LaTale is a brand new MMORPG to the English gaming market, being fully released to the public. Being an anime, cute styled 2D sidescroller, one may come to judge this game too quickly. Its counterpart, MapleStory, plays completely differently. There is not much to be compared between both of these games aside from their graphical resemblances. LaTale features a more distinctive character sprite, having full body proportions to a certain extent. You will also have many more customization choices in character creation on LaTale, having about ten hairstyles with many colors to choose from, and other customizations such as face and skin complexion. The game is also much more quest based, in my opinion. Anyhow, LaTale has been highly anticipated ever since OG Planet signed the contract to this game back in March 18, 2008. The game had extreme hype value, so did it live up to its dreamt glory?

Undoubtedly, this is a question of personal preference and opinion, but this review should give you my personal thoughts on this manner as well as my opinion on this game in general.

General Gameplay
LaTale Ely brings a whole new style of gameplay to the 2D sidescrolling MMORPG genre. It has more of an arcade feel with its controls, being somewhat slow rather than fast paced, which I found to be a little disappointing. The controls were difficult to use, making it an annoyance when trying to run and jump. On the upper hand, I absolutely loved their skill systems and classes; you can truly customize your character. LaTale has four standard classes that each branch off twice. That may sound generic to you, although every class has their own skill trees. For example, wizards can pick from four elements to add to their skill arsenal, either focusing on one specific element or combining a few, and explorers can choose from knives, to bows, to crossbows and more! On top of these skill trees, second classes have even more to choose from. This diversity truly makes up for the lack of attribute point allocation in the game, which also adds simplicity for younger players.

Guilds are also given a unique standpoint in LaTale Ely. By creating a guild, you chose an alignment to go along with it: neutral, order, or chaos. Depending on the type of guild you create, characters in the guild will earn stat bonuses on specific stats. This stat bonus augments as the guild levels up.