I played my share of silkroad, great for a "free" game but not for extended play.
The first 10-15 hours of the game are great. It has great graphics even on low end machines and it has a variety of quests and character choices. Also as an east-asian history major I found the setting of the silkroad interesting albeit amusing. The biggest apparent flaw is the translation, I think they used a computer translator. To make matters worse since its a Korean game discussing Chinese terms you get some very amusing transliteration
Overall though, its good at first. The problem comes when you get farther into the game. What starts as kill 20 wolves or bring back 15 bandit swords becomes 50, then 100, then 600 (I do not joke). Never have I seen as bad a grind as when I had a quest to collect 600 items that dropped every 3rd monster.
In addition, while the game is free it is sponsored by an online market. Not suprisingly the game is geared so that eventually, you have to start buying. From experience boosters to 1000+ potion packs after level 15-20 you really need to start investing cash or be prepared for very, very, painful leveling.
So it is an interesting concept, decent design, but I'd warn against getting too sucked in.
