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The Mabinogi Samhain loading screens I still remember

These days I even ended up recreating them with AI

When you play games, you end up seeing a ton of loading screens.

Most of them you just want to get past fast, but sometimes there's one you look at again before the loading even finishes.

The one that stuck with me the most was Mabinogi's Samhain.

[Samhain loading screen] 2015

Login theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ohgpEcJG8&t=1s

▲ 추억이다. Already 10 years ago

[Samhain loading screen] 2016

▲ It's so old the resolution is rough

▲ Back then the illustrations were 진심이였음

[Samhain loading screen] 2017

Login theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkaHU6k02Lk&t=60s

▲ They even dropped a YouTube video every year.

[Samhain loading screen] 2018

Mabinogi 2018 Samhain BGM - Wolmong

▲ Samhain BGM Wolmong was just that good, so they even uploaded a separate video later.

[Samhain loading screen] 2019

▲ I liked the story so much that in 2019 I replayed the whole thing. feat 재탕

[Samhain loading screen] 2020

https://mabinogi.nexon.com/page/event/2020/1015_samhain/index.asp#Main

▲ Starting in 2020, maybe responsive UI was the trend, because they made it as a webpage.

[Samhain loading screen] 2021

▲ Guess they decided to rerun it in 2021, since they brought back 2018's Wolmong

[Samhain loading screen] 2022

▲ I used to skip it all the time, but after seeing the story here I ended up doing it every year.

[Samhain loading screen] 2023

▲ The loading screen was really pretty this year too..

[Samhain loading screen] 2024

▲ Suddenly it lost the original vibe and turned into a library quest

[Samhain loading screen] 2025

▲ Went with a 2020 rerun, and the login screen is weirdly hard to find when you actually try to look for it

[Why the Samhain loading screens were so good]

1⃣ The color palette really stood out

2⃣ The world immersion was great

3⃣ The wait never felt boring

[Loading screens are part of the game too]

When you play games, you see countless loading screens, but most of them get forgotten fast.

Mabinogi's Samhain loading screens, though, still stick with me even now.

They bring back the whole vibe of the event back then, the colors, and even memories of playing with friends.

That's why even one short loading screen could leave such a strong impression, I think.