'Graal Zone' Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) Game Released
posted July 29th, 2008 12:54 PM CDT by arn in $5.99, Adventure, Free, Massive Multiplayer (MMO), News, Role-Playing
Graal Online has released an iPhone version of their Graal Game Client. The game comes in two flavors, a free version called Graal Zone [App Store] and a $5.99 version called Graal Zone+ [App Store]. Graal Zone is described:
Graal Zone is the first massively multiplayer arcade battle game for iPhone/iPod.
Play alone or with a team and enter battlefield joining hundreds of other player[s] for a unique game play experience.
Both versions claim to offer the use numerous "futuristic weapons" such as laser guns, pistols, grenades to overthrow your enemy. Graal Zone+ offers access to more powerful weapons and the ability to drive vehicles such as hover bikes along with special access to other maps.
The game is a quite spotty at the moment with numerous complaints about poor controls. Your character movement is controlled entirely using the accelerometer. According to lockergnome online levels will open on Friday, but it seems there's a lot of work to be done.
Graal Zone is available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows so you can try a fuller version on your desktop computer.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I tried the free version out yesterday, it was terrible.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Yeah the game isn't ready yet but like I said Friday the online levels will be opened and for the games sake they better have their servers ready for that.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Played this yesterday, very laggy, don't waste your time.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Oh wow. I remember playing what's now known as Graal Classic around 8 or so years ago. It was a great game, I can't say I like the direction the company that makes it (CyberJouer or something?) has gone in, though.
I'm gonna give this a go, although I'm not expecting much.
July 29th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I just try to finish the tutorial online level (kind of co-op).
I can say if the controls sux because of lag or because of the accelerometer.
Anyway the accelerometer is far not enough sensitive, i mean how can i play a game when i only see the side of my iphone?
Btw good luck at the devs for the following.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I love this game! I loved it back in the day on PC and I am glad I can take it with me and play over EDGE just fine!
This issue with controls must be server side or lag because today they were fixed. Though today I was playing over EDGE and with a lot of people and it was fine, must have been server issues maybe?
Don't know, don't care I love this game!
July 29th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
pawn looks better, which unfortunately you cannot play on the touch
July 31st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Hmmm … just tried to grab it and it comes up saying it is no longer available.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I get the same message.
Unusual, eh?
August 6th, 2008 at 7:15 am
The game will be real nice when it has been updated. Apple released Graal Zone too early, while the game wasn't finished yet.
August 6th, 2008 at 10:24 am
I can't find this game in the App Store…but I had it earlier. Why was it taken off?
September 17th, 2008 at 10:05 am
It's removed from the app store
October 9th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I haven't played Graal Zone for the iPhone yet, but I know the online version is an amazing game, I've been addicted to it for years. Just based on that I'd say it's worth trying, just will you be able to talk to other players or just fight them? I'm a little curious.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:45 am
Very amusing defences from the dev. The game is laggy because the iphone isn't powerful enough? Do me a lemon. I was playing ultima 1-8 on a 486 12 years ago, and i need a program to LOWER the frame rates for the first 5 of the series. The fact that you can't accept criticism is one thing, but creating obviously ridiculous excuses is quite another. You remind me of the guys on pop idol, insisting their 'friends' think they are amazing singers. Your game leaves a LOT to be desires, even as a free app. For the price it is, you really are having a laugh. Look at the quality of other apps for the same price, given your insistence on keeping the graphics very dated for nostalgia, you should at least have a game that is VERY smooth, very few loading times, with a much improved interface. That should be standard, before getting onto the actual gameplay/storyline.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:49 am
lol posted on teh wrong thread, please ignore.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:47 am
hey daniel its me Nasko
January 28th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
HOW DO I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!
March 29th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Lol, I don't think this is not being worked on anymore…
They removed it from the store.
I hope they bring it back, though, with other servers like Era!