Jack Stanley: There is no doubt that the Western version will be somewhat different than its Korean version. Of course, the first thing that we can stress is the language. The storyline and many languages that are being used in the Korean version are Chinese-based. However, China and Korea shares similar cultural backgrounds, and most importantly, a lot of Koreans are very familiar with Chinese Martial Art culture and ¡°vocabulalries that Koreans did not have any problem understanding the game content and storyline even if it was Chinese-based. With knowing the fact that players in the Western hemisphere are not as familiar with Martial Art as Koreans, we have established the translation team consists of members from English-speaking nations with very deep knowledge about Martial Art culture. We believe that they have done a very excellent job in terms of approaching to the West with something that is not ¡°yet familiar with. Other than the language issue, we feel that Hero Online is such a complete game that there won¡¯t be need to be very many changes. In addition, we feel that part of what will make hero gold such a great new MMORPG is its theme and motif, so we've been pretty carefully with maintaining that while altering the game for the Western public.
MMOsite.com: The pet system of Hero Online seems very interesting, players can get more power from their pets, what else can u tell us about the pet system?
Jack Stanley: Most importantly, the best thing about the pet system that Hero Online offers is not the system but petsthemselves. The types of pets that a player can equip include all kinds of wolves, horses, bears, tigers, lions and eagles. There is even a system available where players can use NPCs as helpers in lieu of pets! In addition, there are two types of pets: attack pets and mountable pets. Attack pets can fight with the player using an AI that the player chooses. As far as mountable pets are concerned, players can ride them for transportation as well as for combat. When players fight on a mountable pet, the character itself takes no damage as long as the pet is alive. With this type of cool pet system, it takes PvP and PvE strategy to a whole new level.
