Allods Online enters second closed beta, and we have keys for you!

The art of this game is what caught my interest :D

And the whole astral thing is awesome, can't wait!

Also I don't think you need to hold onto your keys until then, it says on the Allods site that this key will register you for all closed betas, wonder how many there are o.o

Okay, sure, the game looks like WoW, everyone needs to stop crying about it. I've played WoW for three years and was one of the best geared priests on the server coming out of Ulduar. In my opinion WoW did everything right in terms of graphics and feel of the game. Where WoW really screwed up was dulling the exp down after a few expansions and making it so easy a child could hit 80. WoW also did well in end-game, but not well enough. End-game got repetitive and annoying, why would I want to log into the game and raid in the same dungeon for 7 hours straight in front of the computer and not be guaranteed gear? Why would I want to look like every other geared character? PvP was great at first. Honestly PvP is not enough to keep me in a game, but after a while it became unbalanced and just another grind to get gear. What WoW really lacked was customizations like dye kits and weapon/armor color schemes so a player could feel unique. These are all small reasons which led to WoW no longer being interesting to me and many other players.



I mean sure, WoW is great in terms of graphics, running smoothly and storyline, but what the hell is the big deal about WoW? It did nothing original. It's just another pretty way to go here kill this, collect these, activate this and get a group together to run this. All there is to do in these games are constant questing to level, constant grinding mobs to level, constant PvP, constant raiding or constant farming for some damn profession to make gold. These games need to be more creative with more, fun methods to gain exp and money.



Now, if another game comes forward and copies WoW in all the areas that WoW did well, but has the potential to possibly do better in areas that WoW didn't, I'm all for it. So yes the game looks and feels like WoW, actually it looks better then WoW. I really hope this game is successful when it's released because I've had a lot more fun in it's beta than I did in WoW's beta. And honestly I really hope they do a good job on end-game content in this game and add some fun new ways to play an MMO. There are many things that make me want to play this game, the classes are very creative and the game is extremely detailed, so detailed that it made me want to quest again to experience a new beautiful, detailed zone. PvP sounds a lot more creative than anything WoW put forward, I mean creating your own Astral Ship with your guild and battling ship vs. ship and player vs. player sounds different and creative, I can't wait to experience it. The beta was extremely smooth and fun. If they listen to player suggestions, have fun creative dungeons and have fun end-game content I wouldn't even mind paying for this game. Actually I would prefer paying for it, because we all know that paying for a game means more likely to be successful with updated content. So people, please stop calling it a WoW clone and everything, if it takes all the good from WoW and improves it to make an even better game, who cares if it looks like WoW, it's another great game. And I know there are those hardcore WoW players out there that can sit in front of WoW all day and come onto these forums and defend it like it's their girlfriend. That's great if you're content with the same game, just shut up and keep the comments to yourself. And please stop coming onto these forums to talk down about the game, we really don't care. If you don't like the game don't enter a forum about it and don't play it.

"A WoW "clone"? That picture makes it look more like a WoW "rip off".
That Orc (?) looks like it was lifted directly from WoW..."

God, how embarrassingly typical of the ignorant WoW fanboy.

You mean the same Orcs, that were slated to be the focus of a Warhammer-based RTS developed by Blizzard fifteen years ago? The one that went to be called WarCRAFT?

The only true green, bald orcs with underbites and huge canines, know how to use the WAAAGH!
If you're going to fanboy a game, try to actually learn it's history. Stop making us all look bad, Mr. Bounce.

ok so i just got my beta key and started playing allods.. I really like it, but i want to clarify something... closed beta is just testing, once open beta comes, i have to start again?