Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

There are four character classes in Trion Worlds’ Diablo-style MMO Devilian, launching next week — busty woman, stout man, Dante from Devil May Cry and uncomfortably young-looking girl with a gun.

Their official names are Evoker…

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

Berserker…

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

Shadowhunter but secretly Dante…

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

and uncomfortably young-looking Cannoneer.

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

Having dabbled with all four classes now, I regret to inform you that the one I enjoy playing the most is…well, you see where this is going.

Ranged attacks, massive explosions, area-of-effect chaos — the Cannoneer is the bomb in combat. I just wish she were taller. And didn’t skip about merrily. Could we get her some jeans?

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

Yes, that’s a pet corgi.

It’s probably a South Korean thing. Specifically a South Korean developer called Bluehole Ginno thing, because Bluehole is also responsible for En Masse’s MMO TERA, which features an entire race of little girls with ears and tails.

Once you get over the initial awkward, Devilian has a lot going for it. It has lovely mouse-based action role-playing combat, an expansive world that’s easy to navigate thanks to Autorun command that paths your character directly to their quest objective. I hear the PVP is lovely. Plus Devilian is fun to say in a dramatic voice.

Check out the character creation and the opening quest sequence in the video below, where I say the name in a dramatic voice at least five times.

Pretty entertaining, and I’ve not even gotten to the point where my character assumes her demonic form and lays waste to any who would dare raise a hand against her.

Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO

See? Now that’s adorable. Why can’t she look like that all the time?

The free-to-play Devilian is currently in open beta, with sign-ups at its official website. Beta ends tomorrow evening with the final server wipe, and then the game’s headstart for players who’ve purchased a founder’s pack sort of thing kicks off this coming Tuesday, with the wide launch on Thursday, December 10.


The Cheapest NBN 1000 Plans

Looking to bump up your internet connection and save a few bucks? Here are the cheapest plans available.

At Kotaku, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


11 responses to “Getting Started With Devilian, The Mildly Awkward Diablo-Style MMO”