從《天堂II》到《新天堂II》開創線上遊戲新世界

帶動全亞洲風靡MMORPG線上遊戲的NCSOFT，於2003年9月，正式在韓國上市《天堂II》，同年11月於台港澳區進行封測，創造15萬人爭奪5,000組帳號的輝煌記錄。由於《天堂II》在當時創新的使用「Unreal」3D引擎開發，讓遊戲有如動畫電影般高水準的擬真畫面，所需的硬體配備需求較高，當時與技嘉科技策略結盟，帶動一波史無前例的台灣硬體升級潮流。精緻唯美的風格，也在該年度獲得韓國2003大韓民國遊戲大賞的「總統獎」及「最佳美術」二項大獎。
2004年1月13日《天堂II》元年在台灣正式開啟，首日8台伺服器爆滿，達到3萬3千人的同時上線；上市不到一個月，伺服器增開至15台，會員數破70萬，同時在線人數破7.5萬人。2005年7月首創遊戲體驗機現身錢櫃 KTV，改版人數創新高，會員人數破 170 萬，同時上線人數超過 9.3 萬，並在2006年3月，入圍美國 M.P.S.E『電腦娛樂部門最優秀獎』。
歷經7年的歷程，《天堂II》擁有眾多的忠實玩家群，魅力依舊，並在2011年11月23日正式蛻變為《新天堂II》，帶領玩家進入另一個新的遊戲紀元。

Lineage II, developed by the world’s leading online game company NCSOFT, was first launched in 2003. With revolutionary graphic display and game play, Lineage II set the standard for premium online games and received the “President” and the “Best Artistic” awards.
Using the “Unreal” 3D graphics engine, developers were able to give gamers graphics, animation, and resolution experiences that were not available in the market. When the game was first launched in Taiwan, over 15,000 gamers applied for 5,000 trial accounts. Lineage II also created a hardware upgrade trend with its strategic alliance with Gigabytes.
Lineage II was an instant success. The concurrent user base reached to 33,000 within the first month. During its first year in 2004, more than 700,000 gamers registered with a record of 75,000 concurrent users. In 2005, it set a record for more than 1.7 million registered gamers and 93,000 concurrent users. Lineage II was one of the finalists for “The Best of Online Game Developers” award presented by the American M.P.S.E. 2011 marks a new era for Lineage II. “New Lineage II” will be launched early fall with dramatic upgrades in graphics, contents, and game-play.

遊戲背景

《新天堂II》的世界是以建立在兩塊大陸上的三個王國為中心。年輕的國王拉烏爾平定內亂後建立了新興王國「亞丁」，自稱為古代艾爾摩亞丁王國嫡系。另外位於陸地北部寒冷大地的軍事大國「艾爾摩」，還有大海彼岸的西方大陸國家「格勒西亞」，這三個王國互相牽制，相互爭戰，使得這三王國陷入了爭奪世界主權的混戰當中。玩家們就是置身於這樣渾沌的歷史年代之中。

With the story set between the battles of 3 kingdoms in 2 major continents. The young king, Raoul establishes his new kingdom Aden after suppressing a civil war. Together with the military superpower of the northern earth Elmore, claiming to be the direct descendents of the ancient Elmoreden kingdom, and the realm of Glacia across the sea of the western continents. Three kingdoms have been battling over the sovereignty of the world. Setting the gamers in a historical chaos, it gives them infinite possibilities of imagination.

遊戲背景

豐富的遊戲內容，引領玩家走進深度的遊戲故事

深埋已久的七封印秘密，是引導遊戲發展的歷史故事。一道道逐漸開啟的神祕封印史詩任務，將一步步抽絲剝繭讓玩家進入歷史洪流中，了解在史奈曼登基時亞納降臨的秘密任務，以及與席琳信仰者之間戰役的秘密。

Leading the gamers into the depth of the story with its rich content

Based on its 7 secretly sealed epics, each epic slowly developed and gradually guides the gamers into the historical secret missions to the throne, leading the gamers to a mysterious war of Celine faith and secrets.

顛覆線上遊戲界限，開啟3D擬真畫面的潮流

使用「Unreal」3D引擎開發、遊戲具備有如動畫電影般高水準的擬真畫面，以及立體震撼的聲光效果，讓《天堂II》在2004年上市時即引領遊戲業界的潮流，顛覆當時所有的網路遊戲框架。並在韓國的「大韓民國遊戲大賞」評比中，從眾多競爭者裡獲得評審一致的青睞，同時摘下「總統獎」及「最佳美術」二項大獎。

Opening the boundaries with its realistic 3D graphics

With its innovative「Unreal」3D graphic developments, gamers will experience a highly animated realistic quality images. Being the pioneer of such graphic developments, Lineage II became the leader in online gaming and forming the trends and frameworks for other online gaming developers. With its good accolades from other competitors, it has also won the ‘Presidential Award’ and ‘Best Artistic’ award in South Korea.

個性鮮明的職業分化

擁有6個獨具特色的種族，不同特性的種族聯合起來能夠產生更加強大的力量。透過和不同職業盟友一同制定戰略、擊退狩獵首領，讓進行狩獵的隊伍擁有多元的職業組合方式，享受結盟狩獵及職業組合的樂趣，透過團隊合作，將各種族職業特色發揮得淋漓盡致。

Distinctive Characters

With 6 unique characters with different backgrounds to choose from, Gamers are able to form allies with a great diversity of combinations, each combination gives gamers a whole new level of strategies and skills enhancing the game to a different level of entertainment.

戲劇性的攻城戰及戰鬥系統

集合百人之力的攻城戰是天堂II領先所有線上遊戲的代表，靈活運用各職業的特色與攻城兵器佔領城池成為一方霸主，是眾多忠實玩家最喜歡的遊戲內容之一。

ramatic warfare and Combat system

Battle of the siege among a collective of a hundred characters is the main and value added features offered by Lineage II. With the flexibility to choose and use different characters and weapons during the battle, gamers are able to immerse themselves fully in the game.

得獎紀錄

2003.12 天堂2 2003大韓民國遊戲大賞 獲得最高榮譽「總統獎」 (文化觀光部)
2003.12 Lineage® 2 received the top honor of “Presidential Award” at the 2003 Korean Game Awards (Ministry of Culture and Tourism).

2003.12 天堂2 2003大韓民國遊戲大賞 獲得「最佳美術獎」 (文化觀光部)
2003.12 Lineage® 2 received “The Best Fine Art Award” at the 2003 Korean Game Awards (Ministry of Culture and Tourism).

2005.12 天堂2 2005大韓民國文化內容出品大賞 獲得「國務總理獎」
2005.12 Lineage® 2 won the Grand Prize , the“Prime Minister Award”at the 2005 Korean Culture Contents Export Award.