Vindictus is a hack and slash massive multiplayer online role-playing game created by devCAT, an internal studio of Korean free-to-
play game publisher Nexon. Vindictus is a prequel to the
popular MMORPG Mabinogi and is known as Mabinogi Heroes outside of North
America.
Vindictus takes place in the same setting used in Mabinogi, but is placed chronologically several hundred years prior to the first game during a period of
war and strife. Nexon
America, Nexon'
s North American division, announced the new name on
March 12, 2010 at the Game Developers' Conference in San Francisco.
Combat System
Vindictus will be using the Source engine to allow players to interact extensively with the environment. Environmental objects can be destroyed or picked up and wielded as weapons. Combat is described as "kind of brutal, like a bullfight," and will require a lot of teamwork.
Classes
Vindictus' "Classes" and "characters" are one and the same. When beginning the game, players have a choice to play as one of three characters, each of which has different combat skills and abilities. Players are free to alter certain aspects of their character'
s appearance, but basic abilities and combat styles are set at character creation. They are
gender-locked.
