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⊙Developer : Neon Studio  ⊙Genre : MMORPG  ⊙Platform : mobile  ⊙Date of issue : First half of 2019

Spirit Wish is a mobile MMORPG that uses multi-combat method with detailed strategy operated on the conditional skill invoking system. It offers unique graphics of pastel tone that can control three characters at the same time. In particular, you can compose a team with diverse characteristics according to the combination of different characters with their own roles. The character who is the team leader can be changed freely to conduct the combat.

 At G-STAR 2018's Nexon booth, the visitors got a chance to experience Spirit Wish once more after the CBT was held in October. The users who visited the demonstration booth chose three characters of their choice out of 25 characters to make their own combination. Afterwards, you can enjoy a variety of contents, including tutorial, quest and raid. The users who finished the demonstration were given a coupon with limited edition special character that are only given at G-STAR.

 

The G-STAR demonstration version allowed you to freely choose from the 25 characters, which you could only use if you collected the cards through story, quest or stochastic game items before. After setting up a party of three characters, you receive a simple tutorial on the moving and automatic functions. The basic play method that follows the main quest is no different from the previous CBT version. 

The creation of characters, which is RPG's most basic elements, is one of the attractions that you can't miss out on in the demonstration version. You can either choose the three most representative players to play safe, including warrior, archer and priest, or you can make up your own combination from 25 characters of different professions, including tanker, proximity/long distance dealer, or supporter. 

Since all characters have their own external appearance, it is fun just to take a look around at the characters. You can choose freely from the main character from a traditional boy manga or a strong female warrior, or a courteous elderly character. Even though there's limited time for demonstration, you could focus on building your team for a long time. 

However, you can only check the weapon, armor and approximate ability from the screen for choosing characters. There's no explanation about how you can use the characters. If the official release of the game also allows the users to select three basic characters, I thought it would be good to give a brief summary of the basic skills and characteristics of each character before we have to select.​

▲ Like in reality, we have to choose based only on the appearance in the game. Starting the demonstration with the combination I like! 

When you start the game with the three characters you have chosen, you can take a look at Spirit Wish's view of the world that is much more fun than the CBT version. In CBT, it was disappointing since the game could not be played due to errors and loading problems for certain quests, but it was great to be able to enjoy the demonstration without any hitches. Of course, we cannot overlook the fact that only a limited people at G-STAR got to play.

Another characteristic of Spirit Wish was that you can play by changing freely from the landscape view to the portrait view. If you play lengthwise, it is easier to use the chatting function and much easier to control with one hand compared to widthwise so that it offers more fun. In the case of playing the quest without any need for separate functions, you can switch to widthwise, and then go back to lengthwise when playing against the boss that requires you to touch the screen to avoid the enemy's attack. The landscape screen is the basic specification. If you select screen rotation from the left top part of the menu, you can always change to the portrait screen. 

▲ If you use public transportation often, you will be thankful for the existence of the portrait screen. 

If you touch the quest button that pops up continuously during the demonstration, you can also enjoy the mission contents, including raid and gold dungeon, aside from the simple process of automatically following the story. In order to allow the users playing the short demonstration version to experience the battle against the boss, the raid was held in a five minute interval. The user could click on the button at the bottom part of the screen to participate in the raid whenever they want to join. 

Since the boss makes various forms of attacks, it required a different control from the automatic hunting that took place in the general field. When you are hit by the attack, you are in abnormal status like fear, fainting or weakened. Therefore, it was important to avoid the strong attacks by touching on the ground repeatedly. 

If you use the individual control function that is operated separately for each character at the same time, it can maximize the efficiency of the battle. Since the long distance dealer can make an attack from outside the scope of the boss, you can reduce the deal loss that occurs by moving it to a location far away from the boss with a remote operation. Of course, if you are not used to controlling it, it might result in a worse consequence. However, if you want to enjoy boss raid or PvP contents with some level of difficulty in the future, you have to get used to these remote controls.​

▲ Anyone could participate in the raid and you have to move diligently to make at least one blow.


▲ If you want to avoid the floor and use more operation, you should try out the mission contents.

From my short experience of 20 minutes, it is difficult to evaluate about MMORPG, but it made me look forward to the official release of Spirit Wish. During the demonstration, all I could think of was that I really wanted to set up my team and enjoy the adventure with more time. 

The success of the game will depend on its optimization and BM. If problems like the excessively long loading that kept being slow or errors that occur from the quest are corrected, as well as BM that the users can sufficiently understand are in place, we can expect Spirit Wish to gain a lot of interests from the users who are waiting for the retro style RPG with charming characters in pastel tone and comfortable atmosphere.

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