13. A trend research of MMORPG narrative structure -Focusing on NCsoft games : 「Lineage」, 「Aion」, 「Blade & Soul」-

Title(KR)

• MMORPG 내러티브 구조 동향 연구 -NCsoft 게임 「리니지」, 「아이온」, 「블레이드 앤 소울」중심으로-

Title(ENG)

• A trend research of MMORPG narrative structure -Focusing on NCsoft games : 「Lineage」, 「Aion」, 「Blade & Soul」-

Keywords(KR)

• Branching Narrative, MMORPG, Game ResearchTrends, Storytelling, Interactive

Keywords(ENG)

• Branching Narrative, MMORPG, Game ResearchTrends, Storytelling, Interactive

Author

• Joong Ho Jeong, and Eui Jun Jeong

Abstract(ENG)

In this study, among the domestic MMORPG narrative research is scarce, it began to study to determine the trend. In order to identify trends, selected for study, Big company ‘NCsoft’ has made 「Lineage」, 「Aion」, and「Blade & Soul」. Glassner the selection of works based on the Branching Narrative structure is proposed and analyzed the structure of the narrative of the three games. Analysis of each game is found to be fused in the form of branch narrative structure. And fusion forms from the past to the present was to get the results came increasingly been reduced. If the results of this study will be a springboard to the MMORPG narrative analysis and impact studies conducted in the future

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