'Luminary: Rise of the Goonzu' closed beta live

The closed beta for Aeria Games’s MMORPG “Luminary: Rise of the GoonZu” is now live. Instead of having the typical elements of MMORPGs like character races, classes, PvP, quests and etc., “Luminary: Rise of the GoonZu” provides more of a real-life feel. This MMORPG is more about your character’s people skills and likability in an in-game economy. (This might be a tough one for gamers with social disorders.)

There are skills that you can specialize in, helping you with your power and influence on a town’s economy. Possessing a craft such as cooking and medicine are encouraged to help meet the needs of various towns you may visit.

If you would like to climb the political ladder, you could work towards gaining power and possibly achieve the position of “GoonZu,” the leader of the Luminary world. The responsibilities of the “GoonZu” include setting taxes, electing officials, creating laws and making sure that the Luminary world is running smoothly. The only way you can be elected as “GoonZu” is by your peers, so you can’t rise to power by being evil..unless you threaten your peers with blackmail, which is illegal and I strongly discourage.

“Luminary: Rise of the GoonZu” joins the ranks of other MMORPGs at Aeria Games such as “Last Chaos,” “Shaiya,” “Hello Kitty Online,” “Mirror Online” and “Shin Megami Tensei Imagine Online.”

Posted by Nikki Lee

April 30th, 2009

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