One “negative” is that each class acts as a “race” at the same time, so each one will have its own characteristics that shape the overall result. is quite flexible as well, and you can nail your favourite color tone without being restricted in just a few like most MMOs.

What’s more, coloring your hair, eyes, lips etc.

I feel it’s even easier to create a celebrity copycat in Astellia, than it is even in The Sims 4. You can sculpt your face, eyes, nose, lips & ears to a huge extent, and you definitely won’t get dissapointed at the wealth of options for each body part, since all of them are covered! Character Creation is Actually Amazing!Įven though the clunky UI, and the presets you’ll encounter at first will make you feel that the character creator is going to suck, hopefully the “Details” tab is actually very detailed! Your eyes will bleed by the naming of most sliders, but it’s going to be worth it, since I’ve never personally seen such a flexible charcater creation tool in an MMO so far!Įven Black Desert Online that has arguably the best graphics in an MMO, is quite harder to tame, with results that feel way less customizable than Astellia’s. Note: For some reason most sites refer to Astellia as “Astellia Online”, even though neither the Korean or the European version refer to the game using the “Online” suffix. Without further ado, let’s hop in Astellia, and see what all the buzz is about, and whether it’s worth your hard-earned money! It seems that the rising popularity of gacha games, is starting to affect even MMOs! The main takeaway, is that apart from your main character, you can collect & control many different “pets” known as Astels, each with their own abilities & mechanics. Nexon is known to shut down their games faster than they put out new ones, so hopefully they are not related with the EU / NA version of Astellia, which officially opened its doors in Septemfor North American & European users, after a short Closed Beta Testing between J– July 1, 2019.Īstellia is a tab-target MMORPG, that tries to differentiate itself from the pack. The game was officially released by Nexon in Decemin South Korea, and actually closed down its servers in January 16, 2020. Astellia has finally launched on Steam, in January 30, 2020.

Astellia online first look