WonderKing
"WonderKing" is a 2D sidescrolling MMO that's like a new version of "MapleStory."
Like "MS," "WK" is made for all ages. But, unlike "MS," "WonderKing" has player housing, siege PVP, crafting, cooking, mounts, vehicles, and more.
It may look like "MapleStory," but its gameplay is way better. This is the king of 2D sidescrolling MMOs.
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- Pro: Sharp Graphics
- Pro: Nice 2D side Scrolling
- Pro: Forum Battles
- Genre: Fighting, Action, Girls, Minigames, Virtual World, MMORPG, Fantasy, 2D
- Area: USA / Global
- Official Site: WonderKing
- Publisher: Ndoors Interactive
- Developer: Ryu & Soft
- Platform: Microsoft Windows
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Review
Little carrot men, high-pitched voices, and giggling are things you’d probably find in a baby-sitting center, but this is the exactly what sums up the cutesy free-to-play MMORPG “Wonderking.”
Often called a "Maplestory clone," "Wonderking" has many noticeable similarities to its mammoth predecessor. The world is smaller than "Maplestory's," but the graphics are sharper and visually stimulating. There are even forum battles over which of NDoors' 2D side-scrolling games is "better," and which will ultimately be more successful. Considering that "Wonderking" is still in Closed Beta, comparing the two is rather unfair at this point.
"Wonderking's" story is very spiritual and resembles much of the Christian bible. I can't help but notice the likeness between the two. I guess one could say that the story is somewhat unoriginal, but at the same time, it's quite refreshing to see a story that isn't about fairies, tree-people, monsters and castles.
Even though the story is a nice change of pace, "Wonderking's" classes are pretty cliche and expected: Mage, Swordsman, Scout and Thief. Moving forward, you're able to branch out to four specializations within each base class. The archetype I played most was a scout, and I became bored within a few minutes. All you have to do is press the Control key to shoot, so I just kept mashing the button to grind through quests. As you can imagine, this got old very quickly.
The creatures I was endlessly killing were extremely cute, and even had tears coming out of their eyes when they died. That seemed a little messed up to me, and made grinding more painful than it already is...
One thing I will make note of is that since this is an early build of the game, there are plenty of technical issues. While logging in, I felt the need to cross my fingers and hope that I wouldn't encounter any errors. I've encountered about four or five different ones in the past week or two alone. There are those who can run the game from the get-go and never have issues, but if you do, keep in mind that they're constantly fixing technical aspects; you can troubleshoot on the forums, but if the game won't work on your system, submit a ticket with the specs, and just hope it gets fixed in the next patch.
Even in a closed beta stage, "Wonderking" is definitely impressive -- but it needs some work in order to match up to "Maplestory." But do we really want "Wonderking" to be compared to "Maplestory" in the first place? Some originality and innovation could probably do the game some good. The story is a great start; now let's just toss in some bett
Review Nikki Lee
November 4, 2009
Review
thank game pwns with all those dashing and combo moves, etc. i read the announcement taht it's coming up on mid October. That's good news for us players.
Pablo, on October 6th 2009 12:23 am
this game is strictly for people who were/are addicted to maple story and ghost online. anyone use to playing 3D games, just dont even bother to DL it....
Bezerk, on October 4th 2009 04:08 pm
anyone know if this game lets you dash like ghost online? that part killed maple story for me when it takes so long to reach one area to the next...loved how ghost you ran like crazy and hopped around like a ninja...hopefully this is the same
anon, on September 25th 2009 11:36 pm
When this game will open for everyone?
Julio C., on September 25th 2009 10:28 pm
Perfect... I fell in love with this game after playing it for one day The keys, Characters, items, Features everything is so perfect that i really wanna play the CBIII NOW This the the best game I've played besides Ragnarok 9/10 for me
Twintower, on September 7th 2009 02:33 am
this game pwns all side-scrollers completely they will out ms to shame no lie
Phaze, on September 2nd 2009 04:07 pm
This game is okay...it's ALMOST like maple story but not EXACTLY. But they DID copy a lot of stuff from Maple Story it's so obvious for sure. What's REALLY annoying is the emotions your character can portray are like...babyish and annoying and they make stupid sounds every time. The combat is good when you are a beginner especially archers they have double blows already! :]
ChocolateZipper, on August 29th 2009 04:57 pm
Everybody will compare to maple, but that game is outdated and fails when it comes to pvp. Wonderking is the best of the side scrolling games.
Steelcool, on August 27th 2009 10:25 pm
Game is a lot better than maplestory, has PQs, quests are worth doing, actually points u where to train, the only problem some may find, is no known builds at this point, but closed beta 2 just ended so..
Swizzy, on August 27th 2009 09:58 am
5 minutes into the tutorial i got bored and didnt want to learn to play a different variant of maplestory.
Viral Menias, on August 18th 2009 12:46 am
needs an update there are more playable characters now.
cherry, on August 15th 2009 08:50 am
Such a fun game, aimed at all ages!
Anonymous , on August 13th 2009 10:00 am
goodgame
Thailand, on July 29th 2009 07:45 am
Playing Wonderking was a great experience to me. It was one of the best games I have ever played, I liked the skills and pvp system. I like how there is bonus experience/zed from getting exp in a party. I really had a great time playing Wonderking.
Overkill, on July 28th 2009 09:22 pm
wer can i find a closed beta key? (Editor's note: All keys that MMO Life had have been given out)
khushil, on July 28th 2009 01:33 pm
Awesome.. wanna play it bad.
Octavius, on July 26th 2009 10:25 pm
it looks like a very good game and i hope it is gonna be, would like to test it but heard too late of it, it's a shame cuz i am not such a "beta tester" like others who just play and ain't telling any bugs or tips to the developers. i would love to play <3
Enfirn, on July 26th 2009 03:37 pm
BETA KEYS!~~
Tian, on July 26th 2009 09:49 am
Is it possible to get a beta key for this still? Editor note: Both batches of beta keys we had have been given out already.
Kris, on July 26th 2009 03:04 am
Oh yeah...
ninpo, on July 20th 2009 08:05 am
I cant wait!
Grey, on July 18th 2009 09:06 pm
nice
jojo, on July 18th 2009 05:11 pm
Good!
Bossz, on July 18th 2009 03:25 am
:D
God, on July 17th 2009 05:44 pm
nice!
underclash, on July 17th 2009 01:47 am
Finaly :)
Marcel, on July 16th 2009 03:28 pm
Maplestory wannabe.... but hopes better :)
Seril, on July 12th 2009 02:55 pm
im a fan of maplestory so ill defanatly get this
maplesararocksme, on July 11th 2009 11:16 am
:O
alex, on July 10th 2009 07:13 pm
Awesome
Russell, on July 10th 2009 08:12 am
nice
lruizl, on July 9th 2009 12:39 pm
i would really like to play wonderking because it sounds really fun,ima major fan of world of warcraft but there is always room for a change.
Tony Nguyen, on July 9th 2009 12:30 am
Looks like a really awesome game!
AdventCloud, on July 8th 2009 10:09 pm
i want a beta key for this game soo bad.
Rayman, on July 8th 2009 09:36 pm
is it true!!!??? O.o
matz, on July 5th 2009 07:55 pm
Heh, I remember playing it when it first came out in Korea. It doesn't have any special features, but it's a really fun 2D game, you can craft potions, train your skills and more.
Zik, on July 4th 2009 10:44 am
It said on the website that it's being released July 9th not the 18th
TriBow, on July 2nd 2009 11:08 am
very Good i like very much
anitha, on June 27th 2009 12:16 am
This game is great! It is like playing a better maplestory! I love how it is exactly like maplestory with more jobs and that there are mounts which overpass the gaming on maplestory.The leveling on Maplestory is impossible but Wonderking is easier and the charachters are much more customized.There are also training dummies and the fighting is cool. The fact that there is a double jump is great! This is my entry.
StrikeWolf, on June 23rd 2009 10:32 pm
Thank you very mutch!
Sean, on June 23rd 2009 04:02 am
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Anybody who's played maplestory will like this one unless your some kind of loyalist. The combat system is much improved, similar classes can do more for example Wonderking archers can jump shoot whereas maplestory archers can not. The backgrounds are a lot more eye catching and skill animations are epic for a 2D side scroller. The quests are actually worth doing and the job classes have cool skills. As for grinding and leveling to achieve some sort of elitist class of player status for no other reason except to show off, well, that's there too.
Joe, on October 25th 2009 07:50 pm