Review Submitted By: Elerian
Author Status: Player
Started on Forgotten Kingdoms: Fall of 2001
Submission Date: Sep 26, 2007
TMC Listing: Forgotten Kingdoms
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Elerian]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Forgotten Kingdoms was the first mud I ever experienced and fell
in love with it. I have played on other muds since then, but
overall I have returned and remained faithful to FK. The other
reviews really do spell out the first time impressions and
benefits of the game so I don’t want to duplicate that here;
in fact I will like to take a different angle.
FK has a long history with its highs and lows, as any other
organization does. Yet through it all the high times really
do outnumber the lows. Some of the previous older posts named
a few of the problems that we have had, most of them growing pains
and many of them due to viewpoints and differences of opinion,
but in an environment such as this you are bound to have them.
My praises do go to the current administration of the game.
They really did do an awesome job of turning it all around. I
can guarantee that any of the cons, or problems, listed in the
previous posts have been addressed and fixed.
Some of the things I love about this game:
The Imms: They have been outstanding in carrying this mud from
a time when a lot of the playerbase was disenchanted with the
previous administration. They regrouped and came together to
save what everyone agreed to be a game that was on its deathbed
at one point. Through their hard work and dedication they have
nursed it back to health and we are definitely seeing the
fruits of their labor.
The Playerbase: The playerbase as a whole, when compared to other
muds of this genre or any other that I have seen, are top notch.
With that said, there are a few problems that every mud experiences
but overall the quality and depth of not only the Roleplay, but the
camaraderie shared by everyone is felt across the board. This mud
is not a mud for the Imms alone so they can play out their fantasies
with their friends. This mud truly belongs to the playerbase, and
that is something that is rarely seen on muds today.
The Setting: The environment is realistic and relatively true to
the setting I have come to love. This is my personal opinion, but
I believe if Ed Greenwood logged in one day he would nod his head
in approval of what not only the Imms alone do, but the entire
playerbase as a whole do to suspend reality and suck you into this
extremely immersive and well defined game.
The Roleplay: The roleplay alone is enough to recommend this game
to anyone on its own merits. Rarely do you find a game that is so
roleplay immersive (yes, I used immersive instead of intensive as
I believe it does it more justice) no matter what level of RPer you
are. Unlike other 'RPI' muds where you are shunned for not being
a good RPer, people will most certainly be sensitive and go the
extra mile to help you out. The snobbish elitism stigma that many
RPI muds carry is nonexistent here. Everyone starts off at some
point and no matter what level of RPer you are there are checks
and balances in place that ensure even the most inexperienced RPer
have the tools (both online and offline via the forums and website)
and support at their disposal.
The Gameplay: The gameplay is easy and intuitive, yet beware! This
game is not for the spoon-fed coddled weak of heart. In this game
you have to actually think and use not only problem solving skills,
but also your social interaction skills. This isn’t the mindless,
numbing, hack and slash mud where you just repeatedly kill mobs
over and over and hunt other PC's to PK for no reason. You have
to use your wits, intelligence, and social skills to advance
through the game. So if you like a challenge that’s not designed
towards player failure or mindless spoon-feeding this is
definitely the game for you.
So if you are interested please come by and check it out. Honestly
I say stay one week from weekend to weekend, and I guarantee you
will fall in love with it. If not then move on, but at least give
it a try. I believe once you play this game, all others will pail
in comparison and FK will be the metric that you will come to rate
other muds with.
