The Fate (2003): South Korea's Forgotten Diablo Clone

[@XyerDark]

Seems like the type of game GOG users would start salivating over by just looking at it.

[@theotherperson9928]

Yeah, that looks like something I'd love to see on GOG.

[@holymegadave]

I love how well you described a regular GOG user haha im one of them and i laughed so hard cos i salivate over old games too.... more if those games are obscure and hidden gems.

[@theespatier4456]

Wow, I love finding out about old, obscure games just like this.

[@holymegadave]

i really love old hybrid obscure gems... i dont know why..

[@nixedification]

Thanks for the great vid! Salokin delivers yet again

[@Groove_Gamer]

Very cool, had no idea this existed. Another obscure Diablo like was Shadowflare, was sold in episodes the first being free and personally I really enjoyed it, sadly not sold anywhere any more.

[@salokin3087]

Ah fantastic! I forgot about Shadowflare, now its back on the list for this year hopefully!

[@OverlordZephyros]

Love your videos, I learn about these obscure games , awesome 😎

[@salokin3087]

Thanks man!

[@M1912TrenchGun]

You should do 1944 : Battle of the Bulge at some point, never seen it covered anywhere else.

[@salokin3087]

Maybe! I know NightDive republished it on steam

[@johnodaz1273]

Really nice vid man :-).

[@christianAlexanderIX]

Wow, I didn't know they had a South Korea!

[@RetroDeathReviews666]

Wow this game is insanely obscure, never even heard of it in Diablo clone lists. Might check this out, great video as always! Bonus it was uploaded a day after my birthday B) If you haven't already, you should check out a game called "Blade & Sword", it's another Asian Diablo clone from back in the day that nobody talks about. I'd love to make a video on it one of these days.

[@salokin3087]

Nice! Yeah, i might cover blade and sword, its got an intresting combo system, glad you enjoyed the video

[@RetroDeathReviews666]

@@salokin3087 Always bud. And sweet, looking forward to that if you decide to do so ;) Also been wondering, do you have any social media you use?

[@paddtron]

Interesting to see a progenitor to Path of Exile's flask and skill-link system coming out a decade beforehand

[@JankbaronDom]

I thought Blade & Sword was the one obscure asian Diablo-like, looks like I was wrong, there are Diablo clones I didn't know of yet.

[@konst3d]

I was there, 3000 years ago... err... I mean - I played this game, back in 2003 or 2004, I don't remember exactly, I played a lot of games then... It wasn't bad, though, the only things I can rember about this games are - 1) I liked weapons design 2) It has awesome cloud shadows on the ground 3) I quite liked how it handled potions - not a ssingle use, but each sip reduced the amount of liquid inside and this was displayed on UI, that was very new back in 2003... Thanks for the review, it was like a trip back in time. ))

[@salokin3087]

Glad you enjoyed this obsecure video of an obsecure game!

[@ZuRVlog]

Sir, thank you for this video. I played this game a HUGE TIME AGO and finally I found someone who else played this thing and its such a relief, knowing that this actually existed LMFAO

[@ZuRVlog]

I still have the CD somewhere in the house tho !

[@ZuRVlog]

Also, dont work on win7, last time I tested it, only was workingon XP. Win7 was getting a lot of weird colors glitching on the screen.

[@ZuRVlog]

BTW, Brazil. How did this oriental game suddendly appeared in my dad's hand 15+ years ago? no idea

[@salokin3087]

@@ZuRVlog Comments like these makes it all worth it my dude!

[@AlsGaming]

Good video, didn't actually know about this one. Definitely reminds me of Prince of Qin, which I guess is China's equivalent of this.

[@zeebpc]

this game looks insanely good

[@eziogreggioquattrever8142]

Good video

[@salokin3087]

Thanks!

[@CYON4D]

Never played this before. Def has a very similar visual style with Diablo 2. Even to the point of directly copying the themes of each act. Nice presentation!

[@Alianger]

It looks similar enough that I keep thinking I'm looking at a mod.

[@bilateriannewt4222]

Can you help me with the game? Cant get the music to work

[@salokin3087]

You basically have to try some abandonware downloads of the game, some of which have the music, some dont. I vaguely remember an exe i used to install the game, but not sure from where. Otherwise, i could upload the music in a doc which you could download and place in the folder. Try finding the dowoad first

[@B.E.3.R]

Looks like a fun game. Great video. Regarding the transition from physical distribution to online, I think what the developer was referring to was that South Korea was among the first (if not THE first) to jump on the Free-to-play train. This was probably facilitated by the fact South Korea was never a particularly strong market for premium games (They weren't the worst offender, but copies "got around" if you know what I mean) and its early adoption of high-speed internet. Many early F2Ps also had lower system requirements than average, to minimize download sizes and reach the widest audience possible, which probably helped too. As such the game's success in its home market combined with its failure to garner attention in the West made it look like a fluke. Even now I can remember how, in the mid 2000s my brother would spend all day playing MU Online so I can kind of corroborate what he's saying.

[@salokin3087]

Huh, that does sound very possible, although lack of info makes it hard. Props to you for deciphering this engima!

[@viktorborisov1246]

There are really good roster of those "diablo clones" which you might find interesting, For example Dark Stone or Dispel

[@zeebpc]

Dispel (1999) looks amazing. is there an engllish version?

[@viktorborisov1246]

@@zeebpcthis is abandonware so look on sites with such games. And consider game are pretty clunky

[@antipaladinTM]

how to get it? where to download / buy it?

[@SCORIAN78]

There is no walkthrough, tops, cheats, (as far as I know)...Does somebody know if there is a stuff upgrading guide ? There are tons of ingredients (catalyst, mytril, coal, ...) but no explanation about how to use them...

[@gregoryberrycone]

its funny how even after all these years, theres still never been a single hack and slash game that could truly best diablo 2

[@grindhardwheels]

I play this game a lot of years ago. Damn I'm feel like im getting old😂 i have similar feelings about this game like a Gothic 1,2 or Disciples or Allods (evil islands) really nice oldschool games.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Love me some Sprite based games

[@elbarto6668]

Nice

[@nepu47]

I`m a south korean and ha ha no I never heard about this game. Friends of mine do not, too. Maybe I was too young at that time. It`s "더 페이트" in korean, and I found the only Two Threads by typing "더 페이트 게임(which means "The fate game") on google. Their judgement to the game is not consistent(one says it`s just bad, other says it`s "not that" bad), but they says Its developement was troublesome and devs promised too much things. And The game was sold so bad so it became a bundle game for magazines(Maybe the sales your research saying about is including bundles). I linked that threads first but My reply disappeared. So I would not do it again.

[@salokin3087]

Hmm, I'll see if i can approve your og comment, otherwise, sounds about right

[@lucascoval828]

Makes me think of a linear, Final Fantasy style of game but with real-time combat.

[@ooshiemaniac5188]

I own this hardcopy

[@LazarheaD]

I like the WildTangent Fate better...

[@jonathansoko1085]

Not enough P2W in my korean game, must P2W

[@UncleDeadly1031]

Why is Kim Jong Un in the thumbnail?

[@nocomment3294]

#BestKorea ^^

[@UncleDeadly1031]

@@nocomment3294 But the game's from South Korea not North.

[@nocomment3294]

@@UncleDeadly1031 there is a south Korea? News to me ^^. But in earnest i don't know, maybe it is just salokins search engine fuckery, you know people looking for some best Korea vids and instead of aids filled vlogs and old memes they get salokin's gem of a video. Or maybe just for fun, so people can argue about^^

[@salokin3087]

@@nocomment3294 bingo