History VideoGame / GrandChase

* ZettaiRyouiki: Some armor sets allow female characters to acquire this ratio. Amy is perhaps the closest to Grade S, as she wears her hair in GirlishPigtails, while Mari's default outfit is a very perfect Grade A.
** And then said GirlishPigtails go UpToEleven with Amy's second job, the Muse: MegaTwintails.

''Grand Chase'' is an MMOG created by KOG Studios, which was released worldwide with several different versions. It's similar to that of ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' in being a 2D side scroller. The difference is that the game is room based, has 3D graphics, and produces an almost more distinctive gameplay than most other [=MMOs=]. Instead of normal character creation, players are given preset character classes, the first three being all female: Sword Knight (Elesis), which is a close-ranged character; Archer (Lire), which is pretty obvious, and a Mage (Arme), also very obvious. Other characters/classes can be unlocked. Each class starts with unlocking a specific character first, then working towards unlocking others (be warned, some of these character unlocking quests are hard - unless you buy your way through them. Same for job changes, except much more hellish).

The game plays more like a console action platform game more than a traditional MMO. It is room based, meaning you join in player-created rooms and enter dungeons which play out more like stages. The objective is to defeat enemy swarms and move on to the next room, until you defeat the boss at the end. Afterward, you are awarded experience points and GP (in-game currency). Then it's off to the next place. The game also has a [=PVP=] for all those competitive players. This game pretty much breaks the mold for most [=MMOs=].

Grand Chase's servers were shut down on April 16, 2015. Players of Grand Chase were able to (based on how much progress they'd made in GC) transfer to ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'' and boost new characters up to higher levels, as well as receive a compensation package of cash shop items during an event following the shutdown.

While ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'' was considered the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Grand Chase'', in late January 2018 an official sequel in the form of a mobile game was released [[NoExportForYou in Korea and July 2018 for the Philippines]], a global version released late in July and in Japan, called VideoGame/GrandChaseDimensionalChaser which continues the saga of the characters after the original ending.

A SpinOff of ''Grand Chase'' entitled ''[[{{VideoGame/Kurtzpel}} KurtzPel]]'' is set to be released in 2019. Unlike ''Grand Chase'' and ''Elsword'', it is a 3D action game set in an AlternateUniverse to the main ''Grand Chase'' story.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: In team mode PvP, many players [[strike:ask]] demand for a "1v1" when their team is down to only themselves, which means their team can win if they beat the rest of the opposing team one-on-one. Reactions and thoughts vary if this is common courtesy or just people whining that their team is losing. Often results in [[BerserkButton raging]] and false threats of getting banned if you decide to not comply to the request, reinforcing the latter image and the view on the FanDumb.

*** That's probably more of a {{Shout Out}} to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] and the ;;[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' version of his [[LimitBreak Omnislash]].

* OneHitKill: Some bosses have attacks that if successful, will instantly kill you. There are Yamini's Death Sentence, Zeruel's Boss' meteor attack that is triggered by standing on the platforms out of it's range, and Hellis Gardosen's portal. Ironically, Zero can turn these into a OngHitKill on the bosses, using the reflect damage property of Increase in Offense Stance, and still survive on Fatal, since he cannot be knocked down with Grandark out.
* OneSteveLimit : Shark Aron and Aron

** His in-game taunts and win quotes have him saying things like "C'mon, newbie!" and "You're one hundred [[{{YearsTooEarly}} years too early]] to fight me.". Basically, just about EVERY VOICED LINE Lass has outside of his skills make him sound very smug.

While ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'' was considered the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Grand Chase'', in late January 2018 an official sequel in the form of a mobile game was released [[NoExportForYou in Korea and July 2018 for the Philippines]] called VideoGame/GrandChaseDimensionalChaser which continues the saga of the characters after the original ending.

While ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'' was considered the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Grand Chase'', in late January 2018 an official sequel in the form of a mobile game was released [[NoExportForYou in Korea and July 2018 for the Philippines]] called ''Grand Chase: Dimensional Chaser'' which continues the saga of the characters after the original ending.

* SuddenDownerEnding: Oh boy. [[spoiler: After defeating [[BigBad Baldinar]] who was responsible for the events of the game, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Veigas]] who was [[UnwittingPawn tricked by a mysterious voice]] claiming to be the Creator God proceeds to waltz in and canonically [[CurbStompBattle demolish]] '''twelve''' of the twenty playable characters (Sieghart, Mari, Lass, Ronan, Arme, Elesis, Jin, Rin, Asin, Lime, Edel and Amy) with zero effort. [[FromBadToWorse Not only that,]] it turns out that the messing of dimensions by Baldinar and the titanic battle with him effectively destroyed the barriers between Aernas (The world of Grand Chase) and Elyos (The world where Dio, Ley and Veigas hail from). Kaze'aze returns in an even more powerful form and forces Ronan into a HeelFaceBrainwashing thanks to being related to her during the battle, resulting in a HeroicSacrifice to save the rest of the Grand Chase. And then the game itself [[RealitySubtext closes for good after that,]] effectively resulting in a cliffhanger. [[http://grandchase.wikia.com/wiki/Ending After said cliffhanger,]] Elscud Sieghart aka '''''Elesis' father''''' was finally revealed after all these years and is [[FaceHeelTurn shown to be working for the voice that tricked Veigas into crushing the Grand Chase thanks to absorbing the power of darkness in Elyos.]] Realising that ItsPersonal and the fact that they are in no shape to pick a fight right now, Elesis resorts to settling things one-on-one with her father while telling Arme to teleport everyone else to safety. This is then followed by the events of ''Grand Chase: Dimensional Chaser'' where the protagonists had to reunite the Grand Chase scattered throughout the worlds. Finally, after an uncounted number years, the entire cast was reunited (even Veigas and Uno who are nonchalantly looking in from a nearby forest) and Elesis who was the last to rejoin proceeds to inform everyone else of the situation in ''Dimensional Chaser'' and [[AndTheAdventureContinues decides to help the protagonists.]]]]

''Grand Chase'' is an MMOG created by KOG Studios, which is released worldwide with several different versions. It's similar to that of ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' in being a 2D side scroller. The difference is that the game is room based, has 3D graphics, and produces an almost more distinctive gameplay than most other [=MMOs=]. Instead of normal character creation, players are given preset character classes, the first three being all female: Sword Knight (Elesis), which is a close-ranged character; Archer (Lire), which is pretty obvious, and a Mage (Arme), also very obvious. Other characters/classes can be unlocked. Each class starts with unlocking a specific character first, then working towards unlocking others (be warned, some of these character unlocking quests are hard - unless you buy your way through them. Same for job changes, except much more hellish).

As of Oct. 20, 2014, GCPH has announced that it will close it's servers on Nov. 17, 2014. This was eventually extended, and the game's servers were shut down on April 16, 2015. Players of Grand Chase were able to (based on how much progress they'd made in GC) transfer to ElswordOnline and boost new characters up to higher levels, as well as receive a compensation package of cash shop items during an event following the shutdown.

** His 4th job has him sounding like AustinPowers with a little Aussie accent.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Listen to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOKavxcUdW4 THIS]] and tell us that it doesn't sound like "The Raising Fighting Spirit" from ''{{Naruto}}''.

''Grand Chase'' is an MMOG created by KOG Studios, which is released worldwide with several different versions. It's similar to that of ''MapleStory'' in being a 2D side scroller. The difference is that the game is room based, has 3D graphics, and produces an almost more distinctive gameplay than most other [=MMOs=]. Instead of normal character creation, players are given preset character classes, the first three being all female: Sword Knight (Elesis), which is a close-ranged character; Archer (Lire), which is pretty obvious, and a Mage (Arme), also very obvious. Other characters/classes can be unlocked. Each class starts with unlocking a specific character first, then working towards unlocking others (be warned, some of these character unlocking quests are hard - unless you buy your way through them. Same for job changes, except much more hellish).

This game provides examples of:

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* ForcedLevelGrinding: Duh
** Kinda subverted now. The new season made leveling up easier.
* FragileSpeedster: Amy. Lass, especially as a Striper / Striker / Slasher (less emphasis on the "Fragile" and more on the "Speedster").

*** That's probably more of a {{Shout Out}} to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] and the AdventChildren version of his [[LimitBreak Omnislash]].

*** Sieghart's fourth job is pretty speedy and hits like a cinderblock fired out of a cannon. And this is even WITHOUT getting the timing down on on the Just Frame (think [[{{GuiltyGear}} False Romantic Cancel]] difficult) finisher extensions on basically every one of his normal attacks AND MP Skills (normal and rage versions).

As of Oct. 20, 2014, GCPH has announced that it will close it's servers on Nov. 17, 2014.

* AwesomeYetPractical: Many new characters are seen as this. Dio, with powerful combos and some one-hit skills, all with the touch of a button!
** Also Zero, with his "Bleeding Gash". One button, and spikes says the rest.
** And don't forget Ley.
** Lupus/Rufus, too. Press a button, watch things get annihilated in a hail of bullets, knife slashes, shotgun blasts, gatling gun fire, or all of them at once!

* MyHeroZero: [[CaptainObvious Zero]].

* TheGunslinger: Mari's second job.

** Also Runes beyond + 9.

* AscendedGlitch: The many types of "stepping" techniques and the "[[FunWithAcronyms OTTO]]"[[hottip:*:'''O'''ver '''T'''he '''T'''op '''O'''ffense]] trick are orignally glitches, but have been left in the game as they are DifficultButAwesome tricks. Stepping is allowed in tournament play, but OTTO is not.