Revisiting Perfect World to Help a Friend
June 28, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under MMORPG, My World, Perfect World
Perfect World … sigh. It has been such a long time. I miss the game, the virtual world, and the friends I’ve made, but I also loathe the thought of revisiting, simply because it no longer holds much promise for me. Not that Perfect World, be it here in my little nook or in other countries, is a bad game. Far from it. It’s one of the coolest game on the planet!
But wait, we’re straying from the topic. I’m here to talk about why I’ve revisited Perfect World and how I found the experience. As the title suggests, I reentered the game world of Pangu to help a friend, who had been having problems with several quests requiring the elimination of boss monsters.
Fortunately for Relly, erstwhile Perfect World Philippines blogger and super video games writer and reporter, my character still packs a punch … or a curse … or a bite with fangs and a slash with claws.
Enter Malystryx, my level 99 yaojing, also known as werefox or venomancer in international versions.
She still looks somewhat impressive, considering I haven’t used her in over three months, give or take a few days. So what’s with the “somewhat”? Well, some of her equipment are on loan to a dear friend.
In the two hours that I was online helping Relly and his fashi, a.k.a. wizard, we finished five boss quests. To quote Relly, “I feel pathetic. It has taken us two hours to finish what I couldn’t do in four months.” Well, that’s why it’s important to have friends playing the game. Similarly, it’s also important to make friends while playing Perfect World or any other game.
So what did it feel like to play Perfect World again? To be totally honest, I was just happy to help a friend. The game would always have a special place in my video gamer’s heart, but it could never again be THE game for me.
