MIR4 appears to promise a bright future for the world of blockchain games. Recently, this blockchain multiplayer online role-playing game receive a lot of backlashes and negative feedback. But, despite all these critical reviews that flooded the NFT game, it recorded a 200% spike in the first 24 hours of going live.
In recent months, NFT games appear to have increased in numbers with the likes of Crypto Kitties and Axie Infinity dominating the blockchain game market currently. For the case of the MIR4 NFT game, it has already exceeded the expectations of players in its recent entry into the gaming scene.
According to an analysis by PCGamesn, what appears to be hooking players to the game is the ability to earn through the cryptocurrency tokens in-game. Throughout this month, many players have embraced the game citing its easy-to-use platform; and in-game earning that is enabling some investors to join the crypto world without risking their money.
But, the team says that players will need to keep grinding until they reach level 40. Once they reach this level, they begin collecting Draco, the MIR4 in-game digital token. At the beginning of September 2021, the value of Dracos dropped significantly. It plunged to $2 from its previous value of $6.25 within two days.
Just like any other NFT games like ‘Crypto Blades’ and ‘Axie Infinity’ the blockchain community will let users trade and sell their nonfungible tokens soon via Draco. This feature is expected to be rolled out in October 2021.
MIR4 NFT game has leaped to the popularity game chart despite the massive criticism it received on Steam and mobile. Some people insisted that the blockchain game would eventually go on autopilot mode. Other people believed that “MIR4” was P2W (pay to win) despite experiencing many issues on its server, according to NME.
On the flip side, some of the positive reviews for MIR4 rotated around its crypto-earning feature that most wanted to happen. Some feedback mentioned MIR4 as the greatest and most appealing NFT game that they have played so far.
What Is MIR4 NFT Game?
By description, MIR4 is a blockchain game that was developed by WeMade Co Limited from South Korea. The global edition of the game was launched on August 26, 2021, and it currently supports 12 languages and is available in 170 countries globally. It comes with an in-game chat translation to enable users from different countries to communicate efficiently.
The developers say that the NFT multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) provided lots of customization opportunities. Within a week since its release, the total number of global servers increased from 11 global servers to 38. Furthermore, the global game platform “Steam” ranked this game 23rd on its most popular and most played list, with a peak of 22,208 simultaneous players on September 1.
The game lets players loot for free and create clans with friends and acquaintances. Many fans that the game’s concept was not technically new. MIR4 has been in existence for over 10 years after the shut down of “The Legend of MIR3” in 2012, as explained by Business Insider.
MIR4 Enjoys Global Popularity Despite Ban In S Korea
The multiplayer online role-playing game is majorly popular in other parts of the world, while South Korea has banned play-to-earn cryptocurrency and NFT trading. Play-to-earn is the latest business model in the digital gaming sector. This model is based on the concept of an open economy. The model gives financial benefits to the players that contribute to the game.
Since MIR4’s release in Korea in November 2020, it has managed to rank on top of many app stores’. It has featured in the most downloaded lists including those of Samsung’s Galaxy Store and Naver’s Onestore.
Users can trade ‘black iron’ on the global servers. Black iron is an in-game product that the players earn from playing the game, and it can be traded into a utility token known as DRACO. The DRACO coin may be traded in WEMIX DEX, a DeFi exchange operated by WeMade.Moreover, the MIR4 global players can change their game characters into NFTs that can be traded in WEMIX Wallet’s NFT market, WeMade’s cold wallet app.
But for the players on MIR4’s South Korean home servers, they are denied NFTs and crypto elements. For now, Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee has banned all blockchain-based locally.
The committee claimed that supporting in-game goods to be traded for cryptos may encourage speculative behaviors. It made that decision at a July 2021 policy meeting dubbed “The Future of Blockchain Games in Korea.”
Developers say that games need to be reviewed independently, adding that it is discriminatory to ban all blockchain-based games. But despite the bans in several countries including China; games like Axie Infinity have enjoyed massive growth recording over one million daily active users. The firm’s NFT market trading volume surpasses US$1 billion.
Despite the bans within South Korea; the nation’s blockchain games like MIR4 appear likely to continue growing in the global space.
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