GDN wroites: "Neverland online is here and no it's not a virtual tour of the late Mr. Jackson's ranch, it's a new colourful MMO from the people at hithere.
This game is totally free and browser based so requires no downloads and is easy to pick up and put down when ever you want. Personally I did find some things a little confusing like the controls and trying to decipher the Chinese translations that sometimes made no sense at all and left me wondering what the hell I was supposed to be doing next. In the game, you get to be one of four classes - warrior, assassin, mage and priest - each being pretty self explanatory and needing their own individual boost in stats as you progress with your character."
Massively:
"Chinese MMO developer Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI) has been enjoying great success at home, and now wants to expand that success. Their popular game Neverland Online, launched in China in June of 2008 is coming to North America and Europe in an English language version. Neverland Online is a browser based, side scrolling fantasy game set in a mythical ancient Chinese world. Your job is to defeat the threatening demon army with a wide array of pets and equipment to help you out."
Neverland is just so beautiful that Casual Review is so tempted to forgive its flaws - but at the end of the day, gameplay really is everything. So they beg the developers, please, make a sequel to this that's just as beautiful but more fun to play. Please. Gamers need more of these.
Unfortunately, this quirkiness doesn't come across in the game's description, so it could be a big surprise to some folks expecting a more traditional experience. There's also a bit too much repetition in the game, limited power-ups, only one play mode and, occasionally, the pinwheels just don't work.
Still, Neverland succeeds brilliantly in its own peculiar style. Hidden-object fans will love it, especially those with their own idiosyncratic ways.
