Nexon America is preparing to launch their next batch of free MMORPGs in North America, and they showed off two of them during a recent GDC event. Already available in Korea, Dragon Nest and the recently-renamed Vindictus aim to kick subgenre’s visual quality up a notch while offering different gameplay styles.

Nexon America vice president Min Kim presented Vindictus — known as Mabinogi Heroes in Korea — first, offering a quick tour of features such as the Source engine and the more action-oriented combat. Nexon is currently distributing Counter-Strike in Asia, and Kim said that relationship helped get them access to Source, which they’ve used it to create an action MMORPG featuring an easily-manipulated environment.

“The development team really wanted an engine where you can break everything,” he explained, then demonstrated a sequence in which a foe was smashed into a wall, which took noticeable damage from the impact. Armor and clothing also deteriorate from the wear and tear of battle, eventually falling apart completely.

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