AdventureQuest Worlds
AdventureQuest Worlds (often shortened to AQ Worlds or simply AQW) is a browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released by Artix Entertainment in 2008. Synopsis
The player character, known simply as 'Hero' arrives in the midst of a war between two factions, the Evil and the Good. Summoned by the Good army, the hero is tasked to aid in the battle against the undead led by , commander and ruler of Evil. Gameplay
Players are asked to choose from one of four "starting classes" (warrior, rogue, mage, or healer), each with different strengths and weaknesses. Leveling up lets characters learn new abilities and increase their attack power. Players have five different skills. Depending on their character's class; the ability that is common to all classes is the "auto-attack" ability. Individual abilities, deemed "passive" abilities, may be unlocked after the character reaches a certain Rank. Players. begin at Rank 1 and progress as they receive class points from defeating enemies; this may depend on the enemy's level and difficulty stars (1-5). Players gain experience and gold when enemies have been defeated. Players can also acquire other classes by gaining Reputation by completing quests in a certain location. AdventureQuest Worlds has events on special occasions. A new event is added to the game every other Friday. Some events are one time only while others are seasonal events that appear once every year. Often, participants in these events can procure event-specific items not available at any other time in the game. There is an anniversary on October 10 which enables the players to partake in the birthday-themed events and have access to the Underground Lab. Some events feature live events with guest stars like Korn, Voltaire, One-Eyed Doll, George Lowe, Paul and Storm, Jonathan Coulton, the cast of Ctrl+Alt+Del, Ayi Jihu, ArcAttack, They Might Be Giants, Andrew Huang, Mia J. Park, The Crüxshadows, Dreamers. Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, and Michael Sinterniklaas as the voice of Deady. The game is set in a universe similar to those in AdventureQuest, DragonFable, and MechQuest. It was established that the Eternal Dragon of Time allowed the dragonslayer Galanoth to slay him which resulted in the hourglasses within the Dragon of Time's heart to shatter and the sands that represented the three worlds within each hourglass to merge resulting in the AdventureQuest Worlds universe being created. The goal of the game is to adventure through Lore, move on to higher levels, face the 13 Lords of Chaos, and fight Drakath: Champion of Chaos. As the story progresses, the player meets the Queen of Monsters who chose Drakath to be her Champion, and Malgor, a fully-evolved Mumbler and the Queen's rival that wishes to end the constant cycle of war and conflict on Lore. Then they are tasked by the Old World Order to deal with threats known as the Voice in the Sea (revealed to be Neso: Elemental Avatar of Water), the Rumbling of Cold Thunder, and the Flame of the Beyond. Reception
Kotakus Mike Fahey praised the idea of using advertisements when the player died. Pete Davison, from GamePro, also noted the advertisements upon death, calling it an "interesting" idea. References

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2008 video games
Artix Entertainment
Browser games
Browser-based multiplayer online games
Flash games
Fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Active massively multiplayer online games
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Persistent worlds
Video games developed in the United States
Video games about genies