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''Fantasy Earth Zero'' ((日本語:ファンタジーアースゼロ)), formerly known as ''Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion'', is a massive multiplayer online game (MMO) developed by Fenix Soft(Square Enix) (the original developers, Multiterm, were absorbed into NHN Japan on September 1, 2007,〔(NHN Merger with Multiterm on September 1st )〕 however development rights transferred to Fenix Soft on June 2008〔http://www.fezero.jp/notice_newsview.aspx?seq=862〕). Several months after the release of ''The Ring of Dominion'', Square Enix cancelled the game because of a severe lack of demand. The publishing rights were later bought by Gamepot, who renamed it to ''Fantasy Earth Zero'' and had greater success with it when they dropped the subscription-based element it became a "free to play" game. In 2011 the game claimed over 1,200,000 users.〔()〕〔(4gamer.net FEZ: Commemorative Roulette for Reaching Over 1,000,000 Members )〕 Revenue is generated using an in-game currency known as "arbs", which are bought for real money and can purchase items obtainable in no other way. Gamepot Japan and Gamania Taiwan have established IP blocks that prevent players outside their respective regions from playing the game. Gamania HK has established an IP block as of December 20, 2012 and will gradually prevent players from outside the region from playing.〔http://www.fezero.com.hk/notice_sys_detail.aspx?key=4521&key1=notice&year=2012〕 While PlayOnlineCN has not established an IP block allowing players from anywhere to play. The original game entered beta testing on February 23, 2006, and was re-released by Gamepot Japan on November 2, 2006. On April 3, 2007, ''Fantasy Earth'' entered beta testing in mainland China. On June 3, 2008, it entered beta testing in Taiwan. On July 1, 2013 the Taiwan server ended its service. On July 2, 2013 Gamania HongKong has terminated its service of Fantasy Earth Zero. US players were finally able to play when ''Fantasy Earth Zero'' was announced by Gamepot USA on January 12, 2010.〔(Square Enix Cooperates with Gamepot to Release Fantasy Earth Zero )〕 The first open beta in the US ran from March 3 to March 10, 2010.〔(Square Enix's 1st F2P MMOG Fantasy Earth Zero to Enter Open Beta on March 3rd )〕 Players who took part in a "Kingdom War" in the first open beta were eligible to receive a "limited edition" weapon in the second open beta, which started on March 17, 2010.〔(FEZ Interview: Blow the Horn of Second Open Beta )〕 The game was officially launched in the United States on May 18, 2010.〔http://fez.gamepotusa.com/eventpost/20100506/FEZ_CR01.html〕 On February 3, 2011, Gamepot USA announced the closing of North America Fantasy Earth Zero service〔http://fez.gamepotusa.com/announcements/index.aspx?id=224〕 effective from March 21, 2011. ==Overview== ''Fantasy Earth: Zero'' (''FEZ'') is a third-person action MMORPG with a large emphasis on player-versus-player on a massive scale. Armies of players, each from one of five kingdom, can go head-to-head in a type of war known as "Kingdom-versus-Kingdom" (abbreviated as KvK). These KvK battles are balanced by forcing each side to have a similar number participants, placing "overflow" players into a queue waiting to enter the battle. Players from the two warring kingdoms receive preference in this queue. A maximum of fifty players are allowed on each sides of the battle. KvK battles are all held on the same server. At the time of character creation, a player can create a male or female scout, warrior,sorcerer or cestus. (Cestus was the last addition before the closing of the NA server) Another class, fencer, can only be obtained in the Garrison located in the game's tutorial map by completing a quest given by Knut, the fencer class NPC. Only by completing Knut's request players can class change to fencer. See Fencer on how to complete the quest. The character's level will be reset after switching to fencer. Players must then choose their allegiance—the Kingdom they will fight for. This determines which king or ruler speaks to the player on the battlefield and in towns. The kingdoms are Yelsord, Cesedria, Gevrandia, Netzavare, and Hordaine. The maximum level is 40. A player can also create corps to play with friends and cooperate with other people. These groups confer special benefits, one of which is a corps-only armor set. A feature of ''FEZ'' that makes it different from most other fantasy-setting MMOs on the free-to-play market is that attacks must be aimed manually, and there is no auto-attack. Players manually aim at their opponent and then click the left mouse button to attack. Various special skills become available to the player as they progress to higher levels and gain skill points. Skill points are spent to learn new skills. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fantasy Earth: Zero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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