Lineage II - 4th Anniversary

by NC Soft

Product Features

• All seven previous expansions released to date and the newest expansion, Hellbound
• Includes 60 days of play
• Two-sided mini poster
• NCsoft game trials and offers

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00134WX4S
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 23, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,321 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Experience an immersive and dramatic fantasy world known for its unique political and economic systems. Engage in regular castle sieges, exciting monster encounters, and epic clan vs. clan warfare. You'll need tenacity, cunning, and strategy to survive! Lineage II offers the world's elite MMO players a hardcore Player vs. Player experience and is also a great value. Over 1.5GB of new content has been added since the April 2004 launch - all included as part of the regular monthly subscription. Includes: Chronicle 1: Harbingers of War,Chronicle 2: Age of Splendor, Chronicle 3: Rise of Darkness, Chronicle 4: Scions of Destiny, Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood, Interlude, The Kamael and the newest expansion, Hellbound.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lineage 2 regular, May 27, 2008

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D. Graves "Movie nut" (Mississippi, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Lineage II - 4th Anniversary (CD-ROM)

My husband and I have been playing this game hardcore for over two years and were still going strong. Ive read a lot of the feedback and i am truly amazed at all the bad reviews. The graphics in this game the best on the web so far. Games like WO, although fun to play (ive tried it), seem to cartoonish for me. Lineage 2 is filled with beautiful graphics and worlds that keep you visualy stunned for years. The game play is wonderful as well. Like all other online games there are botters and people who insist on being rude, but thats just a small part of the life of an online role playing game. There are also wonderful friends to be made and a world of information to learn and explore. The grind is tough at higher lvls and takes patience, but the friends you make and the skills you earn are well worht the uphill climb. The mask that comes with this version of the game is a nice bonus, and the lolipop, although a bit silly, turns you into a pig and makes for fun conversations while waiting for a seige to start or anything else to pass the time for an event. I enjoy this game emensly and if your a gamer, at least give the trial a try despite anyones opinions...even mine :).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lineage 2 review, December 31, 2010

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Grimvann - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lineage II - 4th Anniversary (CD-ROM)

This is a very fun game and I'm glad to try it out. The package got here when they say it would so I know when to expect it. The service is easy and I look forward to using it again when I need to. That is all I have to say and to anyone who is thinking about this game, try it out and see if you like it. I really recommended this game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addicting Game, March 17, 2010

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Kevin P. Rice "bored" (SF, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lineage II - 4th Anniversary (CD-ROM)

I have played L2 for almost 4 years now, and still continue to play. I've played Guild Wars, WoW, and a few other MMOs and none of them hold a torch to Lineage 2. A lot of the bad reviews are by people who never made it out of the starter towns in a game that is has an established player base. Of course you are not going to have fun in a game if you do not get past level 10, and do not interact with the end-game content/players. Lineage 2 is NOT about quests, and really not about leveling either.

1. Player vs. Player (PVP)

Lineage 2 is about human interaction (with clanmates and enemies) and politics. The game features an open PvP system where you can attack/be attacked at any point in time. I still get an adrenaline rush from every PvP battle even though I've been in thousands of battles. Of course each skirmish has consequences politically, as it can easily start wars between clans.

Lineage 2 has Castle Sieges & Territory Wars every two weeks where clans compete for control of Castles and Wards, respectively. Castles allow a clan to earn revenue from the NPC tax system, and the Wards give stat boosts to the owning clan. It is not unusual to 500-700 people participating in these events across the entire server.

2. New Player Friendly

Due to the changes that have been made to the game in the past year, the grind of the game has been lessened and been geared towards helping newer players advances quickly to catch up to experienced players. They following new player oriented mechanics have been introduced into the game since release:

-Shadow Weapons: Weapons that you obtain for free by completeing a class change, but disappear after a set amount of time.

-Common Items: Items that do not give any bonuses but are dropped at a high rate than a regular weapon, cost a fraction (1/20th) in town compared to the normal version.

-Newbie Buffs: They have also introduced "Newbie Buffs" that last one hour and are available to level 75, which reduces the need to always have a party.

-Buff Herbs: Some of the monsters drop herbs which give a 5min buff while out hunting.

-Vitality: This has been the greatest improvement to the game. Vitality is a bonus to your character that boosts the amount of experience points earned for each kill. There are 4 levels, and when maxed out gives you a 300% bonus. As you kill you slowly use up your Vitality, and when you are in town and logged off you slowly gain vitality. This helps casual players (1-2hours/day) catch up to people who play for extended periods of time as they will always be leveling with Vitality lvl 4 & 3.

3. Problems

Yes the game has bots, but all games have bots. However, NCSoft has gone a crusade as of late to attempt to remove the bots, and have been very successful at controlling the bot problem.

If you are looking for a game where you cannot reach the max level in a week (or even a year) and want to fight people beyond an arena, I highly suggest Lineage 2.