Hello Kitty Online: An Exclusive Preview Of Closed Beta

an article takn out from www.tentonhamster.com

Hello Kitty Online…Well, what can we say other than we loved it! It is a sweet fun MMORPG that is based on your favorite little character Hello Kitty and all her friends! If you are a Hello Kitty fan I think you will love this game. Be ready for lots of pink cute fun!

Creating your character, in Beta, was very simple with not too many choices. There are several faces, hairstyles and color, and eye options to choose from. It was very basic and we hope there are more choices once the game officially launches.

Players will start at what is known as Sanrio Harbor. It is a pier where you will learn all the basics like how to use your interface, chat, shop, sell, friends, and your buddy list. Hint: You need to click the green check to acknowledge that you understand the quest. It took me a few minutes to figure out that simple task! It is a game that mostly uses your mouse to point-and-click for everything including moving around.

Combat in HKO is simple too. It is a basic click to attack style and in true HKO fashion, you don’t actually ‘kill’ the monsters, you simply stun them and they typically drop the item you need. A few seconds go by, and they are up and running around again. Players have three things to pay attention to: their Health, Magic energy, and stamina bars. Your character must eat every so often or their stamina runs low and you cannot complete whatever task you were working on. Players can sell/buy things from the local shopkeeper.

The map interface is great! Players have many options that they can control. Players can opt to turn on/off the following things: NPC names, Shops, Farm Entrance, Skill Master, Mini-game, Guild, and other players names. We loved this option because it was so easy to change when we were looking for something specific. If we needed a certain NPC, we clicked off all the other options so that it was easier to just look at those few names to find him/her.

Hello Kitty Online is a skill based game. You level up by leveling up your various skills. There are many to choose from so that means lots and lots of work! You can level up any or all of the following skills: Lumbering, Tailoring, Craftwork, Gathering, Cooking, and Mining. It is all very simple but there are lots of things to gather. These quests usually need you to get 30 or more of some items to level up so get ready to spend some time doing it! The higher your skill the more access to cool stuff you get, so the reward is worth the work!

All players will begin with their own basic farm. They will have to fertilize, buy seeds and plant them, and even use pesticides to keep their plants happy. As the game progresses, players can buy larger and fancier farms as they obtain enough money. Next to their farm, players can build their very own house! Players will have to buy a license to build a house, buy the raw materials, then start building! This takes a long time so it’s best that you bring along some friends to help you out!

The last thing we want to cover are pets. Pets in HKO are fun and easy to get. As you stun monsters sometimes they will drop a Pet Card. You can simply click on them to summon/release your pet. Pets will advance with you in level as you play.

We wanted to give a special cheer to all the GM’s in HKO. They were awesome! They told players when current GM’s were going off and new GM’s were coming on. They were helpful, answered all questions, and were so readily available it was great! They even helped players to build their houses. Thanks Sanriotown for a sweet fun game!