IMMORTAL KINGDOMS M IS FAR FROM ANYTHING GOOD
Game: Immortal Kingdoms M
Platform: Mobile
Genre: Gacha, MMORPG, Automated
Overview
I'm not sure about you, but for someone like myself who has been playing MMORPGs on a regular basis for the past 19 years and has over 100,000 hours under his belt, I can honestly say that I am sick and tired of developers preying on mobile gamers for their money while providing next to no gameplay for that exchange, especially when all they offer you is a game that will literally play itself while asking for more money. If you're the type of person who just doesn't care about games and likes to watch the game do everything for you, this will be great for you, because that is all it is.
What makes matters worse is that it does not feel like an MMORPG. It's the usual; you're in your own instance, while others are in theirs, and you can't interact with them physically because it's all an illusion, with their characters being controlled by AI that follows you around and assists you in dungeons. However, this could have been due to the fact that I was playing the playtest version rather than the public version, but it did not feel like any other MMORPG that I have ever played before.
Issues
Where should I start? The main issue is that before you can even start playing, the game is automatically set to auto-path and auto-fight, so you just sit there watching your character play the game for you, and if you touch the controls, you will have no way of navigating to your next location because there is no navigation system other than using the auto features, as in there are no mini-map icons, no lines, or no arrows. It's awful because your role is to enter boss fights and manage equipment / features.
The combat poses no threat to you or the AI. You will never die or encounter any problems as long as you manually equip and upgrade your equipment whenever they drop from a boss while your character is fighting and moving in the background.
MMORPGs should be games that allow you to socialize, make new friends, and simply have fun. But this game entirely destroys the point and labels itself one when, in reality, it's like the hundreds of Gacha cash grabs you've seen and moved on from.
Graphics & Presentation
The cinematics and sound effects were alright; everything else about the visuals was simply overpowering. When you first start out, everything is fine; nothing seems out of place, and you begin to progress through the story, unlocking new features and doing everything you would expect, until the unlocks keep coming one after the other, and you suddenly notice 76% of your screen is blocked by UI elements.
Yes, you can hide the majority of them, but you will eventually have to reveal them in order to access the 18+ different features all blinking at you to click them, all of which have their own annoyingly long and irritating menu screens, the majority of which are just cash elements and pointless rewards for something you didn't even do, but rather what the auto-play function did, which eliminates any real achievements.
What you'll be seeing is the menu screens while the game plays in the background.
Gameplay
Can we even call this gameplay, when you're not really doing anything?
You never truly play this game, and if you do, you won't feel engaged, more or less lost. There is an excessive number of events and content in which you can participate, all of which will be played by the auto-play system, but there is simply nothing interesting there besides more material to level you and your gear up or more chances at pulling creatures from the Gacha to help you in battle by raising your CP.
Conclusion
Please do not waste your time and effort just to become frustrated by how little this game has to offer in exchange for your valuable time, which I respect.
I just wanted to let you know that if you're ever looking for a genuine MMORPG that is free to play, doesn't require any money, and can be played on your mobile devices, You will not find anything better than OSRS or RS3. That is coming from someone who has played the game for over 70,000 hours since they were 9.
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