Review Submitted By: Eod
Author Status: Player
Started on Deckeon: 2002
Submission Date: Jul 11, 2006
TMC Listing: Deckeon
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Eod]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
It's hard to find good quality MUDs these days. That's a fact, not an
opinion. As arrogant as that sounds, it's the truth that many of us
veteran MUDders have encountered, as we've seen just about every
'unique' innovation the MUDding community has created. Meaning that for
every 100 MUDs out there, 5 of them are truly unique. Fortunately for
you, I'm not here to ramble about my philosophies on MUDding, I'm here
to talk to you about this diamond in the rough, Deckeon.
You're not going to find a better representation of Shadowrun than
Deckeon. It's packed with areas, mobs, and scripts that'll keep you
guessing until the end. That's not an exaggeration, because it takes
players literally hundreds of hours before they can reach a point
in their character that'll allow them to fully explore the world of
Deckeon. It's just packed with challenges, quests, items and secrets.
The gameworld is utterly unique. The original coder has turned this
ordinary CircleMUD into a masterpiece, containing an automapping
feature that actually LOOKS like a map (you're going to be impressed),
trade skills, a vast array of commands to RP, a sickening amount of
ways to customize your character, and most of all, a sense of
individuality in the game. Every single character that has a place in
Deckeon is unique. Skills range from bows and arrows to hand guns to
katanas to laser cannons. Vehicles from super racing bikes to big
limos and helicopters. Oh, and the world, every single mob has it's
own story to share (via the rumor) command, with unique stats,
inventory, and a purpose on why they're there. Auto-running Johnsons
assign randomly made quests that can have you snooping around in
gigantic and heavily guarded megacorp compounds or lurking underneath
a graveyard to save some dumb human.
Looking for PvP? There's an
underground arena that the corps sponser now and then to find new
muscle. Guns and ammo not good enough? Go to the local doc and start
sticking metal in your body, have your muscles amplified, replace your
natural eye, lace your bones with titanium. Sounds grotesque? Walk the
path of a mage, wreaking havoc with fireballs and conjuring creatures
that haunt your nightmares. Or better yet, be an adept (like me) and
pull off insane stunts like using a derringer and guiding its bullets
to kill, or catch arrows out of the air. The possibilities are
absolutely endless.
In all honesty, there's no way I can explain or document the full
features of the MUD. I'm not going to try and impress you with
propaganda. This wasn't requested by an immortal. If you look, this
MUD's been around for quite awhile, with not that many reviews or
votes.
And therein lies the problem. Despite the brilliance of the MUD, it
has a rather small playerbase. But, hey, you're reading the review.
Why not stop by and give it a shot?
;-)
