This one slipped under the radar a short while back but we think its certainly worth a mention. South Korea-based developer Maverick Studios has announced Unveiled: The Supernatural, a new MMORPG set in modern times and dealing with the occult and supernatural creatures.
Unveiled: The Supernatural features four supernatural Hunter, Vampire, Werewolf and the Witch, all fighting to prevent the apocalypse. You can learn more about Unveiled: The Supernatural in the official press release and trailer after the break. Stay tuned and we'll update you with more information on Unveiled: The Supernatural as it becomes available.
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Maverick Studios announces upcoming MMORPG title Unveiled: The Supernatural
Seoul, South Korea. Oct. 28th, 2011 Maverick Studios, a South Korea based studio formed by industry veterans, have announced their maiden MMORPG title, Unveiled: The Supernatural. Unveiled: The Supernatural modern fantasy MMORPG, dealing with the supernatural and occult genre in lieu of modern day world. It features four supernatural races: Hunter, Vampire, Werewolf and the Witch and their struggle to prevent the coming apocalypse foretold in the prophecy.
We had a strong collective sense of desire as a team to create an immersive MMO experience without sacrificing the aesthetics, said Inwon Lee, Producer. Each one of us believed that it can only be reached through exciting gameplay action and creative dynamics between contents.
Taeho Kim, Creative Director, said; The combination of the supernatural genre and the modern day setting provides exciting opportunities for us to create a vast range of game experiences for players. He then added, We want to show every aspect of the supernatural, from the curious to the unbelievable, something for everybody.
Unveiled: The Supernatural
A fleeting glimpse of a shadow disappearing into the darkness
A driverless car races around town at certain times of the night
You awake startled, only to find yourself in a coffin buried alive
You try to close your eyes, but it pulls you, intrigues you.
Come unveil the hidden world of the supernatural.
Where what you may find, may haunt you forever.
Introduction
Welcome to the world where all things supernatural and occult such as vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, demons, angels, forgotten myths and gods, urban legends and the like are unveiled.
It is a world where you will encounter supernatural experiences and imaginations of the unknown. These encounters may be something as unnerving as driving into a night fog on a dark highway and driving out of it to find youre thousands of miles away or something as absurd as an entire town becoming possessed in the middle of the night coming for you while you sleep.
Experiences like these will encompass a rich storyline involving the supernatural world and its inhabitants struggling together and against each other to survive in a war to prevent the foretold apocalypse.
Key Features
World
The world of Unveiled: The Supernatural is based on our own modern day world setting. The world is comprised of many places we know well, and some that we dont. The players will travel all over the globe, to the inhabited to the uninhabited to explore the supernatural world plainly hidden in various parts of the world. These places may be as familiar as alleys and undergrounds of New York City, to as exotic as the Hatra Ruins in now Iraq.
The hidden world of the supernatural is not plainly seen, some will require special powers or items to find and some may come to the seeker. These travels will often lead players to at-first-glance normal places. Rural or suburb areas where a conspiracy to farm human beings may be secretly underway or where a two thousand year old cult is sacrificing residents to unlock ancient prophecies.
Throughout the game, players will not just run into other supernatural beings; they will come across diverse encounters. Though not many, there are few humans who know about the hidden world and its inhabitants. And they each have their alliances and agendas. Some may help, some need saving and some may need to be dealt with.
Races
Unveiled: The Supernatural offers four races to choose from: Hunter, Vampire, Werewolf and the Witch. Although they all have their own agendas and distrust towards one another from ancient enmities, sometimes they do work together against the larger and common threat, the apocalypse and those who wish it.
Hunter
Hunters are humans with special powers to hunt ghosts, demons and vampires. They utilize generations passed down knowledge of the supernatural and modern technology through various combat abilities and special equipment and arsenals. They know all the weaknesses of almost all the supernatural races and have prepared countermeasures. Hunters are especially adept against supernatural beings such as demons and ghosts, making them the silent and unknown protectors of humankind. They also have a special history of hatred and blood with the Vampires throughout history.
Vampire
Vampires require blood of a living being as sustenance. Because their power may depend on the living being that they drink from, they always seek for better blood. They have various powers and can recover fully from drinking blood. Though drinking of human blood was widely practiced in the ancient times, in the 21st century more and more Vampires are drinking animal blood. Though Vampires have had a very violent and bloody past with the Hunters, in the recent years theyve been targeting Werewolves for territorial control in the wild. Considering their affinity to cities, no one yet knows why the Vampires are trying to expand out to the rural and wild areas.
Werewolf
While Werewolves are usually in human form, they will turn full Werewolf in the heat of combat or when they feel endangered. Werewolves are only comprised of males and due to their pack culture, rank and position is strictly adhered to. They inherently love combat and hunting. Werewolves as a race a fiercely territorial of the wild and some even deter humans from encroaching and destroying it. However, they have a special place in their hatred for Witches, who in ancient times cursed the men hunting them and their male heritage to become Werewolves.
Witch
Witches, comprised solely of females, are a special breed of humans adept at ancient magic and incantations. The roots of the Witches reach very far back in history, where their ancestors sacrificed their lives to the spirits for the Contract. Witches are the most adept at magic of all supernatural races. It is through magic that Witches make themselves young and very attractive to seduce men to their will. Some legends even claim that it was the Witches who taught the Vampires to use magic in the ancient times. Witches today harbor the ancient resentment towards the Hunters for the hundreds of years of persecution even today.
Character Progression
No Classes
Being a supernatural being is like a class all in itself, each race has its own unique Native Trait Power trees as well as supernatural powers that all supernatural races share. Your race may excel at certain things, but its up to you to build your character to attain the combination of powers that make your character truly unique and formidable.
Mastery
Unveiled: The Supernatural offers more freedom to players though the mastery system. No more having powers and weapons forced upon you whether you want it or not. You decide which powers and which weapons your character should have and how you would like your character to excel in them.
Every time your character progress in level, your will be given MP(Mastery Points) to distribute to enhancing your characters level in weapon(s) or power(s), or purchase new ones and give your character a new way of fighting against your foes.
Each character can gain up to ten separate Mastery trees, including Weapons, Psychic, Paranormal, Magic, etc. Within each Mastery tree, you can learn and progress up to ten Powers, plus have the option to enhance your Native Trait Powers. Building your character through your choices has never been more fun or vital in a MMO. We have provided the mold, and you will have freedom to pick and choose, shaping the character into what kind of Hunter, Vampire, Werewolf or Witch your character will be.
Evolution
Supernatural beings can evolve. Throughout the gameplay, you will on rare occasions come across Essences of other supernatural beings. Essence enables your character to evolve and unlock a Native Trait Power of another supernatural race. In PvE, the Essence of the monsters you fight may be gained, and in PvP you may gain the Essence of those you have conquered, the Hunter, Vampire, Werewolf or Witch.
Essence is not a byproduct of grind, it is a very rare item which allows you to evolve your character into unimagined heights. The chances of gaining Essence is not determined by sheer repeated probabilities, but as many things are in life, luck. (Luck by the way, is a stat!)
Utilizing Essences does not end there, they can also be used to enhance the effectiveness or imbue weapon traits on your weapon(s) as well.
Heres an example of character progression:
So youve always dreamed about creating the perfect Demon-Hunter?
Go ahead and spend your MPs and pump up your demon hunting powers, then use your essence to enhance your weapon to kick demon ass. And maybe, you might even use another Essence that you got off of a Witch or a Vampire you killed in PvP and add in some of that Witchcraft or Vampire telekinetic powers.
Whats missing? Oh yeah, how about arch-demon Andhaka of the Ascended Twelve hiding out in the inner chambers of the Barabar Caves in India that no one seems to be able to put down?
Done and done.
PvP
PvP is a vital element to the gameplay experience in Unveiled: The Supernatural. Though all the races may work together to destroy a common threat, usually theyre at each others throats. Through hidden agendas, political maneuvering, temporary alliances and general intrigue, the Supernatural beings tend to settle disputes through combat. The most common dispute is over the control of ruins.
Race vs Race
How about an all-out Hunter vs. Vampires vs. Werewolves vs. Witches match to the death? Everybody will be teamed up by races for a team deathmatch in the PvP zone. Only the most balanced combination of teamwork, individual builds and alliances with other races will help determine the outcome.
Guild vs Guild
Weed out the strong from the weak and find out which is the strongest guild in Unveiled: The Supernatural. Guilds go head to head in various game modes under a variety of selectable game rules and the winner not only take all the glory, but win/loss records and rewards as well.
Team vs Team
Want to enjoy PvP in a smaller scale? Jump right in and get matched with others to form a small team to PvP with, or bring your own party to test your strength. Though the participant numbers may be limited to small numbers, it also provides game modes not provided in any other PvP modes such as the competitive mode.
About Maverick Studios
Maverick Studios is a game development studio based in Seoul, South Korea, currently in development of its maiden title, a modern fantasy MMORPG titled Unveiled: The Supernatural since 2009. The development team is comprised of experienced industry veterans in various genres of online games. For more info and contacts please visit www.maverickstudios.net.
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