Back in 2013, Japanese High Fantasy novel, anime, and manga series Record of Lodoss War emerged from the past to meet gamers with plenty of nostalgia in MMORPG form.
emerged from the past to meet gamers with plenty of nostalgia in MMORPG form. The MMO, titled Record of Lodoss War Online, entered alpha testing stage and was quickly scrapped, with little word from its developer L & K Logic Korea on the project’s development. Now, two years later, Lodoss Online has emerged once more with an early 2016 release date.
Producer Shinji Goda and brand manager Hitoshi Kato allegedly revealed these plans in an interview last Friday, alongside the revival of the game’s official website. L & K Logic Korea, developers of Red Stone Online, will be developing Lodoss Online , and GameOn will be publishing the game. Lodoss Online will present the game world from an isometric perspective, and players will be able to choose from a variety of hero classes from the original series, including Esquires (knights) and Oracles (healers). So far, the game seems to be Japan and Korea-only, though no official statement has been made on any other foreign localization efforts.
The game will be taking place in the setting of the Grey Witch arc, which encompasses the original novel series’ second book, the manga’s first volume, and the first halves of both the OVA (original video animation) and the TV show. Fan favorites from this chapter of the series– the knight Parn, the high elf shaman Deedlit, the Oracle Etoh, and others – will make an appearance as NPCs in the game.