Jump to content

TalesRunner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 114.79.58.180 (talk) at 06:46, 27 December 2011 (→‎Guilds). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Tales Runner
Developer(s)RHAON
Publisher(s)South KoreaNOWCOM(2005)
JapanRHAON(2010–2011)
TaiwanFuntown(2006)
Hong KongMacauFunTown(2006)
ChinaShanda(2007)
ThailandTOT(2007)
United StatesgPotato(2008–2011)
Platform(s)Personal computer, Microsoft Windows, Massively multiplayer online game
Genre(s)Racing Game, Platform game, Casual game, Fantasy
Mode(s)Single Race, 30 Player Race, Relay Race, 1 Player Race (Time Attack), Tournament

Tales Runner is a Massively multiplayer online game created by the South Korean company Rhaon Entertainment and published by Nowcom.[1] It combines the genres of social, fantasy and racing games; players compete by running, jumping, dashing, skiing and climbing across different magical fairy tale settings. The game setting is centered around Eastern and Western fairy tales.

Tales Runner has local servers for various countries including Korea, the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Mainland China and Japan. On November 16, 2011, gPotato announced that their North American servers would permanently shutdown on December 21, 2011.[2]

The Korean name for Tales Runner is "테일즈 런너" (Teiljeu Reonneo, a transliteration of "Tales Runner"). In Hong Kong, it is known as 跑Online (lit. Run Online), in Taiwan, "HiYo衝天跑" (lit. Run to the sky), in Mainland China, "超级跑跑" (lit. Super Run), in Japan, Teiruzu Rando (テイルズランド, lit. Tales Land) in Thailand, "เทลส์รันเนอร์" (Tales Runner).

Storyline

King Henry is the king of a beautiful country. To make the people happy again, he started the "Fairyland Sightseeing Racing Competition" with a fairy tale theme. The winners of the competition will be awarded a stone that can fulfill any wish. Each contestant is called a "Tales Runner".[3]

World Servers

Server Language Country Local Publisher Remarks
Korea Korean South KoreaKorea Nowcom
 IP from China, Hong Kong etc. is blocked.
Japan Japanese JapanJapan 2006:NEETS / 2010:RHAON Japan NEETS stopped operating on April 30, 2007.

RHAON Japan stopped operating on June 22, 2011.

Taiwan Traditional Chinese TaiwanTaiwan FunTown Using Internet Explorer to login.
Hong Kong SAR/Macau SAR Traditional Chinese Hong KongHong Kong SAR

MacauMacau SAR

Funtown Using Internet Explorer to login.
China Simplified Chinese ChinaChina Shanda
Thailand Thai ThailandThailand TOT Have to provide a correct ID number to register.
North America English United StatesUSA

CanadaCanada

gPotato Shutdown on December 21, 2011 Until 30 Jan

Gameplay

Racing

Racing is a key part of Tales Runner. Players race though various racing maps in an effort to finish the map and collect money, experience points, Alchemy Cards, and various items. There is a variety of map styles ranging from training maps resembling sports facilities, fantasy maps themed around fairy tales stories, or survival races with monsters to conquer.

The game supports several racing modes, including individual races where each player runs for himself, team mode with two teams, and relay mode with up to six teams of three players. There's also a mode for up to 30 players racing as well as a Tournament Mode for special events, and also a 8 players co-operate to finish the face. Racing rewards differ dependent on the position at which the player or its team finished. Rewards consist of game currency award, experience points award and randomly in other items used in other game features.

Characters

Tales Runner currently supports twelve different customizable playable characters with different stats. Players may have as many or as few characters as they wish, and once purchased are permanent additions to a players My Room. All game servers don't support all the playable characters. In addition, there are transformation characters used to "disguise" a playable character as a person from a fairytale, as well as special characters for the character Maki, in the shape of ghosts. Characters are purchased in game using either TR, or gPotato (USA Tales Runner) currency.

Leveling and Experience

Experience gained in racing or using other means allows the player to level up. Character abilities can also be improved using special equipment or clothing items, or with buffs from NPCs, event prizes, or fortune telling.

Experience gained via racing is also used in improving some player's belongings or allow special interactions with the items, for instance, Experience gained can level up pets, farm animals, and growable farm crops. Farm animals and farm crops can be harvested for various items, Experience, or money.

Currency

There are two currencies available in the game: A 'real' currency called gPotato(shortened to gP), which can only be obtained using real money, and the in-game currency called TR, which can be obtained via racing, with a variety of farm items, or purchased by tickets with gPotato. Shop items available for purchase are usually only available for one of the currencies.

The game does not support trading, but players can buy items for other players. After the purchase of an item, the item can never change owners.

Playable characters used for racing are also inventory items - new characters can be bought in a shop, and the selection of active character does not change the player's in-game name, experience count, or money balance.

Alchemy

Alchemy allows players to create new items by combining various cards obtained via racing with items bought in shops. The alchemy system also supports upgrading lower level equipments to a higher level. Each alchemy item supports a different stat, and is able to increase that stat.

Couples, marriage, and family

Players in Tales Runner can have couples, marriages, and family. They can purchase it with gPotato.

Guilds

Players can form guilds with other players in addition to being in families; these are similar to the guild system in some other MMORPGs. There are daily quests and race battles that are exclusive to only Guilds members. Details vary depending on the servers. 

But Guild Closed In All(Execpt USA TR)

Farm

Farms are miniature maps a player can own, maintain, and use for meeting with other players. It is possible to use permanent items on maps for decorative purposes, or growable items which produce other useful items the player can use. Growable items use experience points obtained by the player in races but don't prevent or slow down the character leveling up. Growable items expire after certain amount of using and either disappear or must be renewed to continue working. The farm needs a farm ticket to be used so it doesn't expire; this ticket is bought with currency.

Achievements

Achievements are small quests or tasks which player can accomplish while playing the game. Examples are racing certain number of races, performing certain number of racing tricks, or buying certain number of items in the in-game shop. Completing an achievement is rewarded with various amounts of in-game currency.

Missions

Missions are a special type of Achievements, where the award is a medal or trophy.

Tournaments and events

In tournaments and events, players compete against each other for points and prizes, varying depending on the server and event.

References

  1. ^ "Rhaon Entertainment official website". Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  2. ^ Tales Runner Team (2011-11-16). "Goodbye Tales Runner!". talesrunner.gpotato.com. gPotato. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  3. ^ Official Introduction of Tales Runner
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TalesRunner&oldid=467874792"