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Blade & Soul (upcomming mmo by NCsoft)
Glam.Indie
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NCsoft has announced their next new big MMORPG, called Blade & Soul. Check out information about this new upcoming martial arts MMO below. There's also a trailer to be seen!
Blade&Soul’ is an Oriental Martial Arts MMORPG that breaks the traditional confined and monotonous game plays, providing the gamers a completely new experience. It is expected to open a new dimension of MMORPG through ‘game environment alteration,’ ‘expansion of tasks that a character can carry out within the game.
The Oriental world portrayed by its unique graphics, diverse stories embedded in Oriental fantasy tales, and maximized action that has never been witnessed in online games until now will lead gamers to a completely new experience.
Main Characteristics
Oriental Martial Arts Action: It is full of symbolic and well known Oriental martial art elements such as ‘Energy Ball’, ‘Inner Energy’, ‘Swift jump,’ etc. The important themes of Oriental martial art fantasies such as justice and chivalry are richly spread throughout the game by means of martial art.
Oriental-features: Breaking away from the traditional medieval fantasy world, it takes an Oriental mysticism as the background environment. The basic world-view is based on the Korean myth ‘Song of Genesis,’ and the factions within the game are also modeled after Korean mythological characters.
Constantly Changing Environment: Within ‘Blade&Soul,’ many conditions change according to the play of the gamer, on the other hand, the environment creates diverse situations for the gamers. This system will provide the gamers with a new experience that has not been witnessed until now.
Powerful Action: The main motto of battles within ‘Blade&Soul’ is ‘super powerful action’ that can distinguish itself from existing games. Players can knock back opponents and use diverse fancy skills according to the condition the gamers are posed in. The game aspires to provide battles that are enjoyable even by just watching them. Everyone can enjoy the battles of ‘Blade&Soul’ through simple control.
www.bladesoulsource.com (soon)
atm theres only a korean website. www.bns.plaync.co.kr
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtA1jSreK84 (trailer)
To me it look really interesting. Check it out urself !
PS: it should be listed on the Gamelist.
Comments
Although NCSoft announced the game last month, they have said ZERO about a western version being released.
After then last few releases here and the recent round of layoffs at NC North America (again), I wouldn't hold my breath for this to come anytime soon. They are not even bothering to push / hype / advertise Aion here in the US/EU. NCSoft is abandoning our market.
On this side of the pond, martial arts does not seem to do very well in this genre, I would not be surprised if this game, when it comes out, is released solely in asia first.
Ncsoft korea has localized every game they've developed, dunno why would B&S be different. I think NCsoft will show something about this in GStar.