DevCats latest game Husky Express has got me hooked on it all day and night. The game has gone through a lot of changes that improved it's FPS compared to the previous tests which is a big plus for me and others. Husky Express may or may not be the right game for you all depending if you like dogs or not honestly. I am usually a cat type of person but after playing this game so much my feelings between both of them are almost on par!
Meet your reviewer Steparu and Stepari!
I hope you and your computer is mentally prepared because this will be a long review. I have recorded almost an hour worth of gameplay videos and took a bunch of screenshots. Sadly to say that this game isn't very noob friendly to those who aren't able to understand a slightest clue of Korean.
New Dogs!
Let's get down to the basics of the game. There ain't no racing or hitting friendly players or PvP implemented in here or some way to attack the mobs that you see near you. But if you really insist on some action you can watch your character freeze to death, if that counts. There are a lot of towns/outposts in-game but no major big areas yet. You will find yourself traveling around often and visiting each outposts over and over. It may get a little repetitive at first but you will grow accustomed to it after this is a delivery type of game with a lot of extra features that will be explained fully.
Exploring and Questing
The prologue/tutorial explains everything you need to know about the games controls but not the mechanics and questing stuff. After you finish your prologue you will start the game with two dogs. This is where your adventure starts, every now and then you will get a radio call from your partner telling you to meet up with certain individuals to help them out with their problems. There are side-quests along with main story quests. The main story quests are the more important ones to do because you can rank up your license, get free pet dogs, and a bigger fatter dog sled.
Trading Goods and Delivery
After completing a certain amount of quests certain NPCs will gift you with special items ranging from clothing, food, working tools, and junk. At first you will be happy to receive an item like a Shovel or Pick Axe but little did you know there is a mountain of work to do with those items after obtaining them. That's what makes Husky Express very unique and fun though! It's not just delivery, buying, and selling junk. There are a lot of things you can do with the tools given to you. For example when I first received my Pick Axe I was mining like crazy "Gold Farmer" style in Mabinogi.
Mining is a very good way to earn money next to buying and selling goods. Unlike other games you can buy items from NPC stores in this game and make mega bucks selling it to the town that needs it the most. I wouldn't advise trading goods very early in game though since most towns are very near each other and the prices don't go up high at all. After you have earned a lot of money from doing part time jobs, mining, questing and other stuff. You can spend all that hard earned money on higher level dogs or buy yourself some clothing. There are others way to earn clothing though. So don't go out rushing and spending all that money on pieces of clothing that you can find in hidden treasure chests in the world map. Once you have your shovel you can go treasure hunting and look for hidden chests around the world map. Treasure Chests are a good way to earn extra clothing but it kills a lot of time. Most of the Treasure Chests you find either break upon opening them or have something really awesome inside it, perhaps a potato. You will get more tools later to play with like a camera which you can take a picture of almost anything in-game even zoom out and in on it.
Mining is good money!
Beautiful Scenery
The water, sky, and weather effects are just fantastic. Weather plays a big role in the world of Husky Express Online. If it is storming crazy blizzard hard then you probably wouldn't want to travel very far unless you want to catch frostbite and die. The loading times are very fast and the lag isn't that noticeable if any at all. The game has a crazy good graphics Engine, it may not look like it on my videos or screenshots but that is because I am running the game on medium settings. You will most likely need a beastly like type of computer if you are planning to play Husky Express Online with max settings. They haven't added anything yet on being able to change resolutions but I will assume they will do so in the final release because I was able to modify resolutions in xml in previous beta tests.
Jump and Fly High!
Questing for my camera part 01
The sound is a little boring and peaceful but it fits the mood of the game. Occasionally there are times when the BGM would just die out completely. I am not sure if that is supposed to be like that or not but I would rather enjoy a loop BGM than a dead one. A better idea for the DevCat would probably have a mini radio that a character can carry so that they can change or tune in to any music they like while dog sledding all around the world. Simply just because I thought the music was pretty simple and nothing special or fancy feel to it.
[Freezing Person] and [Steparu & Stepari]
As you progress further into the game you will be able to buy higher level dogs which have special skills in them. For example some dogs have the ability to smell products. With this ability they can tell quality of the goods that you are trying to buy whether it is a low grade or high grade. Dogs aren't just special when it comes to goods, certain dogs have the ability to lead the team which gives the ability of making the whole pack jump crevices, cliffs, and holes that you see on maps.
Questing for my camera part 02
Husky Express is on my definite list of must recommend games this year for 2009 when it comes out for Open Beta testing. It's a little heartbreaking that the game is hard to play if you can't read Korean at all but it is still enjoyable. If you have a Korean friend to help you out with quests then this game is for you. If you think you're strong enough to play the game without knowing Korean feel free. I would say you would get stump on a quest or two for a couple hours then zoom by a couple quest then back and forth. I'm very eager to see the final outcome of this game when it goes live. The game would have a higher score but there are still a lot of work to be done or so it feels that way.
Game Score: 7.5
Developer: DevCat Studio
Game Publisher: Nexon Korea
Game Site: http://husky.nexon.com/
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ice4sugar
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... "Sadly to say that this game isn't very noob friendly to those who aren't able to understand a slightest clue of Korean." - You're right, but there's program what's do letters from image file and is usefull for me  (I can read korean quests and more ), but normal n00b even don't known about this. "The game has gone through a lot of changes that improved it's FPS compared to the previous tests which is a big plus for me and others." - Game is faster. I have some FPS lags in High Quality, but is still much better. "That's what makes Husky Express very unique and fun though! It's not just delivery, buying, and selling junk." - If will be MMO what's just "delivery, buying, and selling junk" I can deal that this game will be fall in half year. P.S 1: lol. You're probably have so mush lag because of mega-crowd ^^ P.S 2: Why do you didn't say that game is litter harder? (You must pay for energy and clothes are more expensive). |
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steparu
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... the game was pretty easy for me money wise oh what program do you use for image file to letters x_x |
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Brandon
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... It will be soooo long until it will come to America (if it comes at all) I really want to join the Korean Nexon site but I can't read Korean. Woe is me~ |
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Steph
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... I hope it come in english becouse i carnt read Korean. I love huskies and wish i can play it. How can i get it is it a pc game or can u download it? And will their be a english one? |
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