SilkRoad Online
The SilkRoad is the fantasy MMORPG(Massively Multiplayer Online RPG) game to describe the ancient Chinese, Islam and European civilizations with the SilkRoad which was the cultural and economic trading pathway connecting between ancient China and Europe that disappeared to the dustbin of history with the past magnificient glory.
The above is an excerpt from the game intro. The grammar is a bit off but I suspect it is due to translation problem.
SilkRoad Online is a free MMORPG by the Koreans. It is developed by Joymax Co. Ltd. Although it claims to be a free MMORPG, I was unable to connect to the game to try it out. Apparently, they block IPs from China, Taiwan, Japan and (I think) Malaysia.
From their official website, the screenshots are pretty impressive. For a free MMO, they sure put in lots of effort on the graphics. A friend of mine has been playing it for the past few days and according to him it is a cross between Lineage 2 and Storm Riders Online. Some even said it looks like Jade Empire without the $50 price tag.
Going through the website can be quite amusing. The translation isn’t all that bad but there are some statements that make you go WTF? The forum is called blah-blah. Cute. Too bad I can’t get to play it.
You can check it out here, SilkRoad Online. Hope you have better luck than me.
February 20th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
I’m using Maxis broadband, and it connects fine, except when the server congested. I getting connected percentage is 97%. i heard Streamyx is ok too.