I played this game for 5 years from 2007 to 2012 (I took about 18 months worth of breaks), and I would be lying if I said I didnt enjoy it. However, do I recommend this game? No for the long run. Feel free to check it out, because it is interesting for the earlygame. Just like how most pay2win MMOs work, this is no exception. The end game is one long grind that either costs a fortune in real cash (I was young and naive and spent 800 dollars on it over 5 years), or hundreds upon hundreds of hours of grinding, requiring a clan and high level gear to do many of the endgame content. I'm not quite sure how the community is now, but when I left 4 years ago, it was a wretched hive of scum and villainy. The closer you approach endgame content, the more you encounter drama between many elitist and veteran players and clans. Often time the drama would get out of hand and affect their personal lives such as players holding grudges over each other and sometimes even hurting themselves mentally and physically.

Gameplay wise it was actually fun and unique at the time. You would control 3 different characters at the same time in RTS style click based movement, switching between characters to use their individual skills. You dont really create original characters. Instead, you as the player name your family and then recruit various unique characters into it. Characters have what are called "stances" that when switched to, depending on equipped weapon, give you a different set of skills. One thing that I didnt like is that when using skills on other player's characters it would stop the character in its tracks and play a sort of animation, and they cant move or be attacked by other players until the animation is over.

The music really made the game. It was simply amazing. Many songs range from classical victorian themed music to highspeed electronic techno rave music. The game sports a music player that you can select tracks depending on the area you are in. If youre reading this review I recommend you at least check out the music on youtube. I can't listen to the music anymore, because when I do I suddenly get PTSD flashbacks of some horrid times involving horrible money sink RNG systems in game.

Pros:

• Cute female characters with lots of costumes and hairstyles to choose from
  
• Very nice music
  
• Unique gameplay

Cons:

• Community is a wretched hive of scum and villainy
  
• Hundreds of hours of grinding
  
• Pay2win
  
• Heavy RNG equipment upgrade system
  
• Cant be played antisocially, need a clan to get to middle to end game content

edit: i tried running it to see whats up, but it wont even start...so theres that