| “ | Venture freely across the stars. | ” |
Astral Tale, formerly known as Twin Saga, and also known as Astral Realm in other markets, is a free-to-play massive multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by X-Legend Entertainment in English, Chinese, and Japanese.
History[]
All versions[]
This table is adapted from Category:Astral Realm on the X-Legend Wiki.
| Local Name | Publisher | Region(s) | Language(s) | Release date | Closure date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 星界神話 | X-Legend | Taiwan | Traditional Chinese | 2015-06-11 | - |
| 星界神話 | Alta Multimedia | Hong Kong, Macao | Traditional Chinese | 2015-06-24 | 2018-06-27 |
| 아스트라 | X-Legend Korea | Korea | Korean | 2015-10-08 | 2018-07-10 |
| 星界神話 -Astral Tale- | X-Legend Japan, Moonrabbit | Japan | Japanese | 2015-11-17 | 2023-08-29 |
| Astral Realm | Winner Online | Thailand | Thai | 2016-03-10 | 2017-08-15 |
| Twin Saga | Aeria Games | Global | English, German, French | 2016-09-01 | 2021-04-29 |
| Astral Tale | X-Legend | Global | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese | 2024-01-10 | - |
Original releases in Asia[]
Astral Tale first launched in Taiwan under the name Astral Realm Online (Chinese: 星界神話) in June 2015. Additional versions launched under the same name in Hong Kong and Thailand, in Japan as Astral Tale (Japanese: 星界神話), and in Korea as Astra (Korean: 아스트라).
Aeria Games[]
In September 2016, Aeria Games launched Twin Saga in English, French, and German. Originally three separate servers, the French and German servers merged in February 2017, and the English server merged with the French/German server in August 2018.
Relaunch[]
X-Legend first hinted at a relaunch of the game in their June 2023 corporate investor conference. The relaunch, titled Astral Tale, uses the name of the original Japanese version, but includes three languages—English, Chinese, and Japanese—with each language community having its own server.
The global relaunch version runs concurrently with the original Taiwanese server, but has modified content, a lower starting level cap, and continuous updates.
Story[]
In the beginning, the Maker created the world. He chose the most brilliant, dazzling star... and called it "Aetherion." A beautiful name for a beautiful creation. Calling upon the power of his Celestial Scale, the Maker then brought forth two goddesses. He entrusted the twins with the Calendar of Creation... within which was written the very fate of the world itself.
As foretold, the land came to flourish with life. Its people lived happily amongst the blessings that they were given, content with their place and purpose in the world. But after tens of thousands of years had passed... the Calendar of Creation approached its final page. The world needed a new calendar to govern its people, but the two goddesses could not agree upon its terms. Debate led to quarrel, and quarrel led to violence.
The disparity grew and grew until finally... it culminated in war. In the midst of the fighting, one of the goddesses used her knowledge of the Celestial Scale's whereabouts to destroy the scale's balance and, with it, the very source of their power.
Her twin sister, helpless to retaliate, used the last of her power to set free the Senshi, the faithful companions who had served her so well. Her final task complete, the goddess, now drained of energy, fell to the world's surface, miles and miles below... where her fate would ultimately lie in mortal hands...[1]
Gameplay[]
Twin Saga is an action-packed anime MMORPG, set in the world of Aetherion on the continent of Meridia. Twin Saga features a unique class system in which players can freely change to any available classes at will.[2] As the player advances throughout the game, new classes can be unlocked. The player is accompanied by Senshi, beings who served Marisa before being set free.
The Terracottage is the player's house, capable of traveling around the Meridian continent. Within the terracottage, players can perform various tasks such as decorate the main hall, grow crops in the greenhouse, or increase their profession skills in the workshop.[3]
Classes[]
- Main article: Beginner's Guide/Classes
Twin Saga provides a number of classes to unlock, each with different skill sets and combat styles.
References[]
- ↑ "Story (archived)". Twin Saga. Aeria Games.
- ↑ "Twin Saga Developer Interview". Twin Saga. YouTube.
- ↑ "GM Diary #4 (archived)". Twin Saga. Aeria Games Forums.