At Maple World, hunting and engaging in battles are not the only options you'll have.

You can explore a totally new and unknown world you have never been to, put on beautiful clothes and gorgeous accessories, and even attract other users in the process. You may begin the journey to explore the world of unknown alone, but you may come out on the other end with numerous new friends through hunting and chatting. If you're tired of hunting and competition, how about playing minigames with a friend for a change?

You'll become a brave adventurer protecting the Maple World, and if you're exhausted from all the intense battles and competition, you may one day build your own house at a quiet rural village, enjoying the life of a recluse who welcomes visitors At Maple Island, you will learn from the NPC's simple hunting skills and basic control of the game to help you ease into the game. Then, you'll board the ship that heads to Victoria Island, and that's where your journey REALLY begins. From Lith Harbor that welcomes you from a long journey from Maple Island, you'll run into such fascinating towns as Henesys - the village of bowmen with comfy mushroom-shaped houses gathered together; Ellinia - the village of magicians with mysterious spells embedded between tall trees; Perion - the village of warriors with the fighting spirit typical of the Indians living in highlands; and Kerning City - the village of thieves that reminds you of the back alleys of dark cities.

You'll be playing the game at Victoria Island where all these diverse and unique towns and fields coexist.

Here, you are going to be just a regular gamer hunting down monsters and protecting yourself in the process. You'll be given 4 paths to choose from, 4 that will define your life in MapleStory: Warrior, Bowman, Thief, and Magician. Through leveling up and meeting some requirements, you'll be able to make job advancements and nurture your character in your own, unique way.

Well though i wasnt to excited when i first saw this game, I can say the complete opposite after actually trying it out.

I just started the game today only played for bout 2-3 hours today, and to be honest i havent had this much fun since CoH first came out.

I spent the first half hour just lvling on the starter island by myself, trying to figure the game out, around 7 or 8th lvl i grouped with another who said he was also new to the game, and it was really fun hunting in some hidden zone he found that had seemingly hundreds of mobs for just us two to just plow through. We finished off our quest, made it to lvl 10 then went to the mainland.

We went our seprate ways then and i was trying to find how to get to Perion to train to be a warrior, well like a full blown noob i ended up taking the taxi straight to the world dungeon where i did not last long of course. I got help though a nice 40 lvl cleric took me all the way to perion totally free, and then even went so far as to buy me a full deck of armor and weapons, potions, and some cash. He even gave me tons of tips on how i should build my character.

Overall, i think despite the way the game looks, its better than most games out right now imho. The graphics while cartoony and 2d, are stunningly cute, especially the facial emotes and being the anime fan i am i love it. The community so far that i have expirenced, is kind and helpful, and at times silly. Im not much of a fan of the "kill 100 of this and that" quest but its somthing i think people can get over if they enjoy the combat system, which is entertaining to me so far. And the game doesnt feel like to much of a grind atm, seeing how i dont have to camp any area and i can keep moving forward while hunting.

This game definently isnt for everyone, but its made it into my top 10 of mmo's so it isnt crap lol. If your thinking of trying this game you really should instead of judging it by looks and what other people say, and definently get involved in the community in the game, it adds a whole lot of fun while your playing.

some one help me! i get this "Failed in finding proper screen mode for Gr2D" error when i try to start maple! on the site it says "MapleStory uses the 3D graphic engine. You won't be able to enjoy the game if your graphic card does not support 3D graphic engine. Check to see that your graphic card supports the 3D, and then please check to see if you have installed the latest driver available for your card." this is crap to me... i use a laptop Dell Latitude to be exact, i tryed to play a 3D game once and it worked though horribly slow... can someone please explain to me what i can do to fix this problem.

~thanks for your support in advance....

p.s. i'm going nuts over this crap help me please!!!