NCsoft releases teaser trailer for Blade and Soul
by Rubi Bayer 
Nov 16th 2009 at 11:00AM
Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, New titles, Blade & Soul
News for eager fans has been on the skimpy side, with the biggest announcement lately being a recent mention from the NCsoft CEO Jaeho Lee: "I believe there will be certain public events in the year 2010... at least a closed beta test for those titles. Commercialisation will be expected, at this point, probably some time in the year 2011."
Yesterday NCsoft delivered a little surprise via Twitter for those anticipating Blade and Soul: a teaser trailer is coming soon, and a 30-second teaser is available now. Take a look at the teaser after the jump, and we'll keep an eye out for the full length version for you!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Venekor said on 11:42AM 11-16-2009
A generic title with generic art for another generic Asain mmorpg.
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Tom said on 12:18PM 11-16-2009
^^ This is it, exactly.
Aru said on 12:30PM 11-16-2009
A generic comment with generic pessimism from another generic commenter.
Snowyjoe said on 1:29AM 11-17-2009
A lot of Asian MMOs have an Asian fantasy theme.
A lot of Western MMOs have a J. R. R. Tolkien fantasy theme.
Drock said on 2:47PM 11-17-2009
If you actually looked into the game, you would see how incredibly wrong you are.
Goonja said on 11:56AM 11-16-2009
Blade and Soul will be a serious challenger to Aion but I think that NCsoft priority is to get rid of the bots and Goldsellers that plague their games.
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Ganesh said on 1:28PM 11-17-2009
"serious challenger to Aion"??
Dude, Aion is dying because NCSoft put no effort into the game. It just copied from the Korean game without realizing that the same gaming sensibilities don't hold in North America. People in North America aren't big fans of the mindless grinding.
NCSoft's response is a patch that doesn't address the NA concerns. NCSoft's responses on the forums has been non-existent.
My point? Why would anyone who has experienced the way NCSoft treats its customers (as they have in Aion or in Tabula Rasa) spend money on another title that will be unsupported by the company and not address the needs of the players?
UltimateQ said on 11:57AM 11-16-2009
I remember seeing the original trailer some 2 years back or so. It looked pretty cool. I fear that Venekor might just be right, however I hope he isn't. I'd like to play a good martial arts MMO that wasn't overly generic.
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Goonja said on 12:42PM 11-16-2009
I've been waiting for a good martial art MMO too,lets hope they don`t turn it into another generic MMO.
Are you refering to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb9U2Ws3Jtw&feature=related
UltimateQ said on 3:22PM 11-16-2009
Yeah that one.
Jess said on 12:39PM 11-16-2009
Nice production. But I find Allods looks a thousand times better and much more original.
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Lokasaki said on 1:44PM 11-16-2009
I'll bet this will take zero risks and will rip-off other MMOs wholesale.
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Dranaerys said on 2:15PM 11-16-2009
I love the asian artstyle in NcSofts games, but sadly their games have little to no soul and are unending grindfests. No thanks.
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Jarin said on 2:41PM 11-16-2009
Is it just me or is the guy on the right severely improportionate? Oh wait, they all are... nevermind, carry on then.
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Archipelagos said on 3:06PM 11-16-2009
What's with the tiny heads? Seriously, could someone explain as it's freaking me out.
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UltimateQ said on 3:21PM 11-16-2009
Yeah, that one.
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Yoh said on 3:50PM 11-16-2009
T'n'A, and brick shithouses..... how original.
This kind of crap makes me ashamed to be male.
If I want porn, I'll go elsewhere to get it. I don't want it in my MMO's, because you know that every prepubescent teen is going to be in there, getting themselves off on virtual titties while being complete asshats about it.
That, and you know it's going to alginate every woman on the face of the planet.
I don't think I could live with myself if I lowered my standards of woman to this BS.
Besides, if their spending so much time on the T'n'A, they probably are not spending that time being innovative.
~Yoh
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Utakata said on 5:49PM 11-16-2009
I was highly interested in this game for awhile...until I started finding out there's an icky underlining fan service to this game. So I'm not so interested anymore. This game may infact have next gen graphics as demonstrated in it's video's...but it appears it's stag party T'n'A appeal is still stuck in the century when men used to peel bananas with their feet.
I will also add, if you want to develop women ingame that are kick-ass, you should realize that large mammory glands are not an asset but an incombence. Similar to a male with a large beer gut attempting to tie his own show laces...
...in short, you don't need it to sell if the game itself is really good.
Yoh said on 11:24PM 11-16-2009
Interestingly enough, even if I wanted some T'n'A in my game, it wouldn't be the stereotypical 'lamp post with a pair of grapefruit strapped to it' look.
I kinda prefer strong, boobs of steel types.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BoobsOfSteel
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/la-pucelle-tactics-heroine-prier.jpg
If I want a sexy heroine, I would like her to be able to bench press a tank.
Real proportions please.
~Yoh
highplains.drifter said on 6:09PM 11-16-2009
Isn't there any more original thinkers out there for making a new style of mmorpg, instead of the same copy and paste games we have be given.
Let's start to think more outside the box now developers.
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