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Hamburg-based Bigpoint GmbH, Europe’s leading provider of browser-based online games, is offering a completely new fantasy world on its gaming portal at http://www.de.bigpoint.com. Fragoria, offered under an exclusive license in Germany, transports every player into a fascinating and adventurous world. The game took a total of two years to develop and, according to Bigpoint, represents a milestone in the development of browser games in terms of gameplay depth and animation variety: Fragoria is a real-time Flash game unlike anything previously seen in browser games. The density and breadth of its features make it a next-generation browser game.
Unrivaled Detail with Isometric 3D Graphics
The isometric 3D graphics, based on the latest Flash technology, enable a genuine multiplayer experience in direct combat with other heroes. Fragoria’s gameplay depth comes from its numerous maps, worlds, and lovingly designed details. Players encounter an unprecedented game world with more than 40 different locations. They must complete adventures together, devise battle plans, and lead guilds. To do so, players choose from 50 different combat skills or training opportunities at seven different schools of magic. In addition to guilds, players can also join one or more groups in which they plan their next moves and complete missions.
Customize Your Own Character
Each player can equip a character to their own taste with countless items, garments, and weapons, ensuring they are ideally prepared for tasks and adventures. Across hundreds of quests, players prove themselves as gladiators, hunters, mages, or druids. Characters train their magical powers in seven schools of magic, then cast different spells on other characters or alter their own appearance or attributes with the aid of 100 different potions.
“Fragoria is a game whose scale and gameplay depth eclipse every previous browser game. We are offering a browser-based game with a previously unseen level of detail that scales to the screen size,” said Heiko Hubertz, founder and Managing Director of Bigpoint. “Thanks to Bigpoint’s powerful server farm, we have been able to minimize the technical requirements of the game to the point where we can offer such a detailed and fully developed next-generation browser game. Further features and an expansion of the game are already being planned.”
