History VideoGame / RagnarokIITheGateOfTheWorld

In November 2004, Gravity Corporation announced that they would be working on a sequel to follow up on the title they're best known for--the {{MMORPG}} ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'', based on Myung-Jin Lee's ''Manhwa/{{Ragnarok}}'' graphic novel series. '''''Ragnarok II: The Gate of the World''''' (also called ''Ragnarok Online 2'' or ''[=RO2=]'') was to be an ambitious project with the express purpose of competing with ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', which by then had already taken the lion's share of the MMORPG market. To that end, Gravity sought to design the game to appeal to all players from all corners of the world, retaining enough of the characteristics that made ''Ragnarok Online'' so popular while expanding its appeal to other tastes. Instead of [=soundTeMP=], the group that provided most of ''Ragnarok Online's'' music, Music/YokoKanno was tapped for the job of composing ''The Gate of the World's'' soundtrack. [[AwesomeMusic/RagnarokIITheGateOfTheWorld And boy, did she deliver.]]

* {{Combos}}: ''The Gate of the World'' featured a Letalis mechanic in which certain skills would build up a Letalis Point (LP) meter. Other skills required one or more (or ''all'') of the LP gauge to use. Outside of combat, this gauge would rapidly deplete itself. As far as was shown, the Letalis system was to be intrinisic to ''all'' races and classes, and not like, say, Rogues in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (or Thieves in ''Legend of the Second'').
* CharacterClassSystem: ''The Gate of the World'' has one, just like ''RO''--with the same Novice, First Class, Second Class progression--but it's only for the Norman race, ''and'' Normans can freely change their class rather than making a permanent cnoice. On top of that, the available classes are different; Archers have been replaced by Recruits, Acolytes and Magicians by Enchanters, and Merchants are gone from the equation entirely.
* EquipmentBasedProgression: A rare case where this is used ''in addtion'' to the class and level system. Many pieces of weapons and armor gain experience with use, just like a character. They can then "level up" when taken to a blacksmith [=NPC=], who will upgrade the item for a fee. Gravity designed this system to avert the SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness, although there are still many pieces of non-leveling equipment to be found.

* FiveRaces: Only three races are playable (the Normans, the Ellr, and the Dimago) but at least this many are implied from the setting. Notably, each of the races play very differently from each other. As in, "only ''one'' of these races has a class system" different. Each of the races were designed to appeal to the tastes of different types of gamers.

* GameEngine: ''The Gate of the World'' was developed with Unreal Engine 2. After player feedback from the initial beta, Gravity switched to Gamebryo while reworking the game, but the results of this were never seen.

* [[AltumVidetur Gratuitous Latin]]: Shows up in a couple of places--

* {{Combos}}: ''The Gate of the World'' featured a Letalis mechanic in which certain skills would build up a Letalis Point (LP) meter. Other skills required one or more (or ''all'') of the LP gauge to use. Outside of combat, this gauge would rapidly deplete itself. As far as was shown, the Letalis system was to be intrinisic to ''all'' races and classes, and not like, say, Rogues in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' (or Thieves in ''Legend of the Second'').

In November 2004, Gravity Corporation announced that they would be working on a sequel to follow up on the title they're best known for--the {{MMORPG}} ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'', based on Myung-Jin Lee's ''Manhwa/{{Ragnarok}}'' graphic novel series. ''Ragnarok II: The Gate of the World'' (also called ''Ragnarok Online 2'' or ''[=RO2=]'') was to be an ambitious project with the express purpose of competing with ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', which by then had already taken the lion's share of the MMORPG market. To that end, Gravity sought to design the game to appeal to all players from all corners of the world, retaining enough of the characteristics that made ''Ragnarok Online'' so popular while expanding its appeal to other tastes. Instead of [=soundTeMP=], the group that provided most of ''Ragnarok Online's'' music, Music/YokoKanno was tapped for the job of composing ''The Gate of the World's'' soundtrack. [[AwesomeMusic/RagnarokIITheGateOfTheWorld And boy, did she deliver.]]

* GratuitousLatin: Shows up in a couple of places--

* NotableTrailers: Gravity put out a few over the years of ''The Gate of the World's'' development--
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQNoYuXGOM This anime trailer]] was shown at the 2005 Korea Amuse World Expo and Tokyo Game Show, showing off the Ellr, Dimago, and the Normans, all set to the city of Juno's music from ''Ragnarok Online''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-srYSTx5fYk This 3D animated trailer]] aired around 2007, featuring a Norman adventuring party fighting machines to Yoko Kanno's music.

** Enchanters have a series elemental resistances skills that have Latin names, in addition to some imported ''RO'' skills that were in Latin.

* OxygenMeter: ''The Gate of the World'' gives characters freedom to swim in deep waters, but restricts them with a breath capacity system that works like this.

* GratuitousLatin: "Letalis" is a Latin word for "deadly, fatal, or mortal."

* {{Combos}}: ''The Gate of the World'' featured a Letalis mechanic in which certain skills would build up an Letalis Point (LP) meter. Other skills required one or more (or ''all'') of the LP gauge to use. Outside of combat, this gauge would rapidly deplete itself. As far as was shown, the Letalis system was to be intrinisic to ''all'' races and classes, and not like, say, Rogues in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' (or Thieves in ''Legend of the Second'').

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* BreakableWeapons: Unlike ''RO'', weapons ''and'' armor have a durability gauge. They'll need to be repaired from time to time by a repairsmith.

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* {{Combos}}: ''The Gate of the World'' featured a Letalis mechanic in which certain skills would build up an Letalis Point (LP) meter. Other skills required one or more (or ''all'') of the LP gauge to use. Outside of combat, this gauge would rapidly deplete itself.

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** The in-game video introduction shows a brief shot of a rather mode

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''The Gate of the World's'' story starts a thousand years ago, when the world was on the brink of total destruction until the son of Baldur, St. Lif, saved the day. The modern day is set near the year 1000 L.C., twenty years after the Normans of the east and west waged a bitter war between one another. Peace has returned to the Norman lands, but troubling events have happened as of late--the half-giant Dimago have awoken from their slumber, and the half-elf Ellr have arrived from Alfheim as part of their investigation on why the Mother Tree has fallen silent.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: Not with items, but with ''skills''. Certain skills within a Norman's class can be used while playing as other classes, but this is represented by a puzzle grid in which the eligible skills take different shapes.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS:

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* ArtEvolution: Compared to ''RO's'' sprites, which retain the style of Gravity's founding artists, ''The Gate of the World's'' character models are closer to Myung-Jin Lee's art style, but retain the cutesy semi-deformed appearance from ''RO's'' in-game graphics.

* VirtualPaperDoll: ''The Gate of the World'' gives characters greater freedom to customize their appearance than ''RO'' does. All armor worn is visible on the character, rather than very character wearing the same class uniform as they do in ''RO''.

* GoldSilverCopperStandard: Introduced a decimal currency in which 100 Rufi (noted by silver coins) equaled 1 Zeny (noted by gold coins).