Welcome to MapleStory, the original side-scrolling MMORPG where epic adventure, action and good friends await you. With hundreds of hours of gameplay, this immersive role-playing experience will allow you to unleash your wild side as you create and train a mighty hero, conquer perilous dungeons, overcome terrifying bosses, socialize with your friends and much more. Your MapleStory begins today!
to preface, i want to make it abundantly clear: i do not hate this game. i just want to just warn any potential new players what they're getting into with this free to play game.
to start playing, you generally need an upfront cost for $100 for a "vac pet," something that in simple terms turns grinding from an active effort to mostly afk. most lategame...
Stay far, far, far away from this game. Both Global MapleStory and Classic MapleStory. This game has by far been one of the most predatory games in existence. This is coming from someone who has played it since 2006. I've seen it ALL. Let me first start with their newest "Classic" scam.
Their team has been dangling the Classic carrot over players' heads...
> get gifted classic world access
> boot up game and login
> immediately greeted with a ban message
> support says "we don't discuss bans."
> learn you can refund steam gifts
GG Nexon
Nexon's greed knows no bounds.
and in technical terms, they always had issues, unexpected maintenances, unstable servers etc.
i have been playing maple since 2004 and it has always been like this.
They waited for the founder's access to unlock to reveal their cash shop options, like a pack of permenant QoL pet items but no permenant pet, which could...
As a brand new player, I can't imagine why anyone would ever want to play this game.
For me at least, the best part of playing any game is starting from the bottom, and incrementally improving your gear, skills, talents, wealth, level, etc... It's all about the dopamine of starting weak and feeling every upgrade that makes you feel gradually stronger...
