BIAS WARNING: I love the original and have a lot of memories as a kid playing the game and especially, pvping. I was a top 100 player for Dio and Zero for a long time.

Just for the record, this game has already shut down in the past and relaunched in 2021 into a classic server. Currently, the game has already caught up to their last patch before closing servers (minus Uno rip) and they are releasing new content like characters from their sequel mobile gacha game. On paper, everything looks good but my experience, overall, has left a sour taste in my mouth.

I didn't even want to try this classic server due to private servers that were insanely good, f2p friendly and littered with so much quality of life that the game felt like a modern game. KOG has been shutting all of them down and recently shut my favorite one down. Completely within their right, mind you, but still made me feel bad after playing that wonderful server.

Once I found out about the demise of private servers, I downloaded this classic server and low and behold, all characters are free! Unlike the original game, you log in and pick whatever characters you want to play. It's probably the best thing so far YET the private servers ALREADY HAD THIS.

Rummaging through the menus I find out that there's a character growth menu that gives you about $2 worth of premium currency PER character you level to 85. Not what I was expecting so I was pleasantly surprised, HOWEVER, private servers were already giving premium currency upon login EACH DAY.

The third thing I noticed, the thing that really killed my desire to play this garbage, is the death of account-wide systems. Inventory, items, and premium items such as PETS are now character-wide. If I remember correctly, the original game had account-wide inventory. I used the same pets on all my characters but looking through some info, I find out this garbage company, KOG, apparently instituted the character bound system as the original game was dying....

I cannot fathom the actions of this company and of this game thus I am not recommending anyone play it. Nostalgia is ALL you will get followed by sadness and a giant dent on your forehead and wallet.