Maple Story

Huh, I didn't realise I didn't write for 5 days. I guess I just kept on thinking "I'll do it later". This is comparable to... procrastinating procrastination? Anyway, I've been working, as usual- and when I haven't been working, I've... been doing other... things. Yes.

Well, I started playing Maple Story--- and no, fuck you, don't give me that look. STOP JUDGING ME. I've never played before, and I must say that it doesn't really appeal to me. I mean sure the graphics are really cute, and there are millions of ways to customize your character... but what's the point if you can't even see it properly? Also, being able to change clothes reeeeally doesn't make up for every other problem I have with the game. Firstly, I don't like getting swamped by monsters. Yes, it does feel good when I aoe and kill them all in 2-3 hits... but it disturbs me how I have trouble finding my own character. Combat to me seems to be spamming certain skills while occasionally jumping up to avoid being hit... Which is actually okay, I guess, but I miss being able to combo.

My next problem is the super-confusing tutorial and the stupid dialogue. There's a lot of reading to be done- and I really don't have the patience to read during a game--- Maple Story annoys me to the next level by not letting me automatically accept quests, and having a slow-as-hell text display speed. Now, that shouldn't be a problem, there should be text speed adjustment in the settings, right? APPARENTLY NOT. There probably is a way to do it, but at this stage I'm thinking "if adjusting text speed is something I have to resort to Google for, this game is shittily designed for something so text-heavy".

Then there's the fact that I hate platforms, and how I keep on falling off them. No, it's not just because I suck at platform games, but I also attribute it to the fact that I can't see where the platforms are. Everything's so colorful, looking at my screen makes me think that I'm looking at a "Where's Wally?" page. I seriously cannot tell whether I will fall off if I move one space left or right, unless I stare really hard. All the NPCs are crowded together, and I'm really dreading having to deliver one message to another NPC. Oh, and all the quests are stupid. I know most RPG quests are stupid, but the ones here seem to be the old-fashioned kind of stupid. "Kill 200 monsters within your level range to warm up your hands!" "Kill 100 slimes because they're so gross and slimey!" "Deliver this message to my little brother who happens to be inside the house, which is right next to me" "Deliver this back to my older sister who is just outside the house I'm currently standing in"

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And sometimes I just feel like telling the NPC "go do it yourself, you lazy fuck"

My eyes...

So yeah, there's my totally unbiased and objective review of the game Maple Story.