Mabinogi 2 Screens?

[Austinkun]

yeah no

this pretty much confirms what I already thought: this is essentially another Vindi, a spinoff really.

Looking at the screens, it certainly has that same feel. As much as the new graphics are all shiny and glossy, I'm going to have to pass. High graphic games tend to suck usually with no original gameplay whatsoever. The best games that I have loved so far, have had the least shiny graphics, such as Minecraft, Runescape, Mabinogi, etc.

These kind of comments are just appalling.

We know absolutely nothing about this game. The 'graphics' shown aren't even completed yet. And its made by devCat, who also obviously made Vindictus, so of course its going to have similar style to their other games.

This does not mean its going to be ANYTHING like Vindictus.

I'm also seeing a lot of comments like 'I'm only going to play this if its like Mabinogi'. Um... ITS MABINOGI 2. /TWO/. Its going to be similar. They wouldn't be making a sequel if they felt like the way Mabinogi plays was unsuccessful. Sure, its getting some changes, its going to get some updates and variations. That doesn't mean its going to be a clone of Vindictus. If anything, its going to be a faster-paced version of Mabinogi, with the fluidity and flow that works so well in Vin.

People drawing these kind of conclusions over this little amount of information is just absolutely mind blowing. We don't know /anything/ yet. So just wait.

[Elleanior]

These kind of comments are just appalling.

We know absolutely nothing about this game. The 'graphics' shown aren't even completed yet. And its made by devCat, who also obviously made Vindictus, so of course its going to have similar style to their other games.

This does not mean its going to be ANYTHING like Vindictus.

I'm also seeing a lot of comments like 'I'm only going to play this if its like Mabinogi'. Um... ITS MABINOGI 2. /TWO/. Its going to be similar. They wouldn't be making a sequel if they felt like the way Mabinogi plays was unsuccessful. Sure, its getting some changes, its going to get some updates and variations. That doesn't mean its going to be a clone of Vindictus. If anything, its going to be a faster-paced version of Mabinogi, with the fluidity and flow that works so well in Vin.

People drawing these kind of conclusions over this little amount of information is just absolutely mind blowing. We don't know /anything/ yet. So just wait.

If I recall correctly from what I heard before, Mabinogi 2 is supposed to be a prequel to Mabinogi. Between Vindictus/ Mabinogi Heroes and Mabinogi.

[Austinkun]

If I recall correctly from what I heard before, Mabinogi 2 is supposed to be a prequel to Mabinogi. Between Vindictus/ Mabinogi Heroes and Mabinogi.

Mabinogi 2 is a sequel to Mabinogi 1 regardless where the story falls.

[Yasuno]

Anyone know if they live-stream the GStar conference? It seems like every single korean event this year has been.

[Mystickskye]

I'm also seeing a lot of comments like 'I'm only going to play this if its like Mabinogi'. Um... ITS MABINOGI 2. /TWO/. Its going to be similar. They wouldn't be making a sequel if they felt like the way Mabinogi plays was unsuccessful. Sure, its getting some changes, its going to get some updates and variations. That doesn't mean its going to be a clone of Vindictus. If anything, its going to be a faster-paced version of Mabinogi, with the fluidity and flow that works so well in Vin.

They've said that Mabinogi 2 will be completely different from anything else so far.

[Austinkun]

They've said that Mabinogi 2 will be completely different from anything else so far.

They would have named it something other than Mabinogi #2 if it was going to be ultimately different. Perfect example: Mabinogi: Heroes.

Guild Wars 1 and 2 are very different games. They play differently. But what is for certain is 2 shares style, lore, and qualities of 1 that make it more of a successor in the series and not a new game from the company. The same can be said for Mabinogi.

If Mabinogi 2 was exactly like #1, no one would play it. They'd just stay with #1. In Mabi, we are all too attached to our characters to just leave and start all over for just a graphics update. It has been EIGHT years since Mabinogi launched in Korea. Plenty of things have changed as far as gaming and technology is concerned. I'm sure devCat is looking to make a game suitable for the current market, not the one from eight years ago.

[Noel Vermillion]

They would have named it something other than Mabinogi #2 if it was going to be ultimately different. Perfect example: Mabinogi: Heroes.

Guild Wars 1 and 2 are very different games. They play differently. But what is for certain is 2 shares style, lore, and qualities of 1 that make it more of a successor in the series and not a new game from the company. The same can be said for Mabinogi.

If Mabinogi 2 was exactly like #1, no one would play it. They'd just stay with #1. In Mabi, we are all too attached to our characters to just leave and start all over for just a graphics update. It has been EIGHT years since Mabinogi launched in Korea. Plenty of things have changed as far as gaming and technology is concerned. I'm sure devCat is looking to make a game suitable for the current market, not the one from eight years ago.

Just so you know, Mabinogi 2 isn't the final name, it's still pretty much a working title.

[Austinkun]

Just so you know, Mabinogi 2 isn't the final name, it's still pretty much a working title.

Sure but that doesn't really make much sense considering they made a logo and a teaser site awhile back.

[legendaryguy]

If this came out and i had my mabi account i probably wouldn't quit mabi. If my account doesnt end up unbanned ill probably make mabinogi 2 my main game.

I can imagine mabinogi 2 having an ability to load characters from mabinogi ( if they end up the same) mabinogi1 would be empty.

[Mystickskye]

They would have named it something other than Mabinogi #2 if it was going to be ultimately different. Perfect example: Mabinogi: Heroes.

Guild Wars 1 and 2 are very different games. They play differently. But what is for certain is 2 shares style, lore, and qualities of 1 that make it more of a successor in the series and not a new game from the company. The same can be said for Mabinogi.

If Mabinogi 2 was exactly like #1, no one would play it. They'd just stay with #1. In Mabi, we are all too attached to our characters to just leave and start all over for just a graphics update. It has been EIGHT years since Mabinogi launched in Korea. Plenty of things have changed as far as gaming and technology is concerned. I'm sure devCat is looking to make a game suitable for the current market, not the one from eight years ago.

Getting into semantics is silly. Fact of the matter is that Devcat have stated the game will be different from any other and that you've said that they will be similar (and then different later on).

Sure but that doesn't really make much sense considering they made a logo and a teaser site awhile back.

It does when you consider that site existed since early days and only really exists to hire people (i.e. it's not really a teaser site). In fact that's basically what the large gold text below the logo says, "devcat studios are looking for people to work on Mabinogi II" (in a nutshell). This is ignoring that it's not as if companies haven't changed titles/logos prior to game publication.

EDIT: And because no one else seems to have posted them, Mabinogi II character artwork presented at the 2011 Nexon Developer Conference. In order from top to bottom, "Mabinogi 2 concept art", Nuadha (yes, he looks nothing like the Nuadha we know), Morrighan, Cichol, Macha (without red hair in contrast to our lore), Neamhain and "Ehune" (I don't know what the approximate celtic spelling will be, a lot of the celtic names are rendered differently in Korean and don't always match up to their actual pronunciation).