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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: 6.2359550561798
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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, WTF!?
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. FCKING CRAPPY 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.maplestory FTL!
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Post Date: 21:14 10-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: RSHATER
Comment: I love this game. Stop being impatient. Once you get to the high levels, thats when the fun begins.See for yourself. Cashshop items are very cheap. No wonder Nexon earns 12 million a month while Jagex earns 5 million dollars a month.Ha
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Post Date: 20:38 09-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: maplestoryfan
Comment: 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.
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Post Date: 18:47 09-10-2007
Rating: 0
Author: Intelligent rater
Comment: Good graphics? Am I reading right? Are you people visually impaired? Not only is it 2D, but it"s just...ew.
People who gave this game a high rating should really shut up and wait "till their around level 20 or higher. See that bar next to the blue one? With barely any yellow? Meet the Experience bar, something that takes hours upon hours upon days to fill. Then it takes days upon weeks.
The monsters....this game was obviously targeted at 6 year olds who pretend their toy lightsabers have bazooka attachments. Mushrooms? Teddy Bears?
Telletubbies? I"d rather slay a King Black Dragon in Runescape than a stump with an axe in it.
The company that made this is even greedier than Jagex (Runescape"s creators that treat free-to-play players badly), with virtually everything costing money, even messaging. I"d rather pay an internet bill for 2,000$ for a good 50,000 messages anywhere than 1$ a message in this game. This game is a complete grind. After slaughtering 10,000 monsters you manage to gain a good 10 XP. Only 90,000 more to go, unless they"re weak like a snail. Seriously, if you like MS and are high level....you need to grow up and/or get a life. FAST. Eventually you"ll be a complete n00b that has no brain cells left, tlks in al chtspek, n mayb begggs. The community here is about a good 100,000 below Runescape on the Unwritten Rankings Chart of Communities.
In short, this is the stupidest game ever and completely sucks. Some people even had the gall to say this is better than RS. Well, let me tell you something. NO GAME IS WORSE THAN THIS ONE, NO GAME!!! It"s a waste of MB and time. You now have the following options:
1.Flame me even thoguh I"ll kick your butt in an argument
2.Change your mind about this game and thanks me
3.Not even downloading this and thank me for warning you ahead of time
Your choice.
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Post Date: 20:57 07-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: maplestorylover
Comment: This game IS amazing.
Graphics- Wonderful scenery and details.
Music- Very enjoyable to listen to.
Chat System-This has the BEST chat system.
Quests-Many and can be easy or hard.
Monsters-There are more than 500 monsters. This is not an exxageration.
Community-Very nice and informational.
Lesson-HATE RUNESCAPE!. P.S. MapleStory has more than 100 fansites. RuneScape has 2.
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Post Date: 17:44 07-10-2007
Rating: 7
Author: Nyeb
Comment: Y"know what? This game is pretty good. Repetitive, but good.
Sure you start off pretty bad, and enimies are tough when you get to the mainland, and all you"re doing is just repeatidly hitting cute, colorful animals that can kick your butt, and maybe the spells aren"t great until youve played this game for a few months, and maybe I am overusing the comma, But it"s still a good game.
I personally think the party and guild systems are pretty good. I made a few friends who, incidentally, were the reason I don"t play anymore. I mean, isn"t that why these are mmos and not just rpgs? My friends were cool, but they played all night every day, all day. That"s why I don"t play anymore.
Listen, people, don"t dedicate your life to this! Sure it"s free, sure it"s one of the better free games of this year, but its not that great. And besides, lets face it, you"ll all be playing the next great free game in a few months.
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Post Date: 16:35 07-10-2007
Rating: 2
Author: xenocide
Comment: I don't know, how old are you? Over 16 playing this? Read this please.
When you were 13, playing this game, you found it was nice and fun, because obviously flashy cartoons characters attract little kids like you. Puberty never happened, your 22 in your moms basement buy NX cash.
1. Jobs
-Thief= (mention you don't steal stuff) you throw stars (more like ninja but nexon doesn't have a dictionary) and cut people with knives.
-Bowman= this one makes a little more sense. Other then fact that you can't shoot stuff that's 1 metre away from you.
-Magician= Pretty lame, unless your level 50
-Warrior= Usually what the more ingorant people would choose, simple clubbing or cutting or slashing or poking. Or swiping.
-Forgot what the other class is, but screw hat one too.
Monsters= - forgot to mention it takes HOURSSS to level when your level 20 in maplestory, anyways don't know what's the point, oh yeah so oyu can fight tough hard monsters like mushrooms and snails and rocks. and tree stumps forgot, almost made the game look bad there! Bosses take a few years to beat. No biggie.
To tell the truth, I'm too frickin lazy to continue this. Just this is the truth shoved in your face you maple idiots
On the other hand if your under 16 playing I have no problem with you. Unless you think maplestory is best game ever. Stupid child.
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Post Date: 22:26 05-10-2007
Rating: 5
Author: whit3_sox24
Comment: Its a decent game. But I think you move around too slow. Plus it gets kind of annoying constantly pushing Z to pick up items. I cant say much about it since I didnt play very long. From what Ive seen it was a half-decent game especially since its free. My advice is to try it out. Although the download is pretty large.
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Post Date: 22:09 03-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: maplecutie
Comment: I learned about this game from friends. I personally love it, but it definitely is grinding, so I haven't gotten to a very high level before without quitting. However, it is a beautifully constructed game; the graphics and music are soothing and fun, and not confusing like Runescape. This game is for simple, -can't-read-maps-to-save-a-life- people, like me. This game also seems to be geared towards little kids, since everything is relatively pretty innocent. Yes, they do make quite a bit of money on the Cash Shop, and yes, there are SOOO many hackers, but if you want something innocent and relaxing, keep up with the Maplestory updates, and you won't regret it. Let's face it, it's a pretty fun game. Great for kids, and for everyone else!!!!
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Post Date: 18:38 01-10-2007
Rating: 10
Author: gogre30
Comment: MapleStory.
I rate it a 600 decillion.
Here is why.
Graphics- 100 out of 100. Okay. The graphics are probably the best out of any MMORPG. It is bright and colorful.
Gameplay-100 out of 100. It has high replaying abillities. Although you cant really finish it.
Quests- Many. And I MEAN MANY.
Music- The music is very claming and soothing and well composed.
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Post Date: 17:39 01-10-2007
Rating: 5
Author: bugmenot
Comment: Maple Story was garbage when it was in beta, and still is now. I can"t believe they are wasting the profits they made off of this on commercials... Anyone paying for this piece of trash I have this simple message for you...
Instead of paying money to a worthless game... How about paying for my College loan? It will be a wise investment I assure you =D!
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Post Date: 17:23 25-09-2007
Rating: 7
Author: Xtopher
Comment: Stop comparing it to Runescape, that game is a piece of trash and you could say anything is better than it.
The game is pretty fun until you start to get to higher levels, then it takes FOREVER to level, and all you do is grind. PvP is dumb, all you really do is press the attack button. I thought a sidescrolling MMO would be really cool, but this game just gets really boring after a while.
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Post Date: 17:52 23-09-2007
Rating: 10
Author: vertzero
Comment: this game rox very hard to lvl up but it worth everything i played 14 straight hours before
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Post Date: 11:10 22-09-2007
Rating: 10
Author: gallant30
Comment: MapleStory changed my life. It is so fun! It adds new thing almost every 2 days and adds a big update every month. The combat system is so much better than runescape's! The world is so giant and it keeps getting better. Thank you MAple!
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Post Date: 19:47 20-09-2007
Rating: 6
Author: memyselfandi
Comment: this game is fun as hell but its also the most grindiest game on the internet. and once a ps comes out a quarter of the maplestory population is gonna leave for it (including myself >_>) oh and the guy bellow me shouldnt compare maplestory to runescape as they are almost nothing alike. ill just give it a 6 because its fun.....until around lvl 25-35 then its like .02% a kill and just becomes SOOOO freaking boring. Evil Tip: ks hackers using the vac hack only listen to this if think you wont get banned lol....
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Post Date: 16:48 19-09-2007
Rating: 10
Author: gallant30
Comment: MapleStory is defenitely the best game ever.
Graphics- The graphics are obviously the best in any 2d MMORPG. Much better than Runescapes.
Monsters- There are hundreds of detailed monsters in MapleStory. NOT only mushrooms or teddybears!
Music-Music is very soothing to listen too
Gameplay- It isnt just grind! You can talk to your friends and do quests and a whole bunch of other stuff.
MapleStory-10 Runescape -100000000000000000000000
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Post Date: 22:43 18-09-2007
Rating: 0
Author: xevious
Comment: The concept of a 2d sidescrolling mmo is cool, but god this game sucks. with all the gouging (1$ to send a message) it seems like this game was treated more like a financial venture than an actual mmo. the massive amounts of $$$$ you have to spend is better burned than wasted on this. the community is the worst i have ever seen, topping even RS. The gameplay is made primarily up of 3 things: Grind,Grind and Grind. Grinding is all you do i this game aside from an occasional minigame. PKing is pretty much a "Who is the fastest clicker?" contest, 'Nuff said. the game feels like fisher price made it, as all the enemies you fight are pink teddy bears, lego golems and extras from disney movies (also, the most powerful enemy in the entire game is a swirling mass of energy, which is pretty uncreative). the only good note is the concept, which was flawed in its presentation. (P.S: I wish were kidding about the enemies, see for yourself.)
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Post Date: 16:14 17-09-2007
Rating: 10
Author: Lucivar7
Comment: Wow, most of these reviews are from preteens who cant even spell right. Which is who mostly play the game.
This game is about as good as it gets for a 2d sidescrolling mmo. Its the first of its kind so you cant really judge it against other games. If you dont like it then dont play it.
The game is fun with the cash shop having a lot of things to offer.
The big downside to this game is all the extremely young people playing it. But its aimed towards them so i guess you cant realy complain...
Grinding is the other downside of the game but just about every single mmo out there consists largely of grinding minus COH and a few others. Even quests in most games require you to grind a large amount.
Anyways yeah.. thats it
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Post Date: 15:55 09-09-2007
Rating: 5
Author: Apathyman17
Comment: Its free, its 2D, average gameplay, lots of people, but hacking is a HUGE problem. I mean a REALLY BIG PROBLEM!!! Has some interesting job choices, but takes a really long time to level up in this game. Its pretty average but maybe worth playing.
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Post Date: 14:55 09-09-2007
Rating: 8
Author: IcyDrummer
Comment: i love this game, but then again it does get boring when you have to kill about 10,000 monsters for just one level, but other than that, it is large, and a lot of things to do, i love the fact that there are different classes and that skills are pretty fun to use some of them. I recommend this game, but you have to want to play a lot to be strong. The NX Cash (Money you pay for) is a good idea, and is an added twist on the game, i actually like this idea because it keeps the game F2P(Free to Play) instead of P2P(Pay to Play) and it gives you more looks or a pet to help out. 8/10
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Post Date: 12:56 05-09-2007
Rating: 8
Author: xXAilemeaXx
Comment: I've played Maplestory during the hols, and honestly, I have to say it rocks. I mainly slack in the game though, because the point isn't to grind all the time. I've played for a month, slacking, and still could reach lvl 42. I don't get bored of Maple... because I'm always making friends in the game, chatting, laughing, enjoying. If you want to grind, grind, grind, well, ask a friend to grind with you! I myself have never grinded before; I always wander about the whole world and fight monsters while passing. For a month. So no, it doesn't take 3 weeks to level to lvl 20. There are hackers? So what. They don't bother you. And I barely see them at all. Just switch channels if you don't want to stay in the same place as the hacker. Tell you what, the big problem is that, it's MapleGlobal that has many hackers. Some other versions of Maple, like MapleSEA, in which I'm playing, there aren't that many hackers at all. Although it doesn't deserve a 10, yes, it gets boring sometimes, but if you have determination to continue, and for me, stick with my friends on Maple, the boringness will go away. You can always play, once a week, or something if you're bored, because nobody's forcing you to go online for 10 hours a day.
Graphics: 9/10
I have to admit, it's cute, but only sometimes. I can't really say the mushrooms are cute. Because they're EVIL. The graphics are as good as any 2D free MMORPG could go.
Music: 8/10
I like the music. It's soothing. If you don't like it, well, I think you just listened to too much rock/pop music. I listen to those too, but this music is good too, even though it's not rock/pop, whatever.
Community: 8/10
The community is friendly, and willing to help you. Yes, I know there are hackers. >_> Bear with them. Help the GMs ban them by reporting, and switch to the next channel. =.= Is that really VERY hard to do? As for the noob-calling... well, do you blame them for looking at others and remembering the time when they just started Maple? I'm not a pro, but when I look at beginners, it remembers me of when I was lvl 9. And I call myself noob too. So there.
Gameplay: 7/10
The attacks are all cool, and there are many skills to choose from. The graphics of the skills are also cool. *_* Well, some are cute. ^_^ Enjoy the sensation of jumping about, dodging monsters, and attacking them. Muahahaha, revenge... -ahem-
GMs: 8/10
For pete's sake, stop saying they don't do anything. I would like to see you being a GM, adding new additions in the game, testing it out, debating on problems, and at the same time trying to enjoy the game too. They're doing this for YOU, not for themselves. Stop complaining already. So many hackers, unable to ban them? Well, let's blame ourselves. Some idiotic people just go report people for NO REASON WHATSOEVER and they get banned then complain they got banned for no reason. =.= And the hackers? Well, do you really think they will let you spot them and get reported? Yes, some are spotted, but they still try to run away.
On the overall, I'll say this is a great game, if you don't keep grinding, grinding, grinding all the time. Relax and enjoy the game.
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Post Date: 05:40 04-09-2007
Rating: 8
Author: PkingViper
Comment: It is a good game! I dabbled in it and got to level 39 I'm a cleric or almost a cleric I can't remember but i'm not going to play it again. I stil like A good 8 with me!
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Post Date: 12:06 03-09-2007
Rating: 5
Author: Armagopalypse
Comment: By the way, just want to point this out. All the people who made their posts when they were lvl 16 should really play longer before they say anything. Yeah, when you're leveling about 2-3 times a day it's all fine and good, but once you hit around level forty the game drops down hill at a ninety degree slope.
All you do is grind. Grind. Grind. And if you get tired of grinding...you grind some more. Sure, there are PQs, as long as you're willing to wait up to hours in a "survival of the fastest clicker" situation. And if you slip up and die, at higher levels you can be undoing hours or even days of pathetically boring grinding. I managed to get my hunter to level 48 (and honestly I still can't believe it). Now with the double xp, double items, etc. cards people willing to pour insane amounts of money into the game have an incredibly unfair advantage. The graphics, while 2D, aren't really that bad, and trust me they'll be the least of your complaints.
And I disagree with people saying the it's not fair to judge a game on its community. A good community can make or break an MMO. And maple's community definantly makes it. It's filled with nothing but preteens who constantly spam general chat (which by the way you have to spend about a buck per message to use) with innuendo trying to sound like they aren't the lifeless ten year old that they are. The market system is horrible. In order to set up any kind of shape you have to fork over more cash (and I mean REAL cash). So yeah, this game is KINDA fun up to level 30, by level 40 its slown down a lot, and once your into the 40s it's just a chore.
Unless you enjoy ten year olds calling you a "nub" every 5 seconds, spending pathetically long to try to sell and buy items to other players, leveling just for the sake of leveling, and spending your evenings killing mobile mushrooms, save yourself some time and choose a better MMO.
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Post Date: 02:32 03-09-2007
Rating: 6
Author: kissmyplasticarse
Comment: The game's only fun when you are low level. I have a level 50 bandit that I quit months ago. The reason I quit was because it was too hard to level up. And there is virtually no partying so you're always by yourself. Also, there are way to way hackers. Last time I was playing, there were freaking level 20's botting at slime tree. AND I KNEW LEVEL 70's THAT GOT THERE BY HACKING. Seriously. I didn't know who worked for their levels or not. Bandit is one of the hardest classes to level and I got tired of cbing all the time using a bunch of expensive mana pots. The community is made up of little kids. OH I guess a good feature of this game are the PQ's. But the leveling part is what made me leave. At least in FLYFF (what I'm playing now) there are parties.
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Post Date: 12:35 02-09-2007
Rating: 0
Author: bigbitte
Comment: mapple story help me god x_x i opened this game and when i saw the graphic i was like omg wth is that then when i started 2 play i was like omg -.- and afta 10 mins! YEAH 10 MINS ! i couldnt last more than that. i fell asleep lmao! and and when i woke up! i deleted it xD YES xD PEACE OUT !
ps:mapple is yummy <3
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Post Date: 20:37 28-08-2007
Rating: 9
Author: guNmyriaD
Comment: I really like this game, I pretty much just started and am at level 16. The enemies are easy to kill, but levels require unbelievable amounts of experience as time progresses (and I'm only level 16..!). But I'm not an impatient person like 90% of the world; I could care less how long it takes me to level, so long as I know I'll get a reward like a better weapon.
Oh, and for people complaining about the game because it is too hard/childish/unfriendly, here's my response:
1) The game isn't that hard, it just takes a while. An easy game isn't always a good game.
2) Childish? Why does everything have to be violent, dark and gory? Sometimes cute and colorful is good for a change, so don't hold this against the game. Stop being an idiot and have an open mind on things.
3) I truthfully don't think a game's community should be used against the game itself, because the Devs don't necessarily create the community. Young players might play it, but not all young players are bad, and not all of them are young players. Plus, not everybody says "noob" either - everyone I come across is nice and polite. You're just running into some bad people; instead of getting up and leave, stay and see for what the game really is before you make a useless review.
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Post Date: 14:03 27-08-2007
Rating: 2
Author: Adio01
Comment: games boring till 30 once again gets better at 2nd job adv i couldnt last in this game it was to childish most ppl i meet in game where 7- 10 yr's old it also can be annoying getting new armor as a newbie because u have to travel threw strong monsters
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Post Date: 16:47 23-08-2007
Rating: 10
Author: geng9
Comment: This game is amazing. There are not only 4 places to go, there are tons of them. Plus they just added 2 of them. This game is always growing, so there is no reason to be bored of it.
Pros:
Great gameplay
Friendly community
Wide variety of character classes
You can change the controls to your liking
Nice guild and party system
Each class has differant strengths and weaknesses
An interesting party quest system where you team up to overcome difficult quests and earn prizes
Cons:
Graphics aren't the best
Gets somewhat hard to level when you are at higher levels
It can be laggy sometimes due to the large number of people logged in.
BEGGERS it's always people asking like: Mesos plox, free items plz i got hacked, who is nice enough to give me stuff pwease!
It can get somewhat repeative as you level up 5-10 times and get new armour and weapons and quests.
I enjoy this game very much and will contunue to play it. I recommend this game to everyone that like smooth gameplay and a large community.
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Post Date: 12:41 23-08-2007
Rating: 10
Author: TrueGamer
Comment: There not just 4 places to go to... theres about 10 now..they just added 2 towns! and community is nice quests are ok but weapons and speacil skills are cool and there are cash items witch dont exactly requir a credit card are any of that theres also nexxon game cash cards! nd again thunderfingers it does NOT take months to lvl.
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Post Date: 07:02 22-08-2007
Rating: 1
Author: thunderfingers
Comment: It was fun to play on the newbie island for a while. This game had a great tutorial. However, once you actually start playing the game the horrible truth is revealed that there are but FOUR places to go. Until, that is, you reach some ungodly level that would waste months of your life.
The graphics are somewhat cartoony with a splash of shiny circles and junk thrown in. I hate that the random armor and weapon drops are not actual armor but t-shirts and surfboards. Who wants to be a warrior wearing a t-shirt and wielding a freaking surfboard? The saddest thing is that the surfboards do more damage than weapons bought in the shop.
The community of players is not surprisingly made up of what seems to be snobby 14-year-olds that made their parents buy them the gangsta-looking cash items in the game's shop. Ugh...I've never had such a visually haunting experience as seeing about a hundred girly-looking cartoons hop up and down on my laptop screen and call me a n00b.
The screenshot above shows a bunch of stumps. That's basically all you will fight in levels 12-20 over and over. You will also notice the two characters seen in the shot. Even though they are obviously different ethnicities, they still look EXACTLY THE FREAKING SAME. Everyone does, unless you give the site money.
Do not play this game. Ever.
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Post Date: 07:15 20-08-2007
Rating: 10
Author: Vaughn
Comment: Great game, wonderfull style really, the community however CAN BE JERKS it depends... ive never had any probs with the people around there exept for beggars there are loads of those and its horrible xD... anyhow the gameplay is really smooth, there arent to many skills (pityfull) but still i love playing this game... especially when ur doing absolutly nothing with a party :p
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Post Date: 21:46 19-08-2007
Rating: 2
Author: YourMom.
Comment: Dude,This game is awful.
Its Pretty Straightup from there.
Its all Good and stuff until you hit like lvl 30
Cause until then,Youre gonna get Scammed or Hacked.
Its true.
Happened to Meh lvl 50 Assassin.
I was mad.
So..Yeah The Community bad.Graphics Suprisingly Medium-good.It costs Money Just to use In-game Items for only 100 DAYS.Now that is wrong.
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Post Date: 08:27 18-08-2007
Rating: 3
Author: Xepher
Comment: i would giv this a 3 outta ten cause it amkes my frends not hang with me any more and the community is bad.people running around calling u a noob.and levelling up is like the worst part.when u r like lvl 43 it takes about 2 days to level up.graphics,ok...the 2d characters not that gr8 but the 3d backrounds r kinda good.
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Post Date: 18:06 17-08-2007
Rating: 0
Author: Kero
Comment: Bad:
1. Takes too long to level up.
2. Evryones a jerk to you and calls you noob
3. You get banned for no reson
4. Too many asains play
5. Way to hard
6. Looks cool but sucks
7. constantly get kill shared
8. Evryone scams you
9. Wepons too expansive
10. Gets boring after level 10
11. Bad graphics
12. Boring skills for most
13. too many people are perverts
14. theres lots of queer people
15. many dont even speak english
16. Evryone who plays has no life
17. Its realy dumb plots and mini plots
18. theres summon things that kill you alot
19. You lose alot if you die, whitch is very esay to do
20. Its just plain Gay
Good:
1. Some people speak english
So basicly the game is horrible.
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Post Date: 04:36 14-08-2007
Rating: 10
Author: rainoflife
Comment: THIS GAME ROCKS!
its original, creative and has two little black slits for eyes.
for all you people who rated 5> well, [puts on F5 emote] ok, done swearing in chinese.
if your complaining about lvling, play a private server geniuses.
DON"T BE AGIST! IT"S NOT CALLED A BABY GAME IT"S CALLED CREATIVITY!!
sure the community is bad, but really the only real con is the developer nexon
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Post Date: 18:17 13-08-2007
Rating: 0
Author: TrueMOD
Comment: Quests: 0/10
someone said rewarding? WHERE? working 2-3 days on a quest and gaining 200 xp from it while you need 5.000.000 for a lvl up is far away from being rewarding. Also the items you gain from quests will most likely be NPCd. I also dont know if you call it fun to do quests like "Kill 2500 Zombie Monkeys in a little tree where 6 other players will KS the hell out of you and you will never ever finish"
Gamplay: 3/10
The "designers" kinda screwed things up big time. While designing really nice jump and run maps they didnt take into consideration that the game is online so you might find yourself jumping up a map for 30 minutes just to fall back to very beginning due to the fact your jump key didnt react since a huge wave of lag hit the servers (once again). Also at times you can almost get a castlevania gamefeeling from moving your char...at times!
Sound: 3/10
Really...turn off the sound and run your own custom trax. I fell asleep several times in front of the comp "cause the music is so soft and slow. I have to admit though that the music fits the game.
Graphics: 8/10
Sure thing. The 3D engine casts a nice 2D environment to your comp with nice graphics that are only 8 bit style though (yes 8 BIT)
Community: -10/10
Wow...one of the worst communities ever.
"Items pl0x" or "mesos plz" are just the normal ones...the community is one of the greediest ones ever in a mmorpg. Prices may raise to ten times or more of their original price in 1 hour because a rumor is spread about a new update...or just because ppl became more greedy. You can never know what items costs what because when you figured out it most problably costs already the double of that or more. Do me a favor and just watch the chat for 5 minutes. What you will read is more than pathetic. 10 years old pretend to be the toughest guys on this planet. The spelling in game is as worse as the community.
Seriously...while watching the chat you will get the impression 95% of the community are mentally disabled or at an age of 3 or below.
The company: 0/10
While the company runs the game in many parts of the world...there WAS one global version. The global version more and more turned into US only still wearing the name global like the USA would be world. For now it is even "impossible" (there are workarounds) for players outside the usa to sign up for GLOBAL maple story. Nice politics...
I dont know about you but I play online games to play with others from all over the world...not only with my neighbours. Their politics went so far that other games published and ran by them are ONLY available to americans stating there are localized versions for other countries BUT they dont exist.
Now you have the following options:
-If youre a fanboy start flaming me
-Youre still curious and download and find out that Im all right about that
-You search for another game and thank me for preventing you from downloading this horrible game
-If youre a fanboy and already stopped flaming me you can offer me on my 72 crusader with perfect attributes (60 dex cap, 4 int 4 luck) and perfect skilling and some nx cash items like lvl 15+ pet and changed hair and skin :P
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Post Date: 06:56 13-08-2007
Rating: 7
Author: pokerhappy
Comment: This is a pretty good game especially if you dont have the computor to support games like WoW, or guildwars, ect. D4nTheM4n, there are some cooler monsters than only mushrooms and snails. There are golems, dragons, and (this is kinda stupid i must admit....) PIGS! I have looked at the later reveiws, some saying there are no skills, yes there are skills, If you didnt know that, you must not have gotten very far in the game at all, which means you could not make a valid reveiw.... Once you get to lvl 15, it gets harder leveling up, but manageable, and once you get to level 25, people will want you to PQ with them, which is a lot easier to level up....
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Post Date: 19:30 10-08-2007
Rating: 1
Author: D4nTheM4n
Comment: Wow, the players that you make are little kids, also what is up with all the monsters that are mushrooms and snails get something a little more cooler. If you download this game prepare for a whole lot of cookies, viruses, and popups on your computer. I agree with Angleofdeath every pro that plays that game will call you a noob for the hell of it.
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Post Date: 05:18 10-08-2007
Rating: 4
Author: jegsar
Comment: At first it was really fun. Graphics were good but I agree a bit with AngelofDeath. Every pro calls you a noob and 75% of the community are out there to scam u. Leveling from 10 - 21 is annoying but from 21 - 30 it is pretty good coz u can do pq. Once i got to lvl 31 i stuffed my assasin skills then some chick hacked me and changed my Pin. The game was good until i got hacked.
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Post Date: 01:20 10-08-2007
Rating: 1
Author: AngelofDeath1234
Comment: Wow, ok how should i start. Well it stinks. Really stinks. It was a horrible game to play. Me and my friend played for a while i got to lvl (23) she got to some obscenely large number and we both agreed it was terrible. This game is ok in moderation. It just stinks so much because its a pain in the butt to lvl. High lvl monsters screw u over in noob areas unless u really good at running. Every pro calls u a noob. They trick people (they tricked me to go to a high lvl place at 9) so u have to make a new char. Their rules are stupid, and usually get disobeyed. They trying too hard to make money. Its just not fun if they like pushing u to buy their stuff. HAlf the stores need real money. but fun for a litttle while. Kinda exciting to get to ur first/second job then gets boring.
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Post Date: 19:54 09-08-2007
Rating: 9
Author: braveman2
Comment: This is a very fun game. You may think leveling is hard then just wait. This game is very addictive. If you have never played though. I once showed my friend this. She hated it but once she played this she couldn't stop. She still is playing to this day. I'm not as easy to take though. I recommend this game. I'm still playing but I'm not as addicted as first.
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Post Date: 20:29 08-08-2007
Rating: 7
Author: Sylexus
Comment: Those of u hu said this game totaly sux r half rite first of all... lego monkey if u think lvl 20 is hard than u r a ***** hu has the attention span of a peanut.
Muzicangel thats sad if it takes u a year to get to lvl 10. -.-'
sl8yer go play runescape if u think lvl 20 is too hard in 3 weeks
and madcram needs to learn how to read so he doesnt stay in the tutorial for 21 lvls
yes the gms r lazy crap
and the community sux but still... it takes patience...
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Post Date: 09:05 08-08-2007
Rating: 3
Author: lego_monkey2
Comment: Okay I have been playing MapleStory for a long time and the first 9 levs where great but right when you get to lev 20 it is super hard to lev up weeks later your almost will than you die and lose all of you exp thats why i quit this game. but im not saying dont play some people like it i for one HATE IT!!!!
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Post Date: 17:41 07-08-2007
Rating: 0
Author: mrpockets021
Comment: This game stinks"."
its pretty addicting but get very very very etc. boring once u hit lvl 30 since nothing pretty much changes, u kill monsters, lvl up, kill more (note starter monsters are snails and giant cute mushrooms wtf) and then kill more vaigly cute monsters. small words, lacks unique gameplay stuff, all u do is kill, thats not fun in this game though......feels like pickin on lil" ppl
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Post Date: 01:12 04-08-2007
Rating: 2
Author: MuzicAngel
Comment: IF YOU"RE THINKING OF PLAYING MAPLESTORY, READ THIS:
Okay, so I"ve been playing MapleStory since last year, and I quit a few months ago. When I first joined, I was pretty addicted to this game. It was because everything seemed so cute and leveling is easy. Not to mention I made some friends. But then when I got to level 10+, I realised that I needed NX because my character just kept getting uglier. Maplestory has really ugly clothes, unless you buy the cash shop clothes. The cash shop clothes only last for 3 months and then you have to buy them again. I was annoyed but whatever. Then as I started becomming more and more high leveled, everything seemed like just getting exp. There are ALOT OF HACKERS IN THIS GAME, trust me. If you start to hit monsters in the same map as another person, they will usually yell at you to change channel. You can"t really talk much to people, because most of them are leveling freaks. There are alot of nasty people in this game who will defame you for no reason. Almost everyone who reaches lvl 70+ will soon quit. I"m serious. Because this game is really really boring! Leveling takes more than 10 hours, but now you can buy those 2x exp cards ONLY IF YOU PAY REAL MONEY. Which makes it really unfair for those who cannot get nx. Overall, I guess that most people are right that MAPLESTORY STINKS!!!!
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Post Date: 16:35 01-08-2007
Rating: 0
Author: jmaniscool
Comment: Words cannot describe the utter hatred i hold in my heart for this game. You start off on this little island 5 squares large, and i start on my little adventure, whoop de doo...
i hear people saying "WOAH!!!11! U GOT AW SURFBOARD WEAPON OMFG CNI HAVe!!111!!1" Who the hell would put a surfboard as a weapon for this game?
The visuals were pretty nice for 2 dimensions, i'll admit that, but i quickly found myself being beaten to a pulp by a freakin mushroom.there arent even any skills.
it may just be that i had a bad experience with this game, but i just got bored in about 2 hours
P.S. a TUXEDO for WEDDINGS for 100,000 money? why?!?!
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Post Date: 16:52 31-07-2007
Rating: 9
Author: Superdude178
Comment: READ MY REVIEW PLZ!
I"ve played Maplestory for about a year now, and everytime I made a character I screwed him up. But now I know how to play well and It"s a lot better. if people say It"s boring It"s because they are either lvled up and have a harder time lvling, or they just are bad. There aren"t that many hackers (in my worlds), the community is pretty nice and although it"s in 2D, you"ll still get enhanced in the game. Great graphics for being 2D, and it"s overall just a good game.
Pro"s
-Nice Community
-Good Graphics
-Awsome Clothes and Equipment :P
Con"s
-Yes, there are hackers
-Hard to lvl once high lvled
-Quests aren"t always set up right
Thank you for reading my review.
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Post Date: 18:29 30-07-2007
Rating: 9
Author: sportzbabe225
Comment: I've been playing Maple Story for a short while, but I must say, it is a great game! The grahphics are 2D and very cute! Its great for both solo players as well as those who like to interact with others. The Quests are quite fun and most of them are very rewarding. And, personally, I think it's great that you get to choose different jobs which show a uniqueness in everyone!
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Post Date: 01:48 28-07-2007
Rating: 10
Author: auron1000000
Comment: most of the bad reviews are total B.S. there are barely any hackers anymore (on scania atleast) its not pointless, and its not hard either all you gotta do is stay focused and you can level very fast, and boring BS! last night i stayed up till 6am in the morning and i still was doing TONNES... if you think this game is boring did you...
a) reach atleast lvl.15
b) go on a party quest
c) update equipment often
i'd give this game a 10 for sound, a 10+ for effects a 10+ for pets, a 7 for community, and a 9 for fightin
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Post Date: 05:54 27-07-2007
Rating: 10
Author: rainbowwind
Comment: I am giving it a 10 now i would like EVERYONE to read this, and to listen to me.
You are not reviewing only of what you think. but of what other people are thinking.
Maple is as good as it gets for free MMO"s.
The people are great, even the hackers are nice (you didnt read that)
The best part is when you and a friend play together, grinding is fun when you have 2 people, and if you can tell me one MMO that doesnt make you grind at least once, you are lying. Yes that is the main way of leveling, BUT this is how i have met all my friends so far. The grafics are cartoony, but that doesnt effect gameplay at all, it enhances it. I took in to account how many more people"s computers had the specs to run maple, rather then WoW (42 priest), and then i realized how much better of a game this was for a casual gamer, it doesnt get better then this.
------------------Pro"s------------------
Community is great
The Tutorial Helps alot
fun grinding? you bet
giant mushrooms, come on...
------------_Con"s_----------
hackers sigh...(not that many of them)
not for the easily bored or the Unfriendly types
Unique Slang, that takes some getting used too
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Post Date: 14:24 25-07-2007
Rating: 7
Author: Toketsu
Comment: It's overall a okay game BUT im lvl 40 and i have a character with near pefect stats and it is so hard to lvl it is even hard to lvl at 15! i mean it is still fun i get on to hang out with my pals and chat and the clothes are awsome and the graphics are cute for a 2D. my sis though has a lvl 81 and she cant take it anymore she quite and went to wow. But still good free online game probably one of the better ones out there so i would at least try it.
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Post Date: 02:10 24-07-2007
Rating: 10
Author: burnap
Comment: Very fun and different. So tired of stupid/RS/EQ clones that i could throw up! why people down an orginal game with personaility is beyond me.
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Post Date: 20:47 22-07-2007
Rating: 10
Author: sk8rhog
Comment: wow, how about you shut up chav, no one wants to hear you winning about how bad you think this game is because you prob couldn"t do it or was treated like garbage(I couldn"t possibly think why?)so how about YOU grow up, find something to DO with your pathetic life and post some DECENT reviews OR DON"T POST AT-ALL, my god!
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Post Date: 15:38 19-07-2007
Rating: 0
Author: knightnamcoo
Comment: You Guys Actually think this is a good game?you guys are Hilarious ITS 2D LOL do u wanna play a game from the 1990's? Or a beautiful Graphics game like Rappelz? Horrible Combat System and its funny when I see people actaully play a game like this.THey tihkn its qcute oh the characters are so cute GROW UP.The mods never do anything and there is Hacks.BAD Community no one wants to help noobs.I help my head off even Runescape is better then this lol.And pkwiz0 the Community isn't nice so SHHHHHH.Don't be freakin flamin me either.
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Post Date: 01:58 13-07-2007
Rating: 0
Author: higyhigy
Comment: This game is lame!!!!. When you walk up to a monster and you said "hey there a monster let"s attack it!" but then it walk up to your feet and BAM!!, you get knock back a few feet from the monster. Then again you walk up to the monster because you want to kill it "OOPS!!!" you walk to far and then you get knock back again. Sure if was for the first few days, you hear the music sounds cool. But then a few days later you do the same things over and over again, killing the same old monster, and it takes FOR-EV-AH to level up... like a year... maybe a century(except when you start)! And when you did level up it just get harder and harder. And when you wanted to change job you needed a certain stats. It still beter than runescape but it still is bad!! And you only get a few jobs(runescape has none HA!), and each time you level up you get only 5 stat point and 3 skill point, HOW DUMB IS THAT!!. And if you find a good training place for you like that henesy training ground sometimes...no most of the time they have a high level like a level 40+ guy and steal your monster and then you can"t train there anymore. And the most stupid thing in maplestory: they have HACKS! People that know hacks and just vacumm all the item and monster to them so they could have thier private battle and each time they attack they hit every monster on the map! I hate when they do that, just like i hate this game.
Note: Do not play this game!!
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Post Date: 08:42 03-07-2007
Rating: 0
Author: XxNerdlyxX
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