Review Submitted By: Alea
Author Status: Player
Started on Shattered Kingdoms: January 2005
Submission Date: Feb 26, 2006
TMC Listing: Shattered Kingdoms
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Alea]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Shattered Kingdoms is one of the best muds that I have come across
since I started playing muds in 1994. It has mandatory roleplay and
unrestricted PK and manages the delicate and at times very difficult
balance between the two with reasonable succes. Being more to the
roleplay side than PK, there are elements of 'I win' culture on the
mud that I could be without, but Imms are very keen on nurturing a
vibrant and strong roleplay environment, and so are most of the
players.
Its building is generally far above average in all categories;
interesting plots, detailed descriptions, good coloring, good use of
ambience scripts and plenty of well thought out interactions between
area and player.
There are many quests of all sorts and on all levels of difficulty,
and I have been told that even more are to come in the future. The
world is enormous and exploration here is a time stealer of the
worst (but most entertaining) sort.
SK does a lot to promote newbie friendliness, and manages in my
opinion to get away with one of the best results I have seen. All
helpfiles are accessible on Shattered Kingdoms's website, which
means that you can be as prepared as you choose to be when you
start. Even if you don't have the patience to read through them,
most of the kingdoms have newbie areas that are easy to navigate and
tell you what you need to know. The 'mentor' command allows any
player below journeyman to send out a request for a teacher and
guide, and any high level player may teach skills below a certain
level in the mud's inns.
It is a free mud, with no buyable perks or benefits. The immstaff
seems dedicated and fair, and the playerbase is generally friendly
and helpful. The mud is usually placed around 12th on TMS's list of
top muds, though I, after having tried most of the others, honestly
think it deserves to be placed higher than that.
I suggest you peek in if you're interested in finding a new mud to
play. I expect you won't regret it.
See you IC!
