- Dragon Nest
-
Dragon Nest 
Developer(s) Eyedentity Games Publisher(s) - KR Nexon
- NA Nexon
- SEA CherryCredits
Engine Eternity Engine Platform(s) Microsoft Windows Release date(s) KOR March 2010
CHN August 2010
JP Summer 2010
TWN 2010
HKG 2010
NA September 2011[1]
SIN October 2011
MYS 2011
THA 2011Genre(s) Fantasy MMORPG Mode(s) Multiplayer Rating(s) - GRB: 15+
Media/distribution Download System requirements Minimum
Recommended
- CPU: Dual-Core CPU
- RAM: 1GB
- GeForce 7600 or higher
- Over 4GB of free hard drive space
Dragon Nest is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG developed by Eyedentity Games. It uses a non-targeting combat system ensuring that players have complete control over every single one of their character's movements. Dragon Nest requires users to advance their characters by teaming up and traveling into instanced dungeons.
Contents
Gameplay
Dragon Nest incorporates non-targeting system gameplay to create a fast paced action filled experience. Players choose from a range of heroes, characters that are of the Dragon Nest storyline that can equip customizable gear and weapons. Devastating skills can also be learned, to increase one's power when defeating monsters in instanced dungeons or defeating other players in PVP.
Dragon Nest also has the advantage of being nearly completely skill based, with lower level characters being able to defeat high level characters in PVP with skill alone. This allows a more experienced player that is of a lower level to dominate a less experienced player of a higher level player in PVP.
Classes
Dragon Nest characters exist in worlds. Players can create up to 4 characters per world. These characters cannot interact with one another, with the exception of mailing each other. Players can have 5 choices when creating a character. They are namely Archer, Academic, Cleric, Socceress and Warrior. However, the Academic class in not avaliable in some releases. The Archer and Warrior class start their journey in Prairie Town, while the Cleric and Socceress class start their journey in Mana Ridge. After reaching level 15, they can choose to advance to second class, and third class at level 40. At these job advancements, they can choose to specialize in one of the two classes avaliable, creating a grand total of 16 sub-classes.
Cash Shop
The Cash Shop is an in game shop where players use real-life currency to purchase equipment not avaliable in-game. Special items can also help in the development of the characters.
Releases
Asian release
On November 2, 2007, Nexon Korea Corporation secured rights to Dragon Nest. It was announced that the game would be entering its closed beta in the middle of 2008 but delayed to Fall of 2009.[citation needed] Dragon Nest was officially released in Korea on March 2010.[citation needed]
In December 2007, Shanda, game publisher in China, announced that it would be publishing the Chinese version of Dragon Nest.[citation needed] The Chinese closed beta began on March 25, 2010 with an official release later that year.[citation needed]
It was announced on November 21, 2008 that NHN Japan would publish Dragon Nest in Japan on their Hangame JP portal.[citation needed] On March 4, 2010, NHN Japan announced the people who would act as voice actors of Dragon Nest characters in Japanese.[citation needed] It was also stated that Gackt will voice as Velskerd as well as singing the official theme song of the game titled Ever.[citation needed] It has been announced by NHN Japan that Dragon Nest will begin its Japanese closed beta on April 17, 2010.[citation needed]
North American release
At the Penny Arcade Expo in 2009, Nexon America announced that it would be publishing Dragon Nest in North America.[2] Originally, Dragon Nest was scheduled for a mid-2010 release.[citation needed] Nexon America announced that a playable version of Dragon Nest would be shown at the upcoming E3 show in Los Angeles.[3] Its release is now set to be towards the summer of 2011. On April 21, 2011, a closed beta application was started and testing was due to begin on May 17th, 2011. However, on May 6th, an announcement was made that the closed beta testing will be pushed back to June 15, 2011.[4] [5] Closed Beta ended on June 20, 2011. Dragon Nest Open Beta testing opened on July 26, 2011.[6] The game was slated to go live on August 11th, but this date has since been pushed back. The North American version is currently level-capped at 32 with the Saints Haven release on September 28, 2011. Characters, items and skill from the Open Beta Test were not cleared, so players kept the progress they made in the OBT.
South East Asia release
Shanda and Cherry Credits announced that it will release the localized version of Dragon Nest for South East Asia region. Closed Beta testing period for Dragon Nest SEA ran from 13th July 2011 to 19th July 2011. Open Beta was opened from 16th August 2011 to 20th October 2011. Official release of the game is from 20th October 2011 [7] onwards, with the release of Saint Haven and level 32 cap on 18th October [8] to mark its opening. There are currently four servers to the SEA's installation, and they are namely (in chronological order) Westwood, Springwood, Greenwood and Holywood.[9]. An announcement made by Addison Kang, vice president and producer of Shanda Games in early November 2011 proposed that there will likely be a dedicated server for players from Philippines by December 2011.
Storyline
The Goddess Altea, creator of the land of Lagendia, is poisoned by her evil sister Vestinel. The poison can only be cured using an antidote made using the source of the poison itself, Vestinel's magic grail, which has disappeared somewhere within Lagendia. The players as heroes of Lagendia must comb the land fighting evil dragons in order to find power stones that enable them to communicate with the sleeping goddess in order to find the grail, wake her and save the world.
References
- ^ http://www.neoseeker.com/news/17422-dragon-nest-launches-in-north-america-on-september-28/
- ^ "Mabinogi: Heroes Comes to NA in 2010". MMO News. http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009-09-07/20090907023346550.shtml. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ "Official Nexon America Press Release". Website. http://www.nexon.net/News/View.aspx?boardNo=103&contentNo=007uz&pageIndex=1. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
- ^ "Official Nexon America Press Release". Website. http://dragonnest.nexon.net/news/detail/00C1t. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ^ "Dragon Nest Closed Beta Launches June 15!". Website. http://dragonnest.nexon.net/news/detail/00CEy/dragon-nest-closed-beta-launches-june-15. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ "See you in the Next Beta". Dragon Nest: Latest News. http://dragonnest.nexon.net/News/detail/00CJ7/see-you-in-the-next-beta. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ "Official Launch of Dragon Nest SEA!". Dragon Nest SEA. http://dn.cherrycredits.com/single.php?title=official-launch-of-dragon-nest-sea. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ "18 October: Saint Haven and Level Cap 32!". Dragon Nest SEA. http://dn.cherrycredits.com/single.php?title=18-october-saint-haven-and-level-cap-32. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ "A New world, a new hope: Holyshit". Dragon Nest SEA. http://dn.cherrycredits.com/single.php?title=a-new-world-a-new-hope-holywood-now-open. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
External links
Categories:- Video games developed in South Korea
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
