(62 votes, average: 3.66 out of 5)
Loading ...Shaiya is a 3-D fantasy mmorpg with a medium sized community and a PVP System where you can fight members of the opposing faction in specific areas. [Similar to World of Warcraft's contested areas].
Shaiya Information
Game Title : Shaiya
Genres: 3D, Fantasy, MMORPG
Publisher : Aeria Games
Developer : Aeria Games
Area : USA / Global
Official Site : Click Here
Platforms: Microsoft Windows
Pros: +Good Graphics [On Higher resolutions], +Sleek interface, +Straight forward quests, +Good Radar/Map
Cons: -Very difficult to get money early game, -VERY Slow leveling, -PVP Zones not marked, -Very limited character customization, -Only Two races to play per faction
Shaiya Review
Shaiya is another run-of-the-mill 3-D mmorpg with only a handful of unique features.. You start off the game in a random town, and fight monsters until you level. No story, no introduction, no tutorial, nothing at all. Start by choosing one of the six available classes on your faction; Fighter, Defender, Priest, Ranger, Archer and Mage if you’re on the light side. The opposing faction has pretty much the same classes with different names. They are Assassin, Pagan, Oracle, Warrior, Guardian and Hunter.
The game starts off with fairly fast paced leveling, but when you hit level 15 or so, leveling becomes extremely difficult. It’s as if you hit a brick wall. Leveling becomes almost exponentially more difficult as you level. Luckily, if you selected “easy mode” when creating your character, you’ll level a bit faster than normal. If you’ve selected either Normal or Hard mode, leveling will definitely start to get repetitive and boring here.
In Shaiya, players can select their difficulty mode when creating their characters, which is actually a pretty innovative feature. Easy mode restricts the skills you can learn, but yields faster XP gain. The higher the difficulty you select, the slower your XP gain, but your character has access to skills those who selected easy mode do not.
Quests aren’t very interesting, but they are easy to do and are marked on the radar/map which makes questing worthwhile. It’s also very difficult to get money in Shaiya, especially as a newbie. This is especially aggravating when you need to buy potions and armor, as even low level equipment can cost absurd amounts at the blacksmith, and without money you won’t level very fast, as you have to rest after each monster you kill. Shaiya is worth a download only if you’ve played through the other, better MMORPGs and want to try something new.
Shaiya Screenshots
by beastkid, on 07.01.08 @ 3:23 am
i might try it out not sure yet
by Hoax, on 07.25.08 @ 8:20 am
Its a good game but you will get really bored after lvl 25….
The game doesn’t have much of a hook…
by andrews, on 07.30.08 @ 12:47 pm
Although its ‘free to play’, you can literally spend thousands of dollars to get an uber character using their inbuilt purchase items (buy AP with real cash or pay millions of gold to others who are selling in game) and their ‘lottery/gambling’ promotions are a scam. Additionally, the game makers have recently released new PVP maps, which only throw the game balance even more out of proportion by allowing the more powerful faction to level a lot faster. Within 1 month of release the game became unplayable.
The character class leveling is also very unbalanced when pagan/mage and guardian/defender leveling way outstrips any other classes, so don’t bother wasting your time with this game.
Poorly designed game play compared to others.
by Jacks, on 08.03.08 @ 6:49 pm
This is a great game in my opinion.
You level up quick enough IF you follow the story - if you do not follow the story quests it will take ages to level up and make proper money.
The enemies are fun and actually ’seem’ pissed off when you attack them .. they have a very lifelike quality to them unlike the cut and paste enemies in many other games.
The one thing I hate about this game is the lack of diversity in armor and clothing … and there is no way to change skin color etc… after a while all players look almost exactly the same.. the same bland brown or gray armor or suits … etc etc
However if you play the evil faction this is not much of an issue there is much more color on the evil side.
by BISHOP, on 08.06.08 @ 10:34 am
This is one of one of the most awesome free games out there!!! Graphics, combat, special effects, plenty of quests, “optional” item mall, and it’s free! Along with Perfect World and Cabal, this game ranks at the top of the free to play MMORPG genre.
by Skitch, on 08.10.08 @ 6:03 pm
This game looks great from the screen shots and what not, but the game play is really monotonous. You choose your boring, typical class, get in the game, and you begin the long grind to the max level. I didn’t enjoy the kind of skill system they used in this, where you get a few skill points per level and you can either spend them on a new worthless skill, or save them to level your few good skills. Every level you assign your stats and wish you had more skill points before you start grinding more. The game has alot of quests to do, but they all involve running back and forth between cities or grinding X number of creatures. This game is pretty much only worth playing if you enjoy grinding until your teeth fall out and your hair turns white…