AdventureQuest

AdventureQuest is a fully animated RPG that you can play when you are on your lunchbreak, when the big game servers go down, or even for hours every day! You fight against hordes of monsters and enemies so that you can grow stronger and obtain ancient weapons of unimaginable power. Explore an entire world, filled with over 700 monsters, hundreds of items, magical powers to gain, and many classes to master! Become a Fighter, Wizard, Ninja, Vampire Slayer, Rogue, Knight, Mage, Paladin, Dragonslayer, and more.

Released: 2002
Platforms: Browser Windows
Genres: Adventure Ninja Role-playing
Developers: Artix Entertainment
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Fantasy
Engine: Adobe Flash
Country: United States
Time to beat: 20hwith extras

About

AdventureQuest (also referred to by its website name BattleOn or abbreviated to AQ) is an online Flash-based single-player role-playing video game started in 2002 and currently developed by Artix Entertainment.

A one-time fee was introduced in 2003, allowing a player to upgrade their character to a Guardian, allowing access to premium in-game content. Ownership of the game transferred to the newly formed Artix Entertainment in 2004, and a server population cap was added for non-Guardian players in May of that year.

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Gameplay

AdventureQuest is a single-player RPG, although character data is stored on AE servers. The gameplay is similar to that of traditional RPGs in that it revolves around fighting monsters in a turn-based system. When a player defeats a monster they gain experience points, gold, and rarely Z-Tokens. Both gold and Z-Tokens can both be used to purchase items.

AdventureQuest has an alignment system similar to that of Dungeons & Dragons, which includes selection between Good and Evil as well as Unity and Chaos. Actions taken in game affect the player's alignment, and give the player a selection of custom rewards and access to in-game events. The game also includes equipment that will bestow special effects depending on the player's alignment.

Reception

A common criticism of AdventureQuest is that there is little to no player interaction with other players in the game. OMGN praised the graphics, theme and the broad range of quests, events, stories, equipment and monsters. The battle system was considered easy to learn, but not as exciting.