My Full Review of MapleStory after Playing 5000+ Hours

Here Today is the Day of Reckoning today's day of Truth and Justice today I will be doing my official maple story review I've been playing this game for over 18 years I have over 5 000 hours spent in the game don't judge me I've trained every class to level 200 twice have multiple level 250 plus characters and restarted on multiple accounts just for the fun of it Mabel story is currently the most popular it has ever been breaking records across multiple regions definitely not bad for a 20 year old mushroom game in May earlier this year I made a video to talk about the state of the game and promised to make a proper review so let's go on a journey through the game together there is a lot to talk about but first a word from today's video sponsor Oprah GX is your current browser holding you back from maximizing your gains in your favorite MMO need something nice to look at while grinding Oprah GX offers endless customization so that you can personalize is your browser as you see fit if 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today it's completely free many thanks to them for sponsoring today's video and now back to the review even though maple story is 20 years old already the game has been getting updated a lot with two big updates a year and many smaller updates usually every six weeks maplestory's art style is colorful and vibrant each area has their own unique look feel and sound whether you're fighting slimes in the Treetops walking around a snowy field in Illinois or in a temple each area will feel unique and has a great soundtrack to accompany it and the soundtrack in this game is probably the best out of any MMO hacker out of any game it's just really that good MapleStory is a World building through lore on the other hand that's a different story with the game being this old and the story ever evolving it's quite hard to get an easy grasp of what is actually going on and while the developers have made efforts to fix the many plot holes the story has the story Still Remains a weak point for MapleStory especially some of the earlier game forced starter area stories can be a big turn off for some people all these diverse areas are also the homes of the many classes that MapleStory has to offer one of the game's strengths is extremely diverse roster of classes want to be a classic assassin no problem prefer to be a pop star sure how about an edgy Dragon princess who escaped an uprising and was raced on the streets no problem I think MapleStory does a great job of making every class feel unique with each class having their own gimmicks and play style for example this class called Kane has a special grappling wire that makes you able to swing from platforms the shadow wear makes monsters drop additional missiles the endgame currency that can be blown up in Monster's faces the Kaiser class transforms it to a big dragon there is something for everyone's taste MapleStory has an interesting approach when it comes to class types yeah there are supportive classes tanky classes and damage dealers some are better at pulsing some are better at grinding but with MapleStory being 2D and all there isn't any aggro pooling or any really true support instead fighting both monsters is more about dodging attacks and attacking at the right time tanky and supportive classes usually provide defensive Buffs stat Buffs to increase the damage of your party members or Shields to make it easier for the rest your party to get off their damage and due to the grinding nature of the game each class can dish out plenty of damage is not a super traditional fireweek supportive or tanky classes sure they are perhaps a little bit weaker than some of the other more damage orientated classes but they can all hold their own the class balance is therefore in my opinion the best it has ever been every class is justifiable however there are still some classes who outshine others due to them being easier to play there is a bit of a burst meta when it comes to bossing making some of the more DPM focused classes a bit less in the month a bit less popular and sometimes it kinda feels that some classes get a little bit more love from the developers than others the same thing can be said for the class balance when it comes to grinding monsters with some classes being able to grind very lazy While others have to put in more work and you'll be grinding a lovely MapleStory this is one of its biggest strengths and weaknesses out of all the grindy MMOs I've played there is just something so satisfying about grinding in Maplestory the fast-paced movement colorful skills it's moi it's a great game to pick up after a long day of work where you can just relax and still get some progress done but on the other hand if you really dislike grindy MMOs you'll absolutely hate MapleStory there is just so much to do and to grind for that it can feel very overwhelming most of the gameplay and maple story is done solo grinding in a party is no longer The Meta and will make both you and your grinding partner progress slower so it can be done but it's just not efficient whatsoever MapleStory isn't this play with others focused as it was in the past there still is party content though as mid and end game bosses are almost always exclusively done in parties and there's daily party content in Monster Park extreme at level 260. most socializing is done through guilds and Discord though there also are party quests that can be done in a party but this content kinda fell off and with most Maples is trying to grind as fast and efficient as possible this content is pretty much that you can still do it with your friends though it's just that no one else really does it and some events are done with other people through matchmaking your progress isn't really hindered by you not playing in a party you can actually solo every boss if you want to but especially for the higher level bosses these are usually done in parties because no one wants to solo a boss for 30 minutes and get strong enough to actually get to that point not a big topic is progression and this is again both of one of maplestory's biggest strengths and also its biggest weakness you either love it or you hate it or probably a little bit of both there are 20 years of content revamps and systems waiting for a new player which can make the game feel extremely overwhelming the original maple story was built around your characters reaching the max of level 200 but as the game got older the Finish Line kept getting moved and moved new contents kept getting introduced the level cap kept being raised and the early game leveling speed got sped up dramatically because new players are going through the early games so fast it will almost always feel like you're missing out on important quests training spots and systems and the game does a very poor job in explaining the many mechanics it has and doesn't really guide you to the important stuff I have to say though it has gotten better than before thank thanks to the guide menu but there is a reason why the most popular MapleStory videos roll guide videos the entirety of 10 years of old school MapleStory content is squished into the first six hours of the game and it can feel very overwhelming and a little bit rushed the end game though that's a different Beast because the Finish Line keeps getting moved there are always stats to improve and new levels to grind for you cannot finish grinding in Maplestory it is still actively releasing new end game areas and systems as well with the six job advancement releasing later this year the fifth job and 6 job systems require Maples to grind for hours to collect enough resources to upgrade their skills which is fun in a way since you're always working towards something and you can have these small progression steps but it's also a very long grind and even though the game keeps pushing players to reach higher levels faster through events and balance changes it is still a grind reaching the mid game is pretty fast these days but the end game there's no end to that one of my personal gripes with the end game is getting your End Game Gear there are a whole bunch of accessories called pitched boss accessories these items are rare drops from end game bosses and where is a bit of an understatement for example I've been busing with my party for almost every week defeating the hard lucid and hard wheeled bosses and out of a year of bossing we've only seen one pitched item draw the bosses that drop these items could only be defeated once a week so if you're unlucky your end game progress can be super slow all of maplestory's gear upgrading is also based on chance and one of these systems has a chance to blow up your gear some of the stats are saved in a trace and the blown up item can be covered but it also means that you have to get multiple spare items imagine doing that with those super rare items it just takes forever MapleStory has a lot of upgrading mechanics which can be very overwhelming and requires you to pay attention and actually know what to aim for I think it can somewhat be expected of a 20 year old game to have little systems but also the developers haven't really tried to simplify things either improvements are made here and there but gear upgrading can either feel amazing or like a total waste of time due to the random nature of success in Maplestory systems and gear get replaced very slowly like over the course of years so your progress doesn't feel invalid even after playing for a while like with some other games where every week the new best item gets released MapleStory also has various servers one server where you can trade between other players and one where you cannot and you have to get all your items yourself in those servers where you can trade are also the thing called the meso Market where players can buy mesos the in-game currency for real money and then can use those missiles to purchase gear and items from other players allowing them to skip a lot of progress there also are a lot of cosmetic items for sale in the cash shop which are often acquired through random boxes just putting that warning out there overall though I think MapleStory is in one of the best states there's ever been with long overdue quality of live features being introduced constantly and there always is something new on the horizon to look forward to the developers do sometimes make very strange choices but they can be pushed in the right direction buy enough outcry from the player base example of what I mean by strange choices are for example with the Explorer class revamp last year a new story was added that takes your character from Level 1 to level 30 but this story was mandatory every time you made a different Explorer class there are a lot of those classes I think like 15 of them so you had to go through the same story 15 times with no option to skip it also each Explorer class uses a unique weapon without the right weapon they can't use their skills but because you're stuck in a story until Level 30 you could not get a new weapon for your class or get any in-game currency because you're reading the story so maples have to transfer missiles from other characters or grind with their first job skills to get enough missiles to buy a weapon now these oversights got fixed later on but it's such a weird and big oversight to have on the game it has been around for 20 years already and these types of sometimes strange inconveniences seem to happen more often than not communication between the overseas teams and MapleStory Global and C is pretty rough as well but sometimes change is being made that feel like they aren't made with the best interest for the players or the game in mind with removal of meta-defining content that has been in the game already for years under the guise of balance or the fixing of bugs which were in the game for so long that they were considered features by the players and sometimes feel like Nexon either doesn't check up on their own game or does it know their own game very well suddenly finding things Unbound balanced or broken even though they have been in the game for years if MapleStory isn't the best state it has ever been the state of how the game is being published is probably in the worst this ever been with the constant removal of content and lack of communication it sometimes can get scary for maplers whenever a new update hits because you're never certain what's going to be changed or in quotation marks fixed next but overall though this is a game I keep coming back to I don't know the grinding is so satisfying the bossing is actually pretty fun I was never a guy who likes bossing that much but once you learn the mechanics it actually is pretty fun and of course the grinding is unmatched the soundtrack is unmatched all the classes are super exciting super fun to play and Naval story being around for that long definitely shows that it's doing some things right and that's all what I had for today's video what do you think of MapleStory let me know in the comments thank you all so much for watching and as always special thanks to our members for making these videos possible special thanks to music comic ramadar Sebastian Hanoi Jesus Rodriguez claudi Mora Wiley Riser are you backspace oti ziggetier history Canon saffronics flitius knife Zoo cloudfix sir Tito 655 Michael machaka raytheus afterlord betrayal 1489 Silvio NATO Striker elk Title One pun Victor sunstrom Matthias Stevenson Mr anarch benon games the passenger kaniwoo Max Bernhardt mukau 1017 BMB King Scotty flies fast Gabriel feko vague botnet Dante Victory mathinu death snack hbg only Lord fasile What's d Kaiser that archigai Luis Bento brandau snufflepop Tales cursed the wolf Drake Gabriel wolf privy bang best Guild Luna casual Volk Quinn migu and Mark Seton thank you all so much for watching stay safe and happy mapling thank you

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Length: 13min 30sec (810 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 18 2023