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• • Lineage 2 has 17 million subscribers worldwide?

  •  19 million players have tried it

     

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=lineage+2+%2219+million%22&btnG=Search

  • Posted: 10/05/08 8:30 PM
    Lineage II
• • Best Looking MMO (Released or Development)

  • I have to thank you too for giving me this opportunity!

  • Posted: 9/20/08 2:57 PM
    General Discussion
• • I hate this awesome game...

  •  I actually liked the grind. Because imo the point of the game isn't really getting to the highest level as quickly as i can, but to enjoy the process in between, enjoy the look of every tree and the sound of every cicada's chiming, and enjoying the discussion and the perfect world with my friends.

     

    But yeah, I agree that Lineage 2 is the best with its art design and immense world. It's just so perfect!

  • Posted: 9/19/08 11:18 PM
    Lineage II
• • Best Looking MMO (Released or Development)

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    Greetings,

     

    When you talk about graphics, there are two kinds of them: the art style (attractiveness and perfectess of the characters) and the effects (bloom/glow/bump map).

    Although others have said Age of Conan is probably the best graphic game, I'm thinking of something different. To me, all western games (Wow, Guild Wars, Aoc) have great effects and made the environment well. But the art design is uninteresting, if not ugly. Just look at the potato effects of Wow, the unproportionate body of GW, and the man-looking faces of Aoc, and you would know what I am talking about.

     

    
    So let's go check out some Korean games. Let's start from Soul of Ultimate Nation. You'll absolutely loved the character design: they are perfect, from head to toe. You'll also like the shaders and bump maps, they made the characters look so realistic yet ideal:

    

     

     

    However, the game has one major flaw.No variety. From weapon, to armor, to characters, to class, to environment, much things look similar. But I think you can look past that.

    The music of the game is composed by Howard Shore, who composed OST for Lord of the Rings.

     

    
    Lineage 2 is perhaps the best art designed game. everything in it is flawless (even the orcs are good looking). Unlike other games, which depend totally on shaders and effects, Lineage 2 was made with such high details and polygon count in the first place, so that it wouldn't look like, say, Kalonline, when you turn them off. Although released 4 years ago, Lineage 2 still stands as one of the best looking game there is.

     

    

    
    Also check out its famous armor design:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrzwDthPiFA&fmt=18

     

    
    Lastly, let's come to the hot topic, Aion, the most visually stunning game so far. There are many new graphical things that NCSoft added in this game. Unlike current released games, Aion can be described as dreamy. One of main thing that it focused on was the avoidance of visual tiredness. In other games, one soon becomes bored of the graphics of the game and focus on more the gameplay instead. However, in Aion, they made sure that you can always experience new themes by dividing each areas into sections of completely different atmosphere. For example, one second ago, you are in a dark, blue swamp, then suddenly you would experience a swift yet smooth transition into a green forest, accompanied with some of the most emotional music composed by a famous Korean composer.

     

    

     

     

     

  • Posted: 9/19/08 10:39 PM
    General Discussion
• • What is the grind like now?

  •  No more hard grind until 60+

  • Posted: 9/09/08 9:15 PM
    Lineage II