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Tales Runner RPG is a subculture collectible RPG that shares the world of the popular IP 'Tales Runner,' which boasts 36 million members. It is a new work co-published by the new game company Bloomix (CEO Cha Ji-hoon) and Raon Entertainment (CEO Park Jae-sook), and deals with the adventure story within the fairytale world where the original characters and the main characters of the fairytale story coexist.

■ The story of the 'Writer' that starts in the Tales Runner universe

'Tales Runner RPG' has built a unique and immersive world of Tales Runner based on the story 10 years after the original world.

The game's story begins when a famous fairy tale writer receives an unidentified email one day and falls into 'Fairytale Land,' where all the fairy tales in the world gather. The only one who can save 'Fairytale Land,' where all the fairy tales in the world have been reset and are in danger of survival, is the 'User (hereinafter referred to as the Writer)' chosen by the 'Stone of Wishes.' In the end, the 'Writer' is tasked with entering the world's masterpieces of fairy tales and rewriting the stories with the main characters in the fairy tales.

'Main Story' is the most basic PVE content in 'Tales Runner RPG.' The main story, which is implemented like watching a fairy tale book, is composed of chapters and deals with the stories of actual fairy tales such as 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Alice in Wonderland', and 'Pinocchio'. However, the content you learn while breaking through the chapters is different from the fairy tales we know. Familiar fairy tales are sometimes sadly or absurdly reconstructed to further enhance immersion in the world and game of 'Tales Runner RPG'.

■ A battle system with fun to watch and strategic fun

'Tales Runner RPG' has introduced a strategic battle system with a rapid turn method that allows for quick transitions. This battle method is a system that combines the advantages of turn-based battles with strong strategic elements and fast and immersive real-time battles. The writer can experience the fun of battle unique to 'Tales Runner RPG' through fast-paced turn-based battles by forming a deck with 5 characters.

Characters are divided into a total of 6 attributes: fire, water, nature, non, light, and darkness, and there is synergy depending on the attribute, so various combinations are required depending on the opponent. In particular, if you place the same attributes, you can receive a buff effect, so a deck composition strategy that considers attributes is necessary.

In addition, it is essential to match character placement and deck combinations according to each role, such as defense, support, recovery, and attack. The battle situation changes greatly depending on how you use various active and passive skills for each role. Depending on the role of the leader character, you can receive a leader skill buff effect that applies to all allies, so determining the leader character is also a key factor to consider when composing a deck.

The writer skill, which is a unique system of 'Tales Runner RPG', also plays an important strategic role. You can use writer skills that deal area damage to compensate for insufficient combat power during battle, or you can increase the survivability of your ally deck through writer skills that provide area healing. In the main PVE content, the main story, where you enter the battle through foothold movement, you can receive a buff effect through the writer's world skill that can be used on the foothold before entering the battle.

■ 'Chaos Raid' and 'Anubis Occupation Battle' where you can feel the nostalgia of the original

Chaos Boss Raid exists as a core PVE content. Chaos Boss Raid is a content where you fight against powerful bosses. Since you can use up to 4 decks, you need to develop various characters to challenge difficult bosses. In the process of attacking bosses using multiple characters, you can feel the fun of collecting and growing characters, which is the essence of collectible RPGs. In particular, you can meet the bosses of the original Tales Runner in 'Tales Runner RPG', providing special fun for users who have experienced the original.

Anubis Occupation Battle is a content where all users cooperate to fight against enemy forces and must win the battle within the period. The key is to occupy all enemy bases while defeating enemies who are taking away your allies' footholds. The concept is that users work together to prevent the remnants of Anubis, who have been destroyed, from occupying Fairytale Land and turning it black, inheriting the content of the original Tales Runner.

In addition, Anubis Occupation Battle is also a guild content where the number of occupation points of guild members is added up for each guild, and the guild ranking is determined according to the total amount of points.

■ Content 'full' that is faithful to the basics of collectible RPG

Content such as the Abyss of Darkness and the Tower of Infinity, which stimulate the desire to challenge, are also prepared. The Abyss of Darkness is a dungeon content with roguelike elements. Dungeons are randomly generated each time you enter, and you must clear the dungeon by acquiring various items and buffs. You can experience the fun of attacking dungeons with a stronger deck by strategically selecting buffs to suit your ally deck.

The Tower of Infinity is a challenging content where you form decks for each attribute and continue to attack higher floors. Users will develop characters with essential attributes and form decks in a total of 5 towers, including fire, water, nature, darkness, and light, which are open on each day of the week, and challenge to reach the highest floor. You can feel new strategic fun every time you attack each tower with a new deck.

In addition, there is an arena content that is asynchronous PvP where you compete for the strength of the deck you have developed. In the growth dungeon content, the Jewel Dungeon and the Growth Training Center, you can acquire various growth resources by clearing dungeons.

■ 'Sky Island' where you can enjoy various life contents

Sky Island, which recreates the plaza of the original Tales Runner, is a space where you can interact with other writers while moving characters directly, or enjoy various life contents such as 'Farm', 'Fishing', and 'Arcade'.

The writer can create their own farm by placing collected pets or planting pots and trees.

Through these managed pets and natural objects, you can collect growth resources or character affinity items at regular intervals. You can also acquire friendship points when you visit and clean friends or other farms. You can also enjoy the fishing content of the original Tales Runner in 'Tales Runner RPG'. You can exchange the fish you catch through manual and automatic fishing with fishing rods and bait for various items.

You can play a total of 6 types of mini-games in the arcade, providing various things to enjoy other than battles. And on Sky Island, you can freely chat and communicate with other writers using emoticons.

■ My own deck that gets stronger with the writer's growth

In addition to character collection and development, you can also feel the fun of growing as a writer. There is a writer characteristic system where you can finally select one of the writers of anger, the writer of assistance, and the writer of chaos according to the writer skill tree and receive the benefits of the related skill level. You can choose a writer characteristic by considering strategic elements such as whether to focus on attack, recovery, or support to strengthen writer skills.

We also provide 'Archive' content that allows you to grow characters by job and attribute at the same time with resources acquired through writer growth. If a certain number or more of archive buffs in a specific category are activated, additional buffs can be activated, supporting even stronger growth. It is possible to strategically manage the deck, such as strengthening or initializing specific stats to suit the use of your ally deck.

All content related to the writer can be managed through the content called 'Study'.

웹진 인벤김규만 기자
2024-11-22