Lineage II

Lineage II. The legend that started it all. MMORPG with a huge open world and a variety of social features. Become a powerful warrior, play a new class (the Death Knight) and join the fight for dominance!

80 1 October 2003

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Fantasy

Lineage II is an adventure developed by NCSOFT, released 1 October 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 21 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Lineage II is

Lineage II is an adventure game developed by NCSOFT and released in 2003. It was published by Innova Systems. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 2.5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In a war-torn land spanning two continents, three kingdoms vie for power as they engage in a battle for ultimate supremacy. As a lone warrior in this conflict, you must choose an allegiance and confront enemies from all sides as you strive to overcome conflict against the mightiest of challengers.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 250 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.

How it was received

Lineage II holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 81 votes.

What it launched against

Lineage II launched on 1 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, SSX 3 and Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, SSX 3, Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy.

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