Hey.

As promised I have decided to a write a short diary just to introduce you all to the 2D, brightly coloured world of "LaTale". If you haven't heard of the game already I recommend you go check out the website. The link is at the bottom of the page. Now back to business.

At the beginning of the Closed Beta (10am PST) there were some minor problems and no one was able to get in, but everyone seemed to be in good spirts even during the set back. After about 1-2 hours of waiting the doors where open and a flood of Beta testers flew into action and by flood I mean hundreads. Each area was full of people and yet there didn't seem to be any lag problems which I was impressed with. Soon after though the Developers started adding new Channels (Each server has a certain amount of channels). This really helped some of the players due to the fact that it was almost impossible to kill anything because for every 1 monster there were 10 eagerly awaiting players to slay it, but enough of the history lets look at some screenshots etc.
 

We have the same generic levels of customization you'd expect from most 2D MMORPGs (Maple Story, Ghost Online), but I prefer the bodies of the "LaTale Ely" bases. In "Maple Story" we have the characters with heads the size of planets which can be quite disturbing on some levels. "Ghost Online" had the right idea of trying to size down certain body parts, but unfortunately the end result is rather "ugly". In "LaTale Ely" they seemed to have got the combination just right. We have the cute, quirky faces not over-powering the rest of the body so we can have an equally interesting character which I admire. You also get to choose your base class straight away which is quite different from the other popular 2D MMOs. If you would like to read up on each of the classes I recommend you click the link at the bottom of the page.