Game Description and Comments

9 Dragons is a free 3D MMORPG with a martial arts theme that is operated by Acclaim. Although the martial arts MMO genre is becoming increasingly crowded, 9 Dragons stands out somewhat due to more of a focus on actual martial arts than other games. Most other martial arts MMOs focus a great deal more on Asian fantasy and myths than actual martial arts or Chinese history. In fact, this game has famous Chinese landmarks such as the Shaolin Temple and the Great Wall of China. Not only is the Shaolin Temple in the game but Shaolin is also one of the 6 NPC clans in the game. It is very hard to watch a Kung Fu movie without seeing a Shaolin monk or hearing about the Shaolin Temple, so that is definitely a fun feature. Other features devoted to martial arts include learning from Sifus, practicing techniques in order to improve them, and meditating to regain health and energy. Although far from perfect, 9 Dragons is the best MMO yet for Kung Fu movie fans to live out their fantasies.           

Key Features

• Free-to-play.
• Detailed 3D graphics.
• Learn different martial arts techniques mainly through Sifus (masters).
• Techniques are broken down into 8 categories: Smashing, Casting, Active, Passive, Charged, Rounding, Channeling and Finishing. 
• You gain Kung Fu experience every time you use a Kung Fu technique.
• Basic techniques will be repeated in combat until canceled. 
• 6 different clans based on different schools of martial arts. These are not player-created.
• Clans are broken into White (good) and Black (evil). White clans are Shaolin, Wu-Tang, and The League of Beggars. Black clans are the Sacred Flower, Heavenly Demon, and The Brotherhood of Thieves.
• Players recover their health and vital energy via meditation. 
• Lightfoot technique allows players to run faster.
• To enter combat a player must switch from Peace Mode to Combat Mode.
• 725 MB download.    

Select Reviews (Edited for Presentation)

Author: Bola
Rating: 9
Comment: Very fun martial arts game that is free. The download is big and the ads are in the game too much but I still like it. I always wanted to play a Shaolin and now I can.

Author: jhhj
Rating: 3
Comment: The game looks really good, but the gameplay is bad. I played Conquer Online and Eudemons Online before. Those games had bad graphics, but were way more fun. 

There are no real experience skills or health potions in 9D. You fight 5-15 monsters and then you have to flee to meditate. It is very boring and it feels the same from level 1 to 150. You get to level 40 in 2-3 days but it gets so hard to level after that. I know it gets harder every level at any MMORPG but that is not normal for me. You can arrange your attributes by yourself, but you wont level anymore if you do it wrong. Also, you can only attack one monster at one time. You attack one while another is stealing your health from the other side. The quests are too easy, but ok.

Bottom line: The game is boring. The gameplay, the inability of the developers, and the stupid item mall just messes up everything.

Author: XenaWP
Rating: 4
Comment: There might be hundreds of fighting styles, but you never really get to use them all. You get to learn a technique which is made of 3 moves. Each fighting technique levels up as you use it. However,  you have to get it up to cheng 5 (level 5) before you can use all 3 moves of the technique. With Cheng 1 and 2, you only use the first move. Cheng 3 and 4 allows you get to use two moves.

As you level up your technique, it becomes stronger. By the time you get a new technique your previous one has just about made it to be at a level where it does some nice damage. Once you learn a new technique you will have to level it up again until it gets to the same level of the old one or you will do less damage. Of course at the same level, the newest technique will do more damage. If you really want to have a strong technique just stick to the first one you got and level it up to cheng 10. That is very boring.

The game's philosophy is that you become perfect by mastering one single technique. The NPCs will even advise you to focus on one technique. I am not sure where the developers got that philosophy from because it's pure rubbish. A martial artist doesn't become good by performing one technique all his life since he will be approached differently by different attackers.

Some sounds are ok while others are horrible. Dogs seem like robots when they bark. 

The story line is good. This game has a good concept which is badly executed. It attracted me because of the martial arts only to leave me with a big delusion.

Review 9 Dragons

Pricing Model

9 Dragons is free-to-play but the game uses advertisements inside the game and has an item mall.

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