Scarlet Blade

It's a scifi F 2 P MMO currently in Open Beta. The main gimmick so far seems to be that everyone is a girl (and a scantily-clad one at that) and according to the Aeria Games site faq, it's got "strong Pv P elements, a uniquely detailed world, and an engaging, well-crafted story set in a dystopian future."

link to the game.

I think we all know the real reason anyone will play this game.

Yup. It's the "plot" in the other sense.

Blatant fanservice aside, anyone actually tried playing this game? Maybe beyond this overly sexy outer shell lies a decent MMO with good systems.

edited 3rd Apr '13 11:24:37 AM by Nettacki

One notable feature is that in the "starter pack", which you buy with real currency, you receive the ability to remove the underwear from your character.

This game is porn.

And that's okaaaaay.

STAR, the guy who makes Team Fortress 2 videos, described it as the worst game he's ever played, not because it's non-functional, but that the entire universe seems to exist to objectify women.

...meh.

I'll give it a try, anyhow. If the gameplay is good, it makes a good Dungeon Fighter Online alternative since the US servers are closing down.

Meh...I'll pass.

I just wish Google ads would stop trying to sell it to me. Besides, doesn't Google have a "no porn" rule?

It's not porn, it's just extremely suggestive.

Anyway, a lot of people mention the whole Lady Land aspect as inherently sexist. It might be.

DO NOT COMPARE THIS TRASH WITH THE GREAT DFO HEATHEN.

-Ahem-

I don't see the problem with just going full-hog on the Stripperiffic route in this game. If you download it you know what you're getting into. Compared to countless other MMO games where full sets of plate armor morph into metal bikinis on women I find this considerably less offensive.

Less pretentious, certainly. I don't consider this sexist, but I don't find it sexy either.

So, how does it play?

Of what I saw, boring.

Who cares?

I am somewhat curious how it does play. Something tells me if it had something else to sell itself as it wouldn't bother with the... Look it has now.

Almost makes me want to try it out of somewhat morbid curiosity.

edited 3rd Apr '13 6:04:49 PM by ShirowShirow

Saw this a while ago. Really, this was the next logical step in the current MMO trend.

... I want to give this a chance, but me giving Dead Or Alive 5 a chance was a huge disappointment.

I'll play it if you play, Schitzo.

I wonder if there are any conservative outfits at all...?

I've seen screenshots with the characters wearing literally transparent clothing. So I don't think so, no.

I read a review on it earlier this week out of morbid curiosity.

Basically, it's nothing special.

However, I would like to point out that there is literally a domanatrix class called the Whipper.

Not really sure what to make of this. On the one hand, finally, the ability to completely change the player character's outfits, from the skin out, rather than the superglued-on horrible brown scanties that infest seemingly every other MMORP Gs on the market, and most other single-player RP Gs as well - I am looking at you, Elder Scrolls and Bethesda!Fallout games.

On the other hand, I can see where folks are coming from when they say that the game could be seen as objectifying women, when it is only female characters that are playable and can be used as mobile kisekae dolls.

The game has a very unique aesthetic even completely disregarding the character models (though the soft sci-fi bandwagon has been growing for a while).

It's a pity that they decided to carry the main Queen's Blade selling point through the conversion to an original IP. Might have been better and more profitable if they had just given this game multiple race/gender options as per usual and done a separate Queen's Blade Online.

Huh? What does this have to do with Queens Blade?

Aside from the boobs of course.

The hypnotic boooobs.

edited 3rd Apr '13 9:42:46 PM by ShirowShirow

I was mistaken, it seems. It was always sci-fi and the Korean version is still called Queen's Blade Online.

And yeah, the emphasis on fanservice seems to be the only element this game has ever shared with that franchise. No idea whether it's an official alternate universe tie-in or simply trademark misappropriation by the devs.

My point is that if it was official, it would have more chance of drawing the existing fanbase if it was, well, Queen's Blade rather than what it currently is. I do think there's an online card game, though, which may have prevented that. On the flipside, there would be a wider pool of new players if there was a lot less emphasis on fanservice.

edited 3rd Apr '13 9:47:07 PM by Recon5

With the market as glutted as it is, having a a decent number of people who'd be willing to play it isn't nearly as important as having a handful of people who want to play it. The main problem with that strategy I see is that such a superficial draw doesn't seem likely to make people want to stick with it for long