http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcJlFIB2k64
The game is heavy on the storyline which is both good and bad. On the good side, the storyline is actually engaging and well thought out. On the bad side, it’s deeper than the actual gameplay where the combat is lacking something at this point. While the game has some depth with the RPG elements, the old school graphics will come to down to personal taste. Old school graphics generally convey a sense of personality, but this isn’t coming across in Hybrid.
The way the game is set up may have something to do with it. Literally, you watch a story snippet which you can skip, and then you’re thrown into a battle. What’s missing thus far is any exploration or even the ability to roam. I like the different sword moves, and the different finger swipes to invoke powers and spells is a nice touch. But, this is one game that really requires a lite version so people can better gauge whether this appeals to them since this is the epitome of a hit or miss game. It’s mediocre for me right now especially compared to Dungeon Hunter and even Zenonia.
Funny thing is that the initial reactions are identical compared to when the game first launched in Korea. It was also, “Too much story telling in the beginning part of the game”, “People who like it really like it, people who don’t doesn’t.”
The game designer really wanted to present his world to the audience, and insisted on not reducing the amount of text in the beginning when launching the game even in Korea. (Our marketing team was really against this idea, as you have expected :P) But, as you play, we hope it is something that you get over and absorb. The amount of story is pretty heavy in the beginning but it gets better in the latter part, where the battles become pretty intense.
Compared to ZENONIA, HYBRID is a much more hardcore game that fits the die-hard rpg fans, where ZENONIA is a much casual approach of a rpg game. I believe everybody sensed the seriousness compared to the humorous ZENONIA. We wanted to offer a different type of experience with HYBRID: Eternal Whisper and fulfill needs coming from different taste buds. Overcoming harder experiences sometimes do provide bigger satisfactions. :Phttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAhXjmjD2w