Alicia Online vs The Falconeer
Alicia Online
Alicia Online , developed by Korean indie company, NTReev, is an anime-like, fantasy-themed MMO horse game where you'll not only get to explore a stunning world on horseback while completing quests and going off on exciting adventures; you'll also get to enjoy competing with your friends on various challenging race courses throughout the game. Of course, being the fictional game that is it, your horses have wings and, naturally, can fly like the mythological Pegasus. Alicia Online is also social game where players can interact freely with one another. In addition to the usual tasks of taking care of the horses, players can even customize their avatar and horses as they like!Alicia Online is one of the most amazing MMO horse games on PC and for most, the anime-like graphics actually add to the game's overall appeal. If you love games like Star Stable but you don't mind having some fictional elements in them, then Alicia Online is your best bet. Note that the game is not available worldwide so you'll need to check if you can access the game from your country.
The Falconeer
The Falconeer is a third-person adventure game focusing on aerial combat on the back of a warbird. Best played with a controller, the game features a massive, steampunk-themed open ocean-covered world to explore, thrilling dogfights to dive into, and quests to complete.The Falconeer features a massive open world that the player can explore to his/her heart’s content! There are many different islets featuring various points-of-interest like fortified locations, seachantress, and weaponshop that players can land on, but the most important one is probably the settlements. Here, players can take quests; buy stuff like weapons, serums to enhance your warbird, permits, etc from vendors; complete bounties, and even buy a new warbird once the pre-requisites (such as completing a time trial race within just 30 seconds) are fulfilled.
Now, in terms of combat, I’m a bit on the fence about The Falconeer. Personally, I find the controls in The Falconeer to feel rather awkward. Aiming is also very hard in this game, not because you have to aim ahead like what you’ll typically do in a tank-based game like World of Tanks but rather, aim at a fast-moving target. The crosshair will jump all over the place (if not disappear outright) during a dogfight. At one point, the crosshair disappeared entirely, turning my warbird into a sitting duck. Flying isn’t as stable as I’d like as well. Maybe this is done in the name of realism, but I’ve noticed that sometimes my warbird will dip and fly lower for no reason.
The Falconeer has some incredible, unique world-building complete with beautiful graphics and atmosphere. The only unfortunate thing about the game is probably the controls. It’s very hard to properly navigate your warbird, let alone engage in intense aerial combat when it feels like I’m trying to aim at fast-moving targets while being completely drunk. So, I’d say the game might be suitable for a more hardcore, high-skilled player base but not the average gamer.