Com ics ▁characters ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁Category : DC ▁Comics ▁super villa ins <0x0A> </s> ▁NE St alg ia ▁is ▁game ▁for ▁Microsoft ▁Windows ▁created ▁by ▁American ▁ind ie ▁developer ▁Sil k ▁Games . ▁NE St alg ia ▁was ▁launched ▁on ▁February ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁then ▁released ▁for ▁Ste am ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁The ▁core ▁game play ▁follows ▁the ▁classic ▁Japanese ▁role - play ing ▁game ▁format ▁( part icular ly ▁Dragon ▁Qu est ) ▁with ▁turn - based ▁batt les , ▁random ▁enc oun ters , ▁and ▁expl or able ▁towns ▁and ▁d unge ons . ▁ ▁Game play ▁There ▁are ▁eight ▁character ▁classes ▁in ▁total . ▁The ▁focus ▁of ▁NE St alg ia ▁is ▁a ▁co oper ative ▁party ▁system ▁in ▁which ▁players ▁join ▁up ▁to ▁battle ▁mon sters ▁and ▁complete ▁qu ests ▁together . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁classic ▁elements , ▁the ▁game ▁has ▁world ▁chat , ▁a ▁gu ild ▁system , ▁Player ▁versus ▁player ▁combat , ▁rare ▁items ▁and ▁g ear ▁to ▁find , ▁a ▁quest ▁log , ▁and ▁a ▁player ▁au ction ▁house ▁for ▁item ▁trad ing . ▁ ▁Development ▁The ▁game ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁Ben ▁Mal la han , ▁who ▁has ▁been ▁creating ▁online ▁games ▁using ▁the ▁BY ON D ▁game ▁creation ▁system ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁NE St alg ia ▁was ▁in ▁development ▁for ▁two ▁years , ▁which ▁included ▁an ▁ 1