The World R:2 (Revision 2) is the successor to The World. In 2015, a fire destroyed most of The World's game data, so CC Corp quickly began work on a replacement. By splicing together the remaining data from The World with another game they were working on, they created R:2. It was released on Christmas Eve, 2015. However, fans of The World disliked the change as they were unable to transfer their character data to The World R:2, and many referred to the launch as "Goddess's Death". Despite this, the game goes on to sell 12 million copies by the time of the events of the G.U. Games, though still failing compared to its predecessor's 20 million copies sold.
R:2 has a much more in-depth background story for the players, which takes place about a hundred years after the background story of The World. Much of the world of R:2 uses steam as a form of power, creating a steampunk fantasy setting. Many more races are present within the game, including humans and beasts, who are divided into three different Factions.
In 2020 the data of The World R:2 was sabatoged by a religious group known as Genesis, whos religous beliefs indicate Video games as Satanic. Led by Jack Stanley, they held a group of CC Corp. CEOs hostage and destoyed as much as they could before the cops arrived. They took full responsibility for the incident but failed in destroying all the data as CC Corp made a backup drive of R:2 (although characters were all erased). It took about a year for CC Corp. to improve the data and release it in the form of The World R:3.
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