New Maplestory Blockbuster SOON!

I know she was made under the same director (there's a reason why I've included her :p) but I have a feeling that the art team was replaced during 2012 or something there are similar patterns that follow the art style since 2012. Also tfw talking about this is more interesting than talking about the game.

The art style's always been the only appealing thing about this game, at least to me.
Play style may have been at a point for me, but that was back before everyone and their mother had FJ and crap like big numbers/lines of numbers. All it has left is the art, even that's more or less the same for every character now. :/

I partially agree ^
I am really disappointed with how they've made the new Mercedes and eunwol look, it feels like they took their signature pose and Polish away amongst the weird new clothes (wtp happened to the eleven QUEEN she looks like a kpop star now and so does eunwol but I seriously despise the new Mercedes look).

I like the luminous art.. the shade art is kinda meh.

Come on guys, you don't complain about characters looking very similar among each other when you're watching Anime /cartoons or reading manga / comics. It's obvious there is a new art team in charge of the official artwork now. They should have tried to bring more of their individual personality in the art though instead of trying so hard to make them look badass and ending up making them look lifeless (Shade and Lumi look like they dont give a pineapple and Phantom is barely smirking away from that).

At least the art is still pretty good, I would like to watch in game animations done on this artstyle.

NO MY MALE ARAN WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU

Also why are all their eyes half or almost entirely closed lol

Come on guys, you don't complain about characters looking very similar among each other when you're watching Anime /cartoons or reading manga / comics. It's obvious there is a new art team in charge of the official artwork now. They should have tried to bring more of their individual personality in the art though instead of trying so hard to make them look badass and ending up making them look lifeless (Shade and Lumi look like they dont give a pineapple and Phantom is barely smirking away from that).

At least the art is still pretty good, I would like to watch in game animations done on this artstyle.

You're not wrong and I agree with you, except in the case of Eunwol and Mercedes , I do miss Lumi's orb though weird they left it out.

IT ISN'T KINESIS OMG YOU GUYS@@



LOOK AT THE ART SINCE ANGELIC BUSTER TO FEMALE MAGICIAN TO BATTLE MAGE AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN @@
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/mapl...1122143530
http://leafre.net/inkwell/Entry35.jpg
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130...kill_F.png
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mapl...0628055334
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130...Female.png
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/mapl...0706013356
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/im...4f965b.png
looks familiar?

Even if they have the same thick eyelashes, they at least have different eye shapes. And the males certainly didn't look that similar.

.....In this video, everyone has the same eyes. Both male and female.

Even if they have the same thick eyelashes, they at least have different eye shapes. And the males certainly didn't look that similar.

.....In this video, everyone has the same eyes. Both male and female.

Yeah the thick eyeleashs were the very first (drastic) change that characters got, I don't see a problem with this new "final" direction though (unlike many others here), also I was merely showing that this is a change that has happened overtime and Kinesis wasn't the peak of it all, it was actually the Resistance revamp if anything.

I guess the new director really is crazy about this style, also I forgot to include this, the very first content created by this director https://orangemushroom.files.wordpress.c...anet-1.png , the males got included in this mess.
In the grand scheme of things all of these things got molded into those eyes.
Oh well I wonder if this will go on though as it does kill diversity especially if we are looking at Luminous (The previous eyes were a better match) or Mercedes (Same follows along with her old design) or Eunwol (idk what to say lol), Phantom just needs a smirk and evan along with aran are fine - I do wonder what caused this shift in artstyle though as the previous big lashes + stuff were fine.

I like the luminous art.. the shade art is kinda meh.

Same. Luminous is the best looking one out of the bunch IMO.

Am I the only one who's not bothered by the new illustrations?
Apparently, there is a new director of MapleStory. The director oversees the development of the game and a person with this responsibility does have an influence on changes in the game. The change of illustrations could because of that. I don't know for sure.

Am I the only one who's not bothered by the new illustrations?
Apparently, there is a new director of MapleStory. A director oversees the development of the game and a person with this responsibility does have an influence on changes in the game. The change of illustrations could because of that. I don't know for sure.

I actually love these new artworks. It feels like maplestory is getting more mature with expanding on different storylines and etc. I'm really excited to see the new blockbuster and what other older content they're going to try to incorporate with this too.

tbh I always had this wish that maplestory should have it's own anime based on Evan (since he's not part of the "original" heroes) and his growth to become a hero of the maple world while meeting with the rest of the heroes. hopefully if this is at least as good as black heaven, i'll be satisfied

Am I the only one who's not bothered by the new illustrations?

I honestly am not either. People are too nitpicky.

I honestly am not either. People are too nitpicky.

I don't think most of us are disliking it, so much as wishing their facial features were a bit more individualized. Why is constructive criticism always met with such a negative response? No one is blatantly calling it shitty or anything, lol.

The first part of this update should come today, right?

The first part of this update should come today, right?

Correct. The first part "Reborn" will be live in a few hours.

There is a blockbuster prequel on their facebook page.

[video]https://www.facebook.com/MapleStoryKR/videos/856676447785764/[/video]

It also features Damian's symbol, so he is in it!

[video=youtube;XuGEIrrj9PI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuGEIrrj9PI[/video]

Click the CC button to enable subtitles.

Oh my..I am so excited now!

Lol just a bit above I wrote I would like to see in game animations done by the new art department. I really hope thats not the style of animations we get for this blockbuster.

- So whats the world tree?... Alicia? the tree in the very center of Victoria Island? Both?
- I thought of Demian when the "wolf eating the world tree whole" thing showed up, then realized the symbol of the wolf is the same symbol on his eyepatch.
- For an update that should involve Demon Slayer heavily, little or rather nothing's been said about him. I hope he plays a big role here.
- The Sylbis are definitely not the people from Ariant, so new town being released?

Maybe they are the past peoples of Azwan, since this city declined just a while ago(Hilla gave the city to black mage).