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{{Infobox VG |width = |title = The Chronicles of Spellborn |image = Chronicles of Spellborn.jpg |caption = |developer = [[Spellborn International]] |publisher = [[Frogster Interactive Pictures|Frogster Interactive]]<br>[[Mindscape (software publisher)|Mindscape]]<br>[[Acclaim Games]] |distributor = |designer = |license = |series = |engine = [[Unreal engine#Unreal Engine 2|Unreal Engine 2.5]]<ref name=Engine>{{cite web|url=http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/interviews/1450-The-Chronicles-of-Spellborn-Exclusive-Interview|title=The Chronicles of Spellborn: Exclusive Interview|date=2007-04-23|accessdate=2010-06-04|publisher=WarCry Networks|last=van Haren|first=Marco|quote=Over the course of development we made many changes to the [β¦] 2.5 engine}}</ref> <small>(mod.)</small> |version = |released = November 27, 2008 UK Only<ref>{{cite news | title = The Chronicles Of ''Spellborn'' Finally Gets A Release Date | publisher = Kotaku | date = Sep 19th, 2008 | url = http://kotaku.com/5052286/the-chronicles-of-spellborn-finally-gets-a-release-date}}</ref> US April 23, 2009 |genre = [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] |modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]] |ratings = [[ESRB]]: Rating Pending (Aiming for Teen) |platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]] |media = |requirements = |input = [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Computer mouse|Mouse]] |composer = [[Jesper Kyd]] }} '''''The Chronicles of Spellborn''''' (TCoS) was a [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]], developed by [[Spellborn International]] and distributed by [[Frogster Interactive Pictures|Frogster Interactive]], [[Mindscape (software publisher)|Mindscape]] and [[Acclaim Games]]; set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. ''Spellborn'' uses the [[Unreal Engine]], featuring a European Art approach and contains notable contributions from [[Jesper Kyd]].<ref>{{cite news | title = The Chronicles Of ''Spellborn'' Features Original Score By Jesper Kyd | publisher = Jesper Kyd's Homepage | date = Apr 14th, 2006 | url = http://www.jesperkyd.com/news/press_releases/Spellborn.htm}}</ref> The Dutch [[symphonic metal]] band [[Within Temptation]] have two songs featured in the game: "The Howling" and "Sounds of Freedom". ==Development== In June 2009, the developers of ''Spellborn'', Spellborn Works, went bankrupt. One of the publishers, Acclaim, announced the following month that the game would be re-developed as a free-to-play game supported by [[microtransaction]]s. The new version would be released sometime after 2010, and until then the free-to-play version would remain active.<ref>{{cite news|title=Spellborn MMO to go free-to-play |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/spellborn-mmo-to-go-free-to-play|first=Oli|last=Welsh|date=2009-07-01|publisher=[[Eurogamer]]|accessdate=2009-07-19}}</ref> == Gameplay == ''Spellborn'' consists largely of conventional MMORPG gameplay, in which the player plays a character (his [[Avatar (computing)|avatar]]), and explores the gameworld in order to gain experience points and advance in level. In exploring the gameworld, he encounters quests, the most important part of ''Spellborn'''s gameplay. The game has about a thousand of these quests.<ref>{{cite web | title = Exclusive ''Spellborn'' Interview | publisher = CuppyCake.org | date = Jul 4th, 2007 | url = http://www.cuppycake.org/?p=148}}</ref> Completing quests is the primary means of earning ''experience points''. Repeatedly killing creatures ("Grinding" in gaming jargon) to gain levels is not a practical option in ''Spellborn''. Separate from other story-driven quests are the ''Ancestral Quests'', which allow the player to take the role of a major character in ''Spellborn's'' history to accomplish a specific requirement. Players need to complete certain Ancestral Quests in order to advance their character's story arc. ''Spellborn'' incorporates a [[first person shooter|first person]] targeting system.<ref>{{cite web | title = Chronicles of ''Spellborn'' | publisher = IGN | date = Dec 7th, 2005 | url = http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/674/674293p2.html}}</ref> In this system, the player selects an available skill to use, while aiming at the opponent. The player can also use two skills at the same time to create combinations.<ref>{{cite web | title = Fan-Submitted Q&A With The Chronicles of ''Spellborn'' Developers | publisher = TenTonHammer | date = Sep 28th, 2007 | url = http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/12603}}</ref> === Characters === {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center; table-layout: fixed; border=1;" |- ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Warrior ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Mage ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Rogue |- | style="background: #FB4B4B" | Bloodwarrior | style="background: #758DF8" | Ancestral | style="background: #42C442" | Trickster |- | style="background: #FB4B4B" | Wrathguard | style="background: #758DF8" | Void Seer | style="background: #42C442" | Deathhand |- | style="background: #FB4B4B" | Adept | style="background: #758DF8" | Rune Mage | style="background: #42C442" | Skinshifter |} In ''Spellborn'' the player can choose Humans and Daevis as ''race'', who can become all classes and feature no special advantages or flaws. At character ''creation'' he can select one of three ''archetypes'', which then ''spread'' into ''three'' different ''classes'' each at level 5.<ref>{{cite video | title = [http://www.mmorpg.com/gc-germany.cfm/section/videos/id/1107 ''Spellborn'' Video Interview from Leipzig] | publisher = MMORPG.com | date = Sep 1st, 2007 }}</ref> Every class gets access to several different ''skills'', which can be used in combat, but due to the ''Skilldeck'' system players can only choose between a few at any time. Every skill a character has learned in his career is listed in the skill book. Some skills are unique to certain classes, while others are shared between them. Characters learn new skills as they increase in level. At maximum level a character can also learn the skills of the other archetypes (but not classes) by exploring certain places in the game's setting. These skills all increase with power along the ''attribute'' they depend on β either Body, Mind or Focus. This means skills learned at an early stage can be useful at later moments as well.<ref>{{cite web | title = Chronicles of ''Spellborn'': Attributes | publisher = MMORPG.com | date = Jun 22nd, 2007 | url = http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setview/features/loadFeature/1297/gameID/207}}</ref> Armor and weapons in ''Spellborn'' do not provide any statistical improvements to the player's character.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Chronicles of ''Spellborn'' Impressions | publisher = IGN | date = Mar 20th, 2007 | url = http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/774/774527p1.html }}</ref> Instead, they serve aesthetic purposes. Players can choose their character's appearance at the beginning of the game, and can change it later by using different items with higher requirements. Players can enhance their gear with ''Sigils''. These enhancements are interchangeable between different items. === Setting === Since ''Spellborn'' focuses in a large part on doing quests, the game provides a certain amount of background information for the players. ''Spellborn'''s fictional history<ref>{{cite web | title = The full ''Spellborn'' Timeline revealed! | publisher = The Chronicles of ''Spellborn'' Website | date = Jan 22nd, 2007 | url = http://www.tcos.com/news/?id=654}}</ref> is divided into eight ages; players enter the world at its current age known as "The Time of the Enclave", 998 years after the shattering of the world. The game's world is divided into ''Shards''<ref>{{cite web | title = The Chronicles of ''Spellborn'' Diary #2 | publisher = IGN | date = Jan 31st, 2006 | url = http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/684/684528p1.html}}</ref> of rock, remnants of the ancient world that are inhabited by the survivors of the cataclysm. Four main Shards are available for exploration by players. == Players ignored == After it was announced that Spellborn would go free-to-play, the player base was initially enthusiastic. However, it soon became apparent that Acclaim was basically abandoning the game until the re-release. The game download from the website, the patcher, then the game client itself ceased to work, forcing players to use third party downloads. A bug appeared that caused all players above level nine to be forced to changed their passwords every day, or be unable to enter the game. Acclaim refused to respond to tickets posted inquiring into when Spellborn would be re-released, causing suspicion among the players that the game would not return. Acclaim sold out to Playdom who then sold to Disney leaving the game with no support, administrators or moderators. Players who tried to contact all companies concerned - Spellborn NV, Frogster, Acclaim, Playdom and Disney received no replies. In August 2010, it was revealed to the media that the game would be closed down at the end of that month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Save the Chronicles of Spellborn! |url=http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/08/10/save-the-chronicles-of-spellborn/ |publisher=GamePron}}</ref> In protest, Spellborn subscribers and fans started a petition to try and keep the game online.<ref>{{cite web | title = Latest Solution to Client/Patch/Connection Problems | url = http://phpbb.acclaim.com/spellborn/viewtopic.php?t=6423}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Free Account...Expired? | url = http://phpbb.acclaim.com/spellborn/viewtopic.php?t=6379}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Anybody There?!? Common!!! | url = http://phpbb.acclaim.com/spellborn/viewtopic.php?t=6385}}</ref> However, Acclaim closed its doors on August 27, 2010, and all of its games were shut down. == References == {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} [http://feature.mmosite.com/content/2009-03-16/20090316025551923,1.shtml Acclaim Games Released TCoS Closed Beta] ==External links== * [http://spellborn.acclaim.com/ Acclaim Spellborn Official Site] * [http://www.frogster-ip.com/ Frogster Interactive] (Publisher) * {{wiki|spellborn|The Spellborn Wiki}} * [http://spellborndb.fieses.net/ SpellbornDB A database for quests and items] {{DEFAULTSORT:Chronicles of Spellborn}} [[Category:2008 video games]] [[Category:Massively multiplayer online role-playing games]] [[Category:Unreal Engine games]] [[Category:Video games developed in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Windows games]] [[de:The Chronicles of Spellborn]] [[es:Chronicles of Spellborn]] [[fr:The Chronicles of Spellborn]] [[nl:The Chronicles of Spellborn]] [[ja:γΉγγ«γγΌγ³]]
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