NCsoft has unveiled Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle, its
upcoming sequel to its popular online role-playing game Lineage:
The Blood Pledge, which currently has more than 4 million active
accounts worldwide. Unlike its isometric predecessor, the new
game will be powered by Epic's Unreal 3D engine, and it will be
set in a 3D medieval fantasy world full of castles, dragons,
magic, and large-scale sieges.
Players will assume the role of one of several character
races--including human, elf, orc, dark elf, and dwarf--each of
which has a different path of advancement. In addition to
playing their initial character, players will be able to raise
nonplayer characters as apprentices and later use them as their
own characters.
Lineage II will also include a number of skills based on races
and classes. For instance, fighters will have the option to use
a special manual combat mode similar to the system used in
fighting games, in which the timing of attacks is taken into
account. Magicians will have access to different spheres of
magic, such as white magic, black magic, and summoning.
As in the previous game, Lineage II will be based in part on
large-scale battles between groups of player characters. The
game's new party system and alliance system add new features to
help players work together, and the game's new 3D engine will
make siege warfare more realistic, and will include large siege
weapons and strategic positions for characters.
Lineage II is being designed to be easily accessible at the
lower levels, and players will gain access to more complexity as
their characters progress in the game. At the higher levels,
players will deal with large-scale war, in-game politics, and a
detailed economic system.
We've posted some screenshots from the game in the gallery
above. For more information, watch the video trailer linked
below and visit the official Lineage II Web site, which contains
a description of the game's story, characters, and monsters, as
well as a gallery of screenshots, some downloadable wallpaper
images, and answers to frequently asked questions about the game
.
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