TERA: The Exiled Realm of Arborea has been added to our game list today.

What is TERA? Here's a quick rundown from our game list entry:

Tera Online is an upcoming 3D fantasy MMORPG. Tera intends to set itself apart with its lack of targeting, giving players full control over each move instead of targeting or hotkeys, emphasizing skills in combat. Additionally, the world will not be instanced, placing all players in the same space. This is also significant since player influence will play a huge role in shaping both Tera's economy and its community.

There are set to be six races, with eight classes to choose from, each locked in an ongoing war to protect his or her kingdom. The game is currently in development and scheduled for a release in 2010. It will be subscription based.

Be sure to cast your vote on the game's hype meter, and discuss TERA on our forums!

Um, as far as I know, doesn't this game currently only have plans to release in Korea?

EDIT: They seem to have an english webpage now, this is exciting.

Interesting, though if past titles are anything to go by this game will do ok in Korea & fail hard everywhere else due to immense lag.

Originally posted by Skuz

Interesting, though if past titles are anything to go by this game will do ok in Korea & fail hard everywhere else due to immense lag.

WTF are you on about?

this is an AAA  P2P title

Good to see my most antipated game get its own forum. Tera is going to be awesome!

Ugh, yet another horrible game from Korea.  I've yet to play a single one produced there that I enjoyed.

Originally posted by Stratford

Ugh, yet another horrible game from Korea.  I've yet to play a single one produced there that I enjoyed.

do you even know anything about the game?

"Action-like battles! Immersive Battles!

Facing the mob and repeatedly pressing a skill button is no longer exciting.
Even the unprecedented hit title, WoW, doesn't deviate from the traditional combat system.

TERA introduces a ground-breaking innovation to the MMORPG combat system.

From the start, the company hoped to realize a combat system that would set a new global standard. After careful consideration, it was decided that TERA's fight sequences should closely resemble real fight scenes. Hence, TERA will introduce omni-directional attacks, where distance and direction must be coordinated for weapons and spells to work; moreover, healers must continuously take new battle positions to cast spells. Also, depending on body weight ratio between a mob and player, an enemy hit will register a fall-back reflect. These are some of the innovative features in TERA.

Also, unlike games that claim to be a MMORPG by emphasizing action-style gameplay, TERA does not utilize zoning (section loading). All users will seamlessly move throughout the world, sharing a singular combat experience. Moreover, the foundation for the innovative combat system originates from the robust client/server technology. This breakthrough technology is one of the many revolutionary features developed by Bluehole to enhance the end-user experience."

Does not sound like your every day mmorpg to me

Appears to be an upmarket fantasy sandbox game from how they describe it.... will be interested to see how it pans out. 

Looks interesting. I love non wow based battle systems like DDOU and Spellborn. However chances are by the time TERA is released I'll be playing The Old Republic.

Yay, finally a game with more than 2 factions.  That is a huge plus for me, means you have meaningful pvp and don't get overwhelmed when one faction gets strong, the others will gang up on them.

From what I have seen from trailers, info and previews, this game looks to be pretty badass. Should be interesting to see what(if any) changes are made to the version we get.

its not a faction game =p

hmmm, I'll throw it on my watch list.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Yay, finally a game with more than 2 factions.  That is a huge plus for me, means you have meaningful pvp and don't get overwhelmed when one faction gets strong, the others will gang up on them.

i agree. I'm a bit tired of this "red vs blue" "black vs white". I like variety, also i hope they wont be seperated by language barriers either. Never liked seperation of the community.

WOOT, OH HELL YA!!

Seen allot of videos on this game already and just love it. It looks so awesome. So glad to hear we are going to get it here in the states next year.

Can't wait to try this one out, hope it's as fun as it looks.

Looks interesting so far, have to keep an eye on it.

A decent sandbox game with nice graphics is a welcome addition.  Time to start hunting for vids.

Looks like this game actually may be halfway to the next-gen.

I think i just became a fan... Seriously, i just checked some videos in youtube and if this game actually manages to work without serious bugs or lag issues i think ill be a very happy gamer. Mind you thats a big if... Still, pretty awesome gameplay. ill stay away from beta so thats what, 3 years? ill be definively looking forward to this game.

Seems different and new thinking to me.

If it is actually fun or not is still the question but I will keep my eyes on this game, as I will with all non EQ copies.

The graphics looks very good from what I seen :)

I am a bit careful about korean games since it seems like the koreans like a slightly different kind of gameplay generally speaking but I am not so stupid that I think that it goes for every game. Hopefully this game will not have that Lineage feel that so many korean games have.

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Um, as far as I know, doesn't this game currently only have plans to release in Korea?

EDIT: They seem to have an english webpage now, this is exciting.

When the Boss fight Alpha footage was released a few months ago, I read on Blue Hole Studios' site that they were planning on an Internationally brining this game globally, and that it would most likely be a p2p model (and not f2p as some are speculating).  However this was months ago, and as time goes by things are subject to change.

Either way I've been excited about this title since seeing that early Alpha footage. :)

Originally posted by Loke666

Seems different and new thinking to me.

If it is actually fun or not is still the question but I will keep my eyes on this game, as I will with all non EQ copies.

The graphics looks very good from what I seen :)

I am a bit careful about korean games since it seems like the koreans like a slightly different kind of gameplay generally speaking but I am not so stupid that I think that it goes for every game. Hopefully this game will not have that Lineage feel that so many korean games have.

Hi Loke, well if you look at their Alpha footage, and you can see that the game probably will play like Hellgate, as that it's not a point-n-click-lock on target, but the user will have to manually aim at their respective targets.  Personally I like this form of gameplay as it immerses me more into the game.  Just check out youtube and I think you can find it by typing TERA boss fight... or something like that.  The footage is months old, and I still can't believe that I'm impressed still today w/ an early Alpha gameplay footage.

I will good luck to Blue Hole Studios, as it's already looking sharp right from the get go.

Edit:  change I "will" to I "wish".

Originally posted by SgtFrog

"Action-like battles! Immersive Battles!

Facing the mob and repeatedly pressing a skill button is no longer exciting.
Even the unprecedented hit title, WoW, doesn't deviate from the traditional combat system.

LOL. Hmmm, i understand that you were trying to reply to an unpolite comment, but that wording just made me lol, perhaps not the best quote out there to convince anyone ;)

Plus, don't get me wrong, i've been following TERA for quite a while now, and it is pretty much on my radar, though a bit down the line from GW2 and TOR. But while in theory it sounds awesome (and certainly looks awesome, can't go wrong with Unreal Engine 3), i too have learned to squint my eyes (pun intended :P) at anything our korean friends have to offer.

So, looking forward to it? Yes. Getting all hyped? No, i'll have to get my hands on it  to be sure.

has anyone had problems with garbled flash lately. that makes this games site totally inaccessible to me. All flash site FTL :(

flash has been reinstalled, browser has been reinstalled, compie has been restarted and all fails... even does this in FF and IE8.

 works fine in chrome for me 

 you might need to reinstall browser you use