Wakfu
Similar to Dofus, starting their adventure in Wakfu, players are being provided with wide range of options for classes to choose from. As always, those classes are also being setup in a unique and uncommon fashion with uncommon names that can't be discovered in many other MMORGP titles. Another common traits that game lovers can also find several professions that they can learn during their gaming journey. This jobs learning process can be considered as one of the most charming part of both titles that Ankama Games developed as it added another fun playing element to enjoy those two outings.
The game play for Wakfu is basically a turn-based strategy based MMORPG that doesn't only revolves around battling against monsters as players can also got themselves more into the society and pursuing political career to eventually rule their nations. It's an interesting setup indeed as players won't get bored easily with usual battles and grinding to collect gears, items for character's enhancement but they can also acquire an important role as citizen of their nation. Acquiring high rank in their government can provide gamer with several nice bonuses along with prestige, not to mention opportunity to lead other players that are also part of that nation.
One of the positive things from Wakfu is the opportunity to simply modified the main hero into such unique character with strength and battle style that suits with gamer's personal traits. However, to make it happen, players must pay attention to every details that are being provided either from tutorials or reading any info available at Ankama's websites or forums. Moreover, as it was slightly mentioned above, professions learning process is an attractive factor indeed as gamer can easily changed it around during their gaming journey without giving up anything much.
Aside from political setup, another interesting stuff that gamer can also discover in Wakfu is about managing the Ecosystem. Players basically being provided with the power to decide how are things developing in their territory, from weather, plants, animals, even monsters can all be controlled by the gamer. This responsibility is pretty cool indeed, but gamer should pay a lot of attention as things can really get tricky for them since the flow of Ecosystem directly affecting their character and nation's development in the game. Random odd decisions in handling things can really make things difficult for game lovers as they might suffer tons of difficulties when finishing their remaining missions.
The game control for Wakfu is not complicated as players can just maximize their mouse usage for mobility or controlling heroes during battles. Although it's not something difficult, but the absence of auto walk sort of make it rather annoying for gamer as they must go through every area by clicking here and there instead of just hitting one area like in other MMORPG titles. Another situation that can be considered rather uncomfortable in this outing is the turn-based battle setup as since it's a tactical game, players are not only required to have some patience when battling, but they also need a certain strategy to avoid defeat especially against higher level opponents.
Furthermore, just as many tactical turn-based RPG, battles can simply take quite sometime especially against strong opponents, so those who are normally common with hack and slash action setup might get irritated when experiencing Wakfu. However, for those who love to get stuck in tactical battle while playing RPG, this battle system can really be one challenging experience that provide tons of entertainment for them.
The PvP system is also something that gamer can enjoy pretty well as there's always an option for them to stage battles against other players. Although winning that battle won't give gamer any stats related rewards, but they can earn citizenship points that are useful for those aiming to become ruler of their nation. Interaction with other members can also help them in some battles against enemies, especially with gamer have that strong position in the government, which gives them that power to command others.
Aside from those interesting features, the availability of clan members setup is also something important that players should acknowledge as it directly related with many of those important things such as ecosystem, government and many other things that have been discussed above. The tricky part of this system is obviously getting along with each of those members, as just like in real life society, there's different types of people that each have unique characteristics, so some effort might be required for players to get along with their clan members.
Overall, Wakfu is another exciting MMORPG crafted by Ankana Games, such wide variety of gaming journey completed with wonderful 2D World that provides fun visualization for gamer lovers. Just like Dofus, despite not using 3D setup, Wakfu is being crafted in such lovely fashion, with unique characters design that should entertain many players, even those who are not an avid RPG maniac. Despite having a potentially long and tiring battle system with the tactical turned-based setup, but the versatility of features being offered by this outing can certainly entertain many people. Being a free-to-play outing certainly make this title worth trying out, especially for those who are keen with this genre.
