As many could see articles about these two games WindSlayer and MapleStory have been popping up rather quickly as of late and the reason is simple... They look almost exactly the same, or at least extremely similar.  You may ask; "why does that matter?" well simply enough it can be claimed that WindSlayer is basically a rip-off of MapleStory, which by no means is worth actually ripping off. Obviously WindSlayer is still in development and not fully completed but its compelling look is decidedly very much like MapeStory and is in no uncertain terms lacking ingenuity.

    Firstly I would like to state that MapleStory, although free, is NOT worth copying. The game itself is rather lackluster in not only appearance but community as well.  I am sure some of you will argue that MapleStory is a great game and fun to play but in reality while it had some fun concepts and interesting gameplay plainly the community for the game is so bad that it tends to really push away new players. In other words the immaturity and just plain stupidity of players on the game makes the game entirely not fun to play what-so-ever. I have played MapleStory and I both enjoyed and hated the game at the same time, as the game was fun to play around on and miserable whenever people neared the area.

    WindStory although looking very much like MapleStory may be a game that saves this style of gameplay. Although very similar in graphical appearance I truly hope that his game brings a mature audience to play on it, and thus possibly revoke MapleStory from existance. More will have to be written as the game is developed, however its similarities are clearly notable, and should be viewed with scrutiny. Ingenuity is what we want as gamers, and refreshing gameplay should be a standard for all MMO's but revamping old styles or reproducing a new game from an older one, almost exactly, can be good or great if it introduces something enjoyable to the table.