Mortal Online

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 40
  3. Negative: 24 out of 40

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  1. Faran4
    Nov 3, 2018
    1
    Overly ambitious combat design, which failed badly and honestly looks like they were lazy with it. Got stuck in the tutorial, too, the game wouldn't let me progress. To be good in combat is akin to cheating. The lag is too much to make sense of anything, and the sword swinging animations look like the worst tearing ever is happening and that's WITH V-SYNC ON. There's no point to mentionOverly ambitious combat design, which failed badly and honestly looks like they were lazy with it. Got stuck in the tutorial, too, the game wouldn't let me progress. To be good in combat is akin to cheating. The lag is too much to make sense of anything, and the sword swinging animations look like the worst tearing ever is happening and that's WITH V-SYNC ON. There's no point to mention the pros, the cons far far outweigh them.… Expand
  2. zmaint
    Apr 12, 2013
    0
    Graphically it's not terrible. However, it's definitely NOT pretty enough to justify the lag.

    Very niche game, very few people like all PVP all the time. I was used to this, played UO forever (back when there were NO safe zones), so this is not a "the game is bad cuz I died" review. This is a game is not going to last because the vast majority of the MMORPG community would prefer    Graphically it's not terrible. However, it's definitely NOT pretty enough to justify the lag.

    Very niche game, very few people like all PVP all the time. I was used to this, played UO forever (back when there were NO safe zones), so this is not a "the game is bad cuz I died" review. This is a game is not going to last because the vast majority of the MMORPG community would prefer to have a PVE area for leveling, and then a persistent PVP area See Dark Ages of Camelot for a game that was set up well (had balance issues, but the framework was right)

    Not an MMORPG. Sorry, it's not. It's an MMOFPS with a very few RPG elements, most of which you'll not get to experience too much due to the PVP, player killing, and griefing.

    It's FIRST person ONLY. MMORPG's are generally THIRD person, with a first person option. Why even bother to have character customization a STAPLE of MMORPG's when you never even get to see your character?

    MASSIVE time consuming download and install. 8+ hours to get this thing up and running on my cable provider's max broadband speed package.

    Flawed all the way around not even worth a download as F2P recommend avoiding.    … Expand
  3. vv00b
    Jul 1, 2012
    2
    At first glance, Mortal Online seemed to be a hardcore PvP sandbox style game, but after easily putting in 100+ hours, I feel not only cheated out of my money, but out of my time as well. This glitchfest of a game is riddled with game breaking bugs, laggy FPS problems (that effect even high end rigs) and a less then noob friendly environment, that will have you constantly pulling out yourAt first glance, Mortal Online seemed to be a hardcore PvP sandbox style game, but after easily putting in 100+ hours, I feel not only cheated out of my money, but out of my time as well. This glitchfest of a game is riddled with game breaking bugs, laggy FPS problems (that effect even high end rigs) and a less then noob friendly environment, that will have you constantly pulling out your hair every time you get stuck on a rock and killed for all your loot. For the amount of time I but into this game I feel as though I did nothing but grind for my guild and watch other get away with exploiting game mechanics. There is no story in this game, so you are pretty much forced to make your own, and I would call that the highlight of this game, being able to do what you want when you want is nice but that "nice" feeling quickly dies when you fall threw the map time after time. Oh, and I almost most the GMs in the game are also players of the game, so corruption and favoritism is very prevalent and noticeable. I find it funny when you tell a GM that think someone might be using a hack, and the character using the hack laughs in your face, says he is using a hack, and that there is nothing you can about it. If you dont beleive any of what i say, try the 14 day trial and see for yourself. You can also youtube "Mortal Online Accounts compromised" and just see what kind of clusterF@ck Star Vault is running.… Expand
  4. kael221
    Jan 19, 2015
    0
    Let me save you time and grief: mortal online is by far one of the worst games ever made in this quadrant of our galactic cluster.

    Here's the game for summed up for you: Naked morons running around with their junk flapping about in the breeze killing, raping, conning, and pillaging anyone they can. It's basically Lord of the Flies online. Poorly moderated, overpriced, severely lacking    Let me save you time and grief: mortal online is by far one of the worst games ever made in this quadrant of our galactic cluster.

    Here's the game for summed up for you: Naked morons running around with their junk flapping about in the breeze killing, raping, conning, and pillaging anyone they can. It's basically Lord of the Flies online. Poorly moderated, overpriced, severely lacking content, and full of whiny PvPers that somehow think that because they can fight in a video game that in reality they could also easily take on the likes of Chuck Norris and Jet Lee. It's a sandbox with very little sand. WORST PART IS the combat; it's always lagged; you can be standing right against a mob hacking away at it an none of your attacks land; you back off 30 feet away and somehow the mob is still hitting you. This makes decent online combat impossible.

    MORTAL ONLINE = WORST MMO EVER You'd be better off gelding yourself without anasthetic and a broken filth covered plastic spoon covered in ebola than playing this joke of an MMO. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON THIS GARBAGE.

    regards.    … Expand
  5. BannedFromMO
    Apr 25, 2015
    0
    I've played Mortal Online for over two years. I loved the game and accepted all of the flaws, which there are many, but understood how hard it must be for an indie game company to take on such a huge project like MO.

    I have come here to warn any potential players of this game. The Mod team is ridiculously corrupt. The game runs terribly. They are currently being Ddos'd because of their    I've played Mortal Online for over two years. I loved the game and accepted all of the flaws, which there are many, but understood how hard it must be for an indie game company to take on such a huge project like MO.

    I have come here to warn any potential players of this game. The Mod team is ridiculously corrupt. The game runs terribly. They are currently being Ddos'd because of their corruption and although some see the up and coming expansion as a light at the end of a dark tunnel I can tell you it's just to make back some of their cash before the company completely falls in on it's self.

    Like I said, after playing for two years and paying hundreds of dollars into this game for multiple accounts I was banned. No reason was given, the ban said it was for seventy two hours but after weeks of waiting and being ignored by their Lead Game Mod Discord I gave up on even trying to communicate with them about why I was banned and if it would be lifted at any point.

    Please, for the love of all that is nerdy and game worthy...DO NOT HELP THIS COMPANY.

    I am not the only one affected by their staff corruption. You can find it all over the place. The game is very unique and interesting. I would of most likely played it until the company went bankrupt, but with this ban I feel as though I was betrayed by some one I cared deeply for. Their staff is the least professional group of egotistical ass hats I have ever encountered in a game world and because of them a great idea will burn and never see fruition.    … Expand
  6. Modbane
    Jun 10, 2014
    0
    Mod corruption, no balance, floating textures, non-existent progress in development or ingame play, everyone subscribes after a patch and then unsubscribes a week later. Avoid like the plague. They are preparing the starter town for steam to fool enough players into subbing before realizing how empty the game is. They have no intention of ever "finishing" or "polishing" this game. Avoid.
  7. ToeTags
    Apr 28, 2014
    1
    Jesus Christ!

    I have 10+ years of MMO experience., I've seen and played most of them. This... thing... is terrible. Glitchiest game in history, and that's YEARS after release. Feels like an early alpha test. They had a good idea, but it was simply ruined by bad presentation. As for the community, that some reviewers praise so much, its a cluster of apparently molested people that    Jesus Christ!

    I have 10+ years of MMO experience., I've seen and played most of them. This... thing... is terrible. Glitchiest game in history, and that's YEARS after release. Feels like an early alpha test.

    They had a good idea, but it was simply ruined by bad presentation.

    As for the community, that some reviewers praise so much, its a cluster of apparently molested people that came to this game to vent their RL frustrations.

    There is not a single thing (except crafting) that is good about this game.

    I hate User Friendly games, but this one is simply User Hostile. Stay the F**K away!    … Expand
  8. parabellumstril
    Jul 28, 2014
    0
    Terrible customer support, game can't handle more than 10 people on screen at once, GMs ban the incorrect people over hacking accusations, just a mess.
  9. gigamo
    Jul 28, 2014
    0
    Full loot open pvp but mages cost next to nothing to gear whereas high-end warriors can cost 100s of gold. Then those 1 gold mages can instapop you even in the best gear as long as there are 4 mages to hit you with a thunderlash all at once.
  10. diphrael
    Jul 28, 2014
    0
    I lead a large guild that is mostly disliked but we only do evil **** the way we do it because it is impossible to play this game legit without going insane. If you don't learn how to dupe gold and materials early on, you will have a nightmare of a time playing. Spend 3 months making a couple stacks of materials for high end gear and you can lose it all in a day or two. That's why you dupe.
  11. deathvein
    Jun 10, 2014
    0
    One buggy mess. Continuous alpha state since launch, promised features left out. Maybe 20 players online at a time. No one leaves the guard zones. Prepare to get stuck on just about everything, try to use the unstuck command that they made only work once every ten minutes, and then you have to wait a half an hour for a GM to unstick you, hoping he doesn't kill you. Play Darkfall instead.
  12. hammersmashed
    Jun 10, 2014
    0
    Dwindling player-base as there has been no noticeable development in the game for 4 years. No new content for four years. The content of the past four years is still in an alpha-like state. Players that have duped thousands of the best materials rule the map. There are no wars between any of the guilds that hold keeps/fortresses. Serious borefest. If you go roaming looking for PVP you'llDwindling player-base as there has been no noticeable development in the game for 4 years. No new content for four years. The content of the past four years is still in an alpha-like state. Players that have duped thousands of the best materials rule the map. There are no wars between any of the guilds that hold keeps/fortresses. Serious borefest. If you go roaming looking for PVP you'll run into nothing but mounted groups if you even run into anyone.… Expand
  13. mimdrs
    Jan 23, 2012
    0
    This game is a case of shoulda coulda and woulda. The devs ran out of time and money and launched the game 1/3 finished. They have a skeleten dev team now and I think are more worried how they will pay the heating bill then making a game. When the game launched it was fun but you got very bored very soon, the gaming community was great. But almost 6 months after launch that group had leftThis game is a case of shoulda coulda and woulda. The devs ran out of time and money and launched the game 1/3 finished. They have a skeleten dev team now and I think are more worried how they will pay the heating bill then making a game. When the game launched it was fun but you got very bored very soon, the gaming community was great. But almost 6 months after launch that group had left and replaced with a bunch of children. Also even almost years later ( went back on trail account) it is still bugged to hell.… Expand
  14. dangeroustod
    Jul 28, 2014
    0
    Notice how 90% of the positive ratings are from 2012, that's back before they ruined the game. Most of the good players left the game in 2012 because of updates and patches that are never delivered. Instead what you get is constant tweaking of PVP balancing which ALWAYS creates new imbalance. Sort magic out? Yeah, we'll sort it out AFTER the Territory Control patch. Guess what, they wereNotice how 90% of the positive ratings are from 2012, that's back before they ruined the game. Most of the good players left the game in 2012 because of updates and patches that are never delivered. Instead what you get is constant tweaking of PVP balancing which ALWAYS creates new imbalance. Sort magic out? Yeah, we'll sort it out AFTER the Territory Control patch. Guess what, they were talking about TC in 2012, it is now 2014 and they STILL HAVEN'T RELEASED IT. So they might release TC patch within the next two years, but how long will the game be broken after that? It would take them atleast a year to fix all of the issues they will create with the TC patch, so an estimate of when the new magic system will come out is roughly 4-5 years.

    Also, they have a "private" testing team which consists of their favorite Mortal players, which is why the balance is always skewed, because they are catering to their favorites aka their "test" team. They then release a buggy patch that makes many people quit for a month or two until the problem is seemingly resolved.

    Mortal is full of players who WANT to like it. That is why they quit and come back, not because this game is GOOD, but because it COULD HAVE been good. Darkfall completely revamped their game, and they have continuous updates now. Adventurine and StarVault have now switched sides, Adventurine is constantly updating and you hear nothing from StarVault. It used to be the other way around. The sad fact is that Mortal's combat system is so much better than Darkfalls, unless you prefer cartoony WoW-like nonsense like in DF.

    Avoid this game for another 4-5 years, if it is still operational. Maybe by then they will have the territory control patch ingame, all the bugs ironed out, the new magic system with all bugs ironed out. I wouldn't hold my breath though.    … Expand
  15. DominusKaiser
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    Unfinished game that claims itself to be hardcore, the only things hardcore on this game is the community's fanboyism as they will insult and bash anyone who dares to speak bad about their half made "game" and the supposed to be moderators will ignore this and let anyone bash away in the defense of their beloved game and the fact of how broken this thing is and how ridiculous amount ofUnfinished game that claims itself to be hardcore, the only things hardcore on this game is the community's fanboyism as they will insult and bash anyone who dares to speak bad about their half made "game" and the supposed to be moderators will ignore this and let anyone bash away in the defense of their beloved game and the fact of how broken this thing is and how ridiculous amount of size it needs with such a low ammount of detail on it, the graphics look horrible the quest system and dialogue is sub-par to any bad Rpg I have ever seen, the ammount of e-drama the game has between its own community and devs it's just too high for anyone to be entetained about any of this between the banned posts of people claiming some devs ran away with money and how half assed this game is I cannot see how anybody plays this, the best responses I got about my bad review on this game was that I needed to play a month and get recruited to even enjoy it, seeing as a few hours where a grind and painful to play I hardly believe I could see myself struggling a month on this trash that calls itself online hardcore mmorpg. Don't play it unless you see half assed excuses and lack of everything a solid Mmo has as features of a "hardcore" game like some "loyal people" claim. This game deserves to stay in the trash bin and it's an insult to any actual developer.… Expand
  16. deeplogic
    Jun 7, 2017
    0
    This game is a joke. It seems like an unfinished college kid's project, not a game that should be paid for, let alone have a subscription model - it's criminal. Frankly, the few hours I spent "playing" the game were enough of my life taken. Read the other reviews, I'm done with this pile.
  17. Riot
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    I will not try to balance any of the 2 reviews, more likely express my view after playing the trial of this game.

    First of all the idea of this game is awesome, it got me hooked from the beginning, I don't mind the lack of tutorials, but honestly everyone is forced into reading tons of forum posts, guides and continuously asking for help in chat. I'm seeing the same basic questions    I will not try to balance any of the 2 reviews, more likely express my view after playing the trial of this game.

    First of all the idea of this game is awesome, it got me hooked from the beginning, I don't mind the lack of tutorials, but honestly everyone is forced into reading tons of forum posts, guides and continuously asking for help in chat. I'm seeing the same basic questions addressed over and over again, they really need to get starter pointers in game if they don't want to lose any more newbies. Not to mention character creation was probably thought while one of the 5 devs took a dump. Trust me, in order to get your character right, you will reroll (meaning delete and recreate it) at least 3-5 times.

    Second I'll talk about the world and it's one big problem: it's empty. You run 10 minutes and find 6 pigs, walk another 15 and find 3 bears. It looks beautiful and it's meant to be explored, but there's no reward for explorers in this game. One might wander about 1 hour collecting some herbs and hunting prey, but there's no use for that other than one's own satisfaction.

    I won't talk much about bugs because I would spend my word limit on this subject. Consider this to be the most bugged out, glitched and laggy fps you would ever play. Targets snap around you, npc's dissapear, you are attacked by invisible beasts, not to mention falling through the ground and walking though obstacles. THIS GAME IS A BUGFEST, REMEBER THAT BEFORE YOU INSTALL IT.

    Open world pvp. This is a problem for new players because they are constantly ganked anywhere possible. I would suggest they take the approach of making a "safe" server or at least try to implement EVE Online's solution to open world pvp. It is frustrating, but a few days into the game you will learn when to fight and when to run or hide, who to attack and where, what to loot and what not to.

    The problem with MO besides the bugs glitches and difficulty of use it's that it only offers rewards for hardcore pvpers. You can't just hope to make a butcher/tamer/archer and be awarded or have fun. It all resumes to killing other people anywhere and mostly for the simple stupid reason that he doesn't kill you first.

    I need to add that in my opinion this game is roughly in beta stage and Star Vault are charging way too much for such an unpolished piece of software, and most of the people who play are doing it so they can keep the development going on. Which leads me to the community and I have to admit despite the stupid priest gankers, resource campers and newb-killers, the rest of the community is very friendly and helpful, but that is mainly because they couldn't survive either way.

    In conclusion I find Mortal Online to be the best candidate for a sandbox mmofps, it has a lot to offer, but until the devs either hire a decent team and/or rethink most of the game's basics like the UI, targeting, collision detection, etc I see no real future besides a small base of a few thousand griefers and gankers.

    There is an expansion called Awakening announced for april 2012 that is said to remodel the game in most of it's aspects, but I will stay reluctant and see if time will tell how this game evolves. As someone else put it, Star Vault is a small company with a big dream, but let's hope all they are left with is something more than just a dream!    … Expand
  18. jseph1234
    Mar 8, 2019
    0
    Tried and got ganked on 2nd day by RPK guildee. Not worth the time. It does have a history of corrupt GM's, players that have a monetary interest in the company and management that ignores continued cheating and exploits as "emergent".
  19. WyoDragon
    Sep 23, 2018
    0
    this game is a hack Epic was the owner of the game but dropped it cause they had nothing but complaints about hacks and cheats which is still allowed in game. I had a player out run me on foot and I was on a desert horse with 50 speed and it is amazing the range the archery and magic spells totally kills the foot fighter or horseback fighter you get killed in 2 hits. they allow all cheatthis game is a hack Epic was the owner of the game but dropped it cause they had nothing but complaints about hacks and cheats which is still allowed in game. I had a player out run me on foot and I was on a desert horse with 50 speed and it is amazing the range the archery and magic spells totally kills the foot fighter or horseback fighter you get killed in 2 hits. they allow all cheat macros and every exploit in the game they even allow grown drunk men to sexually harass women and they call this free play and legal. I feel sorry for any woman playing that game it get disgusting with the chat in game… Expand