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| Developer(s) | devCAT |
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Nexon TianCity (China) Garena (Thailand) |
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| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Action MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Vindictus is an Online Action RPG created by devCAT, an internal studio of Korean free-to-play game publisher Nexon. Vindictus is a prequel to the popular MMORPG Mabinogi and is known as Mabinogi Heroes (Korean: 마비노기 영웅전) in Asia.
Vindictus takes place in the same setting used in Mabinogi, but is placed chronologically several hundred years prior to the first game during a period of war and strife. Vindictus follows Nexon's traditional free-to-play model. The game itself is free to download and play and charges no purchase price. The game contains a virtual item shop to purchase in-game items with Nexon's virtual currency called NX (or Karma Koin) to enhance the player's character's appearance and abilities.
In Vindictus, "classes" and "characters" are one and the same. When beginning the game, players will have a choice to play as one of eleven characters, each of which has different combat skills and abilities. Players are free to alter certain aspects of their character's appearance, but basic abilities and combat styles are set at character creation. All characters are gender-locked. Though the game was originally intended to have five characters, there are now currently ten.
Vindictus is particularly combat-intensive when compared to many other Action MMORPGs. The combat is very fast-paced and rewarding; it uses more combo-based combat than timing of activate-able skills (or 'Active's as labeled in-game on the skill chart). The combat is very rewarding because of its dodge/counter/block or die mentality while in combat as opposed to the typical 'out dps the boss' mentality.
There is a dyeing system that allows players to dye clothing and weapons for an entirely unique appearance. At character creation, people may customize eye and hair color, hair style, height (which affects gameplay) etc. There are some customizations that require NX (in-game cash), but they do not use Premium character cards; instead, the player must buy them during customization. These customizations give players a boost in the LUK, or Luck stat, which increases the chances of dropping more Evil Cores.
Each playable character has unique skills making game-play different across each character. In addition, most characters have two sets of skills for their main and alternative weapons (I.E. Lann has Sword specific skills that are only usable when the player equips swords and Spear specific skills that are only usable when the player equips spears). Skills can be upgraded by using AP points which are rewarded by completing battles and overtime, even while offline.
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