Tibia is a free mmorpg which was first created by the German software company Cipsoft in the late 1990's (1997), it has a massive player base and multiplayer worlds like other standard mmorpgs, it offers pvp and non-pvp worlds including pvp-optional. You can choose one of four differnet vocations which all have different strengths and weaknesses, the four vocations are:
Knight: This vocation is your typical melee fighter who has high hp and low mana, the knight is mainly used as a tank and usually absorbs most of the damage taken when on a quest etc.
Paladin: The Paladin is the 'Legolas' of the vocations, this vocation uses bows/crossbows and throwing knives/star at distance but can also use spells which are effective, with moderate hp/mana the Paladin is a versitile vocation to choose because of the high damage it can deal at relatively low level and with moderate skill stats (I'll talk about skills later).
Sorcerer: YOOOOOOUUU SHALLL NOT PASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! The Sorcerer can be best described as having high mana and low hp but, this vocation has many usuful spells which can be used for attack/support roles, money making roles (making runes which one can sell for good gold 'Sudden Death Runes'). The sorcerer lacks hp so at early levels it is vunerable to monsters and other players (depending on what world you select) but at high levels it has strong attacks and is a fun vocation to play as, old school sorcerer players have been upset by recent updates which has weakened the vocation (One guy I know in rl quit because of the changes).
Druid: Basically the same at the sorcerer but is used mainly as a healer/runemaker/support because of the unique spells and runes which it can use.
Skills: As with most typical mmorpgs you use a certain weapon for a period of time and you increase your 'skill' by continually using it, on Tibz there is skills such as Magic level (Ml) Sword fighting, fishing!, and so on, by increasing these skills you will be able to use better spells with regards to ml and hit higher damage with melee weapons.
Graphics:
As you can see, Tibia still uses 2D graphics which gives it a retro feel but can come off as unappealing to gamers who can play other mmorpgs with much better graphics. The screenshot shows an older version of the game btw.
Gameplay: The combat system is nothing special, click on an enemy and attack, but using hotkeys and runes to trap/paralyze players makes it quite enjoyable in pvp combat.
Ot Tibia servers: (Open Tibia servers) are privately run servers where everything is ususally edited in some way e.g new spells, new exp rates and so on, the changes that ot servers make, create a more fast paced game e.g you don't have to spend hours upon hours collecting this item and that item, or walking across the world to do this quest. Pvp is the best aspect of an ot server because of custom spells and revamped vocations.
This video was made by an rl friend with rl friends in it (I'm in it at 2.08 xD) it shows us killing low-level noobs for a laugh
Premium Account: The premium account allows you to acces new cities and part of the map, it allows you to unlock addon outfits and new quests + spells, premium is necessary for someone who wants to play seriously because playing on a free account is quite limiting at times.
Music: There is none which is both a pro and a con, listening to your own music and playing is quite good imo.
Boss fights: Bosses are usually apart of a quest, and are your average boss in rpgs who affects you with status effects and who can hit high damage etc.
(This video was of my rl friend killing Demodras. he's a lvl 100 Elder Druid in the vid.
Overall the game takes along time to get anywhere and level but Open Tibia servers take away the grinding elements and improves the mundane things about rl Tibia.
That sums up my short review of quite a fun game (Sorry for any typos)
Edited by Kenshin-Horus, 19 January 2012 - 08:52 PM.
