Adventure Quest Online RPG Guardianship
A Review of a Free Internet Role Playing Game & Becoming a Guardian
AdventureQuest is a fully animated single-player free online game by Artix Entertainment. These action-filled strategy/battle games may be played extensively at no cost or upgrade with a nominal one-time fee of $19.95 to $24.95 (U.S. – currency converter link on the site). AdventureQuest is exciting in free-play mode, but is the upgrade worth the money?
Playing Adventure Quest Online for Free
When playing for free, one can go on many interesting quests in the World of Lore. To start, one chooses an avatar to represent them (such as a mage, a fighter, or a rogue) and designs his or her appearance. Each choice comes with various skills, wealth, and special features.
Although the AdventureQuest role playing game involves battling with lots of pretty intense (and cool) weapons, potions, and battle-ready pets, parents will appreciate the lack of blood in this online adventure. When an enemy character is attacked, they bounce backward and with multiple attacks one defeats his or her foe and they disappear, fall to the ground, or transform into a weak (and often adorable) harmless creature. The monsters do, however, get more intense as one gets into higher levels.
Read more about AdventureQuest Guardianship at higher levels at AdventureQuest RPG at Mid-Level Guardian Play.
AdventureQuest is also a single player game, which rules out the worry of a younger player interacting with strangers, such as in another online game featured in the Suite 101 article: A Review of RuneScape Online RPG. Still, there can be interaction with others on player forums, so parents of younger kids might like to monitor the discussions there. This is a cool feature for fans of the game to interact.
One slightly macabre and strangely humorous thing all players can do is “Adopt a Widdle (little) Killing Machine”, such as an undead puppy. Per the Adventure Quest game, “If you find the idea of having an undead puppy as a pet rather disgusting, don’t buy it [with game currency]. Even the he IS undead, he still enjoys gnawing on (his own) bones.” One can adopt other “interesting” pets and creatures that help one destroy enemies, like orcs, dragons of many sorts, werewolves, explosive turtles, and other imaginary beings.
One issue with playing for free that can be frustrating is that there are a limited number of free slots. When those slots are full, free players must wait to play.
Becoming a Guardian or Guardian X on Adventure Quest - Is it Worth the Fee?
For a one-time fee, one can upgrade their character to a Guardian, which solves the above problem and adds bonus features. As a Guardian or a Guardian X, a player can obtain admission to more areas of the game and go on more quests. Guardian status also gives one access to many unique and powerful items to use in the game. According to the website, “AdventureQuest now has 500+ monsters, monthly events, and the weekly addition of new pets, armors, shields, faces, and weapons.”
Review of Guardian Mode
The Guardian X mode (trial courtesy of Artix Entertainment) was exhaustively explored by one 13-year-old boy. Before this, he had been playing in free mode for approximately a month. When interviewed in person (June 20, 2008) after this trial, he was asked if becoming a Guardian would be worth the fee. His answer: “Through extensive battling and advanced “wack-ology” [his own word for the art of “whacking” his opponent], I have determined it is indeed worth the currency required to take part in the extended version of this incredible game. In other words – AdventureQuest totally rocks! You can kick some major evil backside.”
Perhaps that says it all. If a parent does not mind a little bloodless bad-guy backside-kicking, AdventureQuest online RPG (role playing game) appears to this reviewer to be a clever, exciting, and safe game for those over about 13 years old. There is humor, a bit of education (through reading, strategy-forming, and optional funny and informational quizzes), and adventurous excitement in this game. AdventureQuest will certainly thrill any adventure-seeking online gaming fan.
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Read about a new Artix MMO game coming out soon: AQWorlds Final Alpha Testing July 21, 2008.
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