Company of Shadows and Zen Bassmasters :: The Launch of Vanguard

Posted by: Astlin on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 05:44 AM

Vanguard - Saga of Heroes

Sony Online Entertainment and Sigil Games Online announced today that the Vanguard: Saga of Heroes open beta will close on January 23 at 11:59 p.m. PST. In anticipation of the January 30th launch of the fantasy-themed MMORPG, the servers will be shut down, and all beta character profiles will be transferred to a test server. The test server will open after launch with timing to be determined. For those who have pre-ordered Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, early access will be granted to the live servers before the official release date. More information regarding the early access will be released shortly.

Players can now pre-order Vanguard: Saga of Heroes digitally and at retail. Additionally, gamers that pre-order retail versions will receive an exclusive endurance buff scroll that will allow their character to sprint for longer periods of time (one per account).

For more information or to order Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, visit www.joinvanguard.com/buy/.

I put up some class descriptions and links to class guides (from Ten Ton Hammer) that you can check out HERE.

Vanguard is a lot of fun. There are many races and a ton of interesting and distinct classes. It has a huge beautiful game world. There are a variety of ways to progress in the game: Adventuring, crafting, harvesting, diplomacy. There are player controlled mounts, flying mounts, boats and ships as well as non-instanced housing that is limited to pre-existing lots to prevent sprawl.

The game is also not ready for release and takes a decent machine to get minimal playability (although this has improved tons in the little time i have been in the beta). I realy wish that they had waited another month or 2. They have been making amazing progress... IMO it is just too early.

Boo