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Maple Story
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You can explore a totally new and unknown world you have never been to, put on beautiful clothes and gorgeous accessories, and even attract other users in the process. You may begin the journey to explore the world of unknown alone, but you may come out on the other end with numerous new friends through hunting and chatting. If you're tired of hunting and competition, how about playing minigames with a friend for a change?
Total Rating: 6.2177215189873
Reviews: 395 |
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Post Date: 17:25 06-09-2008
Rating: 5
Author: lilaznkazan
Comment: Comment:
All right i been playing this game ever since beta and quit a year ago....and ill tell you why...
Pros:
This game pretty cool after you make friends and all, join a guild,guild quests and all that stuff yeah it pretty cool. The 2D not bad either and all the skills and attacks are pretty flashy.
And party quest pretty cool there basically a party quest from like 21 to 70 basically the only part of the game i had fun in...
Cons:
Even though this game is free.... it WILL take a WHOLE LOT OF MONEY FROM YOU SO THAT A WARNING. Now your asking why? Simple this game has a cash shop in it and to design your character to look better,cooler, will cost you hell of a lot of money to buy something. Not to mention you can buy pets in cash shop,items,a lot more.... which is why it waste hella money. I spended around... over 600 bucks in cash shop over the pass 2 years playing...
K that was the money part on cons now the game part this game is shit between lvl 1 - 21,and 70+
grinding take like HELL OF A LOT OF TIME after lvl 70.... AND SO DOES LVL 1 - 21. now your wonder if u grind from 1 - 21 what about after lvl 21? (Look at the Pros after flashy)so yeah after lvl 70 it basically hell when it comes to grinding in this game...
Rating:
I gave it a 5 because i can't say i didn't have fun on this game, in fact one of the most addicting game out there that i played and was hook on for that long. But for you new user that gonna play.. here a WARNING
PREPARE TO SPEND HELLA MONEY EVEN MORE THEN WORLD OF WARCRAFT. THIS GAME WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT MADE OVER MILLION OF DOLLARS JUST LOOK IT UP ON YOUTUBE FOR MAPLESTORY NEWS.
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Post Date: 13:31 06-09-2008
Rating: 7
Author: aRealGamer
Comment: Before you read my review, I wish I could say don't read the other reviews and just listen to me, but I know you won't. I have been playing Maple Story for almost 2 years (I quited). I will mention many facts about the game that people won't admit.
Review:
Graphics: Amazing graphics for a 2D game. Do Not play this game if you hate the graphics ( you can just look at some pictures).
Gameplay: At the beginning of the game there are several important quests that give you great exp. Once you reach level 10, there is a party quest. Actually, there are party quests to be done from level 10-70. The party quests are the fun part of the game. If you are planning on playing past level 70 and hate grinding, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME! if you are looking for a temporary game to play then play this game. Also if you are planning on not spending a dime on this game since it's free2play, then do not play this game IF you plan on playing after level 70, I will explain why later on. There is no pvp.
Classes: There are 4 main classes in the game. Warrior, Thief, Bowman, And Magician. After 30 levels of each classes you get to have either 2 or 3 choices (each class differs) of what to become later on the game. For example a theif has a choice of either becoming a bandit, which is a melee class, or an assassin which is a mid range class. The balance of the classes in this game is a joke. The strongest class is the assassin class. They receive a skill during their early levels called lucky 7 that beats all other skills from level 10-120. The assassin class is ridiculously powerful. The paladin class is a joke in this game (known as page). Many people think the paladin class are underrated and are powerful in other ways. This is not true. The paladin class is pitied. Sometimes I think the class was just thrown in there at the last minute during the development of the game. So basically there is no balance between classes. Also the level cap is 200 which only a few people have reached so far.
Free to play: Yes and no. If you are looking for a temporarily game to have fun for a while then do something else, play this game and you shouldn't spend a single dime on this game. If you plan on playing past level 70, where there are no more party quests and all you do is GRIND GRIND GRIND you will be FORCED to pay A LOT OF MONEY to continue playing. This company uses a pull on rope (i forgot what the strategy was called) on the game. Basically the strategy is to say that the game is free to play and let people play without paying, at first. Later on once you pass level 70 you will soon realize that you are forced to pay to continue playing the game. Grinding will take so much money and you find yourself borrowing lots of money from your friends and you will soon just give up and spend a lot of money on the game to gain in game money.
Variety: There is a big variety in this game. The class system is something that many mmorpgs haven't done (i didnt say NOBODY has ever done it). They give the players a chance to choose their own paths. Also there are several builds for each class. The game has a huge environment, there are so many places in the game that I just can't count them. There are 3 main islands in the game, the 3rd island is split into 5 or 6 sections (there has been also i think 5 more maps ever since i left) . And the 2nd island is split into 3 sections. There is just so much to discover and it would be fun to continue this journey with a friend. And the company also gives the players a BIG update ALMOST every month.
Community: seriously if you rate a game based on the community your an idiot. I will say that the game has both good and bad (smart and stupid) players. So it's about luck whether you get stupid friends or smart friends.
hmm... what else? I'm sure I missed something... oh well, I will give you a summary.
Classes: Unbalanced
Community: Unrateable
Variety: Loads
Not free to play in the end.
Addicting game.
No PVP
It's a great game if your looking for a temporary game. Do not play this game if you are looking for a long term game. I don't want another soul to end up like the person below me (mist). There is a guy that spent over 50,000 U.S dollars (the last time i checked was 6 months ago and it was 50,000 U.S dollars, now maybe 60 thousand) on this game, he buys face paint, pets, a lot of stupid stuff that is available in the cash shop. Please I beg you do not play this game if you are looking for a long term game, I feel sad every time I see someone covered with cash shop items in the game. Just so you know, I quited and I am a level 169 night lord.
If i missed anything in my reivew, ill try posting another one since i cant edit.
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Post Date: 14:19 31-08-2008
Rating: 0
Author: mist
Comment: played for a long time... wasted nearly $800 dollars buying crap. disgustin. I knew i should have saved up for a new computer... Waste alot of time to...
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Post Date: 21:56 18-08-2008
Rating: 2
Author: Vhannoy
Comment: I have quite a few problems with this game, but I'd rather like to start on a good note.
I played this game a little after it just came out of beta and I loved it for a long time. The community was generally pleasant, the gameplay was nice, and it was pretty to look at, for being a 2D game.
Then I quit right around the time Ludibrium came out and came back. This is truly when everything started to cripple.
For one, the community went from nice to abysmal seemingly overnight. I am convinced that nearly everyone who plays this game is roughly within the 13-15 mark (or younger) and those that arent never play often enough to have fun with.
The younger set just straight out RUIN everything. When they're not complaining about something inane, they're insulting you over something you may or may not have done, such as accidentally hitting their monster or picking up something they dropped. That dropping thing happens quite frequently. Players will drop high level items to show off and then quickly pick them up. If someone else comes in and nabs it, all hell breaks loose.
Secondly, the grinding in this game is just phenomenally bad. I've seen some bad grinding issues, but these are just horrific. It took me almost two full weeks getting from level 41 to 42 playing one hour a day. And if you die, you lose 10% of all that hard earned EXP. Gee, thanks, Nexon.
The music is nice at first, but you'll turn off your speakers quite quick.
There are only a total of four classes in the game (five in the Korean version with the addition of the Pirate class). At first, it's nice. After you hit your second job, it goes from fun to excruciating and by level 70, you'll honestly be crying from getting new skills. After all, only having approximately six usable skills for months on end can only go so far.
I could go on and on, not even having touched more on the insane jump quests and lack of quests in general, or perhaps about how the dungeon system is incredibly flawed in the fact that only one party can go in at a time and if you "missed" getting in, you have to wait roughly 30 minutes to an hour to GET in, but I dont want to be too negative.
All in all, it's fun at first, but the abysmal community and the grinding will wear you out to the point of desperation.
Seriously, just go play a private server or something.
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Post Date: 23:21 15-08-2008
Rating: 4
Author: Airah
Comment: Maplestory was the 2nd MMORPG I've played, and I was hooked on from the start. It's very fun and addicting, but the leveling/grinding is the downside to it. It takes forever just to level once, when you hit high levels. The community is pretty nice, except you'll find yourself surrounded by attention-seeking 10 year olds who steal their parents credit cards just to buy NX cash to get the NX items. Maplestory is free, but I think it's more of a 'pay to enjoy' game. Of course, you can do without the NX cash and all, but you wouldn't have as much fun when you're stuck with normal clothing etc. I've played since BETA closed, but quit some few months ago. I don't plan on going back, because I think it's more of an addiction, and I'm not really enjoying the game. It does get boring at some point, because you'll need to grind your ass off just to keep up with your friends and get more skills. If you're interested in playing this game, I suggest you join a private server that doesn't require real money to buy some pixel items. NX cash is really pricey, I remember when I was a hardcore MS gamer, and I spent nearly $50 just to get this one haircut. You'll spend around $25 on your whole outfit, and around $10-15 for your pet and accessories. Nexon is real smart on making you buy NX cash. Because of the lag when you pick up items, they created a accessory for your pet so it can pick it up for you (it's server cliented, so your pet doesn't get affected by the lag, therefore reducing your lag also). So prepared to spend big bucks on those items.
Honestly, I love the graphics and all, especially the beautiful background, but I don't think this is a game you would want to be playing for +1 years. I'm sure you'll spend about $500 in your first year (a lot of people spend more than that PER MONTH), and you'll regret it sooner or later. Now that I've quit MS, I've always regretted that I could've saved up that money and bought something worth while. You might call us dumb for spending that much on a game, but go download the game and play for a few months. I'm sure you'll spend as much as me. Not to mention there's an expiration date on NX Cash Items (except a few), most items last only for 3 months.
So I suggest, not to play this game. If you REALLY want to, play a private server. But eh, who am I to tell you what to do?
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Post Date: 13:29 14-08-2008
Rating: 8
Author: knifesss
Comment: Well, Maple Story was the very first MMORPG game Ive ever played, and Ive played many more after I quit, but I just had to come back. Maple Story is a 2D Side Scrolling game and is very addictive. You can choose from 4 classes. Of course there is always a popular one and that is easily the Thief class, where you can at level 30 become either an Assassin, or a Bandit. Assassins are all the rage and high leveled assassins are usually rich snobby assholes who laugh at you because they're twice your level and call you noob (Which makes them look like total no lives). Probably the least picked class is the Bowmen, and the least picked 2nd class is the Crossbowmen. My main in Bera is a Crossbowman and I have been called noob and said Im wasting my time many times by Assassins and Bandits. But their are a lot of very nice people and if you get in a guild you'll make a lot of friends. The graphics are very nice and allow your character to make funny faces. I would have given this a 10 but I have to make it a because for beginners its extremely hard to make money, the community is 50/50 for being nice or just plain mean, and the cash shop items are very expensive. Now, people say the leveling system is grind grind grind!11!!!111!1!!ONE!!! Of course you're not gonna get to level 20 in 3 hours, and of course you're not gonna get your 2nd job in 2 days. You have to be patient and some people just wanna be rich and high leveled just like that. Its not gonna happen!! But instead of grinding you can do Party Quests which almost every level can do, plus the PQ's give great exp so it gives you an alternative to grinding.
IGN: BowCrossMe (46 xBowman) - Bera =]
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Post Date: 10:49 08-08-2008
Rating: 0
Author: killervickboy
Comment: Maple Story bad graphics laggy gameplay sound is apthetic its a bad rpg in all dont waste your time
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Post Date: 14:01 04-08-2008
Rating: 9
Author: Bbsunshine
Comment: I have been playing Maplestory for quite some time now and I can not stop. I am giving maplestory a 9 because items tend to be overpriced, especially since I began playing in kradia on my level 85 ranger. But besides that maplestory is fun, you meet some nice people, you join a guild and do quests with them and hang out with them. My main which is on broa was hacked at level 107 which is another thing i hate about this game, you can hack. what is the point of hacking when you can lvl and feel a sense of joy when u level and get a new skill? But ive played many online games and maplestory was the only one i could not stop playing so give it a try.
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Post Date: 11:52 22-07-2008
Rating: 6
Author: lolwut14
Comment: The actual gameplay itself is phenomenal. It's very fun and has beautiful graphics, as long as you don't mind 2d.
However, the community is downright rotten. Mostly children play this game. If the game required a credit card for age verification, I'm sure it'd beat most other mmorpg's, including WoW.
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Post Date: 03:56 20-07-2008
Rating: 3
Author: Cinnabolt
Comment: MapleStory the very addicting and grinding game.
This game is very hard to level at higher levels and the free character customization sucks. The community is VERY HORRIBLE if you don't have Cash Shop items or you have black skin.
I have to say again this game is very "grindy" you'll find yourself grinding on the same monsters using the same skill for HOURS. It takes over 5 hours for some in higher levels. Gold is hard to get when you are of need of armor and weapons at low levels. You need to either beg or just not buy armor.
Ahh yes. The Cash Shop. The place where it costs a lot of money to get a haircut and clothes. You need 6 dallors to get a haircut? Damn! And clothes ain't cheap. $2.00~5.00. Give me a break. You'll eventually buy Nexon Cash because you wanna look cool and different and when you get to higher levels you need 2x experience. Not that much help by the way.
Sound is bad. Very annoying to listen to unless you are a frilly happy girl that likes frilly happy girl music. Just mute the sound and listen to your iPod. >.>
Community is horrible. Just horrible. Unless you got Cash Shop items. There is plenty of immature kids roaming MapleStory looking for MapleStory girlfriends. Plenty of Hackers and gold sellers. Where is the GMS? PLAYING POKEMON. Serious GMs don't do crap.
I found myself enjoying Private MapleStory Servers more then the official server. Why? Because you can get Cash Shop clothes w/o spending a fortune. You can get to high levels easier. You spend less time trying to get to those high levels.
Overall MapleStory is a very boring game. Try it out. Spend all your money. Try out a PS. You just found out you wasted your life on MapleStory. GG
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Post Date: 22:05 17-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: chaoscalvin2
Comment: Best game ever level 96 chief bandit i have exp so dont dis this its really fun
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Post Date: 15:15 15-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: anigous
Comment: OK we all agree maplestory is a great game. The leveling process is no real issue. I"m not forcing myself to play a game. I gave maplestory a second look. Here is how I review. Not you OK.
Graphics- They work with the atmosphere with the game.
Sound- The pieces are surprisingly complex. I enjoy listening to other themes but kerning and other towns bgm is unbearable. Nothing to nice.
Gameplay- OK this is not to well put together. Ctrl and any hotkeys you put skills on. The macros made some changes. Now i see annoying catch phrases said by some guy called "nitemare123".
Overall(note community is not a factor cause" it ends up the community is spread out in different making it almost imposible to rate) The game itself needs to be online to be fun because some of my friends in maplestory are somewhat better then my real life friends. No no i don"t live in a basement my mom gave me a room. =D
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Post Date: 15:55 14-07-2008
Rating: 8
Author: Mars180
Comment: The game is really addictive (All though the music is really crappy I would have a radio/CD/youtube on) is a great game.
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Post Date: 03:44 12-07-2008
Rating: 9
Author: Blazingfire5012
Comment: I"ve been playing MapleStory for are two years,(around the time Bellocan came out). I do not know why, but in my whole character life playing time, I"ve only spotted 1~5 hackers, the only time i ever see hackers is if i see them on vids in Youtube or something. The people who complain on cash shop, i say, don"t use nx cash on lower lvls, wait till you get to atleast you"re second job, the only time i ever use nx was the hair stlye change one, i got a horrible haircut, i suggest use the nx for HUGE mistakes and on permanent stuff. You won"t use as much nx and you"ll still be happy. You won"t experience grinding if you actaully JOIN a guild or create friends. Maplestory was my 2nd MMORPG. Hacking has went down by 80%. The only thing I really hate about MapleStory is that the economy is unbelievably unstable. I have no idea how people get so much money. Never in my life have i ever gotten a mil. Recently Nexon added a new item to the cash shop, "Bronze Bag of Mesos", it contains 1 million mesos. this item was on sale for 500 nx cash for 2 weeks. Eventually after those 2 weeks, Prices has gone waaaaaay up! lvl 30 weapons have gone from 25k to 105k! Also, Steely Throwing Stars in Bellocan are around 6 mil, in Kradia, i think there around 22 mil, so i dunno if the economyy is bad there too. I would have given Maplestory a 10, but the inflation and economy in the game, reduced it to 9.
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Post Date: 19:29 11-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: spaderking13
Comment: I LOVE this game. I have been playing since November of 06. I have quit about a month at a time when I get a new fun console game, but have always come back to find my friend's waiting for me. Although I am poor for my level, I still have tons of fun. Yes, people are rude sometimes but hey, that's life. There are also people that will help you tons. You don't even have to train. You can just make friends and chat. Also, lvling DOES NOT take as long as every1 says it does. I just made a new character, a warrior, and got it to lvl 20 in like 8 hrs total. MrPower30, yeah, the monsters cuk at beginning, but later they get better, like balrog and zakum. Also, for the leveling, it would be COMPLETELY IDIOTIC if at higher lvls you could lvl in one day! If you could level up easily, you'd all be complaining that it's too easy!!! If you don't wanna get ksed, find a less populated areas. Also, defamng DOES NOT MATTER except for a FEW equips!!! WHO CARES ABOUT THE FAME?!?!?!?! If som1 defames me, I show them just how much I care by faming them. Or, if I ahve already used my fame for that day, I drop 15k to pay for their fame. I play in Windia. I am the leader of 2 guilds, and a guild alliance that has 5 guilds in it. My friend's are great, although I am the richest of them so SOMETIMES they do ask for some money. Never too much tho and not very often. They all say that it's alright if i can't, but i always do. Most of the time they just ask if any1 has a (insert item name here, for ex: diamond) that they can buy, and i check if I have one and if I do, I give it to em. Yes, scammers are plentiful but you just gotta be smart. Never drop your items if som1 says they are quitting. If they really were quitting, they wouldn't care what you did. They'd either just drop their stuff or give it to you. Yes, you have to pay for NX but no1 is forcing you to buy it. It's just fun. Yes, moderation is terrible. Also, for some reason the word "pig" keeps going in and out of being a curse word blocked by the screening program. For the chat and not being able to move, go to a platform that doesn't have any monsters. Be smart. Also, don't fight monsters that can kill you in one or two hits! If you do start to get attacked while chatting, all you gotta do is click away. Also holeymoley, you don't have to stop and click the chat bos idiot. You just press 1. That's to talk to all. Party is 2. Buddy is 3. Guild is 4. Guild alliance is 5. Spouse is 6. Idiots. Also holeymoley, as for the looting, the game gives you a set amount of time to pick up items before other players can pick it up. If you are in a party, your party members can pick up right away but thats the price for faster exp. Also, the more damage you do, the soonder you can pick up if you didn't do most of the damage.
If you just do the last say 60 damage of a monster with a max of 800hp, you don't get first chance on drops. If you want your drops, you gotta pick em up. Also, you can make more than 12 characters. You can make 3 characters per server. There a bunch of servers. Idk how many right now so lemme name em off. Windia,Bera,Broa,Kradia,Mardia,Scania,Khaini,Bellocan. Im sure i missed at least one, maybe not but w/e. that's 24 chars right there. There are like 11 different paths to take. I think that's more than enuf characters. Also, no1 praise the lvl 200s. They all hacked. Now hacking is PRETTY MUCH taken care of though. You gotta be patient with leveling. I have a lvl 36 sin (Assassin), a lvl 42 hunter with messed up stats, a lvl 52 page, 31 i/l wizard (ice lightning wizard), lvl 38 luckless cleric, lvl 20 warrior, lvl 21 islander, lvl 27 or 28 rogue, lvl 22 magician, and a bunch of other chars at lower lvls. I was patient enuf to get to lvl 52. Why can't any1 else on this be patient enuf tog et past lvl 20 as EVERY1 is complaing about. I play in Windia. My sins name is iamathief17. My clerics name is jacob123396. My perma beginners name is Becauseitis. Whisper me if you play in windia.
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Post Date: 18:23 09-07-2008
Rating: 8
Author: ennovy
Comment: this game is a really big grind but its a very good game, once you reach lvl 20 it starts to get better, but lvl 60 is even better. to get to lvl 60 you need to spend alot of time because you dont lvl as fast. Note : when you get addicted to it, you start to play it 24/7 (thats wat happened to me) and try to train areas where there are less people, also train in a party with other people because you can lvl faster.
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Post Date: 17:15 09-07-2008
Rating: 5
Author: terror923
Comment: i usually give alot of games awhile to rate but i couldnt stand this one at first on the tutorial island i liked it however once i got to the main island it was very bad they expect you to trek half across the map for some professions in which you get owned a couple of times by the hard monsters... when i finally did get there i had a hard time leveling because the higher leveled players kept 1hit killing everything in sight leaving nothing to train on switching worlds did not help either =( when i finally did level i read guides on what to do most of them state it takes weeks to level(which isnt bad) however on my standing it would take longer especially since all the good places to level for my level were over stocked in players when i did fight something again the higher up player came and pwned it =( overall i think this game has potential and it may be good but i hate it ;)
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Post Date: 23:25 08-07-2008
Rating: 5
Author: tsunetsuki
Comment: muhaimenr said it all.
MS is good to around level 20. Then you either spend your time trying to grind to the next level or you quit.
The community is horrible, btw. There is an unspoken respect system that definitely favors higher-levels and people with NX items. If you're not a level 100-something player with NX items, expect to get harassed, bullied, and "noob" blasted into all eternity. Only 13 year olds who steal their parents' credit cards for NX play this game. If you're not that, look elsewhere.
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Post Date: 19:44 08-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: muhaimenr
Comment: Well, lets state the facts.
There are 376 reviews on this, so i wont bother stating anything else other than that this game is good in the begining(the graphics are nice and funny, easy on the eyes and is unique) but than at level 30 or 20(depending on how much time you spend looking at guides and asking people for help) u either quit, get bored, or show an extordinary amount of paitence(or just get so dam lucky, ie, some random level 200 decides to dump his 200million mesos on you and all his godly scrolled eqiups) or u become another one of those nameless hackers/scammers that keep doing hacking and scamming(mainly because of the 50/50 community, some people are nice, some people are terribly racist and mean and ******************** are just arrogant snobs who think they are better than you because they have 20000000000000000 nx cash). The majority of the people however, quit, or stay onto the game in case it becomes better later on (hopefully that new class will be out soon damit!)
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Post Date: 04:10 06-07-2008
Rating: 7
Author: Samsta
Comment: I played maple story for a bit its not that bad even though it looks childish and the graphics are pretty bad. and after lvl 20 it gets boring. but still not that bad.
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Post Date: 12:05 04-07-2008
Rating: 10
Author: splutter
Comment: BEST GAME THERE IS.
though its a bit childish, its a MUST to try out.
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Post Date: 11:01 03-07-2008
Rating: 9
Author: awesomedrako
Comment: as the others said, its a great game, but by lvl 20, u either get bored and quit, or u get addicted and CAN NEVER QUIT UNTIL UR 18!!!!!!!!! be warned...
still, its a good game
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Post Date: 22:10 01-07-2008
Rating: 3
Author: bisurge
Comment: It's no fun. I wasted 3 years of my life playing this game and did not get anything out of it except a level 46 character and a level 43 character. So much grinding, the quests suck crap because they tell you to train on monsters that are EXP lacking, and partying... well the only time people pretty much do this is for PQ. Which you hardly ever get in. The reason I was addicted was because I was a young Mapler... just like everyone else! But not anymore.
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Post Date: 18:04 28-06-2008
Rating: 6
Author: metalalch
Comment: an ok game and its fun with friends but vlling slows down way too fast for a lvl cap of 200 b4 lvl 20 even it starts to take like an 1hour+ per lvl the cash shop in game has cool items and they are cheap but get this THEY ONLY LAST FOR 90 DAYS so if u want a cool looking char u gotta waste cash to get back ur cool lookin items every 3 months which i think is cheap that the gms would think thats a good idea
graphics 6/10 i dont care much about graphics in a game but the 2d graphics of ms leaves alot to be desired
gameplay 7/10 fun game but can get boring fast
grinding 3/10 the lvl gain speed to lvl cap ratio is way outta whack cuz 1 hour a lvl b4 lvl 20 with a lvl cap of 200 is rediculous
skills 4/10 some are cool some r kinda lame
community 7/10 some nice people but almost every1 will ks off you
overall rating id say is a 6/10 for these reasons
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Post Date: 07:01 27-06-2008
Rating: 5
Author: CIA_FLAMES
Comment: u see agent9147. there u are wrong. its not the game makes that are not acting childish. its just that somehow their imagination took the wrong spot. WHO CARES?! right now maplestory is ONE of the most POPULAR mmorpg games. graphics are nice. but once u play it, it will be boring at first yes, but once u staart getting stronger u notice that u can't quit. its like a drug. but it has its pros and cons. i agree with u a little bit. but some parts i don't. but i really hate it because of the nexon cash. its kinda like runscape a little bit.
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Post Date: 18:10 24-06-2008
Rating: 8
Author: agent9149
Comment: k maplestory is a nice game and im being nonbias here
the graphics are nice and if u noticed if maplestory was 3-d it would be stupid; has the gaming community become so spoiled that there acting like a bunch of children, graphics are for visual purpose and not for anything else. seriously graphics are only bad if they hinder u from playing; zelda orcarina of time had what we called bad graphics but it was still a hell of a fun game so
graphics 10/10
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gameplay: ok i noticed that maplestory has no story at all but please its a multipayer game
if u hadnt noticed but there is no save buttons
its like life if ur gonna be a doctor u gotta work hard in maplestory terms if ur gonna be CLERIC u gotta grind hard.(its a pun hence doctor-cleric) ;D grinding and dieing is what makes maplestory annoying it took me 3months to level to lvl 30 and if i died i had to do 15minutes work all over again. yes its a grindfest but i never noticed because i had freinds to talk to
gamplay;7/10
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community: if ur like lvl20 and dont have atleast 3 buddys stop playing ull bore yourself to death..when lvling was slow i got a big training party together and i leveled in no time...community is great and ull find great friends but please be polite no one likes a jackass
community9/10
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music; the music is nice for like 20min after that it gets annoying please people if u dont like it get out your ipod and be reasonable NO ONE IS FORCING U TO LISTEN
music:4/10
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monsters,controls and in game stuff: um if you say aLL u do in maplestory iS kill mushrooms either your lieing or didnt get pass lvl 15. the monsters range from baby cute to dark evil and cool to scary creepy cute. contols are nice and i like the fact that u can modify them to your liking. the bright colors and stuff... great . bright colors are good for a game the bright colors actually make the game more lively ad inviting. who wants to sit in front of a gloomy screen for to long. Maps are nice they are fun and each one is different no two areas are alike. this i think is interesting. age range i say this game is for tween(tween is not a typo)to young adult but id be surprised if someone 23+ played this game.. the cashshop is nice and id love to buy an item or 2 and please people use your head the cashshop is what help run the game so stop hating
in game stuff:8/10
overall:7.6 IF U ROUND IT WOULD BE 8
PLAY MAPLESTORY OR DONT PLAY MAPLESTORY ITS YOUR CHOICE
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Post Date: 19:07 19-06-2008
Rating: 1
Author: Mr Power30
Comment: Gameplay isnt all that great, music and sound is horrible, and here are the monsters:
As a beginner, you fight weaker monsters like SNAILS and TINY WALKING MUSHROOMS.
Once you become a little tougher, you can take on BOUNCING MUSHROOMS, BOUNCING SLIMES and WALKING TREE STUMPS.
After that you can fight monsters such as PIGS THAT WANT TO KILL YOU, PIGS WITH A RED RIBBON THAT WANT TO KILL YOU, WALKING MUSHROOMS and FLYING OCTOPUS. Oh and TREE STUMPS WITH AXES STUCK IN THEM.
P.S: All these monsters kill you by touching you. Watch out!
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Post Date: 19:01 17-06-2008
Rating: 10
Author: anigous
Comment: Hey guys, i'm anigous whether you've seen me on the net is up to you. This is my third or around my multiple maple reviews. I give this a ten for...
Gameplay 1/5- This part of the review was the easiest to make. The graphics are nice considering they are 2d. The gameplay itself is very unique but not enough. The skills are nice but the game itself failed to represent itself; not to mention "alt" is a horrible jump key.
Sound 2/5- This is another terrible thing. The same music again and again. *tip, just exit maplestory by control alt delete and turn on
youtube while you play and task manager out again and replay a new song.*
Community 4/5- The game itself appeals to children so they figure they can play it. The game isn't in depth and is to easy to get. Though as a new player i was lucky enough to see that good side. I had a few friends but not many.
Cash Shop -I just had to do this. The cash shop sells itself the reason Nexon has so much money.
So many people use it and i do too.
Maplestory Memories (self-made and opinonated)-This is what i love. The first time i played Maplestory before it was commericalized and 11-year-olds started to flood this game gave me the best mmorpg memories ever. I remember all my old friends and miss them.
Summary 5/5- This game might have community ups and downs, terrible gameplay, and even a horrible grind(in which is explained by itself) but i love it. MapleStory used to be fun and time consuming in a good way. I made online friends and online battle parties. Talking with a nice guild makes me wish the gameplay wasn't so bad. I also in my later levels noticed how much better the community got. At level 50 and the high level pq places everyone was friendly and helpful. The accasional person will ruin the fun but this is an mmo that happens all the the time. I am still upset with the new maplestory and how downhill it got. This is my farewell note and hopfully it gets improved.
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Post Date: 03:24 17-06-2008
Rating: 3
Author: Cinnabolt
Comment: MapleStory the very addicting and grinding game.
This game is very hard to level at higher levels and the free character customization sucks. The community is VERY HORRIBLE if you don't have Cash Shop items or you have black skin.
I have to say again this game is very "grindy" you'll find yourself grinding on the same monsters using the same skill for HOURS. It takes over 5 hours for some in higher levels. Gold is hard to get when you are of need of armor and weapons at low levels. You need to either beg or just not buy armor.
Ahh yes. The Cash Shop. The place where it costs a lot of money to get a haircut and clothes. You need 6 dallors to get a haircut? Damn! And clothes ain't cheap. $2.00~5.00. Give me a break. You'll eventually buy Nexon Cash because you wanna look cool and different and when you get to higher levels you need 2x experience. Not that much help by the way.
Sound is bad. Very annoying to listen to unless you are a frilly happy girl that likes frilly happy girl music. Just mute the sound and listen to your iPod. >.>
Community is horrible. Just horrible. Unless you got Cash Shop items. There is plenty of immature kids roaming MapleStory looking for MapleStory girlfriends. Plenty of Hackers and gold sellers. Where is the GMS? PLAYING POKEMON. Serious GMs don't do crap.
I found myself enjoying Private MapleStory Servers more then the official server. Why? Because you can get Cash Shop clothes w/o spending a fortune. You can get to high levels easier. You spend less time trying to get to those high levels.
Overall MapleStory is a very boring game. Try it out. Spend all your money. Try out a PS. You just found out you wasted your life on MapleStory. GG
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Post Date: 14:47 14-06-2008
Rating: 6
Author: wtf...
Comment: Grinding is so boring, cookie cutter mmorpg
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Post Date: 20:04 12-06-2008
Rating: 9
Author: SupreMario
Comment: This game is life-suckingly addictive. I gave it a nine because of the diversity of the overall game. You can make your character cute, or more rough looking with things like bows or battle scars. There is a wide range of appearance options, making it nearly impossible to find someone who looks like yourself. The leveling is fast in the beginning, and some of the users are rude and tend to use the word 'noob' a lot, but once you really get into the game, it's so fun. Maplestory has recently released the trading system as well, which means that this game isn't centered around leveling anymore. You can sell your things for real-life money (nexon cash) or trade with other users for things that you are looking for. I would say the one downfall of the whole game is the lack of graphics, but it also helps this game be unique and unlike the tons of generic mmorpgs you see all over today.
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Post Date: 07:42 12-06-2008
Rating: 4
Author: alistaly
Comment: The game is ok but not such god graphics.The leveling isnt very nice to and the money is orite but hard to get unless you sell stuff that are easy to get like work gloves.
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Post Date: 11:48 10-06-2008
Rating: 0
Author: stuza
Comment: why do all you people think this piece of rubbish is a good game its alful the graphics are alful its dull like hell i went into a coma playing it its almost painful every system put together in this game is the worst i have ever seen the fighting quest the lot utter rubbish also there is nothing to do no space to do anything i am iam feeling generous and giving it a 0 mainly because there is no -100 option oh yeah to the person hat did the review a couple below mine, i think it is boring to do the same thing over and over again and i did not go online to play games to be bloody pacient so to all the players like myself who do not want this embarassment of a game on the net 1-0 us WOOOOOO
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Post Date: 22:33 04-06-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Axeforhire66
Comment: I left a previous review, but i didn't go into depth. I beleive this game is among the best online rpgs, as it is user friendly, it is a unique gameplay experience, and there are many diverse things to do. The 2D graphics, in my opinion, are great, as they are a unique addition to online gaming. It is nice to have the change of pace. Also, the cartoony graphics are fun and enjoyable to look at. I think it's also a great addition to the game. The music and sound effects are decent, nothing too special in that department. There is a typical class system(Warrior, Mage, Bowman, and Thief) that caters to many plass styles. The quests are often fun, but can sometimes be a bit tedious or even pointless. Sometimes you spend a very long time on a quest, only to recieve a worthless item and little experience. You must grind alot to gain any experience. It also gets a bit annoying to lose a certain ammount of experience every tiem you die, but it offers a good incentive to play wisely. The community is o.k, but you often encounter jerks as well.
Conclusion:
This game is great if your looking for an immersive, unique mmorpg. It is almost a cookie-cutter mmo, except for the combat system and the graphics, which make it unique.
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Post Date: 00:16 04-06-2008
Rating: 9
Author: Shadowinks
Comment: Right, to all people who actually give this game a less than 6 point rating or complain about the grinding, I would say that they have no patience whatsoever, and should go off playing cheap games that give you a super fast leveling and money earning system, such as that sorry game, cabal online(I won"t even give that game"s name a capital letter.) For those of you who say that there"s nothing to do except grind on forever, they obviously don"t even try to spend time looking around the game world. There is the pq (party quest system), and when you get to higher levels, go play in the Zakum dungeon or fight the horned tail. Here"s my full rating on the game:
Music: 5/10 (It was originally very bad, but the new areas released recently have good music)
Graphics: 8/10 (whats wrong with having 2-D graphics??!! Thats what differentiates this game from the typical 3D game!)
Characters: 8/10 (Can"t complain. Typical Warrior-Bowmen-Mage-Thief class roster)
Gameplay: 10/10 (Good solid gameplay. If you find where you put the keys uncomfortable, just reorder the keys where you like. They now have a macro system to let you combo your skills! Also, if you really get bored of the grinding/party quests, how about playing a minigame with someone?)
Quests: 6/10 (They can be too much for your level, or extremely difficult to do, and some are practically impossible unless you have loads of cash to spare.)
Skills: 7/10 (Good original skills, but lacking in graphics.)
Equipments: 10/10 (There are loads of different equipments at the same level, with different functions/special effects. Also, you have the special Maple-brand items.)
Conclusion: Great game if you want break from the typical 3-d games. This game rox! By the way, I would like to tell the guy who wrote the review 1 post below mine (clickmehere)that he should brush up on his English language before attempting to write a review. His grammar and spelling is SO bad. I salute "pokerhappy" for pointing out meaningless quotes in some of the useless, trashlike reviews that we can find around here.
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Post Date: 19:45 31-05-2008
Rating: 4
Author: Opresser
Comment: This is basically a modern version of some of your classical hack'n slash arcade games. Except its online.
This game would have been a wonderfull idea.. TEN years ago. This games graphics are too outdated to really rate comparing it to the big name games out there. So I have trouble rating this game really comparing it to titles like 'World of Warcraft' and 'Lord of the Rings Online'... So I will give its graphics a failing grade of 40% and just jump to the other aspects of this game..
Sound 66.6566%
Community 22.454%
Customer support 55.546%
Innovation 66.5655%
Overall 46.5465% - Depends on your opinion of a arcade/mmo. If you likea scrolling arcade mmo with 2 graphics i'd reccomend it to you.. but if your looking for a game with superior 3D graphics.. I WOULD NOT reccomend this game.
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Post Date: 01:15 31-05-2008
Rating: 4
Author: clickmehere
Comment: Maplestory is pretty cool but Ive seen better. When I first started this game i coulde stop.
Gameplay
Everything is ok controls, hotkeys, etc. What struck me was the fact that you only get 2 attacks for every begning class. Then the punishment for dying is harsh. You lose a hour of exp.
Story
Its a hard one too say about story. In the game you shape your own story basicaly. Your story depends on your job and what you choose to be.
Lvling System
I would say it takes for ever too level. I got to lvl 30 in 2 months. The game takes tons of patience. It took the best 3 years too get to lvl 200 but they did it.
Overall I would say this game sorrta sucks but hey who am i too talk to a bunch of fans of this game :D
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Post Date: 14:23 26-05-2008
Rating: 8
Author: kaage1
Comment: not bad...... BUT, WAY TO MUCH GRIND! after you hit about 8 on the updated newbie island it's grindsville all the way to the bank. but still, not a bad game either way, i like 2d cartoon graphics
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Post Date: 19:07 18-05-2008
Rating: 4
Author: Guajiro
Comment: I love 2D games and Maplestory could be a perfect game, the music is awesome and it's beautiful but have the worst gameplay ever...
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Post Date: 08:16 17-05-2008
Rating: 0
Author: zzX MMORPG Xzz
Comment: I think the graphics is fine but the gameplay, WTH!?
The game is only about farming, farm, farm, farm (40hrs later) lvl 30. Farm, farm, farm (1000hrs later) lvl 70. Farm farm farm (10 years later) Lvl 200 CONGRATULATIONS! U got lvl 200 and now u can just go and play a new game.
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Post Date: 02:37 13-05-2008
Rating: 3
Author: chione
Comment: After my warlock hit 70 I felt compelled to revisit one of the first MMORPGs I ever played - Maplestory.
So I redownloaded the game and went to town.
Graphics - 8/10
I enjoy the graphics for the most part. There's a fair amount of customization for your character (especially if you feel like plunking down real-world cash for some outfits). The fun emoticon faces are cute, and I like the overall feel and theme. The monster designs are...odd...but it works with the style.
Music - 2/10
Good for the first two or three minutes, then I turned it down and put on some Cobra Starship.
Gameplay - 2/10
This is where Maplestory falters (and the original reason I stopped playing).
The game controls themselves are fine; the UI is clean and easy to navigate. My beef is with the gameplay itself.
The game severely penalizes you when you die (On my main I would lose 10% each time), and it takes far too much grinding to level up (making those deaths even worse). Quests, unlike in some other MMOs, do not fill a larger chunk of your exp. bar (sometimes less than 5% of it >.> ) which makes most quests feel worthless, especially when you've spent hours grinding monsters for items or something (I also felt like there weren't /enough/ quests either, for some reason). In addition, most monsters your "level" are misleading in that they are very strong and are likely to kill you unless you are shooting at them from a safe distance, like on a clear ledge. And even then, you get faster exp. by killing lower level monsters.
Now, to be fair, many other MMORPGs have a fair amount of grinding. The problem with the grinding in Maplestory is that it is unrewarding, monotonous, and generally un-fun to do. You sit there, glued to your screen, counting every little tiny experience point and marking down the hours till you level up. For comparison, there were times in WoW where I wanted to stop grinding, but it never got to where I was a zombie at the computer, just pressing the same hotkey OVER AND OVER. WoW also has a rich world and lots of lore stuff, which I think helps. I'll get to that next.
Story - 0/10
There's absolutely no story. Maybe that's why it was so monotonous, I don't know. Why am I killing these monsters? Is there a point? I'm not helping bring glory to my race or win a war or anything. I'm just clearing out the vermin. Ew.
Community - 0/10
I honestly wish I could give this a lower score. I played on the Broa server, and I found maybe two decent people the entire time I played (at least a year, maybe more). People rip others off (by buying expensive items off of newbies and then reselling them for a huge profit, usually in the millions), mass defame others (just for giggles), and freak out if you get in "THEIR" grinding space (leading to the often used phrase "cc plz").
People can be jerks in WoW, Runescape, etc. But I have NEVER seen a community as narcissistic and just plain mean than in Maplestory (especially when it comes to the newbies).
Addictiveness - 11/10
Even more addicting than WoW, for all the wrong reasons.
Since the only "measure" of how far you've gotten is by leveling/getting new equipment (since there's no pvp or anything else to judge your skill) I would sit on the game obsessively leveling until the wee hours of the morning (and causing grief for my parents at the time).
Until I suddenly realized that
1) I was spending weeks for just one level
2) I had no friends on Maplestory
3) I was sitting camping one part of the map just for respawns
4) I really wasn't having any fun. And why play if it's not fun? I only had a compulsory need to continue, to press forward, to get to where I would be respected online.
I decided it wasn't worth it.
Overall - 3/10
For a "free" (you still pay cash for special items, but to play the basic game it costs nothing) MMORPG, Maplestory is decent, if you ignore the poor moderation, the terrible community, and the monotonous gameplay.
If, however, you are going to be plunking down cash for items and stuff, you're probably better off spending x dollars a month for a different MMO, or paying a one-time fee for GuildWars, etc.
It's not worth it to spend a single dime on this game.
-Chione
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Post Date: 20:59 11-05-2008
Rating: 9
Author: Bababushca
Comment: Maplestory is the first mmorpg I have ever played and the only one I actually played a lot. I've play a lot less since september, and only come on to talk to frieands. I'm a level 162 Hero, and don't try to level much any more. What I like about the game is how you can get up to level 200 (There are only 2 level 200s)I don't play as much any more because the game doesn't have updates very fast(I've played since beta), at the start it was adding new citys and islands for a while but then stoped with major updates for along time. Compared to Korean Maple Story wich much more advanced, sure it's been out for longer but Gloabal Maplestory (the one I play) has been out for about three years, when kms got to three years it was almost douple as advanced as GMS.
It's a great game and awesome for socializing with friends. Also with a nice happy feel. Theres also a Cash Shop where you can buy cloths for your characters for reall money. I'm not sure how stable the econemy is now since I don't play much anymore, but when I played it was pretty good. They did add this trading sytem where you can buy and sell stuff for NX ( NX is the points you purchese with reall money to buy cloths) so if you don't like to pay money you can sell stuff for NX now. Puchesing NX does enhance gameplay a lot, you can get 2x exp and other things. I recomend this game for people who don't want pay to play, and want a nice funn happy community.
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Post Date: 12:54 11-05-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Axeforhire66
Comment: This game is tons of fun! I go between three online mmo's, and this is one of them. I also play World of Warcraft and Kartrider. I fell that this game is by far one of the best free online mmorpg's out there!
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Post Date: 08:43 11-05-2008
Rating: 5
Author: whiting1289
Comment: A 2D version of a the 3D cookie cutter cash shop scamming KMMORPG's out there.
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Post Date: 01:15 09-05-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Brettster21
Comment: Let me just start off by saying that i used to play this game. This is a good game and i would recommend it to anyone that wants a new feel.Ive been playing on and off ever since beta. I liked the 2d it was something new. Plus the controls are very simple. However, If you dont have any friends to play this game with, then it is BORING! Because its fun to pq with a bunch of buddies, or party, or do a quest or something. It is really boring to just grind on monsters for 4 hours straight. Plus, the exo for quests suck. I"d finish a quest and get exp and it wont even get me 5%... Thats not even 1 bar in WoW(in wow there are 20 bars, so 1 bar can equal 5%) Which sucks because after you"ve spent hours after hours collecting cursed dolls or something, you hardly get a good reward. If youre new to the game, and dont know how to play it"ll be hard to get mesos. The fun part is getting to have new job advancements and getting newer skills. Oh and one thing, maplestory"s kind of gay too. The game was cool in the beginning but now its just all these queers. You have people coming out of the closet every 5 minutes using there smega phones, and its annoying. The only way you can be really good is if you put money into it too, like you might waste 10 mill on scrolls that didnt even work. Plus all you ppl bitching about no pvp. Will you stop to even think?? How the hell can a lvl 60 cleric face a lvl 60 sin. A cleric would have like 800 hp and a sin can do like 4-6k at that lvl if youre well equipped. So think stupid jerks.
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Post Date: 07:44 01-05-2008
Rating: 7
Author: kiraXD
Comment: Alright this game is the best 2d game you could possibly get. The game play is awesome cept for the grind ... it is IMPOSSIBLE. The only thing you could do to lessen the grind is get a bunch of rl friends to party and grind with you, makes the time go faster. Used to be full of hackers, but now they've cleared that up. Maplestory is quite a OK game and deserves a 7.
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Post Date: 15:50 27-04-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Rob321
Comment: This game was O.K. The choice of classes/jobs was pretty fun being a rogue, theif, ect. The combat system was fair enough although the foes were like tree stumps and mushrooms. The people in the game treat lower levels like trash though and theres a lot of nonsense like in-game marriage. The graphics were good enough and the 2d didnt bother me.
Graphics- 7/10
People- 3/10
Quests- 4/10
Things to do- 7/10
Fun-6/10
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Post Date: 15:31 26-04-2008
Rating: 9
Author: imppy725
Comment: People who complain about the graphics are pure losers
1) why did you download this game, JUST to complain about the graphics
2) notice that all other games (except ghost online) are 3d, THIS MIEANS THAT MAPLESTORY IS UNIQUE, they didnt try to make it a 3d game, so why areu complaining about it? if you didnt like the 2d graphics, why download it?
3)graphics are not the only qualities of a game, if you downloaded maplestory, just to complain about graphics, then shut up, because u alreayd knew that BEFORE u downloaded it
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Post Date: 17:11 24-04-2008
Rating: 10
Author: muhaimenr
Comment: Heads up.
Just to clear things up... I have a level 36 archer names hunterenergy if u wanna check. (I used "u" instead of "you" for speed)
Right...
Graphics-9/10
sound-4/10(the worst part but you can something that you like on the bckground, I always listen to Disturbed.)
Gameplay-8/10 the reason its 8 is because of the massive grind(Yes, there is a massive grind) at the high levels, such as level 100. If you know wat monsters to kill, than you will level up faster. Thats why there are so many maplestory fansites there, to help those who dont know what to do. So dont complain unless you read the guides first.
Why? Well... lets take a look at runescape. I tried playing that you know... and quit after 30 minutes. I felt like my head was spining. Music? yea right, i would rather listen to the absymal music of maplestory for hours than runescape.. i had to turn on my volume full blast to even hear it. But thats not what we are talking about.
The graphics... Quote-"OMG look i did 5 dmg OMG i am level 3!!!!!!!!" actual qoute from runescape character..
So, that kind og gives you what all runescape players hope for.. to do the amazing.. GODLY damage as they call it... the damage of 3!!!!!
Whlie maplestory people are easily doing 10,000 damage and fighting massive monsters, such as Platapus(a giant clock) and Phirana(not sure if its called that, but is a massive fish.) and the hyped up Barlog(A demon looking thing that appearse on the ship to orbis).. and more besides. Look up more on Hidden-street.net if you dont belive me.
Qoute-"How exactly is a swirling ball of energy so much better than a Black Dragon?.." yea right...(sacrasm)
i WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR REPLYS TO THIS REVIEW.
and just for your information, even 20-year-olds play this game. And i am 15.. just thought you would like to know.
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Post Date: 20:07 21-04-2008
Rating: 0
Author: ghostcloud852
Comment: Fun At First Then................HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!
All U Haters Can Rag On Me All Day But I Won't Change My Mind!
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Post Date: 20:57 20-04-2008
Rating: 3
Author: jjdragon60
Comment: a stupid 2d korean grind, impossible to level, and ugly grahics. terebble comunity, and verry adictive at first, but it gets boring after 2 days. i'd rather play mario than this junk!!!!!!
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Post Date: 17:35 19-04-2008
Rating: 7
Author: atomiceraser
Comment: MapleStory (as I'm sure for everyone) surprised the heck out of me. Most people say, "2D!? No way man!" That's what I said. This game will last most people for awhile.
PROS
-Awesome battle system
-Free to play (with payable features)
-Great graphics
-Fantastic soundtrack
-Everyone is unique
-Four classes (Mage, Thief, Warrior, Archer)
-Big world
-Easy to get money
-Infinant weapons and clothes
-Great monsters
-Overall good game
CONS
-Slow leveling
-When you die, you lose experience
-Almost impossible to get quests done
-Your a noob for seemingly forever
-Everything automatically attacks you
-You die A LOT
-Annoying to get good
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Post Date: 14:29 14-04-2008
Rating: 6
Author: satyrion
Comment: This game is interesting in many ways but gets boring way to fast.
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Post Date: 12:49 09-04-2008
Rating: 5
Author: Totarri
Comment: Cute. It has 4 classes (excluding beginner), but you can customise each with skill points given after levelling, as well as being able to choose between sub-classes at levels 30 and 70 (I think. Much like talent points that WOW players can relate to). However, small space to roam and an insane levle cap of 200 that NO ONE has reached all the years it's been out. Levelling is made harder by losing 7 hours with of play but just dying once - enfuriating. Limited gear also. Cute, fun and nice players but limited and frustrating. Good for light gamers, but anyone who plays on a regular basis shouldn't.
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Post Date: 10:14 06-04-2008
Rating: 1
Author: bandin
Comment: I am not able to review this game cus WoW is much better.
Horrible free mmo that all u do is spend 500-1000 bucks a week on the glorified cash shop.
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Post Date: 23:04 04-04-2008
Rating: 7
Author: pokerhappy
Comment: They butcher the English language so bad i can not explain how the word transformed into what they typed.
please - plawks???
wow....
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Sorry, I just had to quote that: You are talking about the players you friggin moron. No where in gaming content do the say "Plawks" or anything of the sort. Try any other online game, you are bound to get morons that can't even type correctly and say "plz mony plox i need i poor plzplzplzplzplzplz!!!11one" So please make some sense.
DONT EVEN PLAY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!UR GONNA REGRET IT
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Elaborate please? Or are you so stupid you don't even know what that means?
I now relise that MapleStory is for young kids aged from 8-12. Honestly. The game has horrible graphics, for heaven sakes, it's 2D! There is no depth, and you walk aronud the place for hours and hours killing Monsters, just so you can level up and get to wear a new robe or equip a new piece of armor you've always wanted.
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Are there any MMOs not like this? Name me three MMOs the have a specific plotline please, that aren't just about leveling your character. I can name a bunch that ARE about that,you will recognise them I bet....
Runescape
WoW
Need I say more? -_-'
So many bunch of kids who no life come disturb noobs like me piss me off.
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??? What the hell does this mean? It doesn't make any sense!
Yes it is a big grind, but seriously, tell me when you find a couple of MMOs that are fun and DON'T involve grinding. Please.
A big problem though is no PvP....
OVERVIEW: Main part of this review; Most posters are morons who make no sense whatsoever and/or have no clue what they are talking about and/or do not support anything they say.
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Post Date: 13:16 21-03-2008
Rating: 3
Author: lemoneko
Comment: First of all, I'd liked to say that I have a lv.8x dragon knight, lv.6x assassin, and lv.5x cleric. I have to admit that MapleStory is very addicting. After all, it had once turned me into a loser with no life. I used to sit in front of the computer for more than 7 hours just to level up my characters. So you're asking me why I gave this game a 3 out of 10. MapleStory gets really boring after. I've been trying to go back to MapleStory, but for some reason, I can't go back. I even tried to play MapleStory, but I can't last for more than 30 minutes. I would rather stare out the window than to play MapleStory. To me, MapleStory used to be a great game, but now, it's lame. Even now, I'm still trying to start playing again because I have friends in MapleStory who are waiting for me to return. Anyways, try this game, you will either love it or hate it.
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Post Date: 19:59 13-03-2008
Rating: 8
Author: Aaddron
Comment: A vary good free mmo i didnt really find anything that great about this game other than its a fun thats free and it give you something to do when your bored i'm not saying this is a bad game its really well done so if your bored or can find a mmo to play try this one but if you are playing a mmo you really like then this game wont be one to replace it
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Post Date: 00:32 11-03-2008
Rating: 0
Author: smooth12
Comment: The community is poor if you mix with the wrong players. So many bunch of kids who no life come disturb noobs like me piss me off.
On top of that...
Best grind fest ever!
I see no point playing =)
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Post Date: 23:46 07-03-2008
Rating: 3
Author: Skylinez
Comment: im keeping my review short :)
things in Favor +
1# game is one of the few 2D games out there of its type
2# game can turn addictive and some even might like its style
3# its endless
- Major CONS
-1# Game is totally purposeless you start by grinding and end by grinding there nothing in between
-2# Quests most of time dont reward you and other 50% of the time you dont need them except for the few special ones make it less involving
-3# there is no pvp - no weird events - nothing excepts long grinding and i really mean long grinding this might go in the records as the longest time taken per level
my personal oppinion is this game has nothing to hold you once you reached high level after insane grinding-
COmmunity is a huge hit and miss i personally felt 50/50 wasnt great but then again nothing else then that beside grinding
its free and this game really is a hit or miss in itself .... if you hate grinding stay away from this like the plague
i give it a 3 because of the lack of options of play
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Post Date: 18:07 03-03-2008
Rating: 10
Author: koriio
Comment: This game is AWESOME and for those of you complaning about cash items, the clothes dont do anything whatsoever, it just looks cool. And those of you complaning about monsters and levels if you get killed in 3 hits they aren't your level. And this game isnt only supposed to be played for a week or so and then u master it, the highest possible level is 200, and no one has reached it yet. The highest person is level 198 and this game has been out for 2 1/2 years. And you can explore tons of different worlds if you are high enough leveled (about 40 up). And don't be complaning about hackers, KSers, looters etc., I pley in Broa and everyone is nice. I was kidding before on how i wanted money and some one gave me 50k! And also at certain levels u get job advancements and awesome new skills. If you do really bad damage go on global.hidden-street.net and find a guide. When u level up you are not supposed to put into random stats, certain ones for certain jobs, refer to a guide and you should never put in to HP or MP stats. P.S. You dont have to be high leveled to have fun, i have a level 44 assasin and 33 spearman and i still have fun.
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Post Date: 19:00 23-02-2008
Rating: 6
Author: Caash
Comment: this game is "OK" but like pandatwin said you have to spend a week or so to get a single level and it gets pretty boring after about a week.
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Post Date: 11:02 19-02-2008
Rating: 2
Author: xxemovalentinexx
Comment: Would've been a good game if there weren't little 10-year olds everywhere hacking your account and thinking that it's "cool."
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Post Date: 22:26 08-02-2008
Rating: 8
Author: pandatwin
Comment: This game was really good, except leveling. All i can say is that i hope you are willing to spend a week to gain a single level. The monsters that are your level can kill you in 3 hits too. so you have to stay killing easy monsters for ages, just like XRoyalSinX said. Plus, don't plan on even getting the cool clothes, they cost 20 dollars (real money) along with pets. Also, avoid doing the haircut quest, they give you a butt-ugly haircut that you can't change once you've done it!!
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Post Date: 19:32 03-02-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Bobsinlove
Comment: This game is really GOOD! You know the 2-D graphics! NO GAME has them anymore! MAPLESTORY however does and the people on the game arent the nicest but maybe you can help them out and make them nicer. The ANIMALS and LVLING is hard but that makes the game challanging i would like to see some people try making it easy and not take the time to level cause if you just level easy it wont be fun you have to work there to get it! THIS GAME IS 10/10 !!! IF you agree right saying I AGREE!
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Post Date: 01:07 03-02-2008
Rating: 10
Author: Qewpo-
Comment: Nexon has managed to cut hackers down very well.
Quoted from Kaizer "However, after praising the game so much, you might wonder why I gave it a 8. The COMMUNITY is terrible, 60% of the people here just care about MONEY. Ksing is nothing special, and scamming happens 100 times daily. The report function also sucks. So, community: 2/10 points. "
Are you kidding? The community is GREAT in this game. Get your facts right.
To all that are insulting the graphics, I would MUCH rather play this game then another 3-d game.
Its unique, Its fun, Its amazing.
Maplestory is a great game, and it will always be one of my favorites.
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Post Date: 21:24 02-02-2008
Rating: 6
Author: xRoyalSinx
Comment: HACKERS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
this is an ok game, but i got really depressed when my account got hacked.
here r some more problems. it is so hard to level up. the monsters that r supposedly "ur level" r usually much too hard for u to handle on ur own. the fact that u lose exp when u die but bigginers dont lose exp really ticks me off. and since i am a mage in the game i hav to announce that mages should be able to heal mp faster and hav a larger mp bar, becuz im constantly having to heal my mp or use the chair, which is really annoying. In other words, the training is making me LOSE money, but gain exp. maybe its becuz a lvl 36 fp mage shouldnt be fighting lego golems, but thats a whole other story (besides i kill them 1-3 hits so im fighting the right monster right?) another annoying part is that u cant tell how much hp the monster has, unless its dead. this is annoying becuz u dont know if ur just wasting ur time, or if this monster is gonna die and u should be ready to pick up the items. this is important for mages that use spells 24/7, cuz if the monster dies unexpectedly, u could waste a spell or two. besides i cant memorize all of the monsters hp. its really annoying when im fighting one of the few monsters that i dont know their hp for. i dont like math, although its considered to be on of my strengths O.0 (ya right!!!)
but, on the plus side, it's addictive and its like a virtual world (where all you do is fight...)!
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Post Date: 19:33 31-01-2008
Rating: 9
Author: lilmike224
Comment: I play this game and it is addicting but think about, It's free so yeah your not going to get much but still couldn't they include more stuff like for example they could have runescape (I understand that they have that in other maple virsions but i play maple global) The worlds, where you sign up for scania and you gotta pay 10 Bucks just to go to bera instead. Theres alot this could improve on. But what got it a 9 is this
Its free
Lots of playerse
Suprises
Lots of Events
Free nx cash (online money for this game)
Cool gear
"Partys"
Classes/skills
Attacking
Sure it has some cons like you finally get to level 120 but your bored of your now Bishop.
So you make a new guy to be a bandit, back to Maple island (the tutorial island)
Bandit and Bishop are adv. classes
Also a side note, if you wanna play join Khani =D
Mjsssol
43 cleric
Owner of 'Mafias'
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Post Date: 07:48 31-01-2008
Rating: 8
Author: Kaizer
Comment: This game deserves a good 10-point rating. Any of you who say that the music and graphics are cartoonish and childish, I urge them to use their currently inactive brain. This game was made for 10-15 year olds, so do you expect excellent graphics? The 2-D graphics make this game very special and offers a new interface.
However, after praising the game so much, you might wonder why I gave it a 8. The COMMUNITY is terrible, 60% of the people here just care about MONEY. Ksing is nothing special, and scamming happens 100 times daily. The report function also sucks. So, community: 2/10 points.
Other than that, look on the bright side. Those 10 year old kids are really cute and love making friends, there are the pq's, which are rarely found in other games. Conclusion: Great game for patient people and kids!
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Post Date: 08:21 27-01-2008
Rating: 9
Author: immortal143
Comment: this is very fun exept for the fact that until you are lvl 40 it is veeeeery boring when you are getting your lvl up like 30 min per lvl when you are lvl 18
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Post Date: 22:05 23-01-2008
Rating: 4
Author: GuersomR123
Comment: Ok Ill be honest I used to have a Lv.104 or 103 Crusader and I stopped playing this game after I found out in the end theres nothing more. This game got boring and boring though the noob days are more fun than being higher level. And when you try to make a new character like for example a Sin you cant get than noob feeling if your high lved becuz you have litterly like 100mil to spare your poor inocent Sin and get him godly equips not to mention like 10 Sets of Illbi and like 14 atk Work Gloves. So yeah, basically its good for new people but once your higher levled it all goes downhill...
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Post Date: 13:55 18-01-2008
Rating: 7
Author: imppy725
Comment: People just dont know how to rate this game...No, we don"t just fight snails, bouncing mushrooms, trees, stumps and stuff like that..if u are patient enough to get to a higher level then yeah, ull see some better and more fierce monsters...basically to a guy that said its only 0.06% for a monster...yeah you"re right...but u forgot to say that, u kill 7 monsters per 5 seconds, literally...thats 0.35% in 5 seconds which isp retty damn fast, thats like 1% in 20 seconds average. which is pretty damn fast if you ask me.
basically, if you are not over level 40, please dont rate this game, because i know that the beginning may be slow, but once u hit 40, there are many other things to do other than grind all day
saying fighting snails ann msurhooms ONLY...is a stereotype. Please dont assume if you havent got passed that time of game yet. please.
now to my rating:
graphics 8/10: dude, the graphics are meant to be like this, it"s a different mmorpg playing style, USE YOUR BRAIN, if you dont like these types of mmorpgs, then dont play it, easy as that. the graphics are SUPPOSE to be like that, stop complaining about the graphics, if you dont like it in the first place and saw screenshots of it...then dont even start playing...and if u started playing and didnt like it, dont complain, because u started
gameplay 7/10: ill admit that it is a pretty repeptiive game, but with friends playing with you, is a whole new story, its actually fun again to grind when ur chatting at the same time (whch is easy to do in maplestory
music 6/10: yeah maybe a bit childish, but DONT U GET THE POINT ALREADY? its SUPPOSE TO BEL LIKE THAT, if the game wasnt cartoony, then BETTER music would be better...if you expected music that every other 3D mmorpg has, then you are an idiot, sorry. you should have expected music like this on maplestoyr, the first tme u saw the graphics
community 5/10: poor but acceptable
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Post Date: 06:56 18-01-2008
Rating: 10
Author: hardcoregozer
Comment: people, i say this again, just stop complaining like always at graphics, people who play this game like the graphics,and the 1 who doesn"t the don"t like it, like at most games. and 2nd stop talking about the grinding part you noobs! lvl goes fast enouch idiots, i am a lvl 83 crusader and i lvl 0,5/1 lvl a day so.... thats stupid what u guys say. and u wanna complain about grinding, go play endless online, you maybe level to lvl 10 in 2-3 months and at maple you do like 1-2 hours! so plz stfu
any questions about this game, pm me at game at world windia.
h3ro3s4l1fe
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Post Date: 21:13 16-01-2008
Rating: 0
Author: KentyMint
Comment: This game is pretty bad. It's not the graphics, its the extremely repetitive grinding and the people in the game. They butcher the English language so bad i can not explain how the word transformed into what they typed.
please - plawks???
wow....
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Post Date: 07:29 05-01-2008
Rating: 5
Author: Siraiz
Comment: just to quote Cosmic
::"This game is awful."::
This game isnt that bad people can have there own appinions and like games and dislike but the 2D graphics are magical nexon has put effort and time into making them so.
"I also dont like how the game does nothing to help you. i cant count how many times i wandered into a high level area by accident and died."
I agree tottaly that some areas have no warnings, but alot of them do (triangular signs with cross bones) and most of them are hidden portals so you can think about it first.
Another point i want to address is the Graphics,
You say they are awful? I see them as buetiful and as i said before alot of work goes into them, and further more, runescape is the worst 3D adventure game ever, you cannot compare maplestory and runescape, alot of the maple community would be outraged to read your comment, and alot of people like side scrollersi for one think its genious and castlevnia is a side scroller aswell and yet you play that?
i rest my outraged case..
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Post Date: 16:43 01-01-2008
Rating: 1
Author: Cosmic Gecko
Comment: This game is awful. if everquest had a baby with super mario brothers 2, this is probably what it would look like. No freakin effort to make it that great of a game. If im going to wait x amount of hours to download this, i want at least some form of 3D graphics. Also, leveling is boring. Dont even tell me how its not, cause it is.
I also dont like how the game does nothing to help you. i cant count how many times i wandered into a high level area by accident and died. At least in RuneScape, the Doomsayer tells you when youre entering a dangerous area, and you can even turn off these warnings once you visited the area enough times.
Graphics: dumb! Who wants to play a side-scrolling MMO? If i want to side-scroll, i will play Castlevania. In fact, i will go do that now.
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Post Date: 03:09 31-12-2007
Rating: 10
Author: Jasenpo
Comment: Good game with a full character control concept with 2-D graphics. This game is better then all the click and watch your character do the work. I dislike(don't want my review deleted) those types of games because they don't allow the player complete control over the character. The only game that is going to have a full character control with unlimited travel is Darkfall, but only god knows when that game is going to be released.
An my answer to the mass grind is that it is not a mass grind only the player makes it a mass grind. Nobody told you to play the game for a million hours. Yeah Nexon does get those types so they implemented a clock system that tells you when to slow down or log out leaving a comment like this.
You have been playing maplestory fo 36 hours get a freaking life you retard. (I don't really know what they say at 36 hours but obviously this is a dramatization.)
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Post Date: 02:00 29-12-2007
Rating: 10
Author: deadwhale
Comment: Maple is a great game and so all mmos and they are mmo,s for a reason so plz stop fighting and get along. I'm sixteen yrs old to give ya a visual. Maple music is kind of boring but I turn it off and put techno and u put what ever u want to listen. 2D ? Nothing wrong with that. Cartoons are 2D m if its 3D it won't be that cool . Maple storys anime type game and anime is 2D and *nd 2 percent 3D. I just want to heat what u have to say now so type bak. By archsage 9 that's my user name in mardia
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Post Date: 12:22 25-12-2007
Rating: 2
Author: cutman&paste
Comment: The Copy and paste review.
Today i will take stuff from other reviews and showcase their thoughts on this game.
Graphics
"LOVE it great gaphic just since its 2D means it not badi ts good and iwth realise of 4th job and yea i"v been since beta so i know"-death2912
"would u rather play an outdated 2-D game or a 3-D game.there"s pletny of otehr MMo"s on the internet."-namcoo
My opinion:Hmmmm graphics are a big thing. In deaths opinion,2-D is good. Yet on namcoos review, he showed amazing hatred for the graphics because they're 2-D. I personally like the Snes feel, but I hate the chibi feel.
Final score:??/10(depends)
Designer
This one I will Copy&paste from wikipedia
"Nexon Corporation (Korean: ³Ø½¼) is a Korean Gaming corporation, and a developer of online games and MMORPGs. Its headquarters are located in Seoul, Korea."-wikipedia.
I really don't like the company at all. Greed is their creed and that just doesn't fly with me. It is almost like you pay to be good (Saying the game is free is not a lie, but mearly a half-truth as it is free but you must pay to get all the good stuff). You can buy items ingame with real money(to other MMORPGs have commited this heinous crime:Adventurequest through Z-tokens and Ultima Online).
Final score:Company 0/10
Gameplay
"well i hav got to say maple story is my favorite im a lvl 56 bandit. freankin awsome. u should play, its got tonnes of hidden place,s a market where u can sell ur stuff at to other players...
PQ/party quests where u hav to gang up with ur friends to find kewl rewards and defeat boss guys...
quests,events, ( like chirstmas and halloween etc. ) "-ninjazway
"piece of garbage. Almost as bad as runescape. Game is grind based"-roflcopter
Do you like grindfests? I don't. Next section.
Community
" whoever thinx this game is bad get out of here k? this game never has been bad. if u hate it ur the 1 tht is lame. MAPLESTORY FTW. "-jokermannice
"Maple story is the funnest game i have every played...and now with their latest patch it has become funner...new quest easier to keep up with quests...and it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure the game out...everything you need to know is in the lil task bar thingy...its fun simple...and no pvp...for those who are just starting out on mmos...this is the game for you it may not be UO or conquer but it beats getting your butt kicked by other player higher then you...have fun with this one i give it a 10"-War-of-man"
"10 OBVIOUSLY.Oh yeah. The person below me is a complete Rune idiot who doesn't have a care for life and laughs like a complete retard. God. Maplestory is at least 100 decillion times better than Runescape if I was talking nicely.And it isn't complete grind. And the higher lever you are, the monsters are much more better than Runescapes in every way possible. Such an idiot. Oh yeah, After reading maplestorylover's review, it is true that runescape only has 2,LOL, fansites. HaHaHa."-maplestoryfan
Wow, I sure do love being locked up in a shack full of preschoolers(sarcasm). Seriously, if you like hyper 8-year olds and spoilt' 12-year olds,this game is for you.
Overall-2/10(1 point added because of concept)
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Post Date: 08:33 25-12-2007
Rating: 1
Author: razor1223
Comment: I used to play MapleStory. I thought it was a fun great game to meet people and level up and see how much damage I could do. I now relise that MapleStory is for young kids aged from 8-12. Honestly. The game has horrible graphics, for heaven sakes, it's 2D! There is no depth, and you walk aronud the place for hours and hours killing Monsters, just so you can level up and get to wear a new robe or equip a new piece of armor you've always wanted.
Really. GM's dont host events, and if you've noticed GMS is dropping by the hundreds in terms of population of the game. They're losing thousands of dollars. If you take a look now, Scannia, Bera, Broa have lost population by about 3000 players.
I don't know what MapleStory is trying to achieve. MapleStory is a game for you if you have a lot of patience and free time.
LV 101 MAGE UP FOR GRABS. NAME, GTALE, PLZ RANK IT IF U DONT BELIEVE ME. CONTACT ME ON XFIRE, KWARK1223
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Post Date: 03:48 25-12-2007
Rating: 10
Author: ninjazway
Comment: well i hav got to say maple story is my favorite im a lvl 56 bandit. freankin awsome. u should play, its got tonnes of hidden place,s a market where u can sell ur stuff at to other players...
PQ/party quests where u hav to gang up with ur friends to find kewl rewards and defeat boss guys...
quests,events, ( like chirstmas and halloween etc. )
and does not allow ne profanitey/swearing
and u can also hack.... but dont u ruin it
or else u will get ur ip address and account will be banned for life neway its and awsome games plz try it out it may look a lil wierd i thought so and (im not asian im NZ/new zealander) and if u get hacked use to it and if u ever get hacked u can use pin reset to fix it! so join us today ITS FREE!!!!!!!!
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Post Date: 16:23 15-12-2007
Rating: 8
Author: Kiryugi
Comment: I gave this game an 8/10 not because of my own personal opinion but because of how the game is. The reason why I rated it like that because my personal opinion would be like a 3-4/10, but I will say an overall opinion then my own personal one, I know I review oddly.
This game is a pretty cutesy MMORPG. It is meant for the smaller of folks, but I have met people up to like 45 playing this game. Not that they were trying to hurt me o.O
On with the review:
Graphics- I will have to admit the graphics are good. They aren"t choppy and are clear to see things. I personally think though it"s too repetitive and they only change locations of things in related terrains instead of adding something new.
Sound- Very fitting, it ties well with the different places. Except some monsters sound exactly the same, the ones that look alike. But that"s not ahuge thing caus they are the same type of monster and such.
Gameplay- Pretty straight-forward, easy t get used to. I won"t complain about this one other than I think it might be a little too simple but that doesn"t detract from the game.
Community- This is where maple story is TERRIBLE! No one likes each other, and all they do is call you a Noob or a Nub. They won"t help you out and they would rather make fun of you and KS you than just go away and be mature.
Lvling- Another horrible thing about Maple story. After about Lvl 20 on average for every class, it becomes EXTREMELY difficult to lvl as every kill of amonster you get about .01-.03% oiut of the 100% that you need. You grind for so long that you lose attention to exploring and such. You can only truely explore this game when your about Lvl 40-45. You still can"t kill some of the higher lvl monsters but you can explore and such.
Considering this, you would think that every time you Lvled you got to do new and exciting things, well no. If you just got your equipment last lvl and your new weapon and such, well that"s too bad, you have to wait another 10 to get your new ones. I don"t think you"d need to work so hard just to go up a lvl and guess what? fight the same monsters, for an even longer amount of time, for little to no profit at the end.
Overall- 8/10. I guess because it attracts so many people, and if you don"t mind grinding and knwo your way around, you can have fun. It just isn"t as perfected as I think it should be. Just because it"s a free MMORPG it doesn"t mean the Lvling system should be aweful. There are plenty of free MMORPGs that you can level really fast well into the 40s without getting too bored or annoyed such as Flyff or Rapplez. However, Rapplez didn"t meet my standards too well, it isn"t bad it"s just... I don"t know I got bored, but that"s just me, it is a very good game though.
My rating- 3-4/10. It isn"t worth playing if your thinking of playing a good MMORPG don"t pick this one. You"ll get really hooked for about a month tops then you"ll get very bored for a couple of months and then come back. It"ll be on and on with the same beginning and ending. You"ll start by getting hooked and wanting to play and lvl up. Then it"ll become almost a regular thing. Then you realize your getting nowhere again, then you"ll get bored and uninterested.
Play it if you want, it is worth checking out if your dedicated to MMORPGs but it isn"t if you just wanna play for playing caus you won"t be able to do much...
P.S. Not that this is a huge point but I don"t really liek starting out taking like 4-10 on average for every class. You don"t take a huge amount until wellll into the 50s. And everyone wants to see high damage being taken every once in a while. But it certainly does not detract from this game. Bye thanks for reading my review
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Post Date: 17:54 14-12-2007
Rating: 10
Author: death2912
Comment: LOVE it great gaphic just since its 2D means it not badi ts good and iwth realise of 4th job and yea i"v been since beta so i know
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Post Date: 19:31 07-12-2007
Rating: 8
Author: DreamWalker999
Comment: LOOK AT ALL THESE REVIEWS! I can see this game is very controversial, no? As for my point of view... I see a few people complaining about the graphics... Personally, this game looks more attractive with the 2d cartoonish look. This is one of the things that make MS stick out from the crowd. The gameplay, while could be improved, is not that awfull. The key here is patience. Ya sure, sometimes you just need to grind, and I used to hate the game because of it. All you really need are some friends, a guild perhaps, to help you out. You can talk about different things while you grind, and you level up before you know it. Once you are high lvl enough that people accept you into their party quests, this process speeds up still. With PQ you level up 10x than you would by merely grinding. Events are something to keep you busy during the holidays, and if you get bored on Victoria Island, you can move to Ossyria. (I recommend being at least lvl 30 before you go, though) I also saw the cash shop, and yes, it"s all very cheap, and that"s great, although I doubt I"m going to get ANY money soon, but it"s fine. Cash shop items rarely if at all give you any advantages over regular items, "cause they just basically cover them. (but you know how it is. It"s all about the looks. :D)
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Post Date: 17:45 06-12-2007
Rating: 10
Author: pookyrocks
Comment: This game could be considered the best free mmo ever made. it has a nice cash shop system (a little pricy, but less than a monthly subscription), and the graphics are decent for 2D, and can be laggy in crowded spots, but it is a great game.
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Post Date: 03:02 05-12-2007
Rating: 9
Author: moomoocow
Comment: Not my thing, but a good game for all of the (positive) comments posted below.
The hack n' slash element is the winner here.
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Post Date: 11:23 29-11-2007
Rating: 10
Author: loganst
Comment: Alright, first off, this game is very addicting.
The graphics are not great, but they are different and original. And afterall, thats my kind of game.
Its not a stupid Point-Click-Kill game. You dont click and watch, as you would in WoW. This is an amazing hack and slash game that is easy and fun.
It has 4million players in America, and 50 million worldwide. Its the number 1 jpn mmorpg. I can see why.
It used to have a lot of hackers, but not anymore. The game is almost 100% legit and hopefully it can stay like that.
There are many classes/jobs to choose from. Over 60 to be exact. With 1st job, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th and 2-4 choices for each job.
Plus you could be an islander(i wont get into that detail) or a perma beginner.
The community is very nice and people are willing to help.
The bad side is that most quests give little exp, if any. So this game is party and grind based.
If your looking for a FREE hack'n'slash mmorpg with tons of players and options. MAPLESTORY IS YOUR GAME.
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Post Date: 11:25 23-11-2007
Rating: 8
Author: Dill1015
Comment: This game is surprisingly addicting, there is plenty of jobs, and the 2D anime-style graphics are pretty awesome. The tutorial stinks, however. It was so long that I almost ate my face off. Other than that the game is pretty good.
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Post Date: 14:52 22-11-2007
Rating: 9
Author: xrultima
Comment: Tutorial is good if your patient enough to read through everything and actually take it in.. 10/10
Graphics are good, and everything is easy to see / determine what it is 8/10
Gameplay can get boring here and there but most times picks up in a party 7/10
Community is friendly, helpfull, and most people at later levels hold little scatter-games where they drop a bunch of items and you get to run around catching em so its fun 10/10
Summary: A 2D game which proves that some games that are 2D can easily tie up or surpass 3D games. The community is good, people are kind, and theres allways something to do!
There is 4 basic jobs:
Thief~ Fast, Cunning, and good at hit-and-run. A thief can usually take down a batch of enemies without much trouble.. but lack of hp means that if hes surrounded, its a bad day for him/her..
Mage~ adept at magic. ranged attack, but trouble keeping mana from hitting 0 for first few levels.. in later levels is a huge asset to any party that wants to survive in MapleStory.
Archer~ A ranged attacker, with small bits of magic tossed in. An archer has high range, and good damage. But if there isnt some range, the archers low defence and low hp will affect him/her greatly.
Warrior~ The big brute. He can take down enemies without too much difficulty, but is slightly bland. you might get bored with constantly holding in CTRL(attack key) killing monsters and not even having much risk.. Mana is low, and armor / weapons cost A LOT.
And also each class can at later levels, change into a better class.
Basic class has choice of turning into 2 or 3 different classes, but after that your on a direct path untill final, 4th class at level 120.
Later on in the game leveling can slow down, but then its just more fun because by that time you can access the dungeon without much problem!
In my opinion the games great, but of course its just my opinion. yours could by totally different.. Have fun in MapleStory! 9/10
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Post Date: 15:10 21-11-2007
Rating: 5
Author: sofiaglade
Comment: bad graphics, bad tutorial, 2d picture which makes it boring, can only go from side to side like some non-mmorpg game, and also, why does everybody here hate runescape!? its just as good as any other game, just because it has alittle bad graphics it doesn't make a difference atleast you can still see the picture in rs
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Post Date: 22:40 20-11-2007
Rating: 0
Author: roflcopter
Comment: piece of garbage. Almost as bad as runescape. Game is grind based, and through that, the whole community is made out of addicts. Along with that, only way to be good is to pay money for it. Maple story stinks. Maple story lovers leave. kthx bye.
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Post Date: 16:22 19-11-2007
Rating: 10
Author: hardcoregozer
Comment: peepz who complaining about lvling? about graphics? about gameplay? please leave,
the lvling isn't that bad, yes maybe it goes slow, but realy later it goes easy(if it goes to slow whit killing monsters, go to pq((partyquest)10+ henesys,21-31 kerning,35-51 ludi,50-70 ludi(maze) 50+ zpq, and there coming more)(the maplers know what i mean)and thats not even all, go play endless online,,, then start complaining here about the lvling.
yes the graphics maybe be 2d, but its not that bad, look to runescape, its realy worse
and then the gamplay, stop complaining about it to, at maplestory you don't need the freaky mouse, you can attack when you want, and you can do whaterver you want, so its over with the freaky clicking on the mouse...
soz about my bad english, i suck at it...O.o
chars 7x dk,7x priest,5x sin,5x IL mage,3x FP mage and so on=D name: xxxhcvsjsxxx,xhcvsjsx, priestpowers, xintpoisenx pm 1 of those for help
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Post Date: 18:33 16-11-2007
Rating: 10
Author: mangler2
Comment: There is alot of grinding but if you put about an hour into it each day you can easily lvl up quickly.
Lvl 43, Server: Windia Name:theonlydemon
Be happy to help you.
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Post Date: 22:16 15-11-2007
Rating: 10
Author: jokermannice
Comment: whoever thinx this game is bad get out of here k? this game never has been bad. if u hate it ur the 1 tht is lame. MAPLESTORY FTW.
PROS(yea)-
graphics-10/10-the screen is never blurry and the images are always clear. GO WIZET!!!
community-8/10-why i say this is because sum ppl are really noobs, but overall,most of the people are really nice.
music-10/10-perfect bgm.fits nicely w/ every city.very cheerful(btw for u runescape fans every doesnt have to be violence.the jagex losers play way to much old-fashoned music.wth is da point w/ runescape)
gameplay-9/10- the controls are quite confusing to start with at first,but pretty soon,ul b typin like i proper pro.it has the best party and guild system ever which runescape doesnt have and never will
chat sys.-10/10-best ever.jus press a key and u can talk to ur buddies,ur teammates(party mems),and guildmates.u can also whisper too.best of all, u get to control if u wana hear what their sayin or not.
-there is alot more i can say about but im jus to lazy to say so and it might take up alot of space
cons(uh-oh)-
-hakers-in every server(especialy in bera and windia)
-the game tends to lag
-ever since patch 0.45,the file size is around 600mb
-can also make the pc lag(temporarily happend to
my pc)
-slightly limited item storage
-ok im not gona continue this as it may give maple flamers and runescape fans an idea to offend maplestory k?
BTW DIS GAME AINT CHILDISH.ITS CALLED CREATIVITY.ppl who think tht runescape has beter graphics the litteraly blind or had bird poop dropped in their eyes.black dragons,goblins,old fashion trash.wizet also has abit of it but has a godam wide range of mosnters .not everything has to be pure violence does it?having sumthin cute and cheerful is nice for a change. jagex people are cheapstakes. their member service is FREAGGIN" LOUSY. nexon staff are ok ppl. they put up new stuff evry week and they arent bad ppl.they even hire GMs to ban hakers (and occasionaly noobs). overall. MAPLESTORY FTW
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Post Date: 17:51 13-11-2007
Rating: 10
Author: nasoaa
Comment: Wonderful everything. This game has such good graphics, community, item variety, monster variety, and freeness. I hope Nexon continues to do a great job. GO MAPLE!
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Post Date: 14:00 03-11-2007
Rating: 4
Author: xcriminal013
Comment: I loved this game at first. I played it nonstop, bt it suddenly got boring. I realized it was a grindfest, and apparently, Koreans love grindfests -_-'. I cannot begin to tell you how hard it is to level once you reach level 20. (reaching level 10 itself is a pain). The quests are unrewarding, for the exp that u receive from it is very small. the worst thing about this game is this; u will spend more time trying to raise ur exp bar up by a good 10% than u will buying items at an NPC. There really isnt any customization in this game, everyone looks the same. Unless you buy items from the cash shop, but i sersiously dont want to spend my money on this game. Besides, the monsters are very childish too. Please dont take this the wrong way Maplers, but seriosuly, try something more like guild wars. Its not too hard to get the money for Guild Wars either, all you have to do is mow 5 yards with your lawn mower for 10$ each per lawn. But please, i dont like seeing people wasting their life away on a pointless game. I love all gamers, but my love isnt within Maple Story. Peace. = /
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Post Date: 20:42 31-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: Axeforhire66
Comment: Maple Story is a very fun game that is easy to get into. At first, it seems to be very slow with nothing much going for it, but as soon as you get into the game and begin to make friends to play with, it becomes addicting and worthwhile. The gameplay is the first thing i noticed about this game; it is very different than most other mmos out there, being two dimensional and all. The fighting occurs in real-time, which is always a plus, and the varied weapons and armor you can get is really quite great. The game runs very smoothly and there is almost no lag, as long as you are playing on a decent computer. And as far as the community goes, the players are almost all willing to accociate with other players, making the game all the more enjoyable. There is only one problem that i found with the game, and that is the incredibly small friends and items lists. You have a limited amount of space to carry items and have only about 30 slots in your friends list, but other than that, Maple Story is a truely remarkable game that is worth the download.
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Post Date: 09:32 19-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: gallant30
Comment: A wonderful game. The person below me is a loser who says HUH HUH HUH all day. He does'nt even know how to spell you. Such an idiot.
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Post Date: 01:50 18-10-2007
Rating: 3
Author: WHOO
Comment: @luckiness Lol...
GMS is the lamest game ever made. If you dont have the brains to know people are rating this game a 0 because they hate it (we try to warn people not to download it!). By reading ur post it shows u think only people who like this game should review this game... The game is like mindless training... no point
Runescape is bad too
JMS is good stuff, thats why i give this game 3/10, not 0/10 which Gms deserves...
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Post Date: 18:36 16-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: Perionorg
Comment: MapleStory is a wonderful game with a great community, a great company, and a great everything. Really, try and see for yourself. I love it sooooooooo much.
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Post Date: 16:45 15-10-2007
Rating: 6
Author: mysticfoxbat
Comment: This used to be one of my favorite games. I've gotten to level 40 on my assassin. I really love the cute graphics and the friendly music, and starting out, the game play ended up being really fun for a while. You could meet friendly people out of random and have nice chats and they'd end up giving you some really nice items. Heck, I had so much fun with this game I probably bought over $50 worth of NX cash over the duration that I've spent playing it.
However, these days nexon has become very greedy for money to the point where they're excluding many players from events that require a person to purchase nx cash. Even though many players have commented on the events page on the nexon site saying they really dislike this AND the rating for that event has over 1000 players saying its "not cool," nexon has continued to ignore their complaints. Just shows that they really don't care for the players' opinions as long as they still rake in the cash. Also, after level 20, getting experience eventually ends up being monotonous so unless you have really come to like the game and have a lot of patience, you will probably give up on this game.
Don't get me wrong, there are still many things in this game that I find fun and unique when I play it once in a while, but I'm starting to face the facts and I'm probably going to part with it soon unless something great comes up.
If you have just started to play this game, I hope you enjoy it, but just keep in mind to not spend all your time and money on it. Keep an open mind because there are better games out there.
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Post Date: 16:05 15-10-2007
Rating: 5
Author: lomolord
Comment: Maple story has anime based chibis and the people who hate maple story are just big fat idiots who cant lvl up and live in basements.
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Post Date: 18:51 14-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: luckiness
Comment: Urgh , Dear Intelligent Rater , I Have noticed that you REALLY HATE Maplestory . By the way , Its not THAT hard to fill up that exp bar . I got to lvl 20 in 2 days . If you hate maple story , WHY ARE U EVEN REVIEWING HERE!? Thats the question that EVERYONE is wondering . Just to flame it ? If you hate it that much , how would you feel if someone said that Runescape is rubbish and so is a Total Runescape fan . Wow . Speechless huh ? This game is really nice if you really want something to ease your boredom .
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Post Date: 11:41 14-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: Into3553
Comment: Doesn"t come close to RuneScape? You must be an 8 year older right? Although MapleStory doesn"t have 3d graphics, its graphics are much better than RuneScape"s. I hate Runescape so much God. And RSHATER is right. Nexon does make 12 million a month. There are 73 million players who play MapleStory. I love Maple.
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Post Date: 08:36 14-10-2007
Rating: 0
Author: namcoo
Comment: where the frig did u hear nexon makes 12 million dollars a month?thats a lie.Maplestory doesnt even come as close to a pubic hair to have as much as players as runescape.would u rather play an outdated 2-D game or a 3-D game.there"s pletny of otehr MMo"s on the internet.that are better that take around the same size file of maplestory.maple |
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