Everybody knows Maplestory, but do they know about THIS?

[Glitchfinder]

Well, I'm sure that everybody here is familiar with at least one aspect of Nexon, a Korean gaming company made famous by Maplestory. But, is anyone here familiar with all of their games? For example, they have a popular FPS game that is free for play, and, like the rest of their recent games, is an MMO. That goes by the name Combat Arms. They also have a game similar to the idea of WoW, but going by the tagline of "Fantasy Life". That would be Mabinogi. BUt, most people never knew Nexon had a hardcore game like Mabinogi Heroes in development. Using the Steam engine made famous by Half-Life, Counter Strike, Dawn of War, Crysis, and many other games, they are making a new game, under the tagline "Fantasy Slash". Not only will it be one of the most advanced MMO's in the world once it comes out, but it will have astounding interactivity. Picture a classic 007 game. You just fired your last round, and can't find more ammo. Whagt if you could break a window, and use a long piece of glass as a dagger? That's the kind of thing you can do in this game, with almost any object on the field of battle, from a tree, to a stone column, to another enemy. Not only that, but the graphics are stunning. Yes, it is based on Mabinogi, a cell-shaded, life-oriented game, but it is based on the darkest aspect of the game, the warped and destroyed paradise of Tir Na Nog. To all who want to see more info, I recommend you visit the site, at heroes.nexon.com (Note, Nexon requires IE for many of their websites), or, better yet, check out this videos at youtube. (Like this one: Official promo.) Really dark, coming from the owners of Maplestory.

Anyway, now that I've said that, I'll open this thread to the discussion of anything related. For example, the irony of one company using the engine of another to power its games. Or, the fact that MMOs are getting darker, or even how memory intensive everything is. Mods, feel free to lock this if ypou feel this is advertising. I just though I'd let you guys know what the next big thing in MMOs might turn out to be. (And the best part is that it'll be free to play)

 

[Dark_linis]

I made a account in Mabinogi  in like July.

Its a good game in my opinion though I really don't play mmo's much

Er... and shouldn't this be in 'Video games"?

 

[Glitchfinder]

I made a account in Mabinogi  in like July.

Its a good game in my opinion though I really don't play mmo's much

Er... and shouldn't this be in 'Video games"?

Sorry, i just stay in the RMXP portion of the site most of the time. Anyway this isn't just Mabinogi (which I was in the beta test of, just like I was in the beta test of Maplestory) This is about the new one slated for release later this year, called Mabinogi Heroes. Check out the videos to see what I mean.

 

[Zethus]

Crysis uses the Crytek Engine.

you can't also play Combat Arms if you're outside of USA. tried once

 

[pestilence]

Um
'Using the Steam engine'
What the HELL is the steam ENGINE?
I've heard of steam, ive heard of game engines.
But they aren't the same thing =/

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

I'm just here to post your wrong.
I've never heard of Nexon, and know nothing of Maplestory outside of people mentioning it's name.
Carry on.

 

[Glitchfinder]

Sorry, I was looking through the references to the game, and it said Crysis used the same engine, as well as the rest of the games I mentioned. Also, Steam is a game engine, it is the basic coding that allows it to function. (Just like with any other engine, like RMXP's, you have to build off of it to make a unique game. Also, Combat Arms is playable in Korea and the US, and will be released in Europe next.

I'm just here to post your wrong.
I've never heard of Nexon, and know nothing of Maplestory outside of people mentioning it's name.
Carry on.

If you've heard people mention maplestory's name, then you've heard about Nexon.

 

[mawk]

no he's heard the word "maplestory" and that's it

 

[FlippyD]

You probably mean the "Source" engine, not the "Steam" engine. The Steam Source Engine is used by a lot of games nowadays anyway, especially asian games because they've fucked themselves so hard they can't code good game engines anymore and have to outsource the better American gaming engines. And MMOs haven't been getting darker, if anything they've been getting LESS dark.

Compare UO and Everquest to WoW, or just look at ANY Korean mmo and come back here once you're eyes have adjusted from the highly-saturated animu graphics.

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

If you've heard people mention maplestory's name, then you've heard about Nexon.

That's like saying if you've heard of (insert movie, book, game, or any other media) you've heard of (insert producer, director, film company, publisher, spell checker, editor, or any other spot involved in media).

You've heard of the movie Predator right?  So you know John McTiernan, Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, & John Davis right?  All of them, obviously?

How bout this, I'll clear it up.
"I was playing Maplestory the other day."
"okay."

There's my involvement with Maplestory.

Carry on.

 

[Glitchfinder]

If you've heard people mention maplestory's name, then you've heard about Nexon.

That's like saying if you've heard of (insert movie, book, game, or any other media) you've heard of (insert producer, director, film company, publisher, spell checker, editor, or any other spot involved in media).

You've heard of the movie Predator right?  So you know John McTiernan, Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, & John Davis right?  All of them, obviously?

How bout this, I'll clear it up.
"I was playing Maplestory the other day."
"okay."

There's my involvement with Maplestory.

Carry on.

Ever heard of "degrees of sepearation"? For example, if I've talked to someone who talked with the Queen of England, then I'm 1 degree from having talked to her myself. It's the same kind of concept. You've heard of Nexon through hearing of Maplestory. Anyway, I'm sorry about mixing up the engines. Also, if you compare Mapletory to Mabinogi, then Mabinogi to Mabinogi Heroes, you'll see a definite trend of less saturation, and mush less "happy-go-lucky", let's have fun!, and much more of the kind of darkness you'd expect in a movie like the Matrix. (Bad example, I know, just picked a dark movie off the top of my head)

 

[mawk]

You've heard of Nexon through hearing of Maplestory.

Degrees of separation judge how people are linked. They are not necessarily aware of each other, just as Sixty isn't necessarily aware of Nexon for having heard the word Maplestory used in the past.

 

[tensuke]

Using the Steam engine made famous by Half-Life, Counter Strike, Dawn of War, Crysis, and many other games, they are making a new game, under the tagline "Fantasy Slash".

For example, the irony of one company using the engine of another to power its games.

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