Blade & Soul

[Raydeus]

Korean Martial Arts MMORPG I've mentioned from time to time. Currently second on my list after GW2 (closed beta is already in it's 2nd phase.)

Trailer from 2008-9, and the first I saw about the game.

A character creation demo.

Old gameplay video from like 3 years ago.

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And some actual gameplay.

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The graphics so far seem pretty good in a GW2 kinda way, although I like this art style way more for obvious reasons. After the 2nd closed beta ends we'll hopefully get more gameplay footage.

I just wish I knew Korean so I could play this game sooner, but JP and NA localizations are already confirmed so I'll get my chance eventually, I guess. orz


PS > I could swear I had already made a thread about this, but couldn't find it. If it does exist a merge would be appreciated.

[Nandito]

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Jeez, has it really been that long? Feels like I've seen that old game play video only yesterday.

Looks pretty good so far. I'm interested how they'll keep it from going stale like pretty much every other Korean MMO out there...

[Raydeus]

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Jeez, has it really been that long? Feels like I've seen that old game play video only yesterday.

That's how I felt when I saw the more recent gameplay videos. <_<;

[Raydeus]

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And before I go to sleep.

[Raydeus]

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I'm really liking how this game is evolving. So I wonder if GW2 will have some competition for my time after all. XD

[Raydeus]

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I just hope when (if) they release the game in NA they'll keep the Korean voices with subs.


And PvP actually looks more fun than Guild Wars'. <_<;

I wonder how long it will take me to learn Korean.

[Raydeus]

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Yep, I'm liking these videos.

[Raydeus]

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I love the art and the characters in this game. Plus the mobility.

NCSoft is saying they wont be censoring anything from the Korean version and that they will preserve the content instead of westernizing the game for the sake of localization. Both of which are very good news to me. Only thing left is whether they will have the option for Korean voices with subtitles in the NA version. Otherwise audio file replacement will probably be in order.




PS > I'll probably play Assassin first, they move so freaking fast.

[Nandito]

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That's actually pretty cool. Any videos with combat using the terrain like that?

[Raydeus]

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I wish.

So far the combat seems very GW2-ish because most people in parties just pulls the camera way back in order to see things around them, but for puzzles and movement you can go crazy with the running on walls and flying thing. XD

The combat still looks pretty good even without the Chinese-movie-flying though.

Assassin gameplay: