Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle

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  • Publisher: NCSOFT
  • Release Date: Apr 27, 2004
User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 142 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 142
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 142
  3. Negative: 31 out of 142
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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. [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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. Genek13
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    Don't like this game because is a same type of game like AION.
    Boring MMO experience....
  12. 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.
  13. 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
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    Aug 17, 2021
    0
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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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