Review Submitted By: Krayt
Author Status: Player
Started on Dragonball Advent Truth: 5 days after release
Submission Date: Dec 20, 2009
TMC Listing: Dragonball Advent Truth
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Krayt]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Ok, the first thing I have to say about this mud is that it is NOT a
DBT clone. Not in any way, EXCEPT, it's made by the man himself,
Iovan.
Now that that is out of the way... DBAT is beyond indepth. You
literally control the battle by each punch, kick, or ki blast. Every
round is at your fingertips, because there is no auto attack of any
kind. You want to punch? Punch. You want to thwack some Saiyan thug
with a club? Go right ahead. How about decapitating someone with a
well placed Kienzan? That one is my personal favorites, because I can
pick up the head afterwards and throw it at things... >_> or train my
ki by meditating with it. Seriously, I haven't really played any
other DBZ mud that gives you the level control DBAT does.
If the mood comes across you, which it has me plenty of times, and
you just feel like destroying something, do it. EVERYTHING is
destructible. Park benches, statues, armor, even ROOMS. You can
literally turn an area into nothing more than a pile of rubble, and
who doesn't enjoy that?
One of the coolest things I've seen is when this mob deflected my ki
attack, and sent it careening into the corpse of his friend I had
killed moments earlier. Let's just say, all that was left was a
smoldering pile of goo after that. Not to mention, nothing is more
satisfying then grabbing a mob and slamming him into the ground to
create a massive crater, which DOES show up on the room desc. for all
to see.
Training your stats on DBAT is pretty unique as well. Many things
factor into it. Gravity being the foremost. You can actually buy a
private ship and install your very own gravity generator to spar/train
to your heart's content. When you're done training, you can hop into
the pilot's seat and blast off into space to explore. Space is
massive and free roaming. You can visit other planets, or explore
wormholes. You can even exit your ship and fly around.
The skill system is pretty in depth, with Sensei's that you choose
instead of a cookie cutter race/class combination. There's several
different teachers to choose from, with most being accessible by any
Race. There's also several more trainers that anyone can learn from,
depending on alignment. If you've ever played Feudal Realms when it
was up, then you'd instantly recognize the PS/skill advancement
system.
Every planet I've been to has been in depth and fun to explore, with
reputation systems in place for quests, as well as free roaming
quests. You better have a keen eye though, because not everything is
pointed out or handed to you on a silver platter, which draws you in
even more as you search for an item.. or person.
Overall, if you want a unique mudding experience with a few goody but
oldy things tossed in... then this is the perfect mud for you. RP all
the time, friendly players, and a fair staff make DBAT #1 in my book.
