I play the game occasionally, It's fun if you don't take it seriously, although it lacks some aspects of mmorpgs. It's a good game for mmo beginners since the class system is very simple. It's probably aimed for young players, casual players and newcomers to the world of mmo.

Heres the thing, I have played atleast 35% Of mmorpgs, My fav mmorpgs would have to be

WoW, EQ 2 & City Of Heroes/Villains

Diablo 3 Im going to tottaly love.

But yeah, Im bored out of my mind, And I dont know what games to play.. Since my favs dont work anymore.. And i cant find another game like them.

Maplestory is just a real simple game.. talk with your friends, play games, then you can go hack n slash and do some quest to pwn loads of uhh Mushrooms? lol anyway

WHATS THE POINT OF ANY GAME? I know it dosent have any raiding or pvp.. but still if a game does whats the point Woohoo i killed you. im the best... yeah... whats the point...

What is it going to do for you in the long run... all games are pointless... and are just for fun to kill some monsters, level up. and pwn some stuff. or do dungeons.

But I do know what you mean by Maplestory dosent even have pvp so you cant even work to being the strongest player.

I Find it maybe kind of fun to just hang out with your friends then pwn some mobs... kind of like

www.gaiaonline.com but with fighting.. but  do hear gaia is coming out with a fighting system. About the cash shop. they need money... so.. thats why they put it there.. But I think they should've done like a membership...

for like  maybe extra xp drops and stuff.. instead of mostly just looks and gettin married. it just depends if the game suits your style. i'm kind of getting a bit addicted to it.. but thats cause i have nothing better to do.. and yeah..  i proably repeated the same thing about 2931293129 times in this post... but yeah XD

I could never get into this game either.. I always thought it was horrible. My friend's encouraged me to play it and told me it was really fun, but I wasn't addicted. I thought it was a waste of time. Not trying to troll, I just don't like this game at all.

I don't like this game. The grind is absurd, maybe the worst among all MMORPGs. Not to mention that there is no storyline and no real point in playing. It is just fun to jump around the old-style 2-d scrolling game for the first hour of gameplay, then it gets boring and repeatitive.

For those asking what is the point of playing, I tell you, the point is having fun. But this game isn't fun at all, it provides an illusion that it'll be fun when you reach a high level or get expensive equipments, that's the trick of grinding games. This gives motivation for players to move foward until they realize that it's pointless. Also, there is a "grinding-casino" style, in which you may get rich all of the sudden by killing some monster that drops a super-rare item with 0,000001% of chances. So players have a bunch of motivation to hack and slash monsters for months.

Some people simply play the game to explore and find out what the classes/skills are like, and get bored right away, which is really common to happen.

Nexon obviously wants to suck as much money as possible (and we can't blame them for it), thus they implemented cash items to improve your performance and leveling speed in the game, which is no problem at all, since even with those, it takes you years to reach the maximum level.

And it's not surprising that so many people cheat in this game. Its security is very poorly designed, almost everything is client-sided, so a simple edit in one of your files and boom, you become invincible, with unlimited mana and anything you want. And of course people will abuse that, because no human being can tolerate such levels of grinding.

This game is no different from "Habbo Hotel" or any other online chatting game. It's simply a game in which you have to spend a bunch of money to look cool and hang out with your friends, and of course, laugh at those who are smart enough not to spend money on something like this.

And for a community game, it is going pretty bad, since I can tell that players are extremely immature, and the average age for them is somewhere around 12.

And after all, besides the 2d-scrolling design, this game brings nothing new to the MMORPG industry. It is just a copy of every single game, which I'm already sick of playing. Actually I would rather calling it a MMOG instead of a MMORPG, because of RPGs, they just inherited the most basic game mechanics.

If you're going to play this, play in a private server, at least people won't try to kill you mentally and suck all your money as often as in the official servers.

Originally posted by Orca

It has an addictive gameplay. Monsters keep dropping item, and they die easily, so you just hack through them, and keep doing it.

I have only played it for a while, and don't enjoy it anymore. But I have played it, and thought it was kinda fun for a while... Just like I thought active sports was fun.

It's actually a good starter MMO, for children. I don't think it's aimed at the hardcore gamer crowd, even though I could imagine there is a few no-lifers out there that play the game 24/7, just like in any other game.

Orca actually, it was my starter mmo as a newbie! OK i need to get on topic. The point of MapleStory is a socializing theme. You chat with friends and have fun! Grinding isn't fun, we all know that. Friends are amazingly easy to make in khaini! Run Maple Radio while playing. I quit because i didn't enjoy it. My motto is don't play a game you don't like!

Haha!! I just learned something like 5 seconds ago. Most people who are in love with there game don't care what you people say, and you can't blame them. Sure I do care what you guys think personally. But in the end I love MapleStory because of what it's truly made for. Which is chatting and exploring together.

I'm almost positive all my friends will quit but I will endure because i just love playing and this game is right for me.

Now my opinion on MapleStory...

To me MapleStory has very good security compared to other games. No! You can't edit and get w/e you want, that's a lie. You can't get infinite anything. It's probably happened before, but those mistakes are fixed and are further prevented in the future. It uses GameGuard, which is really a waste of space for the computer but it's really good for preventing hacks or anything that should be prevented.

My initiative to play an online game is not for the graphics. I have invested 25$ into my character to make him look cooler with a card i bought at Target. Now you don't have to do this, but MS is simple and wonderful. There is a hell of a lot of bad people and just as many good ones.

One thing I've noticed in LIFE that applies to so many things is... the more good things there are to something, the more bad things there will be, and people only notice the bad things for the majority and don't even realize it. When and if they realize it, there insight changes drastically. For online games usually the main stimulation that gives intiative to play is sight. Because other sense that are used but don't apply in a pleasurable or drastic way.

I don't play to Grind, altho i do and i love it.

I love to meet all the people, and watch the game grow. People come and leave, and grow apart, but to me it's not a task to get on everyday or a duty, but simply a way to have fun.

I've tried nearly every F2P game there is, and one FPS, and MS is the first game I have EVER spent my money on. Why did I do it?

Because even before I started playing, I decided to invest something in it. PEOPLE!!! A game feels a lot more important if you give something to it.

You do not have too, and you are free to have fun any way you please. I am disappointed at your opinions of the game, but regardless it still stands and flourishes to this day and many days to come.

The people who leave and better to forget, and every is made to embrace with an open mind and full heart!

I am involved in school sports.

I have exceptionally good classes.

I've met my share of people.

But... If MS was commercialized in a different manner by someone you really admire you would play it too.

Ever heard of the saying...

Life is 20% of what happens and 80% of how you handle it?

Emotions are a state of mind and that includes fun. Your reasons and reasoning guide you to picking a game you may enjoy...

And I have found my dream game, because it suits me. That's just who i am...

The biggest factor in determining ANYTHING TO ANYWHERE 4EVA is Circumstance. Just how you get into the game by pure chance. It is valuable and something that rather finds you.

LOL, I can't even begin to tell you the stories I have from MS. Many wonderful times and memories, and after the content patch Im going back to play.

Bye.

Originally posted by AjFar

Haha!! I just learned something like 5 seconds ago. Most people who are in love with there game don't care what you people say, and you can't blame them. Sure I do care what you guys think personally. But in the end I love MapleStory because of what it's truly made for. Which is chatting and exploring together.

I'm almost positive all my friends will quit but I will endure because i just love playing and this game is right for me.

Now my opinion on MapleStory...

To me MapleStory has very good security compared to other games. No! You can't edit and get w/e you want, that's a lie. You can't get infinite anything. It's probably happened before, but those mistakes are fixed and are further prevented in the future. It uses GameGuard, which is really a waste of space for the computer but it's really good for preventing hacks or anything that should be prevented.

My initiative to play an online game is not for the graphics. I have invested 25$ into my character to make him look cooler with a card i bought at Target. Now you don't have to do this, but MS is simple and wonderful. There is a hell of a lot of bad people and just as many good ones.

One thing I've noticed in LIFE that applies to so many things is... the more good things there are to something, the more bad things there will be, and people only notice the bad things for the majority and don't even realize it. When and if they realize it, there insight changes drastically. For online games usually the main stimulation that gives intiative to play is sight. Because other sense that are used but don't apply in a pleasurable or drastic way.

I don't play to Grind, altho i do and i love it.

I love to meet all the people, and watch the game grow. People come and leave, and grow apart, but to me it's not a task to get on everyday or a duty, but simply a way to have fun.

I've tried nearly every F2P game there is, and one FPS, and MS is the first game I have EVER spent my money on. Why did I do it?

Because even before I started playing, I decided to invest something in it. PEOPLE!!! A game feels a lot more important if you give something to it.

You do not have too, and you are free to have fun any way you please. I am disappointed at your opinions of the game, but regardless it still stands and flourishes to this day and many days to come.

The people who leave and better to forget, and every is made to embrace with an open mind and full heart!

I am involved in school sports.

I have exceptionally good classes.

I've met my share of people.

 

But... If MS was commercialized in a different manner by someone you really admire you would play it too.

Ever heard of the saying...

Life is 20% of what happens and 80% of how you handle it?

Emotions are a state of mind and that includes fun. Your reasons and reasoning guide you to picking a game you may enjoy...

And I have found my dream game, because it suits me. That's just who i am...

The biggest factor in determining ANYTHING TO ANYWHERE 4EVA is Circumstance. Just how you get into the game by pure chance. It is valuable and something that rather finds you.

LOL, I can't even begin to tell you the stories I have from MS. Many wonderful times and memories, and after the content patch Im going back to play.

Bye.

Nope. I would lose respect for the person advocating such a shitty game.

Sorry to sound like an @$$wipe but do people play this crap for real? I mean, damn, I would prefer to have something immersive and convincing and damn fun. Why don't they try something with a bit more substance like Atlantica Online? I don't get it.

this is actually considered as childish game. but its actually fun

maybe u havent seen WoW or lineage 2. or maybe u just hav bad taste.

u een dont played the game yet. y judge them?