Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Game Review: Pangya


This is the first game I review. Now down to business. Pangya is a MMO Fantasy Golf game. Now Golf may not seem like It'd be an amazing game but this game is far more.

Gameplay 9/10

This game has simple controls so anyone can play it. Its very casual as you can choose to play in Duels against players online or your friends in team games and free for all's. or you can play more competitive like playing in Tourney's or joining a guild. The way to play is simple enough, choose a direction to hit your ball into, choose power, and make an accuracy check. But don't be fooled by the simplicity. Now there is items, power shots, and TROLLS (meaning this game WILL troll you). In order to be a good Pangya player it takes anger management (seriously), great reflexes, and good calculating. Requiring precise reactions and combo pressing in a short time. Even if you succeed in making the perfect shot, the Holes(or maps) will have several obstacles that will obstruct the course of your ball. This game has given me my fair share of rage's which makes the successful shots all the more satisfying.

Graphics 9/10

The graphics this game offers looks very visually appealing as it has Anime style graphics (which i am a big fan of) and the scenery looks very well made. The graphics aren't very pixelated and has good particles shown when you make a shot.

Replay 10/10

Each round can be from 10 min. to 2 hours long. I have played through all 16 18 hole courses several times and i am not tired of this game. The Hole location and Wind direction/Power changes every new game so don't expect the same shots to be made. The community is good so you won't get much shit for being a noob. It also has different characters and stats to cuztomize.

Story 6/10

As you would expect the story of a fantasy golf game isnt much. Once a Evil Lord took over the island of Pangya. (This may be wrong) And in order to defeat him one had to place special orbs into a specific location. But the orb was lethal if touched so the people used rods to move the orbs, but every time one would hit the orb it would lose some power. So when the people defeated the Dark Lord they celebrated by making a sport using the same method the heroes used to defeat the dark lord.

Innovation 9/10

Although a golf game isn't very original, you probably don't see crazy shots like the power curve, exploding golf balls, or Clubs with rocket jets attached to them in any other golf games. so i think its pretty self explanatory.

Overall 10/10

This game should be a template for future sports games to come. The fact that it has power shots adds to the amazingness of this game. Games should always add cool abilities to add to the excitement.

6 comments:

  1. Nice game review. I never knew about this game. Although I like the review, I think you could also talk about the lesson yesterday as well as your experiences with the game (when do you play it, how long ago did you start playing, etc.)

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  2. I liked the gameplay part of this review because it does a great job explaining the gameplay in detail, and makes it easy for a newcomer to pick up on gameplay. I think that this is important because gameplay determines replay value and overall, how much fun someone is having when they play a lot.

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  3. I've never played this game, but your review taught me a lot about it. This game looks like it would be pretty fun to play because its a creative twist on a fantasy video game.

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  4. I have never played this game either, but this review makes it sound interesting to play. Your explanations in detail about the game makes me want to try it out sometime soon!

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  5. Good review, learned alot about this game. sounds like it would be fun.

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  6. good review i never play this game but one of the best review in the class (maybe even the best)pluz you have a pic in your review. the font is good and the lay-out is really good.

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