''Lineage 2: Revolution'' is a

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(MMORPG) developed by

Netmarble Netmarble Corp. (Hangul, Korean: 넷마블 주식회사) is a South Korean mobile game developer. It is South Korea's largest mobile-gaming company which was founded in 2000 by Bang Jun-hyuk. Overview Netmarble developed ''Lineage 2 Revolution ...

for

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under license from NCSoft, taking place 100 years before the events of NCSoft's '' Lineage II: Goddess of Destruction'' storyline. It is part of the ''

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'' series.

Gameplay

Like many MMORPGs, the player starts by creating a character and choosing its race. Available races are: Human, Elf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Orc and in the latest update, the Kamael. Each race specializes later in different classes, such as warrior, mage, and archer. The player progresses through the game by taking

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and killing mobs. The vast majority of the game, though, is afk grinding. The game is set in the same world of ''

Lineage II ''Lineage II'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows and the second game in the ''Lineage'' series. It is a prequel to ''Lineage'' and is set 150 years before the first game. It has become popular sinc ...

'', originally released in 2003, and features instanced

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(PvP), clan wars, raids and a series of quests to advance the storyline. However, the gameplay has been specifically adapted to better fit

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by Netmarble; for example, quests are automated, with the character executing them automatically and even killing enemies alone after selecting a quest.

Development

Developed by South Korea's

, the game was first released in South Korea on November 14, 2016. It launched in western countries on November 15, 2017. The game was set to release in Japan in the third quarter of 2017, followed by China in the fourth.

Reception

The game has been well received in some markets. By December 2017, the game had crossed the mark within 18 days. By January 2017, the game had grossed () within its first month in South Korea. Overseas, it became the top-grossing app on Apple's App Store in Japan just 18 hours after its debut, and surpassed 1 million pre-registrations for the US and Europe launch, generating 45% of Netmarble's revenues as of September 2017. The game went on to gross worldwide in 2017, becoming the year's seventh highest-grossing

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. As of December 2018, the game has more than 30 million players. It grossed over worldwide by January 2019, and has grossed as of October 2019.

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References

2016 video games Active massively multiplayer online games Android (operating system) games IOS games Lineage (series) Massively multiplayer online role-playing games NCSoft games Unreal Engine games Video game prequels Video games developed in South Korea Netmarble games {{Mobile-game-stub