Granado Espada reviews

No knowledge of this background is required for players to play the game, but it adds some color to the overall experience. Much of this information is learned in the game by talking to various NPCs. The story begins in the old world of Orpesia, with the country of Oporuto. Oporuto was starving, and in need of an economic uplift. Their trade with resource-rich Katai had been cut off by the armies of Targa, Illier, and Vespanola to the East, and to the West they were blocked by the dreadful Dark Sea. An Oporutan explorer named Ferrucio Espada ventured across the Dark Sea in search of an ocean route to Katai, and instead he discovered a new world. The world was named Granado Espada after its discoverer. Oporuto threw all their economic resources into the development of the new world, and spent their country into bankruptcy. Nearby Vespanola relieved the country's debts, and in the process annexed all of Oporuto's holdings in Orpesia and Granado Espada. Following the annexation, Vespanola was attacked by their mortal enemy to the northwest, Brestia. The Brestian surprise attack resulted in a brutal conflict known as "The Three-Year War." The war's outcome was essentially decided at the Baleares Naval Battle, in which a weak Vespanolan "Red" Navy miraculously defeated the mighty Brestian fleet. The war forced Vespanola to ignore its interests in Granado Espada, and also created a new class of social elite, the Wartime Nobility. Due to social strife stemming from the Wartime Nobility's inability to adapt to peacetime, as well as growing control problems in Granado Espada, the Queen issued the "Reconquista Policy" urging adventurous Vespanolan families to migrate to the new world and retake the land for Queen and Country. The game begins with your family, the new family, looking to find power, fortune and glory under Reconquista.

MCC (Multi-Character Control)

• Control a group of three characters simultaneously as you adventure through the world. No more hours spent begging for a healer.

XAI (Xtreme Artificial Intelligence)

• Powerful AI engine ensures all three characters attack and move intelligently on their own. Never has there been a more advanced AI in an MMORPG.

Versatile Stance System

• Upgradeable stances give each character a wide range of skills and fighting styles to develop.

Multi-Leveling

• Stances and base level advance independently, creating a strategic challenge.

Gorgeous Scenery

• Incredible visuals from Hakkyu Kim’s IMC team have already won the Best Graphics technological Award from Korea’s prestigious 2006 Korea Game Award. Cities and scenery are modeled after true to life European period architecture.

Unique Baroque Atmosphere

• Lose yourself in the elegant new world, modeled after the glamour of the Baroque Period, and the excitement of the Age of Exploration

Character Classes

• Form your initial family from 5 classes: Fighter, Musketeer, Wizard, Elementalist, and Scout and collect up to 36 characters.

RNPC’s (Recruitable non-player characters)

• Unlock a growing number of RNPC’s to join your family by completing certain quests.

Intelligent Movement

• Heroes are controlled through a combination of point and click and hotkey use. XAI calculates the best route every time using the revolutionary PATHEngine path finding AI.

Detailed Hotkey System

• Extensive mapping allows full control of all three characters for advanced players.

Family System

• Select your group from an ever growing family that can hold a total of 36 different models.

Barracks Mode

• An interactive character selection screen from which you can see your entire family, form your group, and enter the game.

Factions

• Players can form more permanent groups called factions. If a faction is powerful and rich enough, it can declare war on another faction, opening up colony wars and PK opportunities.

Dueling and PvP

• Version 1.8.23 sports arena style dueling and PvP. Current PvP holds up to four families per team fighting in a two-team death match. Factions at war can hold Colony Wars in designated map areas.

Family Points / Reputation

• Points are earned through completing quests and successful dueling and PvP. These points can be used to purchase additional character or barracks slots, to create a Faction, or to declare war on another Faction.

Squad Play

• Temporarily form squads with other players for difficult quests. Each player in a squad still controls three characters, and XAI ensures all characters in a squad work together.

Interactive Trading

• Active players can trade with NPC vendors or other active players, while AFK players can sell their goods through a personal shop.

System requirements:

Minimum System:

• CPU
• OS
• RAM
• VGA
• DirectX
• Pentium III 1GHz
• WindowsXP, Windows2000
• 512MB
• GeForce2 MX400 64MB
• DirectX 9.0C

Optimal System:

• CPU
• OS
• RAM
• VGA
• DirectX
• Pentium 4 2GHz
• WindowsXP
• 1GB
• GeForce FX 4Ti / Radeon9000
• DirectX 9.0C