Hello, friends. Today I am reviewing a game that is very old, but a true classic. I'm talking about real-life. A while ago I had reviewed Real-Life but it has come to my attention that perhaps my last review was unfair so I decided to do a follow-up.

Positives:

First of all, let's talk about the graphics. For a game that is so old that nobody alive today remembers it's release date (Although most of us have heard of the party thrown at the Midnight Release, called "The Big Bang") it has surprisingly impressive graphics. It still holds it's own against AAA titles released in modern times.

The HD skybox is very beautiful and the time cycle is very realistic. It's almost like you could reach out and touch the sky at night.

The audio is also very very good. It supports surround-sound and is very high quality. It also has the most extensive soundtrack I've ever seen in a game. There are some good tracks, and some that aren't so good. It's a mixed bag, and I think it has something for everybody.

The controls are very responsive, and many control combinations are possible. I have never once had unresponsive controls. It also beats any motion-sensing control I've ever seen. It's almost like all you have to do is have the will to move and you will.

The game is very emotional, I swear I cry when something bad happens to my character. It is a very involved game, and has some of the most well-refined roleplay environments I've ever seen. I almost feel like I AM my character. The lack of lag made it very immersive. I am impressed with the integrity of this game's servers compared to some other MMOs. It seems there are near limitless ways to interact with other players.

People have often rumored that eventually the servers are bound to crash or just be shut down due to server-costs, but there has been no evidence of such an event. Many players rumored the servers would close in 2012, but these rumors were either false, or the developers have pushed the shut-down date back. I disbelieve such claims, as players have been saying the servers would shut down since the very beginning.

The lack of micro-transactions and DLC has been a very positive thing, at least in my opinion. I am unsure how a Free-To-Play game manages to still profit with the system Real-Life uses, but whatever it is, I'm grateful for it's existence.

Disadvantages:

Due to the sheer amount of disadvantages I shall put them into list form.

Here they are:

-No respawn

-AI for the "Government" class is very unintelligent

-Not enough class balancing, some players start with too much or too little currency

-Story mode is very unrefined and inconsistent between players

-While it may have been included for realism, crippling injuries are very inconvenient

-At points can be repetitive or boring

-Morality system is broken

-No checkpoints

-No saving

-Only randomly generated characters

-Can at times have very disturbing themes

-Graphical and audio glitches (Blindness and deafness, respectively), hopefully will be fixed in next patch.

-The Developers don't often contact the community

-High difficulty curve

Overall Summary:

The concept is great and the game is definitely a classic, but there are many things that need to be fixed before it is "Perfect". I hope the developers eventually release an update to address many of the issues players have been experiencing.

It's great graphics, audio, and server dependability have lead to this game being a classic enjoyed by every generation of mankind.

I have had a ton of fun playing this game and it's very addicting, I don't think I can stop playing.

Of course, this is just my opinion, leave your own thoughts on this game in the comments below.

FINAL SCORE: 8.7/10