Hero Online Preview

MMORPG.com has taken a closer look at MGame's Hero Online, now that the game has officially launched here in the United States.
In Hero Online there are three different types of quests: the normal Quests, which revolve around the tasks and missions given by the residents/citizens of Hero Online; the Legend quests, which revolve around the story-line of the game; and the Side Story quests, which are epic quests which Netgame tells us, are written by some of the greatest martial arts novelists of our time. Many of these Quests are not available until release. In beta, young characters have access only to one quest per level and they are simplistic go destroy our enemies and bring me proof of your deeds type. Luckily, drops are not scarce.

A simple quest menu shows the quests that you've completed, available to you or you are undertaking at the time. It does not always provide the exact steps you have to take, as exemplified by an early quest that warns you. (Listen carefully to what she has to say.) I approve. In a more complex game, I'd wish for a quest tracker which shows all the quests I've undertaken, the different mobs I have to kill in different zones etc. In this simple and straightforward game with simplistic quests, it doesn't hurt to make a manual note that Tavern Clerk Jun wants you to take a secret delivery to her boyfriend Guard Hamomo and the Scholar Wang whom she's two-timing.