In Desperate Need of Some
Order

A Ten Ton Hammer Review of
Last Chaos

By Cody
“Micajah” Bye

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve taken up a daunting
challenge, one that requires a vast amount of my attention and a large
degree of patience. The Ten Ton Hammer editorial staff agreed that we
needed to expand the reviews section of our website, and in doing so
I’ve taken it upon myself to storm through as many of the
imported free-to-play games as possible. Each has its own quirks and
quabbles, but getting to know every iota of MMOG gaming on the planet
has been a fairly ingratiating experience thus far.

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Publisher class="textBodyLargeDark" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">:	Areia Games and Entertainment
	Areia Games and Entertainment
	class="textBodyMediumDark">Fantasy
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	class="textBodyMediumDark">November 20th, 2006

As the third installment in the free-to-play review series, I
randomly selected the fantasy MMORPG, style="font-style: italic;">Last Chaos, as the
appropriate
game for my attention. Featuring six character classes, a richly
storied world, and a fairly large player base, style="font-style: italic;">Last Chaos appears
to be
a fairly average free-to-play MMOG. According to the website, the land
that the players inhabit was created by two gods, Apollon and Eres, the
gods of light and darkness, respectfully. As two rival gods are wont to
do, Apollon and Eres clash with each other and a tremendous war breaks
out. Eres creates an “evil” race (which is playable
in the game as the Titan class) but then retreats after a failed
attempt to control the world. But – like every good villain
– he’s sworn to return (but I don’t think
he twisted his diabolical mustache)!

Last Chaos,
unlike its competitors, is the single title being
run by a company known as Aeria Games and Entertainment. Although I
couldn’t find any more info on Aeria, I’d assume
that they’re eventually hoping to compete with the
“stable” game companies – Igg.com, K2
Networks, and Game & Game to name a few – but
they’re currently holding their own with only style="font-style: italic;">Last Chaos. I
was eager to see what Aeria had imported to the Western audience and
how it fared compared to the titles I’d played previously.

Lost and Cannot Be Found

After downloading and installing the client without any
hiccups (thankfully), I proceeded to launch the game. Strangely, upon
the initial start up the client was running in a windowed mode. The fix
was simple and easy – go into options and set the game to run
in full-screen – but it was slightly off-putting. Once that
was fixed, I entered the character selection screen to determine my
class and appearance.

Korean-based massively multiplayer online games are incredibly
similar when it comes to the creation of your in-game avatar, and style="font-style: italic;">Last
Chaos is no different. Rather than giving players a
plethora of options
to choose from concerning character class, race, and appearance, style="font-style: italic;"> Last
Chaos restricts the selection process to the gender, the
character
class, and a few appearance options. Instead of providing a race
option, a character’s race is based entirely upon the class a
character chooses: a Titan is a Titan, a Knight is a human, a Sorcerer
is an Elf and so on.

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Selecting the Titan, I knew that I was going to at least be
able to wade through the game with my melee combat. As with most MMOGs,
the melee classes in Last
Chaos are fairly simple to control, and the
magic classes are a bit more difficult; but nothing to extraordinary.
After skipping through my three hair and three facial options, I pinned
down my character and entered the world.

One of the more interesting characteristic of style="font-style: italic;">Last Chaos, and
one that honestly would be fun to include in any MMOG, was the
appropriately named personal dungeon. At certain levels, your character
will be allowed to go on a solo-only dungeon raid filled with all sorts
of creepy, crawly critters. One personal dungeon quest happens
immediately when you enter the game, throwing you into combat with
striking speed, while the other quests aren’t available until
you achieve the fifth level of experience or higher. Be warned, even at
fifth level the personal dungeon will be incredibly difficult, and
I’d recommend being at least level ten before fully exploring
its depths.