The first beta test was launched in Korea, the launch was on November 30, 2002. After 7 phases of releases, the beta test was opened to everyone on July 9, 2003.

Initially, in Korea, registration for testing was opened, but only 400 people were selected out of 142,000 applicants. Later, the number of participants increased to 15,000 people.

In North America, NCSOFT selected a small number of people who played the first Lineage and invited them to participate in the Lineage 2 test.

The first release and birth date of the Lineage 2 game are considered to be October 1, 2003. On this day, the first stable server was launched in Korea with the Prelude chronicles, and in North America, the launch was on April 28, 2004.

Initially, the game was very 'raw', many mechanics did not work, and the FPS dropped significantly. NCSOFT knew that Blizzard would soon release WoW, so they were in a hurry. But this did not prevent the game from becoming super popular at that time, as many players were discovering the MMORPG genre for the first time.

To play, you needed to buy a subscription. The first version, Prelude, had about 200,000 active paid subscriptions.

Chronicle 2 reached more than 2,000,000 subscriptions, which was a record for online players and interest in the game. Everything changed on November 23, 2004, when the game World of Warcraft was released and began to attract players. Later, Chronicle 5 had about 1,100,000 subscriptions.

In Interlude, 'ghost' items appeared that disappear over time. Life Stone and Dino Island were added. Interlude became so popular that most new private servers used these chronicles.

In the last days of Interlude, the number of subscriptions dropped to almost 900,000.

In Kamael, a new race was added and the game client was completely redesigned, and fortresses appeared. Kamael also brought back some players.

The end of the second saga was the High Five chronicles, which occupy the first place in the number of private L2 servers and online players.

For High Five, the developers collected feedback from players and tried to take into account as many requests as possible. Perhaps that is why this version became so popular.

In Goddess of Destruction, the subscription access was removed and the game was switched to the Free-to-play model. An in-game item shop appeared.

At the same time, the focus was more on party and solo players rather than clans.

The Awakening update allowed players to switch to new classes after reaching a certain level.

In Ertheia, a new race was added once again to bring back old players.

The Infinite Odyssey update removed the character level limit, now the leveling is endless.

Up to Return of the Queen Ant, many new bosses were added, such as Queen Ant, Orfen, and Fafurion.

The 'Master Class' system was introduced, which allowed players to switch to new, more powerful classes.

Age of Magic focused on mages, their abilities, and mechanics.

In Shinemaker, the focus is on creating and improving items.

Path of a Rogue focuses on rogues, stealth, and cunning gameplay.

By December 2018, Revolution had more than 30 million players. And by October 2019, it had raised over $1.7 billion dollars.

Main - the original version of the game, which is updated to this day. All major updates are released for this version.

Classic - a version of the game specifically for old players. The focus is on difficulty, slow farming, and the removal of new races. The developers tried to bring back the old Lineage. In the CIS, it is called Legacy.

Essence - a more balanced version of the game. Medium difficulty in character leveling and battles, as the developers say, 'the golden mean'.

Aden - focused on solo play. Extremely fast character leveling, fast farming, and battles. Suitable for players who are not willing to spend much time on the game.