Review Submitted By: Jezz
Author Status: Player
Started on Geas: 5 years ago
Submission Date: Jan 22, 2006
TMC Listing: Geas
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Jezz]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
I started in the MUD world playing a basic MUD in spanish. There I met
a wizard whom I finally started to chat and so. He talked to me about
GEAS, and warned me it was nothing like I was played before.
It was truly nothing I was used to. Just after creating my char, which
only took me around 2 minutes, I appeared at an inn, where I met a
lizardman and an elven lady chatting. After some roleplaying and basic
guidelines by them, I was invited to visit Ironhold, a
former dwarven city that had been invaded by gnolls and other
goblinoids.
On our way we met a Taniel cleric, god of light and order, who joined
us in our mission. I barely knew basic commands for fighting, and the
ones I was told were meant to keep me alive, but what I saw was
amazing:
Used to combats where you simply type attack and watch succesive
fighting rounds, the lizardman started to use a lot of shaolin moves,
jumpkicks, backhand chops, tackles, while the elven lady wielded a
katana with both hands and took the tanking, performing moves, like
impales and spins. The cleric stayed at backrow, safe from melee
attacks, and fried some goblinoids with holy smites, while also caring
for the health of our team. I must admit sometimes I forgot to attack
too, and simply watched the fight trying not to lose myself :P
It has been five years since then. Now Jezz is the Dreadmaster of the
Crowned Skull, god of Death and Destruction, and roams the lands
looking for enemies of HIS god, ready to spread suffering. In those
five years I have barely been able to master some skills, which alway
keeps me wanting to improve my char. I also learned to profit from
the never seen before combat system Geas offers. He often has to deal
with druids, crusaders, thieves, dark templars, rangers, shaolins,
skaldens, alchemists...
Roleplay is one of the major aspects in Geas too. I and the 90% of
people here have adopted a charismatic way of playing our chars, which
makes every time i log in a new opportunity of enjoying a MUD
session.
This is something I'm sure not everyone can say about their own MUD...
