Perfect World International beta test opens up to pretty much everyone
by Samuel Axon 
Sep 7th 2008 at 10:00AM
Filed under: Betas, Perfect World, New titles, News items
Perfect World International, the English-language version of the popular Chinese MMO of the same name sans "International" and plus a "2," has moved into its open beta testing phase. The beta test features two servers -- one PvE and one PvP -- and characters created in the testing period will be kept through the live launch of the game.Like most Chinese games, PWI is a microtransaction-based MMO, but it was originally slated to be a subscription-based game. It got all the subscription-based-game-type triple-A graphics and game design treatment, so it should appeal to Western users more than most Eastern free-to-play games. At least, that's the company line.
Features include mounts, marriage, PvP territory wars, and pretty much every other staple, all in a Chinese mythology setting. It's been in closed beta testing for only a few weeks. There's no official word on the live date for the post-beta version yet.
[Via 1UP]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
george said on 12:15PM 9-07-2008
Just looked up the video to this game on gametrailers... it seems neat, but doubt anyone will play it :(
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Duily said on 2:32PM 9-07-2008
That picture looks just like LuLu from FFX
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Jaimie said on 6:34PM 9-07-2008
I've heard some bad things about the other versions. Mainly, once you reach a certain level it's pretty much mandatory to buy from the cash shop in order to play the game properly, and the costs add up to even more than a monthly subscription. I don't know if this is true because I haven't played to a high enough level to experience it myself, but the rumors have been enough to keep me away...
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