Login:  Password:   Remember?  
Show Quick Gamelist
Games:398  Guilds:2,012
Members:1,148,266  Online:0
Guests:0  Posts:3,131,549
Recent forum postsRSS
Active threads
Cloud view
List all forums
Recently Visited Threads
Mabinogi heroes looks pretty good I am happy that this games seems to offer lots of solo content! Beta, referral code. Aion Surpasses 700k sales in the west! A smash Hit amongst American Gamers! General: 2006 Editorial Awards Am i screwed??? No better F2P exists anywhere in the world. Reactivation Credit Serial Code/15 free dayz ^^ Cryptic drops the ball, makes STO a massive single player game. New Version Released ... v1.50
General Forums
Developers Corner General Discussion
Popular Game Forums
Click a status to find game forum
Game Forums
Click a letter to find game forum
A-C
2Moons 4Story 9 Dragons A Tale in the Desert III A3 ACE Online Absolute Terror Adellion Age of Armor Age of Conan Age of Mourning Aika Aion Alganon All Points Bulletin (APB) Allods Online Anarchy Online Angels Online ArchLord Asda Story Ashen Empires Asheron's Call Asheron's Call 2 Astera Online Astonia III Atlantica Online Atriarch Auto Assault Battlecruiser Online Battlestar Reloaded Beyond Protocol Black Aftermath Black Prophecy Blade & Soul Blitz 1941 Bounty Bay Online Bright Shadow CTRacer Cabal Online Champions Online Chaos Online Citadel of Sorcery CitiesXL Citizen Zero City of Decay City of Heroes City of Villains Clan Lord Club Penguin Conquer Online Corum Online Crimecraft Crimelife 2 Cronous
D-F
D&D Online DC Universe Dance Groove Online Dark Age of Camelot Dark Ages Dark Solstice Dark and Light DarkEden Online DarkSpace Darkfall Darkwind: War on Wheels Dead Frontier Deco Online Deicide Online Dekaron Diamonin Disciple Divergence Dofus Dominus Online Dragon Empires Dragon Nest Dragon Oath Dragon Raja DragonSky Dragonica Dream of Mirror Online Dreamland Online Dreamlords: The Reawakening Drift City Duels Dungeon Fighter Online Dungeon Party Dungeon Runners EVE Online Earth Eternal Earth and Beyond Earthrise Elf Online Emil Chronicle Online Empires of Galldon Endless Ages Endless Online Entropia Universe Eternal Lands Ether Saga Online Eudemons Online EverQuest Online Adventures Evernight Everquest Everquest II Evony Exarch Exorace Face of Mankind Fairyland Online Fall of Rome Fallen Earth Fallen Sword Fantasy Worlds: Rhynn Faunasphere Ferentus Ferion Fiesta Online Final Fantasy XI Final Fantasy XIV Florensia Flyff Football Manager Live Football Superstars Force of Arms Freaky Creatures Free Realms Freesky Online Freeworld Fung Wan Online Furcadia Fury Fusion Fall
G-L
GalaXseeds Gate To Heavens Gates of Andaron Gatheryn Gekkeiju Online Ghost Online Gladiatus Global Agenda GoGoRacer Goal Line Blitz Gods and Heroes GodsWar Online Golemizer GoonZu Online Graal Kingdoms Grand Fantasia Guild Wars Guild Wars 2 Guild Wars Factions Guild Wars Nightfall Habbo Hotel Helbreath Hellgate: London Hello Kitty Online Hero Online Hero's Journey Heroes of Bestia Heroes of Gaia Heroes of Telara Holic Online Hostile Space Huxley Illutia Immortals USA Imperator Infinity Infinity Irth Worlds Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted Jade Dynasty Jumpgate Jumpgate Evolution KAL Online Kaos War Karos Online Kicks Online Kingdom of Drakkar Knight Online Knights of Dream City Kothuria LEGO Universe La Tale LastChaos League of Legends - Clash of Fates Legend of Golden Plume Legend of Katha Legend of Mir 3 Lineage Lineage II Lord of the Rings Online Lunia
M-Q
MU Online Mabinogi MagiKnights Magic World Online Manga Fighter MapleStory Martial Heroes Megaten Meridian 59 : Evolution Metaplace Metin 2 Mini Fighter Minions of Mirth Mir2 Monato Esprit Monster & Me Mortal Online Mourning Myst Online: URU Live Myth War Myth War 2 Mytheon Mythos NIDA Online Navy Field NeoSteam Neocron Nexus: The Kingdoms Of The Winds NinjaTrick Nostale Oberin Ogre Island Omerta 3 Onverse Orion's Belt Oz World Parabellum Parallel Kingdom Parfait Station Perfect World Perpetuum Online Phantasy Star Universe Phoenix Dynasty Online Phylon Pi Story Pirate Galaxy PirateKing Online Pirates of the Burning Sea Pirates of the Caribbean Online Pixie Hollow Planeshift Planetside Playboy Manager Priston Tale Priston Tale II Project Powder Project Wiki Puzzle Pirates Quickhit Football
R-S
RAN Online RF Online ROSE Online Ragnarok Online Rakion Rappelz Realm Fighter Reclamation Red Stone Red War: Edem's Curse Regnum Online Renaissance Requiem: Bloodymare Rise Rise of Empire Risk Your Life Rockfree Rohan: Blood Feud Roma Victor Rubies of Eventide Ruin Online Rumble Fighter Runes of Magic Runescape Ryzom S4 League SAGA SUN Scions of Fate Second Life Secret of the Solstice Seed Shadow of Legend Shadowbane Shaiya Shattered Galaxy Sho Online Shot Online Sigonyth: Desert Eternity Silkroad Online Skyblade Soldier Front Spellcasters Sphere Splash Fighters Star Sonata Star Trek Online Star Wars Galaxies Star Wars: The Old Republic StarQuest Online Stargate Worlds Stone Age 2 Sudden Attack Supreme Destiny Sword of the New World
T-Z
TERA: The Exiled Realm of Arborea TS Online Tabula Rasa Tactica Online Tales Runner Tales of Pirates Talisman Online Tantra Online Tatsumaki: Land at War Terra World Thang Online The 4th Coming The Agency The Chronicle The Chronicles of Spellborn The Legend of Ares The Matrix Online The Myth of Soma The Realm Online The Secret World The Sims Online There Thrones of Chaos Tibia Tibia Micro Edition Toontown Online Top Speed Torchlight Travia Online Travian Trials of Ascension Trickster Online True Fantasy Live Online Turf Battles Twelve Sky Twelve Sky 2 Twilight War U.B. Funkeys Ultima Online Ultima X: Odyssey Ultimate Soccer Boss Undercover 2: Merc Wars Underlight Universe Online Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Vanquish Space Vector City Racers Vendetta Online Victory - Age of Racing Voyage Century W.E.L.L. Online WAR (Warhammer Online) WYD Global Wakfu War Rock Warrior Epic Wild West Online Wish Wizard 101 Wonder King Wonderland Online World War II Online World of Kung Fu World of Pirates World of Warcraft Wurm Online Xiah YS Online ZU Online Zero Online Zodiac Online

MMORPG.com Discussion Forums

General Discussion

General Discussion 

News Discussion  » 9 Dragons: New Developer Journal

6 posts found
Stradden

Managing Editor

Joined: 7/08/05
Posts: 6063

 
6/22/06 6:42:24 AM#1

Today, MMORPG.com presents a new Developer Journal from Ken Johnston, the CEO of Real Time Worlds, the company behind the upcoming MMORPG, 9 Dragons. In this journal, Johnston talks about "The Weapons of 9 Dragons".

 

The weapons designs in the game are based on historical research, reflecting the martial arts armaments of the period. In 9Dragons we have gone for as much authenticity as his possible. Therefore each clan uses the weapons that the historical clans would have been skilled in. So, for example, the Wu-Tang were famous as sword masters. Therefore, if you play as the Wu-Tang then you get a bonus from using swords. Of course you can use any weapon you choose, but why join the sword masters if you really want to use staffs? The game is designed to reward you for thinking about your style of fighting before you decide which clan to join.

You can read the article, here.

Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com
GungaDin

Apprentice Member

Joined: 12/06/05
Posts: 400

6/23/06 12:35:40 PM#2

This sounds like a pretty cool game.  I might have to try this one out.  The Era and Historical atmosphere really appeal to me having grown up watching alot of the old Kung-Fu movies including the famed Drunken Masters.  One of the all time greats. 

So for me, its a go.  I'll do a bit more research on it and hopefull give some more insight in future posts. 

acrien

Novice Member

Joined: 4/09/06
Posts: 17

6/24/06 2:30:53 PM#3
"The game is designed to reward you for thinking about your style of fighting before you decide which clan to join."

Just how much thinking do they presume the players do?  It'll be a 10 second decision at most. 

Like I said before, they are not giving any information about how fun this game is, a lot of background on Jin Yong's novels though; and also some historical info. 

They don't know how to hype a game do they?  They went from 6.9 to a 6.7 to now a 6.3.  If they keep releasing informations like these, they'd be taken off the chart.  Hmmm, maybe that's why acclaim went down, bad marketing?
Thachsanh

Hard Core Member

Joined: 7/02/05
Posts: 246

6/24/06 7:22:17 PM#4
Thing is they don't know much about the background setting them self. That's why they don't even know how to hype it. This MMORPG being heavily focus on story driven and clan war based on a very different background and history is hard for a western company to advertise it. The fact is the martial art world of Jin Yong and Gu Long is still very new to the western audiences. Old kung-fu movies and recent block-buster martial art movies like Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers barely scratched the surface of a very deep and complex mythical world that has been developed by numerous writers for several decates.

The fighting styles are very different from clan to clan, but the users don't know that. I don't think the general audiences could even distingush between a Shaolin disciple and a Wu-Tang disciple.

It will take some time for the new cuture, new idea to sink in, before that, I don't think martial art MMORPG could win big in the NA market.
acrien

Novice Member

Joined: 4/09/06
Posts: 17

6/24/06 10:10:26 PM#5
yeah I agree with the culture clash.  But when it comes to games, as long as it's fun to play, people will play it, despite the differences in culture, interest, community, graphics or whatever.  Look at WoW, people hate the immature community, and stay until the end grind. 

That's why I am saying they need to release more information on the game play.  The game play should be completely different from western style MMOs.  If 9 dragons is only competing in storyline, then it'll fail; the only game I've played on just to see the stories is FFXI, a little of GW, but I never gotten to the rings of fire missions. 

There are a lot of potential with MMORPGs, but I don't think any company has any idea how to revolutionize it.  Guess this game won't do much either....
Thachsanh

Hard Core Member

Joined: 7/02/05
Posts: 246

6/24/06 10:25:35 PM#6
From what I know about the game so far, it will be developed in the direction of clan vs clan and guild vs guild PvP oriented with some twisted in story line; meaning, some events or clans in the game only get unlocked when the server reach a certain part of the story line.
The exp grind seem light for a Korean game. Lots of quests, WoW style, although it seems that you cannot level just by doing quest.
Huge amount of skills and they look and feel authentic, especially Shaolin, Wu-Tang, and the beggar clan skills.
Very nice and detail character design. The environment need some work but the Korean developers are constantly working on it. The game has gone through 5-6 major patches in couple months.
Crafting system still very simple, you can only enchant existing items at the moment, can't create new items yet.
Player mounts are not in yet, and will be just decoration since run speed will be enhanced through hyper-speed skill system.
I don't think siege warfare is in yet. Although the devs seem to talk a lot about it.
This game has a lot of potential and currently is a decent game to play.