The trailer for the new MMORPG Throne and Liberty (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X) has gathered over 8.8 million views on YouTube in 4 months. What you can see there excites MMORPG players worldwide, who are looking forward to ‘a real MMORPG’ again. The online role-playing game of the legendary series Lineage is set to be released in late 2022 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X – also in Europe.
Here are the details for the trailer:
- The trailer is titled ‘[NCSoft] Throne and Liberty – Official Trailer – Work in Progress‘
- The video was released on March 17, 2022, and runs for 3 minutes and 5 seconds
- The trailer has now gathered 8.845 million views on YouTube
‘This is how MMORPGs should be’
What are the reactions to the trailer? The reactions are mostly positive. In the comments, users say:
- ‘This brings back memories of Aion and Lineage 2. It feels and looks just like an NCsoft title.’
- ‘Holy shit. This is how an MMO should be: 50 to 100 people hitting the same boss. I love this so much.’
- ‘Looks fantastic, can’t wait for the EU release.’
What is behind this game? For many, it seems that ‘Throne and Liberty’ is a game that practically came out of nowhere in February 2022, and that no one had heard of before, but the opposite is true:
- The game was originally announced in 2011, while we were playing WoW: Wrath of the Lichking here. It was meant to be the successor to the legendary series ‘Lineage’, which enjoys the same status in South Korea as World of Warcraft does here.
- In 2016, the game was briefly on the verge of a global release as ‘Lineage Eternal’ – at that time, it was supposed to be an action MMORPG for PC and mobile, in an isometric perspective like Diablo.
- But then it was pulled back at the last minute and extensively revised. After 5 more years in development, it now resembles a classic action MMORPG like Blade & Soul or Black Desert.
The game is not supposed to offer fixed classes, but rather the play style should be influenced by the chosen weapons:
When is the game supposed to be released? ‘Throne and Liberty’ is announced for a worldwide release at the end of 2022. The game is supposed to come out for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X, this has been officially confirmed. Since NCSoft only ever refers to ‘Consoles’, some hope that it will also be released for the ‘old consoles’ PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
However, there has been little news about the game for months now. Throne & Liberty is known for having been postponed extremely often. NCSoft had announced that they would present the game in a bigger way in June 2022 – but they could not fulfill that promise.
Nevertheless, the trailer already looks like a developed and finished game that has apparently been play-tested internally at NCSoft.
This is now the absurd part: Although the game has been in development for 12 years, comes from one of the largest MMORPG companies in the world, and has a trailer in which the game looks so good, currently only a few details about Throne & Liberty are known. It is emphasized that a focus is placed on story and PvE, but massive PvP battles will also be offered in the endgame.
A PR campaign introducing the game has not yet been established. Everything currently focuses on this trailer from February 2022, which inspires players worldwide to dream of a ‘real, big MMORPG’.
Throne and Liberty is certainly the highlight that many MMORPG players are looking forward to. Other online role-playing games we can still expect in 2022:
