Gurgarath Resurgence

Progression is paced closer to an Old-School or Like server, while the range of systems, reworks and improvements stands alongside the best New-School servers. We have worked extensively on horizontal progression, so every part of the gameplay offers content from the first levels. You will not have to wait until level 90 for the real game to begin, or spend your evenings hitting Metin Stones or repeating the same dungeon for ten hours straight. Several mechanics once reserved for the highest levels become available much earlier, making progression steadier and giving you alternatives to a single repetitive activity. You will have several paths to progress.

Every aspect of the game has been reviewed and made clearer, with extensive changes to equipment, dungeons, guilds, quests and all the systems, while preserving their identity and the familiar points of reference. The original linear, vertical path becomes optional. A player who focuses on equipment can compete with one who develops bonuses or skills, and there are several ways to achieve that result.

Your character’s progression and equipment upgrades therefore continue to rely on what you can accomplish at your level. All upgrade tables and acquisition locations have been revised to make them more logical and easier to understand, removing artificial, frustrating requirements that had been there for decades.

Throughout this presentation, you will discover these mechanics and how they work, and even try some of them. We have not shown everything. There are still plenty of surprises to discover in game, and the depth of some systems is easier to understand by playing than by reading a page.

Development began in 2021 with the gameplay foundations, the first ideas and the first optimisations. In almost six years, the server has changed enormously, sometimes from the ground up. Old, unused, slow or faulty code was removed. The audio engine was reworked, then the visual rendering, step by step, followed by everything that did not meet our expectations or support the intended mechanics. The result, on both server and client, is a fast, smooth game with substantially refreshed graphics.

Over the years, the server has been completely rewritten, piece by piece, to run much faster and distribute its work in parallel. This work aims to reduce micro-lags and desynchronisation, and to fix longstanding bugs. They made life difficult for players as well as the administration and moderation team. It also means that identifying problems and fixing them has become much simpler and more iterative on our side.

You can feel the difference in the overall smoothness, in details such as inventory sorting and chat, and in everyday actions such as mounting a horse, using a skill, picking up items or changing equipment. You get the convenience expected from a modern MMORPG.

Work on the client also began early, with the first changes a decade ago. The first priority was to optimise it wherever necessary: smoothness, frame rate, micro-lags and visual rendering. Anything frustrating or below the expected standard was improved, changed or recreated.

Rendering was then reworked extensively to modernise the technology and graphics while preserving the atmosphere, art direction and feel of the game. You get the game you remember, with a much more attractive and modern presentation.

The new graphics options also come with simpler controls. If the settings are unfamiliar, choose one of the available presets. Otherwise, you are free to adjust the graphics and customise the game exactly as you like.

Trailer made exclusively from in-game footage.