Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle

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  • Publisher: NCSOFT
  • Release Date: Apr 27, 2004
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  1. Positive: 83 out of 142
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 142
  3. Negative: 31 out of 142
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  1. IsoldeG.
    May 26, 2004
    9
    This game is just plain fun. I have played since open beta. This game is not for you if you don't enjoy meeting and grouping with others. I have never had a problem finding a party. The graphics are amazing. There is real danger in this game. You die, you lose stuff. Other players want to kill you. If someone is a jerk, find a group and go destroy them.
  2. JoshR.
    Jun 6, 2004
    1
    I have played lots of MMORPGs, and this is by far the worst ever. Do not buy this game. It is a waste of your time and money. Leveling is monotonous and mind numbing. The quests are boring, the world is empty and buggy, and the community is the worst I have ever playd with. The graphics are decent, but this is the best case of gameplay being nonexisitent. Repeat: Do not buy this game.
  3. AndreasK
    Sep 18, 2013
    4
    I have played this game for almost 7 years (with some breaks in-between). The game has changed a lot after the Goddess of Destruction Chronicle. It can be very addictive game but it is also one of the worst grind games (maybe tops all others). PvP is the best aspect of the game but one need to be top level to be effective in that. getting to top levels, one has to spend a lot of time andI have played this game for almost 7 years (with some breaks in-between). The game has changed a lot after the Goddess of Destruction Chronicle. It can be very addictive game but it is also one of the worst grind games (maybe tops all others). PvP is the best aspect of the game but one need to be top level to be effective in that. getting to top levels, one has to spend a lot of time and money (to buy items that provide bigger experience point for the same time). The biggest problem currently is the extensive cheating. People use programs to automate gameplay (both on PvE and PvP) as well as buy in-game money with real (RMT) to acquire better gear. Another serious problem is that decision making for the game is made in Korea (it is a Korean game after all) and the Korean player base is always used as reference (sadly very different than Western population).… Expand
  4. MasterNick
    Jul 12, 2018
    10
    Просто отлично, достойный проект!
    Не стоит недооценивать LINEAGE II, да есть платные функции, где их нет?
    Зато есть возможность показать себя, дружить и мб даже найти пару.
  5. stelm
    Feb 2, 2020
    10
    Моя любимая ММОРПГ. Провел в ней огромное количество часов. Около 10 лет жизни были, так или иначе, связаны с этой игрой. Благодаря ней познакомился с многими интересными людьми.
  6. Noctis_Leonhart
    Jan 22, 2021
    10
    Saga I: The Chaotic Chronicle самый лучший период игры, ностальгия. Ну а в Saga II: The Chaotic Throne ещё можно было играть, но всё что выходило после, только убивало игру.
  7. Shaovonis
    Jun 29, 2011
    0
    I did waste a couple of years on this game until I discovered just about any other mmo is a better choice.

    Nothing uniqe about this mmo except for the fact you can spend thousands of hours doing repeatative grinding and still wonder if you will ever reach the end game content. Unless you cheat and buy gold and pay some one to level up your toon. The pvp system breacks down to who has    I did waste a couple of years on this game until I discovered just about any other mmo is a better choice.

    Nothing uniqe about this mmo except for the fact you can spend thousands of hours doing repeatative grinding and still wonder if you will ever reach the end game content.

    Unless you cheat and buy gold and pay some one to level up your toon. The pvp system breacks down to who has cheated longer. You hit your 2 maybe 3 big hitting skills first followed by your 1 spam skill and wait for your big hitters to cool down. If you have spent more real world money to buy a bigger stick or spend an infinate time playing the game you win. Win or lose you feel no sence of skill involved. As limited as your skills are at the start little change as you level up because they give the same amount of new skills and old skills become worthless.

    The large class system is really a few simualr class's with a little changes.

    The luring raid boss and castle seiges in the vidoes would make the game seem epic but skill less pvp ruins the seiges. The raids take a long time to gather a party of 10 to 100 payers depending on the raid who all must be around the same level and its pain to get 3 people to form a party to do regualr boring grind.    … Expand
  8. MarceloPai
    Aug 30, 2012
    10
    A great mmo. Amazing graphics and a lot of challenges. One of the best mmo that I have played. The community is great and the pvp system gives some emotion to the game while you explore the environment.
  9. Dan
    Nov 27, 2007
    2
    Possibly the worst MMO I ever played. Absolutely beautiful graphics I'll give you that, but everything else was terrible. Especially the community, and the community is what makes an MMO. All the cool "espoinage and pvp politics" that people keep talking about don't really amount to much if you haven't been playing for 2+ years. There is a serious gap between the "upper Possibly the worst MMO I ever played. Absolutely beautiful graphics I'll give you that, but everything else was terrible. Especially the community, and the community is what makes an MMO. All the cool "espoinage and pvp politics" that people keep talking about don't really amount to much if you haven't been playing for 2+ years. There is a serious gap between the "upper class" and the "noobies". Also the economy in the game is possibly the imbalanced of any MMO on the market. I love the idea of being able to create clans and alliances that reshape the land and effect the economy in an almost entirely player driven world, but in order for that to be successful the players must be outgoing and inviting. Instead you have maybe 200 people on every server that basically control everything.… Expand
  10. [anonymous]
    Jan 18, 2010
    10
    ive been playing for 6 years,but besides that there have been big improvements,fun,creative... one of the problems are people arent willing to grind and instead use a walker program or third party to level which means "bots" or "botting",and thats the best way to lose an account or get "banned"
  11. NikC.
    Apr 29, 2004
    10
    Brilliant.
  12. Blaez
    May 9, 2004
    4
    Looks really good and aside from technical issues plays really well, however exorbitant costs for equipment and time required to level your character (which is purely dull and repetitive monster bashing) quickly grows into tedium unless you can find a good group to party with. Furthermore, the game currently suffers from inbalances brought in from beta exploitation and inumerable Looks really good and aside from technical issues plays really well, however exorbitant costs for equipment and time required to level your character (which is purely dull and repetitive monster bashing) quickly grows into tedium unless you can find a good group to party with. Furthermore, the game currently suffers from inbalances brought in from beta exploitation and inumerable player-bots. Despite this being against the rules, and obvious to pick out those that are doing this.. the administration seems too thin and swamped with issues to do anything about it. The Clan system puts a massive burden on the leader alone, which the clan cannot help with. Sacrifice goes with the position but the rates in Lineage are obviously aimed at keeping the hardcore players, who are levelling away 24x7, in check. Anyone who has a life simply will not be able to keep up, and will be left out of the more interesting facets of this game such as the upcoming Castle Seige add-on. I am currently playing and will continue my limited patronage to get my money's worth, but unless annoyances change (and unless the whole system is changed, then they probably won't) I feel that I will leave as soon as something more catered for partying and teamwork comes along. Guild Wars for instance looks promising. In all seriousness, don't play unless you have a lot of time to waste repetitively killing monsters, its a disappointment...… Expand
  13. RahulB.
    Apr 23, 2004
    10
    I beta'd this game and decided to stop playing a week before its release so I wouldn't cry. Although it didn't seem like a promising game in the beginning, with the exception of its graphics, it left me dumbfounded of my initial judgement in the end; the game is spectacular. The game has everything a mmorpg addict would want: excellent graphics, a mass number of gear, I beta'd this game and decided to stop playing a week before its release so I wouldn't cry. Although it didn't seem like a promising game in the beginning, with the exception of its graphics, it left me dumbfounded of my initial judgement in the end; the game is spectacular. The game has everything a mmorpg addict would want: excellent graphics, a mass number of gear, quests, clans, challenging monsters, pets, castle sieges, and etc... In short, I love this game. If it weren't for my schoolwork, this would definitely be the game i'd be playing 24/7. THANK YOU for lineage NCsoft. I recommend this game to everyone!!… Expand
  14. [Anonymous]
    May 12, 2004
    0
    I've played almost every MMORPG and this one is one of the worst. It's the most "dull, korean hack 'n slash, diablo wanna be, level grind" That persuades you by it's up to date graphics.
  15. KelR.
    May 15, 2004
    4
    At first I was blown away at how beautiful the graphics of this game were. I jumped in and was entertained for about a week. After level 10 the "grind" wore in, it just stopped being very much fun. There just isn't very much to do besides kill thousands of monsters in hopes of leveling up just one more time, then you realize what you're doing and say "to hell with it." Surely, I At first I was blown away at how beautiful the graphics of this game were. I jumped in and was entertained for about a week. After level 10 the "grind" wore in, it just stopped being very much fun. There just isn't very much to do besides kill thousands of monsters in hopes of leveling up just one more time, then you realize what you're doing and say "to hell with it." Surely, I hope that a company will someday come out with more original MMORPG ideas than games like this.… Expand
  16. Xen
    Dec 14, 2004
    9
    Absolutely love the game. Incredible graphics, incredible music, and great sfx. Chronical 2, Age of Splendors adds more to an already great game. Definitely, not for the non-serious woosy gamer. Best PvP around for mmorpg's. C2 has definitely raised the bar up another notch.
  17. PeopleIsCancer
    Nov 9, 2014
    9
    Best MMO RPG.I don't understand critic reviews.
    Best soundtrack ,best pvp,30+ classes.
    The latest updates were bad,but now comes Lineage 2 classic - the new best MMO RPG.
  18. ManuR.
    Oct 10, 2006
    10
    Is a game of PvP, PvP where you want and when you want.
  19. Adam
    Jun 1, 2006
    8
    immersive and creative, this game is picture in motion, the graphics are incredible and the detail great. ONE HUGE draw is the weapons they look crap, 2d and quite frankly look like paper.
  20. ColtonP
    Dec 10, 2008
    10
    A very addicting game as you progress to the higher levels, always more to do, and work on.
  21. AndrewH.
    Apr 27, 2007
    10
    To anyone reading these older comments above this post, just disregard them and jump in. As a player who has played since just after the game going live, all I can say is that it has just gotten better and better, to the point to where the only FUTURE MMO that will be able to compare to it is, of course, Lineage III, which doesn't come out until Q4 2008... All I can say is that this To anyone reading these older comments above this post, just disregard them and jump in. As a player who has played since just after the game going live, all I can say is that it has just gotten better and better, to the point to where the only FUTURE MMO that will be able to compare to it is, of course, Lineage III, which doesn't come out until Q4 2008... All I can say is that this game is worth it, completely and totally worth it.… Expand
  22. Barua124
    Feb 11, 2012
    0
    Bots, bots, game crash, bots, bots, bots, game crash, bots, bots, more bots, game crash.

    That about sums up Lineage 2. What utter garbage this game is. The game is so full of bots that even the starting newbie zones are jam packed with them. I could not complete the very first few quests because they required me to kill X number of mobs. There were none to kill as all the bots were    Bots, bots, game crash, bots, bots, bots, game crash, bots, bots, more bots, game crash.

    That about sums up Lineage 2. What utter garbage this game is. The game is so full of bots that even the starting newbie zones are jam packed with them. I could not complete the very first few quests because they required me to kill X number of mobs. There were none to kill as all the bots were running around spawn killing them. Also the game crashes. I mean it crashes a LOT. I'm not sure if the developers just gave up on stopping all the botting going on, but it's EVERYWHERE in the game. No joke or exaggeration, they really are in almost every spot in the game where mobs spawn. My recommendation: Don't Play This Game. Let It Die.    … Expand
  23. Erik
    Feb 1, 2006
    7
    i think its a briliant game but the BIG disadvantage is that the servers are almost always full :S but u can do great team work and being in a clan is really fun in this game.
  24. JonD.
    Apr 30, 2004
    6
    This game is great for the beginning and i beta'd it but once you get to a high level it gets boring and becomes tedious and unfun. I suggest if you have time to grind grind grind and be a little bored or are used to being alone then you should play this game because soloing is boring and u cant always get a party.
  25. Eon
    Oct 22, 2005
    6
    There is one way to get fun from this game - DO NOT PLAY IT ON THE GLOBAL.. rates are just too low, you'll get bored out of your ground, by leveling up and getting enough adena to buy a decent equipment.. Since i play it on private server with exp an sp rates x6, adena x8 and drop rates x15 , IT DOES MAKE SENSE to kill a lot of monsters.. :) And don't do any quests other than There is one way to get fun from this game - DO NOT PLAY IT ON THE GLOBAL.. rates are just too low, you'll get bored out of your ground, by leveling up and getting enough adena to buy a decent equipment.. Since i play it on private server with exp an sp rates x6, adena x8 and drop rates x15 , IT DOES MAKE SENSE to kill a lot of monsters.. :) And don't do any quests other than those you need to do, like profession change quests.. Quest system sucks, just as the reward system.. And they're really boring..… Expand
  26. Scott
    Jan 20, 2006
    7
    Lots and lots of game play, despite the horrible and relentless grind once you get going then its a wonderful game. Lately servers have been packed with over experienced and hardcore players but the opition of private free, yes FREE servers with less grind make the game one of the easily better mmorpgs, well exceding of world of warcraft or everquest (hated both of em).
  27. Megathron
    Dec 6, 2005
    10
    Dont listen to the ratings of the squeamish, Lineage 2 is arguably the best fantasy pvp rpg out there.It is the definitive of what R.P.G stands for. Sure the grind is a tad bit odious, but power comes only to those who want it most...
  28. RavenS.
    Nov 17, 2005
    8
    Beautiful graphics, Dynamic Guild vs Guild PVP. Lots of things to keep ya busy. Hard level grind. But that Ok, cuz i prefer to play a game and stick with it.
  29. JoseRochaPT
    Sep 20, 2011
    9
    I will talk about a version, I will talk about "The Chaotic Chronicle" and not about Lineage 2. The graphism is quite foggy, not rich, but it gives a quick gameplay tough, I won't give 10 because there are better versions line Freya, and let's say that Playing "The Chaotic Chronicle" is the same as playing "Freya" in low graphics. It was where I started this GamerExperience, back in 2004I will talk about a version, I will talk about "The Chaotic Chronicle" and not about Lineage 2. The graphism is quite foggy, not rich, but it gives a quick gameplay tough, I won't give 10 because there are better versions line Freya, and let's say that Playing "The Chaotic Chronicle" is the same as playing "Freya" in low graphics. It was where I started this GamerExperience, back in 2004 it was perfect, the missing 1 in my 9 is the time that made it "Old", but not bad.… Expand
  30. Belmont
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    There are tons of excellent games to try, a thousand time betters than this crap to waste your time, is a plain MMORPG that takes too long in the repeated formula of "kill things to get equipment, the kill tougher things" and access good content, doesn't worth the risk.
  31. RevinWolf
    Jan 23, 2014
    10
    BEST GAME EVER LOVE THIS GAME !!!!!!!! cant stop playing it i have playing this game 10 years. all my firend play it .love the store line of each chr in the game .
  32. D1ldoBeg1ns
    Oct 11, 2017
    0
    I think its worst game ever, becouse all stuped guy play in this game rly this game make fore retards.
    im very love wow and blizzard becouse im blizzardboy. And i won'a say Vetal dicksuker becouse this **** hate blizzard and wow. Vetal heve 0 iq stupid Ukrainian tresh head. Fuk u Vetal and fuk u lineage peace of **** for autist and anime slut korean useless **** All world of warcraft and    I think its worst game ever, becouse all stuped guy play in this game rly this game make fore retards.
    im very love wow and blizzard becouse im blizzardboy. And i won'a say Vetal dicksuker becouse this **** hate blizzard and wow. Vetal heve 0 iq stupid Ukrainian tresh head. Fuk u Vetal and fuk u lineage peace of **** for autist and anime slut korean useless **** All world of warcraft and blizzard fan take your dick and pull in Vetal ass all blizzard boy most fuk korean autist gool luck wow peaple **** off all koren lineage boy u suck.    … Expand
  33. Genek13
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    Don't like this game because is a same type of game like AION.
    Boring MMO experience....
  34. CallOfGaming
    May 30, 2014
    0
    Probably can provide a nice PvP experience, but Lineage II is based off a single thing: click on the same monster a bunch of times, until you level up. It is a real waste of time, and a disappointement for NCSOFT.
  35. ShodanSpectre
    Mar 20, 2017
    7
    I define Lineage-2 to be only The Chaotic Chronicle. Everything that happened after Kamael was released is a totally different game.

    For both PvP and PvE oriented players, out of the Chaotic Chronicle - C5 (Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood) was arguably the most balanced version, where there was no clearly overpowered class, therefore most classes were useful. However, it seems out of all    I define Lineage-2 to be only The Chaotic Chronicle. Everything that happened after Kamael was released is a totally different game.

    For both PvP and PvE oriented players, out of the Chaotic Chronicle - C5 (Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood) was arguably the most balanced version, where there was no clearly overpowered class, therefore most classes were useful.
    However, it seems out of all the servers still running Chaotic Chronicle now in 2016 - there are only ones running C6: Interlude.

    Why play such an old game in 2016? I have tried/tested many: Rift, Black Gold, Aion, Blade & Soul, ArcheAge, Black Desert, The Secret World, Bless...
    And I'm a developer actually working on Neverwinter and Star Trek online, so I play those too, if only for work.

    And guess what? Graphics aside - games are not getting any better than they were in 2004. And even the graphics are reaching a point where improving them further hardly changes the overall impression.

    So comparing Lineage-2 to tens of MMOs released since about 2003 to this day, here are the pros and cons:
    Pros:
    + Freedom. The game is NOT railroading you, nor holding your hand in any way. Wanna go kill lvl 40 monsters at lvl 24 - good luck, you are free to do so and it is possible and somewhat rewarding, although questionable for the profit/time.
    + Free PvP outside of towns. Killing players who don't fight back increases your Player Killer counter, which gradually increases penalties upon death yet it is possible to thrive with high PK counters - you just gotta be good enough to avoid getting killed :-)
    + A lot of _distinct_ classes. The Chaotic Chronicle/Throne has 33 different paths after level 40, each has an advanced version available at lvl 76 - which is really a better version of the same. Most other games give you less than 10.
    + Big, open world. Esp. in C5 and C6. Yes you can find the invisible walls here and there but you have to put in some effort to reach them.
    + Teamwork. It's really encouraged. Grinding is not as tedious and MUCH more effective in a group.
    + A live, player-driven economy (except for the x10'000 servers mentioned above). Some games created 12+ years later fail to even come close (I'm looking at you, Black Desert!)
    + Castle sieges, and hardcore raid bosses. They are massive, they are fun. They are somewhat unpredictable because other parties can and often do interfere.
    + Mob AI is a bit diverse and has some freedom i.e. the monsters can chase you for miles. Most later MMOs have dumbed down monsters / put them on VERY short leashes.

    + A lot of community-driven, yet popular (3000+ players per shard) servers, with different approaches to running the shard. Pick one that fits your taste. Some are true hardcore x1 with the bare-bones vanilla content, some are x10'000 with NPCs selling S-grade (BIS items) for 5 coins in every starter NPC shop. And everything in between as well.

    Cons:
    - Dated graphics - I'll put it here just to get it out of the way, and - because it's wrong to deny.
    - Swimming - still not fixed and buggy. There's a way to exploit it though.

    Controversial:
    +- The grind. Now, this is HUGELY addressed by the plethora of shards with various rate settings - pick one that suits you best. But, assuming you want to experience the entire game without just skipping to the endgame, and play on x1...x10 rates - the grind is really your best option to level up.
    +- Your lvl determines your power more than anything else, including your gear. The game makes it pretty much impossible to deal any damage to someone more than 10-12 lvls above you. Once at lvl-73 I could grab some crappy grade-D gear and take out many players of levels 25-50 without much effort. This discourages anything other than grinding until you reach lvl 78-80.
    +- Only dwarves can craft gear, OR collect resources with about 5 times better yield than any other race. Took me a while to realize how funny and kinda dumb that is. Love it or hate it, but while the other 4 races can compete with each other in various forms of PvP, the dwarves are sitting on the side collecting resources and crafting and selling ALL the gear for ALL of the other races. Now, a good player with a well-equipped dwarf (and dwarves often get BIS for themselves before crafting and selling it to others) - can still kick some ass, but it's still gonna be more like a freighter ship with some guns mounted on it - vs. a purpose-built warship that was designed as such from the start.

    Overall - while The Chaotic Chronicle is by no means perfect, but - as sad as it may sound - the vast majority of games created since then have their own flaws and too often their flaws are much greater. Most common ones are: lack of player freedom and lack of endgame content.

    The fact that there are still a lot of Chaotic Chronicle/Chaotic servers around and people are still playing it - only proves the point that it has long-term potential, while younger games with fancier graphics rise and fa    … Expand
  36. Amorph0us
    Jan 8, 2022
    8
    It is not random that most of the players where stuck on the screen with this game if they did not play WoW. Of course it is a Korean game, meaning its grinding was as harsh as possible, but aesthetics were great. A really iconic MMO, still active today with private servers.
  37. PaTrIcKoT
    Mar 20, 2021
    4
    Ehh, what a cool MMORPG was ... Remember how we gathered a party, how we got the second professional? There were times ... But right now, the game went to **** after the departure of one of the developers. It feels like this is a roblox game, albeit with an even bigger donation. As for me, the main version of L2 is such **** that only a child or a mentally retarded person will play it.Ehh, what a cool MMORPG was ... Remember how we gathered a party, how we got the second professional? There were times ... But right now, the game went to **** after the departure of one of the developers. It feels like this is a roblox game, albeit with an even bigger donation. As for me, the main version of L2 is such **** that only a child or a mentally retarded person will play it. Essence is even more or less good, but there is a lot of donation. And the classic is a pathetic parody of the L2 that we lost ...… Expand
  38. ShefardAlex
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Good game once, and bad now.
    Alas, the great idea of MMO killer time, and a good pvp system, was killed by the greed of localizers and ns software.
    Everything was great in this game, great design and soundtrack for the game of that time.
    Great character classes.
    And ... localizer and creator.
    I put 10, but it’s the game, not the localizer and the creators who care about money
  39. OceanoPiTi
    Aug 17, 2021
    0
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  40. Procrustes7
    Mar 5, 2022
    10
    Έχω κάψει ώρες έχω κάνει κοπάνα για να παίξω αυτό το παιχνίδι παλιά μεν αλλά το άξιζε τότε Τώρα δεν ξέρω τι γίνεται αλλά αξίζει να παίξεις
  41. TheGuitarGamer
    Apr 12, 2022
    7
    It was the mest MMORPG I played in my life, but the game was great until Kamael. It's still playable but I miss the days of the Chaotic Throne.
  42. Quazder
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    Best MMORPG game ever, I have played it when i was 8/9/10 for like 2 years and I really enjoyed that time

Awards & Rankings

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#30 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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#26 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 37
  3. Negative: 4 out of 37
  1. Adrenaline Vault
    40
    For anyone new to the genre, this isn’t the best place to start due to the technical flaws and PvP griefing. Even veterans of the online role-playing genre will find the many errors impeding their fun.
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  2. G4 TV
    40
    A gorgeous boilerplate game with little innovation and many sections of tedious play.
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  3. PC Gamer
    61
    My biggest complaint is the excruciating grind, where you hunt creatures for experience points and money. [July 2004, p.66]
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