Does maplestory have a storyline to it?

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thread starter blackmagex66 Apr 15 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Me and my friend was debating on what had a better storyline and pokemon or maplestory so know im wondering does maple even have a storyline and if it does which is better pokemon or ms?

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gotshroomz 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

pokemon by far has a better story line o-o maple story has one, but you dont notice it. maplestory is just a game to play. pokemon, you actually gotta do something. on the other hand, if you do ALL the quests in maple, then you might have a story line

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LandonZentz 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I agree with gotshroomz. Pokemon has a fixed sequence of gameplay while maplestory is much more open ended.

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tjhermit 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Maplestory's tag line was "You make ur own story" A storyline for this game mess up that purpose. Personally I think pokemon is the game that is suppose to have a storyline.

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dazzur 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] tjhermit : Maplestory's tag line was "You make ur own story" A storyline for this game mess up that purpose. Personally I think pokemon is the game that is suppose to have a storyline. [/quote] well maple just Fails, look at Worl of Warcraft, i dont play it but i read ALL the lore, its fxcking amazing story telling, And the Patches actually revolve around the story line and they make big dungeons and bosses out of it. I always thought the storyline was always revolved around zakum, i dont know o.o

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tjhermit 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] dazzur : well maple just Fails, look at Worl of Warcraft, i dont play it but i read ALL the lore, its fxcking amazing story telling, And the Patches actually revolve around the story line and they make big dungeons and bosses out of it. I always thought the storyline was always revolved around zakum, i dont know o.o [/quote] Yeah, now it's something about a black mage or something.....I swear sometimes they just pull Deus Ex Machina out of their butts.

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pavchka 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It didn't start with a storyline, but KAZAM it suddenly got one when the Cygnus Knights were added or something. I dislike it when people whine about how this or that doesn't fit in the storyline. When I started playing there was no storyline and I don't enjoy the game more now there is one.

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icedemon9 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The CK and legends had more of a storyline in maplestory but pokemon wins hands down

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Vengefully 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Yeah, but it's dead LOL.

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kaicce + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

there's a storyline..but nobody bothers reading/doing quests lol even with that the storyline is still confusing cygnus knights/legends have a more clear storyline than that of adventurers, basically you do what you want if you're adventurer lol http://www.maplewiki.net/index.php?title=Maple%27s_Story_by_IsaacGS er @below, yeah me too lol

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sabakigan 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] kaicce : there's a storyline..but nobody bothers reading/doing quests lol even with that the storyline is still confusing http://www.maplewiki.net/index.php?title=Maple%27s_Story_by_IsaacGS er [/quote] It is a pretty nice story, wish it was updated with all the new stuff now though.

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DexterBartowski 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I think the whole point of maplestory is that it's a "second life" except in this life you can be a cool ninja/magician/warrior/archer. Thus the story line lies within yourself and the friends you meet and the quests you do . Arans, Evans, and Cygnus' though have another storyline along with the general one, which is pretty good. Unfortunately, Adventurers don't get that .

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Kwetzl 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Pok�mon has a much more deep storyline, even including the generic main plots in the main series. The Pok�mon spinoffs actually have some pretty exciting storylines; Pok�mon Mystery Dungeon 2 for example revolves around a hero-turned-Pok�mon and his partner on a quest to stop the planet's paralysis, an apocalyptic event where time is stopped and the world is frozen in perpetual darkness. I haven't played the Ranger series, but I know Coliseum and Gale of Darkness are pretty nice too. MapleStory on the other hand: here are monsters, they are bad, kill them. The new classes add a bit to the mix, but it again basically boils down to: the Black Mage is coming, he is bad, kill different monsters. I think about the only real storyline material you're going to get is with Aran (note: 1 class out of currently 19), where he awakens from his multi-centennial curse and must reclaim the power and skills he had as a great warrior hundreds of years ago.

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senyu 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I believe in MS, there's no one and real storyline, like in Pokemon. In MS you can choose what storylike you will follow. There's a story behind how Zakum was created and why El Nath is cold. There's a reason why there are Alishar, Papulatus and why time in Ludibrium stopped. There's a story, but it's not one story you gotta follow, like in Pokemon. In MS you can go "forwards" without completing the storyline; there are some expections for ex. Papulatus, but overall you can level up and go to new places and learn new skills and face new monsters without following any storyline.

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XUltraMageX2 04/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Pokemon's storyline is good, but very very repetitive throughout its many different games. I find it great that recently maplestory has begun adding a more intergrated and twisted storyline that revolved around all the different classes, particularly CK and legends. SPOILER ALERT! For example, on aran @ like lvls 20-30 u fight the puppeteer in his evil eye cave base, and later on @ like 4x, u fight him again @ his curse eye base Now, with the release of evan, this storyline expands. U discover Evan in fact, was the one who helped to nurse the puppeteer back to health, and eventually helps him construct his new base in the curse eye area! Later as u progress Evan even becomes a member of the blackwings? (lolwut) Anyway, my point is, maplestory's plot is becoming more and more interesting with quite abit of surprises here and there. Hopefully they'll expand on this

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