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2005 · MMORPG · Role-playing

ROSE Online

We don't know where Arua came from, nor how she came to be. We do know, however, that nothing existed before Arua. The Goddess of life, souls, and all existence created the universe as she saw fit… a calm and beautiful place where souls could dwell peacefully. The deep matters of the universe cradled the waves of life, on which all beings would sway soothingly. This perfect universe was called the Sea of Souls.

Released: 1 December 2005
Platforms: Windows
Genres: MMORPG Role-playing
Developers: —
Publishers: Gravity Interactive
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Themes: Action Fantasy
Age ratings: ESRB E10+

About

ROSE Online, or Rush On Seven Episodes Online (Korean: 로즈 온라인), is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) previously published by Korean company Gravity Corporation and developed by its subsidiary, Triggersoft on July 7, 2005. Up until 2007, the game was pay to play, but is now free-to-play.

›Story

There are various tales, fantasies, and legends around the seven planets and many of them contain some grain of truth.

Our universe, or as it was called in the old tales, the Sea of Souls, was a vast ocean of darkness until the goddess Arua created the seven planets. Each one of them was special and unique. However, all seven planets were created with Arua's love and they shined with the brilliance of seven stars, filling the vast ocean of darkness with wondrous light and life.

However, Hebarn, god of malice, grew envious of Arua for her creative power. He forcefully took the seventh planet and pompously named it after himself. Hebarn had become a constant threat to the peace of the seven planets as well as to the goddess Arua.

To protect the planets from Hebarn's looming menace, Arua created the Visitors, living beings to protect and inhabit the planets. They were scattered among the seven planets to bring peace and justice to the different worlds.

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Gameplay

ROSE Online is a free roaming typical level-up based MMORPG featuring anime inspired graphics and "a very cute game environment" in comparison to other titles on the market. Players fight monsters, gain character levels, obtain new skills and find equipment to prepare themselves for future battles. Players travel to different planets and explore new environments as well as battle other players and declare wars against other clans. The game features its own in-game economy which is directly controlled by players. Supply and demand can change each day so it is up to the player to seize the opportunity.

In addition to leveling through the method of acquiring experience points leading to a level after the defeat of a monster, a character may also aid their leveling experience with the use of quests, which are initiated after speaking to a NPC. Some quests are given a time limit so the character must complete the quest to be eligible for a reward. A reward may be constituted of material items and is usually accompanied by an experience point reward and a money reward (the in-game currency is called Zulie). Rewards from quests are affected by the amount of charm a character has.

Story

The seven planets of the world of ROSE Online were created by the goddess Arua, but Hebarn, the god of malice, took over the seventh planet and renamed it after himself. To protect the other planets from Hebarn, Arua created the Visitors and sent them to Junon, the first planet of ROSE Online.

Development

When Triggersoft stopped developing the game in 2007, the rights of ROSE Online were sold to 2 different companies which went on to develop and publish their own versions of the game for different regions (Japan and North America/Europe).

The North American/European region was served by Gravity Interactive, who developed and published a version of the game known as naROSE. They serviced 3 North American countries and 40 European countries, up until all of their games and services to the European regions were terminated on May 25, 2018. Gravity Interactive (also known by their website name "Warpportal") shut down the game entirely on February 11, 2019. As of September 2021, the development and publishing of ROSE Online for this region was taken over by Rednim Games. ROSE Online was relaunched on December 13th, 2022 into early access.