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[mmosite] Nine key words uncover the mysterious veil of SUN
KeyWord: Date: 06-27-2006
Summary:
SUN-Soul of the Ultimate Nation is another epic 3D MMORPG developed by Korea-based Webzen following MU Online The game has an intriguing and compelling storyline and rich fantasy legends. With the development of the storyline, the player will witness betrayal and intrigue, glory and dream, and write his own legend.

Based on its outstanding content, excellent user experience and superior operation management, SUN will open a new world of Korean-made 3D online game to the players. SUN, a name with a special meaning marks the rising of a new world of Korean-made 3D online game.
Dev team
The dev team of SUN is massive, consisted of more than 100 talents belonged to 8 different teams, i.e. designer team, development management team, client program team, server program team, innovation team, background concept art team, character concept art team, animation design team. Plus, 3D engine development team providing external support.



Webzen
As a world famous online game company, Webzen has been committed to pushing forward the development of online game products in the world. In 2001, Webzen?s in-house developed 3D MMORPG MU Online was operated in more than 30 countries around the world, which indicates a user base surpassing 60 million, creating a series of records.

Battle Zone
SUN features a Battle Zone system which is a private zone. The player can customize map, degree of difficulty, number of participants, mob type and so on, and fight to reach his own goal. Players will experience lush and rapid fighting actions commonly found in action games. The players who are used to traditional ?hack & sash?style fighting in Diablo can also find that in SUN. SUN?s item system adopts various concepts as ?enhance?and ?socket? which will definitely stimulate players to look for items which are more enticing.



Graphics
The graphics in SUN are perfectly brilliant. In this 3D ancient Brakion world, you will see lakes and fields in autumn prime and small towns in sunset glow, which are vivid and impressive with just a glance. Delicate game scenes, various vivid light and shadow effects, fine skin texture and nimble actions captured dynamically have all been displayed to the foremost extent.



Game Music
Howard Shore, Oscar winner for Best Music and film composer of the ?Lord of the Rings? joined hands with National Philharmonic of Russia to create classic music rarely seen in gaming history. Besides ?Lord of the Rings?trilogy, Howard Shore?s renowned works also include classic films the Silence of the Lambs and Gangs of New York. Start from music, let?s enjoy top class entertainment only found in Hollywood epic film!



Voice
There are three voice chat modes for selection, party chat, private chat and guild chat. The voice system in SUN enables the players to communicate seamlessly. It frees your hands completely! When you talk or communicate with other players, you won?t be confined to mouse or keyboard.

Guild
Following the open beta, large scale guild war, guild ranking war, guild league war and siege war will be open to the players. The role of guilds will be displayed in SUN to the foremost extent. And later, cross-sever battlefield will be added in SUN, like in Guild War.



Control Mode
SUN supports both mouse and keyboard. Players can choose either of the control modes. SUN is easy to control. According to survey, players will get familiar with the control in 15 minutes. In addition, in order to let new players get familiar with SUN sooner, Webzen has prepared more than 100 newbie quests for you and more will be added continuously.

Equipment
In SUN, players can upgrade item in different ways, including enchanting, upgrading, socketing, item composition and decomposition, etc.

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