2007 · NC · Fighting · Shooter

Exteel

Exteel is a (Now cancelled) free-to-play online game centering on mech-on-mech combat between players.

Released: 4 December 2007
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Fighting Shooter Third-person shooter
Developers: NC
Publishers: NC
Modes: Multiplayer
Themes: Action Science fiction
Engine: Unreal Engine 2
Country: South Korea
Age ratings: ESRB T
Composers: Inon Zur

About

Exteel was a third-person shooter game published by NCSOFT, a Korean game company, and was developed by NCSOFT's E & G Studios. Players controlled giant vehicles called Mechanaughts ("mecha") and fought against the computer, or against other online players, in a variety of gameplay modes. The Mechanaughts were customizable. The game was free to download and play, but players could buy "NCcoins" with real money, through the NCcoin micropayment system. NCcoins could be used to purchase exclusive in-game weapons, skills, and parts.

Exteel was released on December 4, 2007. It was terminated on September 1, 2010, when all international servers were permanently shutdown. The Chinese version of Exteel was known as G7 online and was published by PlayNC, a branch of NCSOFT.

Keywords

mech
polygonal 3d
healer
dual wielding

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Gameplay

Players started off with a free, cheap Mechanaught. Credits were used to purchase new parts, weapons, and skills, or secondary items such as repair points or paint and acquired through the various game modes. Some parts were purchased with real money via the NCcoin micropayment system. Most items in the game were purchased using credits or NCcoins.

Most items in the game were bought for a time-limit or, for a higher price, a level of durability. If the time limit or the durability points of the item ran out, then the item was lost and had to be repurchased or the item had to be repaired, respectively.