"Come and meet Shakespeare for a writing lesson--so you can craft a book. Or find the Inventor mercenary, then by leveling up and upgrading that mercenary, you will have Da Vinci fighting alongside you..." Recently, NDOORS Interactive's free-to-play MMO has launched. Atlantica Online Gold brings classic turn-based RPG combat combined with deep strategic gameplay to the online multiplayer world! Atlantica Online Gold is set on Earth, in a parallel reality that takes players through a fantastic journey to discover the lost secrets of Atlantis. With its heavy emphasis on strategy, Atlantica Online Gold was designed to stand out amongst the 'cookie-cutter' MMOs. The strategic gameplay incorporated into the turn-based combat, mercenary and country management systems will appeal to strategy and RPG players. Recently MMOsite takes an in-depth look into NDOORS Interactive's MMORPG, Atlantica Online with Atlantica's producer, Kim Tae Gon. Let him give us more details about Atlantica Online.
MMOsite: First congratulations for Atlantica's official launch on Oct. 30, 2008. How many players are in the game now? And how about the feedback from the players so far?
Kim: The response from players has been fantastic, with more and more players coming on board to give Atlantica a try. The feedback has been great, too. It seems the game is hitting a nerve with players, and it's just thrilling to read the positive experiences people are having playing the game.
MMOsite: How would you describe Atlantica to those who are unfamiliar with the game? What led you to make a turn-based strategy game, rather than another genre?
Kim: Atlantica is a globe-hopping thrill ride that take players around the Earth, to famous locales like the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China to battle monsters taken from legends and myth, all in order to find the lost civilization of Atlantis and to save the world. It includes some unique features for an MMO game. The first is the ability to have multiple characters called mercenaries who accompany you in battle. The second notable feature is the turn-based combat, where you have a limited amount of time to move your multiple characters. The combination of these two requires you to use strategy and quick-thinking to defeat your opponents.