| War of Legends | |||
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| Developer | Ultizen | ||
| Publisher | Jagex Ltd. | ||
| Release dates | 19 January 2010 | ||
| Genre | Strategy MMO | ||
| Mode | Multiplayer | ||
| Platforms | Flash | ||
| Media | Web interface | ||
| Input | Keyboard, mouse | ||
War of Legends was a free multiplayer strategy game published by Jagex Games Studio. The game took place in ancient mythical China[1]. The gameplay was centred on building and commanding a kingdom.
Although Jagex published War of Legends, they were not the developer.[2] Jagex has worked with Ultizen before (on Runescape HD) and they are situated in Shanghai.[3] [4] War of Legends was live since 19 January 2010, on the official website. A Chinese version existed before Jagex published the English version.
The game is free-to-play but also included micro-transactions. [5] It also had regular updates similar to RuneScape. Players could log into War of Legends through their Jagex username and password, and were able to log into War of Legends and RuneScape simultaneously.
There were aggressive non-player characters that were a part of Player-vs-Environment gameplay. War of Legends was a graphics based MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online Game), incorporating a mixture of 3D isometric and 2D content. The game was played in real time, rather than turn based, and the gameplay was based around controlling and running a whole kingdom rather than focusing on one character.
War of Legends was set in a Player vs. Player environment. Jagex stated that although it was not essential to compete with other players, a 'solid defence' is needed in order to build a kingdom. It was possible to be attacked while not logged into the game, a feature that was also present in their FunOrb game 'Dungeon Assault', although Jagex had said that War of Legends was totally different and separate.
The game has been offline since December 22nd, 2014, though there are plans by former players, including Mod Twigletx to revive it by starting a private server. More information about this can be found by joining the community's Discord server.
Inspiration[]
The book Fengshen Yanyi has had a large influence on War of Legends' background and plot. Fengshen Yanyi is a Chinese epic fantasy novel written in the Ming Dynasty, and covers stories of the Shang and Zhou dynasty
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References[]
- ^ http://twitter.com/War_of_Legends/statuses/7765906236
- ^ Mod Panda about publisher/developer. Jagex Ltd. (2010-01-05).
- ^ War of Legends twitter account replying about the developer. Jagex Ltd. (2010-01-14).
- ^ War of Legends interview (2010-01-18).
- ^ War of Legends interview (2010-01-18).