Alganon open beta announced for November 11
by Brooke Pilley 
Nov 3rd 2009 at 9:00AM
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, New titles, News items, Alganon
If our previous closed beta key giveaways are any indication of the interest in this new title, open beta should receive a hefty amount of player attention. If you're already in the beta, Quest Online seems to have made a number of improvements across the board that should make for a better gaming experience. We recently caught up with president and co-founder, David Allen, for an interview, so feel free to give it a read while you wait until next Wednesday.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Phil said on 9:15AM 11-03-2009
I'm really rather pissed about this, they said they weren't going to do this because they wanted feedback from only people who had vested interest in the game, meaning those that bought it. So I bought the game, tried the beta, found out it was crap. I want my 40 bucks back.
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Tom316 said on 9:27AM 11-03-2009
It's because the game is complete crap that they are having to do this. Heck even the beta retention rate is extremely bad. When you can't hold people with free what makes you think its going to do better when its released.
I tried to like the game for several months. But the game has issues and lots of them.
The best way I could describe it is.. If you take everything fun about World of Warcraft and tossed it in a trash can.. Because thats what Alganon is.. Everything that isnt fun about WoW.
I can't believe they are actually going to try and market / sell this game.
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THAC0 said on 9:30AM 11-03-2009
From looking at this game i still haven't figured out what it provides that other games don't. It looks like more of the same but with less polish. What is its draw?
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Flolah said on 11:07AM 11-03-2009
That's a good question. I like how, in the interview, the president says: "Alganon is not WoW, but has the "magic" many MMOGs have captured. A player just needs to play it to find this out."
Anyone else just love how vague that is?
Dread said on 9:50AM 11-03-2009
Been playing it the past week.....its absolute crap, waste of download.
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MauroDiogo said on 11:52AM 11-03-2009
The devs for Algalowow found a "still in development" copy of WoW laying around and published it as their own. It might have been fine.... if it was released 9 years ago.
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MauroDiogo said on 11:54AM 11-03-2009
Pardon me... I didnt mean to write WoW. Its just that the Ws are close to the Ns :P
Seffrid said on 11:53AM 11-03-2009
I haven't seen this game, but I don't need to. If I want to play a cheap immitation of WoW I'll play Runes of Magic, not trust my money to the chap behind Horizons!
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Iggy said on 12:53PM 11-03-2009
Oh, man, I cannot WAIT for the floodgates to open and for this hilarious disaster to finally be completey exposed. Oh, sweet, sweet schadenfreude!
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pbintx2001 said on 1:15PM 11-03-2009
well if its as bad as everyone is saying it will have its regular release, then within 1st week an annoucement of f2p will happen and a f2p release a month later, that seems to be the most current model for a release of "not quite top shelf" games
Wjowski said on 3:15PM 11-03-2009
Hilarious. It's like Limbo of the Lost, except they're only shamelessly stealing from one game.
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Iggy said on 6:19PM 11-03-2009
I had never heard of Limbo of the Lost (what an awful title) until I read your post, so I looked it up. Good lord, I couldn't believe it at first, but as I read more and more I became increasingly depressed. Then I found clips on YouTube. I am truly astonished that such an abomination ever saw the light of day.
Joe said on 5:37PM 11-03-2009
I have been a member of closed beta for a couple of months now, and after the first few days, I didnt make time to come back. I have tried it again last week after several items have been implemented, but I still feel the game is lacking so much. And nothing is smooth and streamlined about it.
Regardless, the community rep about 45 days ago mentioned it was a retail boxed game with a $15/mo subscription, and I just chuckled to myself at my desk. To think these guys HONESTLY believe they can release this game, which reminds me of Runes of Magic, and charge the standard big-release MMO rates...is just ludicrous. This game will hit the ground hard like Crimecraft has, and if they still intend on a P2P system, I bet you it will turn to F2P within a couple of months.
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J.P. said on 7:46PM 11-08-2009
I'm a little confused by the harshness of some of these comments. Does anyone here remember how rough a good number of MMO releases were when they were released... and even some of the most recent ones? Don't get me wrong, as a beta member for a couple months I've seen the big problems with the disconnects and fps stuff, but as a game it's still a serious breath of fresh air. I'm a long time WoW player and keep finding myself getting so bored with playing. I stop playing for several months and then jump back on again. This game is the kind of game I would love to take up those "off months", as it's similar to WoW and many others, but keeps it fun w/ new features (I love the offline progression).
Anyway, yes, the game's graphics look dated in some areas and the animations still need a lot of work, but I keep in mind it's still beta and the game itself hooked me despite any closed beta problems I came across. The pros are still outweighing the cons for me. I'm holding my judgement for when the game comes out and until then will keep enjoying the beta.
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