An MMORPG shows how beautiful MMOs can look with ray tracing

Justice Online

The MMORPG Justice Online from China is considered one of the most beautiful games in the genre. It relies on ray tracing and also uses the new RTXGI technology, which allows ray tracing even on weaker graphics cards. Several videos demonstrate how beautiful it can look.

What makes the game so interesting? Justice Online is the flagship MMORPG of the Chinese company NetEase. They distribute WoW in China and have already released games like Revelation Online.

Justice Online is characterized by an exciting story, a strong action combat system, and beautiful graphics. It has been utilizing ray tracing technology since 2018, which correctly and real-time computes light rays and their reflections.

A video from Nvidia from 2019 shows how beautiful the reflections and mirror images in the water can look:

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What is new? Ray tracing often comes with performance trade-offs. Many WoW players noticed this in the beta of Shadowlands. There were complaints that the FPS dropped from 120 to below 60 at times.

However, the developers of Justice Online are using a new technology from Nvidia called RTXGI. This should allow for dynamic ray tracing that does not compromise performance.

Beautiful effects even for weaker hardware

What is behind RTXGI? The new technology from Nvidia is said to be scalable, which should allow users with weaker hardware or graphics cards from other manufacturers to access ray tracing.

A new video from Nvidia about the game Justice Online has also been released. It shows significant differences between the “normal graphics” and the adjustments made by RTXGI.

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Are there other MMORPGs with ray tracing? So far, ray tracing is not widely used in MMORPGs. However, there are plenty of multiplayer games that utilize this technology, including the new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Fortnite, and Watch Dogs: Legion.

Playing Justice Online in Germany

Can you play the MMORPG here? Justice Online can officially only be played in China and Taiwan. However, the MMORPG has opted against an IP block. Accordingly, you can register from Germany with your usual data.

As there are currently hardly any new MMORPGs being released in the West, this gives you the opportunity to take a look at one of the most popular games in China without much effort. However, there is no English translation, which significantly reduces the enjoyment of the story.

How you can play Justice Online from Germany, we explain in this guide.

Will the game be released in the West? Whether the MMORPG will be released here is currently uncertain. At launch, many had hopes for this because NetEase has already brought titles to the West. However, there are currently no indications of a release here.

Lost Ark
Unlike Justice Online, the release of Lost Ark has already been confirmed in the West.

However, the situation is different for Lost Ark. The MMORPG from Korea is set to be released in 2021 and has a well-known company as a publisher in Amazon:

Lost Ark, which you have been waiting for years, is finally coming to us in Europe

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