If there server doesn't have hackers, over populated kids, and the exp was a little bit faster. It's one of the best anime-ish/ cute mmorpg out there. I recommend this game to new comers to mmorpgs.
Reputation: 17If there server doesn't have hackers, over populated kids, and the exp was a little bit faster. It's one of the best anime-ish/ cute mmorpg out there. I recommend this game to new comers to mmorpgs.
I think MapleStory is one of the finer games. Nice graphics, creative way to move around and fight. Too bad over half of the forum will disagree with us and just call it an insane grindfest. The bad community ruins it by a century too.
Reputation: 10Not only is it a grindfest, but I see no point in leveling whatsoever...
Sorry, but I'll have to disagree on this one for many reasons, I think it's far from being one the best MMORPG
its not that fun when you dont know ne real life friends that get on.
but if u do, then its FUN AS HELL! if u play, tell ur friends to play it, ull enjoy the game like 10x more, and the grind will be worth it!
Meh. It was merely okay. I like the idea, but there were certain aspects that bugged me, with the biggest one being the grind.
I give it props though, at least it tried something different.
If you name a reason i'll answer it.
You see no point in leveling?
New Items:P New Monsters to fight:P Now Zakum if you even know what it is.. and RANKING! w00t RANKING..
anymore questions why you think ms is "Ghey"
Say what? Ksers? Spoiled Little Kids?
If your mature you would walk away.
its a good game.. but the onlu downside of this game is: its very grindy, when u die ull lost 5 % and for some lvls 5% takes 20minutes to get, too many kids calling me noob even im 5x higher lvl than them, too many hackers.
if thos downsides r not in the game ill give it a 9.5/10 overall but with the downside ill give it a 6/10
In my opinion MapleStory is not the best MMORPG I've seen,but the most addictive,Very grindy but yeah graphics are nice,now I like sidescroller.and I just can wait for Gohst Online.But the community of MS is really bad,I mean they're so immature,stupid,racist but sometime you find really nice players![]()
Reputation: 10
Reputation: 21It's because there is a grind that there are botters. Either way, not every game has hacking per-say. On another note, the grind is too high for such high percentages of experience to be lost so easily. It's like you have 20920 points, and then you're chopped down to 20350. After that it takes a whole two hours to get those points back. The game is fairly average if you ask me...
People rarly die unless they go afk in a stupid place.. don't buy pots or go explore and fight something too strong..
why is maplestory so great?
Ask the 1m players playing it.
+ if you played the game long enough.. you would know that you want to lvl higher so you could kill better stuff.. if you ask a noob if he wanted to kill a lets say "viking" he'll be like OMFGBBQ HELL YEA. You gotta play maplestory long enough to understand whats "so" good about the game. If you get to lvl 50 which can take about 2 weeks.. lvl 21-30 u can go pq which is fun 35-51 you can pq which is also very fun and if you quit then it's truely not the right game for you.
i hate people that freaking whines about grinding. *eats them all* if you dont like grinding dont play. also people calling you a noob, does that really hurt?
and its true that its really fun with friends playing with you. (that goes for almost all games out there) this isnt a game where you have scenes not all mmorpgs have scenerios/story a single player game would need a story through if you want story/scenerios why nots just play console games "lol" oh yeah mmofps dont got stories as well i guess you should play that :P well i dont have a problem with hackers since the only version of maplestory i ever played was korean due to english version not working. even if i mastered korean and english at the same time i rather have english speakers around me than korean.OH NO SOMEONE CALLED ME A NOOB IMA GUNNA RUN TO MOMMY AND CRY "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"?
The grind makes MapleStory unique. I enjoy the grind, but i DON'T enjoy the trusts. Also looting, killstealing, defaming, and pointless negative activities. That goes into the category of community.
But still, I don't see how grinding is unique...
It's just the act of killing monsters for long periods of time to slowly level and gain money/items. How is it unique in Maple Story? And I mean technically, not just because it's on a 2D scale.
I'm not trying to be mean or anything, as I don't care what games people play, I'm just really curious as to what you mean.
i played it for 1 day during the very early lke .0300 open beta and got bored and left =\ they had no pvp then and still dont got pvp
Fun little game. Nice concept and it is addictive.........HOWEVER! Grind was more grind than most average games. Yea grind is in every game but some games make grind non-existent, at least increase the rate 2x that way it won't be as horrible and trust me MS on 2x exp is extremely fun and also the thing is most of the time you must and I mean MUST level on mobs that are either ohko or 2hko.
Party quests were fun though, that I must admit especially killing boss monsters. However the grind between just has no justice, the quest? Annoying AND not worthwhile, sure +1mil people play but just around +1 mil look at other grindfest such as *ahem* WoW and Guild Wars, and also Everquest. Grind yes, fun yes, rewarding quest? of course. I even find the quest in Cabal worth it and that game does have a grind.
Yes take out the horrible community and economy and you got yourself a great game, but as it is now crap game. I can be proven wrong but do I care? Game was fun while it lasted but it gave me a bad after taste.
Oh yea.............MAPLESTORY DRAMA SUCKS! Ilook foward to ghost soul however, but after playing MS I have rather low expectations on such games.
Go play Talesweaver............kick ass game and worth the grind!
I think the idea of making a 2D scroller into an mmorpg has always been a bad idea. It really limits your mobolity and your ability to dodge players on 3 dimensions rather than 2...
Also the death penalty is absolutley horrible...
The grind is also unbearable. You people who say you like the game would probably like Lineage 2, Silkroad, and other games of that nature were there is no point in grinding except to kill stronger monsters. To me that makes the game pretty pointless. You need involvment on a large scale, like Raiding in EQ2 and WoW, or something like battlegrounds or a good balanced PvP system.
To me Maple Story has always been a cheap knock off of a real RPG and just has a long grind.
I find maplestory ONLY fun when you first play it and IF you get addicted to it. Once you notice the really childish (I know tons of 12 year olds and younger play it) community, unforgiving economy (like if you lose 500k when you only had 517k, and it's your only character, it's extremely hard to get back up), and the unusually long death grind, it makes you wonder why do you even play the game. But the game is original and nice to look at without the blocky looking graphics like it was made in paint with nice details.
Reputation: 10Boring, repetetive, grindfest, etc, its like all the other generic korean MMOs, but on a side view, the angle doesn't matter, its all the same crap in the end. I've come to the conclusion that all free MMOs suck IMO, I quit some even after a few minutes, some after a few weeks, out of 30+ none kept my interest even an entire month.