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Garrett
Joined: 13 Jul 2001
Posts: 74
Location: Munich, Germany |
...here is the press release without the company info:<blockquote><em><b>Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle Goes Gold
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<br>NCsoft to Roll Out Commercial Service for Epic Fantasy Online Game on April 28
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<br>Austin, TEXAS, April 12, 2004—NCsoft® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announces that Lineage® II has reached gold master status in North America and will soon be on its way to retailers in the United States and Canada. The official launch date for Lineage II will be April 28.
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<br>Lineage II is the visually-stunning prequel to the world’s most popular online game, Lineage. Group with friends, tame powerful dragons, participate in epic struggles and lay siege to majestic castles in this massive medieval fantasy world created with Epic’s Unreal™ engine.
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<br>The game will be available at a suggested retail price of US$49.99 and includes the first month of online game play. After the first month, players will be charged a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99. Sixty-day game time cards will also be available at many North American retailers for a suggested retail price of US$29.99.
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<br>Lineage II already is enjoying a successful open beta campaign, which began in late March. Tens of thousands have already signed up for the game and are enjoying the spectacular 3D visuals and the intense player-on-player combat that makes Lineage II a hallmark product in the world of massively multiplayer online role playing games.
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<br>Players still have time to sign up for the open beta and participate in several challenges and contests created just for the beta test. Free gaming systems, gift certificates, LCD monitors and video cards are among the prizes to be given away. Those who participate in the beta test will not have their characters deleted when the game hits its commercial launch date later this month. More information, including how to sign up for the beta is available on the Lineage II web site, http://www.lineage2.com.</em></blockquote> |
Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:40 pm |
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stealth
Protector of the Realm
Joined: 23 Mar 2002
Posts: 261
Location: Valhalla |
This sounds odd. I'm still waiting for my beta key to arrive so I haven't played the game yet but as far as I can tell there are still major issues to be solved. I can't believe they are going to ship the game as it is. Guess they havn't paid attention to the buggy SWG and Anarchy Online releases.
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:44 pm |
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Wolfgarou
Guards Lieutenant
Joined: 29 May 2003
Posts: 163
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Forget CoH/Lineage 2 and go get World of Warcraft. That's probably the only not-buggy-on-release MMORPG coming out in the near future, unless DAoC 2 is announced...
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:35 pm |
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Deg
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
Posts: 37
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I got a cdkey for this one 2 weeks ago, when i logged on and was trying todo a very brief tutorial on how to walk and stuff someone actually ganked me lol. Appearantly someone thought that having the starterarea setup as a pvp zone was a good idea. Guess that was still a bug. In the city you couldnt get attacked so i went on there but just outside the city its pvp again.. prepare to be killed alot by guys named xxxxxxKilzzYoxxxxx I played together with a friend who was unable to talk to the npc's, his default action was fighting so it was kinda funny to see him smack all the npc's we were supposed to get quests from. We started hunting in a field outside the city where you could see endless waves of fellow orcs trying to find a spawn to kill as well. i couldnt sit to heal up and needed to relog for it to happen. At that point i figured i ended up in an alpha technical preview or something and decided to delete it again. Surely i cant be accused of having much patience but if this thing goes live in two weeks then they either opened up a can of programmers in Korea or indeed it will be a buggy launch.
btw.. Hi good folks and community of rpgdot. Ive been following this site and reading the news for over a year now so i figured i join in  |
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:16 am |
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I have a level 15 dwarf I've been playing for a couple of weeks. The game is actually pretty good, but my problem is it has that 'been there, done that' feeling to it' and it's basically not a huge departure from other MMORPG's imo. But it's definitely polished, balanced, the graphics are nice and it is fun, it's just not spectacular. I'm hoping World of Warcraft will be a little more revolutionary, because these MMORPGs are all basically the same. |
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:29 am |
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kingscoot
Village Dweller
Joined: 17 Apr 2004
Posts: 1
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I have also been playing Lineage 2 for a few weeks now. I have managed to level an orc mage to lvl 15 in this time and run around a bit to check out the mainlands and other player race cities. Its got breathtaking scenery and wonderful immersive sound effects/music. however other than the next generation looks/effects it doesnt appear to be offering anything radical in game play styles or character development. Im sure it will have a market out there but for me its just a short stopgap ( i hope) to WoW or EQ2. What im really after is somthing to immerse me in adventure at atmosphere. |
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:25 pm |
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Robar the II
Captain of the Guard
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
Posts: 185
Location: Innos Pantheon |
World of warcraft will be so much better then lineage2 i am a vetran of lineage1 so i know what to expect i also have every blizzard game with the eception of the gb advanced nordic heros or whatever and starcraft expansions other than those 2 i have ever blizzard game from warcraft1 to tft and im looking forward to wow i have monatered both sites for lineage and wow very closly and wow is looking 10 times better right now even though its not as far along.
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:48 pm |
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Robar the II
Captain of the Guard
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
Posts: 185
Location: Innos Pantheon |
Oh and by the way most people have never heard of ncsoft were as even non gamers have heard of blizzard so its deffinitly not world renowned or anything.
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:50 pm |
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Ammon777
Warrior for Heaven
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 2011
Location: United States |
I dont know much about WoW, but Lineage2 is a really good game. I have a level 16th warrior, he is awesome, and i fight off spiders and stuff. But i havent really been ganked all that much. It happens mostly at the earlier levels when you are weak, but after you are strong nobody hardly messes with you, and which server you play on makes a HELL of a difference. I play on Kain and that is an AWESOME server with really cool people. Lineage2 is a great game, and im picky, so that says a lot. Not as great as Darkfall will be or World of Warcraft will be, but still its a decent game in its own right. I have played for three weeks now. |
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:36 pm |
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