Vindictus is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by devCAT, an internal studio of Nexon.

[2] The game was originally released on January 21, 2010 as Mabinogi Heroes (Korean: 마비노기 영웅전) in South Korea, and then later in North America and other regions as Vindictus.

The combat also has a physics system where players can pickup and attack with various objects, grapple and throw enemies, and destroy parts of the environment.

For example, Lann is a male fighter who dual wields melee weapons, and Evie is a female magician who casts spells in combat.

[1] The story is primarily told through visual novel segments with the player character talking to different NPCs in the game's towns to progress the plot.

Season 2 has the player travel to the island town of Malina and join a group of treasure hunters called the coffer chasers.

[1] Director Eun-Seok Yi explained in an interview that they chose the Source physics engine in order to make the entire world more realistic and interactive.

[11] From 2011 to 2015 the game was also released in Europe, Australia, and other parts of Asia, although some of those regional versions have since been shut down, or merged with the North American server.

[4] Mike Splechta from GameZone also praised the combat and called Vindictus "a huge advancement" in free-to-play MMOs but complained about repetition in the dungeons which "constantly recycle rooms from previous areas".