Wake up…you're dreaming.
Aside from the awesome turn-base battle system in Atlantica Online Gold, which I will discuss in more depth later in the review - lovers of the fantasy genre will notice almost immediately that Atlantica Gold actually has a storyline! You are a descendant of the once great Atlantains, a race of proud people that through their hunger and lust for the substance Oriharukon – a rare and powerful material that once gone, sunk their great city Atlantis – lost everything, including their lives. You have been charged with finding and restoring Atlantis, and bringing peace and prosperity to the land. To do so, you must embark on a perilous journey through time and space, from the Pyramids to Beijing, searching for clues to the location of your lost city - I know, it's awesome. You begin the game in the dream world, and learn of your ancestry from the three sisters, who are counting on you to find Atlantis and save them. After a short and easily manageable tutorial you will be sent to the real world with a bunch of bodyguards, and begin your search.
 

Weapon specialization, character creation, and you.
As with the great majority of MMO's today beginning Atlantica will have you creating your character - it is however slightly different to the norm, Humans are the only race type available (yes, you can select gender) and instead of choosing a class you will be choosing a weapon to specialize in. Your choices are as follows:
Sword – Combination of medium damage and speed to a single target in the front row.
Spear – Medium Damage to 2 targets in a line.
Axe – High damage to a single target, and enemies to either side.
Gun – Medium damage to all targets in a line.
 

Bow – Medium damage to any target, regardless of position.
Cannon - Medium damage in a triangular cross pattern.
Staff - Healing and Hex spells, Medium Damage to single target in front row.

After selecting your class you are able to change your appearance slightly, and the colour of your clothes. Unfortunately everything here is hugely limited with only a few choices of face and hair, and two clothing colours. With only one race to choose from I think that it is imperative that they add more options here to the full version of the game, as walking around can give you a very eerie feeling…being surrounded by 50,000 other versions of me is almost intoxicating.