Non-player character-run challenges and contests are also available with prizes, awards, and/or in a specific hall of fame listing.
Also supported by the game server are Group vs Group, Arena Combat, Player vs Monster, Player vs All, and various other specific scenarios at designated instance locations in the game world. The major types of server-supported gameplay are Player vs Environment, Guild vs Guild, Player vs Player. Player characters interact in a 3D environment but are represented by 2D character sprites for front, back, side and diagonal facings. The gameplay is heavily based around Norse mythology, wherein the characters are taken from the stories around Ragnarök. Major changes in the features and history of the world take place as episodes in the RO timeline. Player characters exist in a world with a player environment that gradually changes with the passage of time. The game has spawned an animated series, Ragnarok the Animation, and a sequel game, Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second. It was released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows. Ragnarok Online ( Korean: 라그나로크 온라인, marketed as Ragnarök, and alternatively subtitled The Final Destiny of the Gods) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. Massively multiplayer online role-playing
