Lineage 2M is an MMORPG for PC, Android and iOS. The game celebrated huge success in Korea where it is part of the top-selling MMORPG ever. In December 2021 Lineage 2M comes to us in the West. Mango editor Alexander Latch has tried the beta as part of Find Your Next Game.
What is this game? Lineage is one of the world s most successful MMORPG series. The first part was published in 1998, is being developed today and has become a cult in Korea. Lineage 2M appeared in 2019 and was primarily convince with nice 3D graphics.
In Korea, Lineage 2M already celebrated the release great success. Over 5 million players and a turnover of almost 253 million Euros made it a really successful MMORPG. In the latest quarterly report from NCS oft Lineage 2M is a bear.
You play a character from the third-person view and experience a story that is driven by quests:
There are 5 different nations, but are gender locked. You choose to start from 6 classes, where there are several sub-classes each later. In addition, you can also change completely during the game your class. The world is completely open and there are only loading screens when you travel from one place to another. Due to the special technology are up to 10,000 players with- in one place or can play in PVP against one another. That, however, we could not verify the test.
When will the game with us? On December 2, Lineage 2 M celebrates its release here in the West. You can play it on your phone or on the program on the PC Purple. We tested the beta on PC and make you the MMORPG accurate before.
About the Author: Alexander Latch is the MMORPG expert on Mango and regularly plays at new games. So there was already this year face-off on New World, Bless Unleashed or Swords of Legends online.
From the Lineage series, he has already played the second part, which appeared as a PC game in the West, as well as the mobile game Lineage M. With Lineage 2M he dealt around 5 hours of play.
A weak start, but graphics and sound can convince
If you start with Lineage 2M, is surprised directly with several negative points. Because besides the fact that the different peoples are bound to a solid gender, there is also no character editor. Visually see so all players initially the same.
In addition, the game offers AutoPlay, even if there are clear limitations:
Your character can run for Quest-site by clicking automatically Your character can automatically fight the Quest site Your character will automatically use potions when the life points sink too deeply However quests will not be accepted automatically and delivered There is no XP for the grind of mobs, but only for quests. So you have quite himself play.
However, crazy is that there are no real quest indicators. So who only reads quest text or looking on the map for markers, will not come directly to the destination. However, by clicking on the quest you run off immediately, with the result that you will be indirectly forced to AutoPlay.
In addition, the MMORPG is based on the typical markers in the tutorial, in which the entire game is blacked out and is clickable only the part that would explain the game right now. This mechanism basically I find disturbing.
The quests are as known from almost all MMORPGs to start typical running and kill quests. Thanks to the Auto Plays by a typical mobile character comes on, everyone knows that once an AutoPlay MMORPG played on the smartphone.
But Lineage 2M has already to start good aspects and convinced about with a strong graphics, especially when you consider that it is primarily is a mobile game.
The movements of the character are liquid and the animations of attacks and skills fit for combat action. In addition, the attacks seem at least locally heavy, such as when projectiles of skills easily throw back the enemy. Here Lineage has preceded 2M other mobile games a lot.
Also in the sound Lineage 2M exceeds my expectations. The sounds of battle are consistent and the music changes depending on the area. This adds variety. The settings of waterfalls or the sound of the sea in the cut scene with the ship have been successful.
English voice-over quests will not you tear off the stool, but at least you can see that here professional speakers were at work.
In the UI can be seen clearly that Lineage 2M a mobile game is. However, it provides a skill bar that can accommodate more skills can, as is common with other mobile MMORPG. This is at least a small consolation.
Is crazy also that the PC version will change every once in a standby screen to save the battery. The course looks totally strange:
As for the fight, I was traveling especially in Autoplay. However, the game has about 30 active and passive abilities per super class. In the first 25 levels own battles, but was not necessary which is somewhat unfortunate.
But who still want to fight themselves, can move with WAS or the left mouse button and an auto-attack run with right click. The skills enabled her then by default the buttons 1-9.
Who wants to get a first look at the gameplay can look at my first 50 minutes in the MMORPG in this video:
depth progression for players who survive the first few hours
Lineage 2M offers many typical MMO systems. You level, experienced quests, you can go through a dungeon finder in dungeons and fight in the open world against bosses. You also expect various PVP arenas, a global auction house and a daily login reward, as is common, especially in Korean MMORPGs.
In addition, the MMORPG offers a pretty easy held crafting system. Your recycled old equipment, in order to extract materials. This can you, along with some gold together to form a new object. Cutting down trees or mining is not present in the MMORPG.
But who is more concerned with Lineage 2M, some interesting content is discovered.
So there is a set system that gives you bonus stats when you combine certain pieces of armor and weapons to each other. This stimulates at least in my collectors, because I would then find the specific parts to complete a set.
Another highlight is the collection and upgrade of Pets. So you can watch the game chests earn from which can come out then pets. Which have different passive effects and can also improve when you collect more of them. Again, the collector is tickled me.
Another positive surprise was the class system. For whoever chooses to start a class can change it later if you have collected the right cards.
Class cards are available in the stages normal, rare, unique, epic and legendary. The selection is great, because there are 26 different classes epic alone. As I understand it, the classes are, in principle, to the respective upper class and take advantage of its capabilities. However, the attributes are adjusted and there is a slightly different style of play.
Who at the beginning has given a strong class card at random, can change immediately. That s happened to me in the video as a unique class of blade Muse.
Some cards that match your class you will unlock but also on progress in the game itself.
Also is really cool, the fact that Lineage 2M Can Handle really hundreds of players in one place. Although never seen so many players were active simultaneously in beta testing, but in Korean videos on YouTube you can see that in the world bosses like to turn up hundreds of times players what MMO feeling gives one a real.
However, Negative I see the enhancement system of the equipment. There are special scrolls that improve the equipment. However, from a certain level, it can happen that the equipment will be completely destroyed.
This system I criticize already MMORPGs like Black Desert or Lyon and find it here in Lineage 2 M not good.
What about the shop? unfortunately could not be tested in beta.
In the Korean version, which I have also installed, however, there are chests in which you find the class maps and the pets can. The slightly curtailing the collective aspect. However, some chests can be bought for game currency.
There is XP boosters in the shop.
I understand the hype about Lineage 2M in Korea, but my game is not
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Cool class system with lots of choices Good graphics with matching combat animations Successful Sound Many interesting game systems that arouse the collector in me Hundreds of players possible in the great world bosses and in PVP
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Generic Quests Much AutoPlay, which is even a little forced Equipment can be destroyed when upgrading Possible Pay2Win in store
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