Second round battle in the MMORPG Showdown series.
The Match-Up
Both of these colorful free MMOs faced and defeated other free MMOs in the first round. Conquer Online pulled out a surprise win over Gunz and Maple Story barely defeated RuneScape in a battle that was decided in the final hours of voting. This time however Maple Story had no trouble conquering Conquer Online in order to move onto the semi-finals. In fact Conquer Online registered the lowest score yet with a 0.75. Despite being a solid MMO with a strong position in the Asian fantasy theme niche (not to mention a higher score in GameOgre.com’s Review Directory) Conquer Online was simply no match for the popularity of Maple Story and its console-like graphics.
Tale of the Tape
Maple Story
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Free to play.
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Resembles a console platform game.
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Four classes that each have their own themed city.
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Offers a cash shop for special items.
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Over 200 MB download.
Versus
Conquer Online
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Extremely colorful anime 2D graphics.
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Based on Asian myths.
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Free to play.
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Players can be reborn to get bonus attributes.
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Good economy with trading taking place via market stalls.
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Cost money to leave a guild so tries to tone down guild hopping.
Select Comments For Maple Story (Edited for Presentation)
Rating: 8
Author: sylar
Comment: This game is very well done for a 2D game. Battle system is decent and fun enough to keep you hooked. Another plus is that people who can’t support huge games with awesome graphics can play this no sweat!
Rating: 10
Author: shaderun
Comment: Waaay better than Conquer Online. Simple and addicting with nice graphics.
Rating: 9
Author: Adeori
Comment: I myself enjoyed this game for awhile. The combat seems a little basic but it’s definitely well done for a 2D game. It deserves a 9 because the developers really did do a good job on it. It’s a great game for little kids and for people with low quality computers.
Select Comments for Conquer Online (Edited for Presentation)
Rating: 0
Author: gbwong
Comment: Cheap Diablo rip-off!
Rating: 2
Author: sylar
Comment: This game leaves much more to be desired. Maple Story is 2D and it totally annihilates this game!
Rating: 1
Author: shaderun
Comment: GBWong I totally agree. I have played this game and the Diablo 2 expansion. Diablo 2 has better controls and graphics. The only good point of this game is that the community isn’t that bad.
The Voting
Maple Story received a total score of 7.56
Conquer Online received a total score of 0.75
The Result
Maple Story Wins!
