people wanting to know where they can get swords. Oh well, good work Stefan and crew. 
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