Better than MapleStory

[QueenBitch]

i’m tired of people calling SSO a maple story rip-off/ clone, so i hope this post clears everything up.

1. graphics
firstly, let’s look at the difference in art style. sso character sprites are generally more human-like and aesthetic than maplestory’s, while ms sprites just look ‘childish’ & chibi imo. same goes for the background designs & in-game items. yeah, i know some people like chibi, but i don't, so sorry MS, i'll have to go with SSO.

2. skills
in general, sso skills are pretty cool, artistic even; it’s quite clear that the game developers spent a lot of effort designing them. advancements are way cooler as well, since you get to double wield (ie. use two weapons at the same time) once you reach job 3. this means greater flexibility in customising your own unique skill build. i guess MS has dual wield to some extent too, but sso skills are just nicer to look at imo + well-designed for pvp.

3. pvp system
this category is pretty much a walkover for sso, since ms lacks a pvp system. well guess what. sso has both pve & pvp, which is amazing for me bcos i live for pvp XD. i used to camp in pvp zone for hours just to freeze/ blind the hell out of my opponents & watch them panic. XD

4. self-spawn bosses
in MS, you wait for bosses to spawn. but in SSO, there’s this cool thing called ‘monster summon scrolls’ which you can use to spawn bosses in towns & kill all the AFK people XD the monsters/ bosses that you summon give generous EXP & drops too.

5. plus all the other game features
…ranging from guild war, all-inclusive GM hosted events, yangak invasion, faction war, and dailies (party quests) etc. there’s always something to do in sso.

levelling:
one thing that's not ideal is probably the levelling experience after lvl 120-ish, (level cap’s 175 atm). although it's damn easy to level at lower levels, grinding after lvl 120 is such a pain in the … yeah. i know they have x2 and x3 exp events like…everyday now, but it’s troublesome to find the schedule. (somebody link me to the x2 and x3 schedule pls? XD)

tl;dr -
all 2d side-scrolling games look similar to some extent - just look @ la tale, wind slayer, gran age, etc. but it’s the details that make all the difference, and when it comes down to all these minor details, SSO remains my personal favourite. XD

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[Kenchic]

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[The Chosen One]

Well the look is almost identical, same UI in almost all details, damage numbers, same gampley, and way more.
It might, might be better in some ways like pvp and such (something I at least don't care about) but it is absolutely a clone. Denying that isn't even possible.

[domosapien]

How can you even defend this? This game is a flagrant rip off. I dont' care about small changes to character design or even slight art style. As someone who played Maplestory since CBT, I can tell you right off this bat this is a direct clone.

1. You can try to look at the differences in art style but there are significantly more similarities than differences.

2. This is purely opinion based.

3. While SSO has a PVP system and MS does not, MS had its own PvP system through mini-games. THis is the only point I'll give you.

4. Monster scrolls always existed in MS. They were only limited to GMs for the first few years.

5. Fallacious argument.

All those other games look similar because they tried to ride MS's coat tails. It doesn't make them unique.

[Varmeil]

First off to tell you the truth this is not a clone of maplestory and never will be. As someone that has play both games especially maplestory for many years since it came out to be honest, I can clearly say that you are far from wrong stating it's a direct clone of the game.

Unlike in maplestory there is an actual knockback system in place in this which makes it worthwhile in a way and a bit challenging where you have to be careful in certain situations otherwise you'll be constantly be getting knocked back and can't react at all to the issue you're in.

Scrolling in this is in fact from when it started out before maplestory even did what they did has been easier to scroll gear and become more powerful on your items than in maplestory, it's only recently in the past 2 years if i'm not mistaken they've made it easier to scroll up things in maplestory.

While maplestory may of had certain classes have the ability to summon additional help for a bit of damage when starting, on here however you've been able to have the option from the start to get pets that would actually give you benfits for offense and defensive reasons on top of the looting mechanics. maplestory didn't implament any sort of thing like this till a few years later after this game known orignally as ghost online.

This game has a purpose for pvp unlike maplestory since it's based around it with the factions where as maplestorys purpose isn't meant for pvp at all and more of a typical rpg where as soul is isn't a regular type of rpg and a little bit different to be honest.

I also mean to mention that in this they added the profession system as you call it system in a way, before maplestory ever did.

Another thing to mention is the fact that this game is also in a sense based around the chinese zodiac and which explains a lot of what you see in the game on top of the demons and such based on asian culture since every enemy shown in this has a bit of actual histroy behind them and the beliefs with them also, so to say that it's a clone of maplestory when this is taken into fact is a completely false accusation to be honest that people seem to not understand since I can guarantee that the amount of knowledge in history that you can in fact learn from this game from each enemy's place in actual history is more than what maplestory could ever provide since it's not that sort of game and this game is based around that.

[[VGM] Redbl0odx]

I would say it's a combination of WonderKing and Maplestory. I don't think I've seen anybody make that comparison. The movement and how skills behave look exactly like WK.

[Hydrozen]

Maplestory wannabe lul

[[VGM] Redbl0odx]

Also is it really such a bad thing to say it's similar to Maplestory? I mean, you could say the same for a bunch of other games in this genre..there are not very many actually 'decent' side scroller MMORPGS

[Fk We're Screwed]

It wouldn't be such a bad thing if people actually recognised that there *are* meaningful differences instead of immediately dismissing it as a MS clone & not giving it a chance thereafter - which is what's happening if you haven't already noticed.

[Kenchic]

Enjoy SoulSaverOnline!

[nanu]

cant even go in a server, keeps saying loading something at the bottom right.

[Fk We're Screwed]

@sharooken

Are you stuck while trying to login to the game, or when you're trying to change channels?

[NETGAME]

Stuck on Loading Data has been fixed by new patch.

[[VGM] Redbl0odx]

Originally posted by seoulsoju:

It wouldn't be such a bad thing if people actually recognised that there *are* meaningful differences instead of immediately dismissing it as a MS clone & not giving it a chance thereafter - which is what's happening if you haven't already noticed.

Unfortunately entering a harsh market here on Steam. However, it'll find it's niche here I am sure. I know I'll probably give it a go. I used to be an avid Maplestory player...and Wonderking. I tried GHOST online many years ago but never got into it, maybe I will this time. (I know this used to be Ghost Online.)

The game doesn't look awful by any means. Calling it a ripoff is a bit unfair. Taking inspiration from other successful games in the genre, is not a bad thing.

[radkid10]

I personally despise MapleStory but it has controls at work this game doesn't

jumping is the most important thing in Platformers if you cannot do that you cannot play the game that's why most games like that allow you to change the jump button to where you want to put the jump button sorry if I rant about it

I would love to play this game but the controls are so bad

[WildFire]

1) Maplestory, need to refill arrows/stars, SSO don't need to.
2) Maplestory has no such thing as kite/ jumping over mobs to dodge etc (without use of skills), this has.
3) Maplestory has jump and climb/up button seperate, meaning you need to time your climb/up button as you jump off a edge, SSO (so far for me, no ropes at all). You can travel end to end in the map on one hand.