Look out,Ragnarok Online, Shining Lore has got everything you have, and machine-gun wielding pandas too! Wandering around E3 is a huge thrill, and it's easy to get distracted with the hundreds of giant displays everywhere, but Shining Lore decided to be different, they hired a Southerner with a guitar to sing the Shining Lore theme song, which hopefully, will never be heard outside of E3, because it's amazingly disturbing. Shining Lore is already a popular Korean MMORPG, and is being ported over to North America. From what I saw of it, this is a good thing.

The battle system is simple to use, it's very easy to walk over to an adorable enemy, slaughter it, and repeat with a simple click of the mouse. The character models were not only cute, but also changed when you added clothes to them, which meant that most of male players I saw had quietly removed their female avatar's shirt. The game's heavy anime style works well, and while the some graphics are a bit blocky, it did not detract from the experience at all. Right now, I just wish NC Soft has been more open with the pricing plan of Shining Lore, because it looks like a game I might just have to pick up, with it's crazy characters and cheerful graphics.