Red War: Edem’s Curse, often called plain ol’ Red War, is a 3D fantasy MMORPG published by Uforia. The game’s graphics look a lot like several older MMOs like With Your Destiny and Mu Online. I’ve actually been keeping an eye on Red War ever since I saw the game’s banners announce that the open beta would take place. Unfortunately, though, Red War fell well below my expectations.
A Shallow Game
I don’t think I’ve ever started a game review with such a ‘negative’ title before, but I believe that it’s appropriate in this case, as from the moment I logged into Red War, I was met with a lot of disappointment. Red War is a relatively new game [Released mid 2009], but the game has zero character customization, no tutorial and only three playable classes. Come on! Three classes? No customization? What is this? 1998? Both 2008 and 2009 have been an amazing years for free MMORPGs, as numerous ‘great’ games like Runes of Magic and Atlantica Online were released during this time-frame. Another aspect of Red War that I couldn’t stand was the game’s graphics. Honestly, I believe Red War: Eden’s Curse has some of the worst graphics of any Red War Gold. Now, I’m not usually picky when it comes to graphics, as I like both 2D, 3D, cartoony and realistic graphics, but Red War’s graphics were simply an eyesore. If the game had been released in, say, 1999 rather than 2009, the graphics would have been ‘acceptable’. Terrible for even 1999 standards, but still acceptable. Before anyone shouts at me for criticizing the game too heavily I’d like to point out that All of my critiques were targeted at core gameplay elements rather than small bugs that will likely get fixed in the future. Oh, while we’re on the topic of gameplay, let’s smoothly transition into the next paragraph!
