Dec 07 2008
Venus’ Adventures in Wonderland
Every once in a while, I pick up a random free MMO from some ad online. Yesterday, it was Wonderland, which I gave into after seeing multiple ads on Facebook, some of which featured women sitting in a hot tub together. I pieced together from the Engrish website that it’s a casual “weekend” MMO: that is, it’s an MMO that’s more about socializing and social activities than beating monsters up.
Well, why not.
So character creation brings me to a selection of different female characters (and of course, male too). There’s the hot nurse, the little rich girl, the flower artist, the car racer, the stewardess, the orphan girl, the school girl, and finally (not pictured below) the violinist.
I decided to go with the tomboy (wild about car racing? Well, I’m not, but why not). Next in character creation is assigning your first five points to stats, and then picking one of four elements to align with. Since I’m pretty much blind playing this (I’ll be honest, the forums are not that helpful), I throw my first five points evenly, and go with Fire. I then tweak the colors of my character’s hair, skin, clothing, and eyes. And off we go.
You begin on a ship. Now, I know handily from the newbie guide that talking to the captain will start things going, so I go chat with some of the folks on board to start.
… alright. Well, everyone else on deck is boring, so I slip into the cabin. Whoa, what’s going on here?
I suppose that’s supposed to be karaoke. Looks like something else. Anyway, in the lower level corner are two mini games.
30s? OH MY GOD - nevermind. I don’t know why it said that; they come out slowly at first, and then more and more. And you have 30 seconds… well, I suck at this one. What about the next?
Weirdest “mouse” I’ve ever seen. Your mallet is also like, 1/16th the size of the mouse itself, and the controls are clunky - don’t hope to hit it over the head. Anyway, I do well enough to get a “quality voucher,” which the bartender gives me an ice cream cone for. Alright.
Back on deck, I talk to the captain. He wishes me nice things, and then… shake! boom!
Suddenly, I’m knocked unconscious. The people aboard trample me after the captain shouts…
Jerks. And what fate do they leave me to?
. . . (to be continued)
