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Introduction

 
Recently released into Open Beta, Tera Online is a combination of your typical MMORPG gameplay with a touch of FPS. Brilliant gameplay and beautiful graphics makes this game definitely one to check out if your up for a fun fresh new game with well thought out classes, very realistic tough bosses and fun for you and all your friends.

Gameplay

The game is very well thought out in its gameplay, Tera at it’s heart is an action MMO and it definitely delivers with the combat, questing, gathering and the dungeons having all the excitement of an FPS game with the presentation of an MMO.

Your very first look at the game is the Prologue, recently added in the Open Beta as you start at Lv20, have landed on a beach under attack by the enemy force and all hell is breaking lose. There is no long tutorial in Tera you are thrown into the heat of the action from the second you click the “Play” button as there are quests to heal your fellow comrades, incoming waves of monsters to fend off and a commander that needs your help defeating an elite boss monster.

You move around with your standard W, A, S, D keys using your F key to interact with NPCs and Materials with Space being your jump key. This is where it gets interesting though, you have a reticule in the middle of your screen just like in your favourite FPS which acts as your target for your skills and interactions, aiming is easy and won’t take you long to master as some skills like Teleport will simply go in the direction your facing so no aiming is really required there whereas other skills will require you to first cast the skill and “Lock on” to a target before using a skill which is as simple as hovering over the enemy/ally you want the skill to affect and cast it again.

Storyline

If you want to get the full experience out of Tera Online you have to read into the main storyline and maybe even browse some of the Lore available. Your standard quest appears on your quest log in yellow, you’ll most likely recieve hundreds of these on your way to the top but the ones that allow you to proceed through the story are the red quests or story quests that you get as you progress.

Brilliant cut scenes and character dialogue bring the story to life as you make your way up the Valkyron Federation’s ranks as you help the goddess Velika to keep the world of Tera safe from the Scions of Lok as they try to resurrect their master Lok bringing destruction and chaos.

Presentation

You will occasional stop questing and get distracted by the absolutely beautiful graphics Tera has presented thus far having lush green forests that come alive and open fields that go on for more miles than you can see at full graphics.

The towns are well defined, having their own theme makes everything in the surrounding area fit in as if you’ve just visited an entirely different part of the world each time you visit one, Outposts are unique and inviting as they never seem to look the same, caves and dungeon entrances are built to match the environment to give a more secluded feel as you know you’re entering a different area.

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