Mabinogi - Fantasy Life Comments ()

Mabinogi's gameplay is like most other MMORPGs . It does, however, offer some interesting options uncommon to most games. The player is not limited by any class (except the character's race), but is instead free to level up any of the different skills available. The combination of skill choice, age, items and other variables such as user title and physical constitution is what indeed makes up the character. Users can also use amusing facial expressions as emotes. Also you can do other things that are basically mini games such as fishing, herding, applying for a part time job, exercising if you get over weight, and sitting around campfires and sharing food.

There are many different quests that players can complete throughout the game. Different types of quests exist, some are party quests, others involve monster hunting, item collecting or other tasks, for instance, skill-based quests like cooking or tailoring.

Some of them are received by the player at specific points or after certain quests are completed, others are given by the NPC's, some can be purchased as quest scrolls and, finally, there are also exploration quests that the player can enroll in through the Quest Boards.

Quest rewards may consist of experience points, Ability Points, gold, items or a combination of these rewards. Quests help the player to discover the game's regions and to find out about the many available NPC's, as they require travelling to different parts of the game world and talking to all the different non-player characters.

Exploration quests typically involve finding certain hidden objects using a pair of L-shaped rods or by finding landmarks or animals and making a sketch of these. Different exploration quests are available according to the player's exploration level. Sometimes, when a player is using the L-rods, they may encounter chests with rewards (some of these chests are guarded by enemies which characters must defeat to open the chests).

There is also a player rank for the completion of each quest, which can be viewed on the Exploration Chronicle panel. When a character completes exploration quests or simply come across these hidden landmarks, the character's exploration level will increase and as they level up the character will gain Ability Points and access to new exploration quests.

Another type of special quests are arbeits, which are part-time jobs given by the NPC's that the players can complete. Arbeits are only available at a specific time of the day for each NPC and have a time limit to be completed. The player must complete the requested tasks (i.e.: delivering an item to another NPC, crafting a certain number of items, collecting objects, doing farming chores, etc.) and report back to the NPC to choose their reward. If the player completes the task only partially, the reward will be smaller.

Repeating these arbeits helps to raise the intimacy level between the player and the NPC (giving certain items to the NPC may also help). When a friendship has been established between them, certain merchant NPC's will reveal a secret store to the player with special items to purchase.

Unique combat system
Mabinogi battles blend stragtegy and action, delivering arcade thrills driven by real-time tactics. Experience the excitement of hands-on combat! Utilize strategy to determine the outcome of combat!

Create your own unique style
In the world of Mabinogi, users can create their own clothes, weapons even potions! Depending on the user's Skill rank and creativity, items created by users are extremely popular and often outsell clothes sold in the shops. Users creating high quality weapons will find themselves with a famed reputation for high quality items!

Erinn's renowned and most respected: The Exquisite Chef & the Enchant Master!
In Mabinogi, food is a necessity just like in real life. Delicious food created by top chefs not only tastes great, it temporarily raises your stats! Enchant masters can cast spells on various equipment or even break spells that were cast previously.

Fishing & Singing
A dazzling variety of fishes populate the beautiful streams and lakes of Erinn. Did we also mention that they're delicious and nutritious? Catch and cook fish using Mabinogi's thrilling mini-game for some hands-on angling. Other useful items have been known to be snagged within the waters of Erinn as well...

Music is a huge part of the culture of Erinn, where a wide selection of instrumentsare available for its inhabitants. A unique composing system allows users to not only play music, but to create their own ballads! It's a popular Erinn tradition to gather in an ensemble and play music together.