Post by Grayson Stonyhammer on Sept 24, 2016 18:58:06 GMT -5
Company Background
Revelation Online is developed by Netease, one of the largest gaming companies in China. Netease is currently partnered with Blizzard Enterainment and Microsoft. They handle World of Warcraft, Minecraft, and other various AAA (high-end) game-titles in China. The story and lore of Nuanor and Revelation is written by Jiang Nan, a very famous and best-selling Chinese author. Revelation's lore will be used as the basis for two upcoming TV-Shows in China later this year. The soundtrack is composed by Neal Mcree, one of the most known music composers in the gaming industry.
Game Features
Lore & Story
As said above, the story and lore of Nuanor and Revelation is written by Jiang Nan, a very famous and best-selling Chinese author. Revelation's lore will also be used as the basis for two upcoming TV-Shows in China later this year. This is one of the most cut-scene heavy MMORPGs I've played in a while, it's on par with (or even above) Guild War 2's amount of cut-scenes. Everything is fully voice acted, and some of the cut-scenes are interactive where you have to dodge attacks or have quick reflexes. You're introduced into a cast of characters that will follow you through out your main story.
Fashion
There is a HUGE emphasis on fashion and free-style like gameplay in Revelation. There are weekly, monthly, and seasonal official posts about the new in-game fashion and mounts, but most of the attention goes onto the seasonal/monthly outfits. Last August for example was "Fall Fashion", a Paper Airplane mount, and also some celebrating for the Chinese Valentine's Day. A couple of days ago "Mid-Autumn Fashion Festival" released, which introduced another new set of clothing, and a flying bed mount, you can see the developer blog about that in the link below. Every month/season a new set of clothing is released, along with a new mount, to fit the season or event.
Official Autum Clothing Blog (China)
Housing & Guild Land
After reaching level 40, players can buy their own private property to decorate, invite friends to and gain daily experience for their characters. There are currently over 200 furniture pieces and decorative items. This feature was just recently released and is still being worked on, and more decorative items will continuously be added on. A very cool feature is the land you get If you're in a guild. Your guild gets a massive instanced zone that includes; Guild Castle, combat training area, crafting area, community square, etc..
Lore & Story
As said above, the story and lore of Nuanor and Revelation is written by Jiang Nan, a very famous and best-selling Chinese author. Revelation's lore will also be used as the basis for two upcoming TV-Shows in China later this year. This is one of the most cut-scene heavy MMORPGs I've played in a while, it's on par with (or even above) Guild War 2's amount of cut-scenes. Everything is fully voice acted, and some of the cut-scenes are interactive where you have to dodge attacks or have quick reflexes. You're introduced into a cast of characters that will follow you through out your main story.
Fashion
There is a HUGE emphasis on fashion and free-style like gameplay in Revelation. There are weekly, monthly, and seasonal official posts about the new in-game fashion and mounts, but most of the attention goes onto the seasonal/monthly outfits. Last August for example was "Fall Fashion", a Paper Airplane mount, and also some celebrating for the Chinese Valentine's Day. A couple of days ago "Mid-Autumn Fashion Festival" released, which introduced another new set of clothing, and a flying bed mount, you can see the developer blog about that in the link below. Every month/season a new set of clothing is released, along with a new mount, to fit the season or event.
Official Autum Clothing Blog (China)
Housing & Guild Land
After reaching level 40, players can buy their own private property to decorate, invite friends to and gain daily experience for their characters. There are currently over 200 furniture pieces and decorative items. This feature was just recently released and is still being worked on, and more decorative items will continuously be added on. A very cool feature is the land you get If you're in a guild. Your guild gets a massive instanced zone that includes; Guild Castle, combat training area, crafting area, community square, etc..
Sim Features
Revelation Online offers a very large variety of sim-like features. You can have friend, family, and marriage relationships, each with their own special buffs and perks. You can also spend time in the Hot Springs, and even AFK Level level there. If you're with a friend, family member, or husband/wife you get bonus EXP at the springs. Another example would be the co-operative and guild mounts (more than 1 player can ride), the emoticons that can involve player interactions, there are many other sim-features in Revelation, but I don't want to spoil all the features.
Fully Open World
Revelation Online is completely open world, and has no loading screens when entering zones. You are able to fly with your wings, a giant fluffy cat,ride your horse, or run there
(whether you choose to run on water or ground is up to you! ).
(whether you choose to run on water or ground is up to you! ).
PvP/GvG/PvE
I won't go into too much detail about PvP/G/E because it's A LOT to cover, but I will go over the general features that are currently here:
I won't go into too much detail about PvP/G/E because it's A LOT to cover, but I will go over the general features that are currently here:
PvE
PvP/G (unlocked Lv. 40)
- Battle Arenas (1v1, 3v3, 5v5_
- Open World Castle Sieges (GvG)
- Special event & holiday missions
- Dueling System (open world) 1v1
- Open World PvP (with penalty system)
- Aerial Combat (open world & instanced)
- Battlegrounds (10v10, 20v20, 50v50, 500v500, cross-server, *soon* international)
- Chicken Fight (you are literally chickens fighting over territory- you can do this below Lv. 40)
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is composed by Neal Mcree, one of the most known music composers in the gaming industry. A list of some of the games Neal Mcreehas composed music: Overwatch, Wild Fire, Diablo III, DC Universe Online, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Revelation Online (TianYu 天谕), StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, World of Warcraft: Legion, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft: Hour of Twilight (DLC), World of, Warcraft: Siege of Orgrimmar (DLC), World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (opening cinematic), World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (opening cinematic), (many other games...)
This was just a small overview of Revelation Online. I have been playing on the Chinese servers for a bit now, waiting for the game to come out for Closed Beta this October in North America and Europe. For those wondering, I probably will be running the Mystic Mayhem guild for the Revelation branch, although nothing is confirmed yet.