There seems to be a growing trend toward having pets in MMORPGs. It's understandable, considering how useful the critters can be in combat and out of them. Hence, Softstar and GameTribe have implemented pets of their own for Dream of Mirror Online players. They even explained how you can adopt one for yourself, too. As always, the details are available after the jump.

We're amazed we haven't covered this MMO yet; so again we have to thank bugga12 for telling us about this interesting MMO from Softstar.

In Dream of Mirror Online, the powers that create and destroy this world lie in the different sacred and powerful artifacts. One of the famous sacred objects is the Kunlun mirror that created two worlds - the real world, and the world that reflects everything in the real one.

Twelve Mirror Kings are responsible for the Kunlun Mirror world but something happened that made the Kunlun Mirror lose most of its functions, making it difficult to reflect everything in real world. The "delusions" created by human beings in the real world are causing so much chaos in the Kunlun Mirror world that odd life forms started appearing and unusual events started occurring, disrupting the normal operation of the mirror world.

The Mirror Kings (with some of them already missing because of the disruption) called upon real world human beings to enter the Kunlun Mirror and help the kings deal with the effects of these delusions. Dangerous monsters and ghosts have already popped up in this world which these humans (the players) will have to take care of.

There are several races from which players can choose their characters from: the Human race, the Shura race, the Soft Heaven race, and the Mirror race (also called Mirror kids). In-game characters can also have one of the several occupations available in the Kunlun Mirror: Swordsman, Saber fighter, Mercenary, Kungfu master, Taoist, Thief, Hunter, Doctor, Occult Master, Musician, Dancer, or Gu keeper (the most unknown occupation).

One aspect of the game that I find interesting is the human relationship system, which allows the players to develop relationships with community interactions. The five types of human relationships in the game include "relative", "disciple" (brother), "friend", "master", and "lover". Players of the game are actually saying that building relationships with other players is the most challenging aspect of the game.

Interesting, eh? If you want to experience the game hands-on, then go ahead and create your own character to take on the different missions the Mirror kings will give you in Dream of Mirror Online. Enjoy!