Ragnorocked: Tree of Savior Trailer brings back classic Ragnarok nostalgia

Michael Dunaway
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For many, Ragnarok Online 2 was an ill attempt at a proper sequel to the original. The third-person MMO did little to fill the Poring sized hole in player's hearts that ached for a successor worthy of being called a spiritual sequel to Ragnarok. Well I am here today to say the first trailer for Tree of Saviour might do just that.

Originally codenamed Project R1, Tree of Savior is an upcoming Korean action MMO whose graphics immediately remind us of an updated Ragnarok, and for good reason. The MMO is being developed by IMC Games with the project being spearheaded by none other than Hakkyu Kim, considered by many to be the "father of Ragnarok Online". Kim actually had a hand in developing Ragnarok Online 2, but parted ways with its developer, Gravity Interactive before its completion.

Tree of Savior features incredibly colorful environments, thanks to a combination of 2D characters and a mixture of 2D and 3D environments, with some bosses also being 3D. The unique artstyle blend helps sell Tree of Savior as an updated take on Ragnarok rather than an entirely different type of MMO. That's not to say Tree of Savior hasn't adopted some modern gaming traits. The MMO does feature a non-target based combat system which, when coupled with the camera angle, draws similarities to ARPG's.

IMC Games debuted the trailer at this year's G-Star in Busan, Korea. During the presentation, IMC Games stated Tree of Savior Online possessed 80 different classes to play and 200 unique bosses. The first round of testing is scheduled to begin in February 2014, with no word yet on when or even if the game will head to the West.

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Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway, News Editor

Michael Dunaway has been part of the MMOBomb team for years and has covered practically every major Free-to-Play MMO title since 2009.

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Discussion (52)

Okami Maru 11 years ago
Fact is that RO2 is closing on the KOREAN servers where as RO1 is not only NOT closing but is still quite strong after 10 years... i do hope that Warpportal (the american/international publisher for RO1/RO2) gets ahold of this game... as a RO1 vet of 8+ years this game looks very promising... im looking forward to actually playing this game... so far no other MMO has been able to hold a candle (in my opinion) to RO1... RO2 isnt the same on any level... if they were going to make a 3d MMO with the RO name it should have been an EXACT copy of the original only with 3D characters/monsters... people who never played the original may enjoy it but most RO1 players never bothered... too little content for most players...

alljolly 11 years ago
oh!since i bothered to read ,even better news.this game might dont be released at all!nice,looks like santa is mounting rudolf early this year,houhou

alljolly 11 years ago
great!now to the favorite game of waiting for this games to hit this continent!sigh

Savalia 11 years ago
You're all sad, raging at RO2 because you can't let go of the past. You have no real legitimate gripe, just pissed cause they made it 3D with updated game mechanics. Well boohoo. All things must change, get over it and your melodramatics. RO2 is in fact a good game and when you pull your heads out the back of your asses and stop b!tching that its not a RO1 clone (what you really want) and that its not 2D, than you'll see the sunlight and move on.

Gerard: I'm afraid your "2cents" as you put it does not matter. What I'm sensing here is a butthurt RO1 troll pissed off cause Yumegami doesn't agree with the absolute bullshit you're trying to force down his throat. :P Whether you accept it or not, its it's not a fact that RO1 is better than RO2 or vice versa. It is a matter of opinion. Raging that a person is "stupid" or flawed because their opinion is contrast to yours makes you exactly what you claim Yumegami to be, a troll :D.

B.D.: -_- I can definitely see how mature you are (sarcasm). Raging because someone's preference is towards 3D style gameplay rather than 2D while at the same time shouthing "GROW UP" as you leave in a childish fit; makes you just as immature as those you claim to be.

Atonal: Sorry to burst your bubble V.V. However, reality check :3. "RO2 is NOT a good game." is your opinion not fact. No matter how much you wish it were fact. Whether you're for it or against it, its all opinion in the end :D.

LOLB*TCHPLS: V.V Your ignorance speaks for itself. Commenting on you would amount to nothing more than nurturing your stupid and immaturity.

Welp I'll get back to RO1 and RO2. I've wasted enough time here. :D Laters

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CRAP GAME 11 years ago
GAME IS CRAP SH IT GAME NOOBS

Rano 11 years ago
it will get a epic game

jvialek 11 years ago
you just cant go wrong with that kind of gameplay and art. im looking forward to hearing more from this game.

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Miky 11 years ago
I've been seriously waiting for this game when it was called Project R1, RO1 successor or not, its made by Hakkyu Kim. I love that guy and his awesome game ideas, he'll make it so damn popular like RO1 and the game will be beyond amazing. Looking forward to this! :D

TFOD 11 years ago
Something I find interesting about this would be the amount of thought input needed to create the "Ultimate Character" (or to be one of the top characters anyways). Since there are 80 job classes and I am assuming unique skill and stat builds too.

Which is pretty awesome because in RO there is a level cap that when reached, most of the character classes become less unique. Paladin A and Paladin B will seem almost the same in Skill/Stats which almost makes me feel less accomplished :(.

The difference with this game (Tree of Savior) is that it will force us to think more about what we are doing in the game, how it will affect us.

Can't wait to play! :D

hovsep 11 years ago
this game looks action paced if it rly is action paced they should put dodging and blocking cause running slowly to the left or right and jumping like you aren in the moon is not good maneuvering

Jellopy 11 years ago
This looks amazing. i hope they get the cash shop right if they are going that route, that's one of the things that has killed ro off over the years. Also the unfulfilled promises for armor and higher quality weapon models and improved animation haven't helped them. I can still find idle pleasure in it sometimes but the free model is so restricted compared to the payed model and the fact that cash items can make players overpowered in pvp,high level item upgrades requiring cash items that can take players forever to come up with zeny to obtain if they are just getting started. There's also the problem with them breaking agility and making crit builds pretty much useless for anything until maxed out making your options limited build wise if you want to progress at a decent rate despite all the possible combinations. I've always hated vit builds and hybrids aren't much better, I prefer speed and evasion in most games and those builds suffer now in ro because they've changed the focus to massive amounts of mobs for leveling at a decent rate once transcended into your final class advancements. I can handle a slower pace leveling but if you elect to use an agi build, good luck getting into parties while leveling. This could sate the void gravity has left in my soul by destroying one of my favorite games of all time if they get it right.

Anon 11 years ago
Doesn't look like RO at all to me, but it DOES look fun. Will definitely keep an eye on this.

Me 11 years ago
Lol i love the comments on the articles, basically: "My opinion is the best and what I say is right and all of you are wrong" (and someone will probably reply with extremely elaborated butt-hurtness to this satiric comment)

Yes, this is making fun of all of you here. Because you are funny. It's a compliment!

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Annoying 11 years ago
Tease me more with games I can't play right now. Everything is in a freaking alpha or beta, or not even in English...sigh. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

rockandroll89 11 years ago
Once, this is is out, i'm going to give it a try :)

Flevalt 11 years ago
So it turned into Diablo.
A pity.

WAT 11 years ago
this is the real RO2

Treemanic 11 years ago
OMG! When is it out? :O

ChrisHateZ 11 years ago
Woah that art style and graphics are apsolutely amazing. This has to be one of the best looking MMO's ever (at least for my taste). And 80 difference classes? Damn I really hope it wont take long before this game gets released here too.

Eviil 11 years ago
Now this is a game. Also, how are people comparing this to RO? ... if anything you can compare it to a few titles of nintendo 3ds and some from the early 2000 which were also on other consoles.

cacaballz 11 years ago
Horse crap. This looks and feels nothing like RO. It is more of that crap 2.D half camera slant, cheap limited AFK grind fest. There are at least 5 others I think of cloned off this model. The only difference is that they used the same color palete as RO. Double dumbed down. Hope closure in 6 months.

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LoLinator 11 years ago
omg this looks so much better than Ragnarok. I was never into the point and click fighting system, and i got bored of games such as Path of Exile, Dragon Nest, and Rusty Hearts. They required skills and doesn't use the point and click, but they were never filling. this game though looks so fun and nostalgic. cant wait to play this :D

Payback 11 years ago
See. This is how RO2 is suppose to be

Mead 11 years ago
This looks good, crossing fingers for this to head West

Yumegami 11 years ago
Well if this is a sign they will ditch RO2 which is an awesome mmorpg imo then gravity will never have my support again and i'll see to it all my friends in real life pull out support too.

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Desert Fox 11 years ago
Do my eyes deceive me, or did this say 80 different classes!? Are they running a moba or what...

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Morbid Desire 11 years ago
Nice. I needed a simple game to play these days. I also really wanted something like Secret of the Solstice, but not Ragnarok cause it wasn't the same. But this one might be a good one.

I also hope it doesn't die very early.

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