Dragon Nest

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  1. yokillayo
    Jan 25, 2013
    8
    Great solid mmo, the fast paced pvp is definitely a breath of fresh air. The combat system is unique and comprehensive, particularly for the archer class. In addition to the 9 slots for skills I find myself using 4-6 on the fly aerial moves and counters at any given time. The armor and weapon system is pretty standard and easy to pick up on, twenty minutes of research or so is enough to goGreat solid mmo, the fast paced pvp is definitely a breath of fresh air. The combat system is unique and comprehensive, particularly for the archer class. In addition to the 9 slots for skills I find myself using 4-6 on the fly aerial moves and counters at any given time. The armor and weapon system is pretty standard and easy to pick up on, twenty minutes of research or so is enough to go into the game with a fairly good understanding of what needs to be done. There are some unique features like the mentor/apprentice system that are simple, yet border on ingenious. There's benefits even for maxed players to actively be leveling noobies, which has resulted in one of the most respectful and tight nit communities I've seen in an mmo. The only drawbacks I can really see with this game is not enough end game pvm content to keep people busy outside of the pvp, though I do see other complaints, primarily that there's pay to win elements which in all honestly is a misunderstanding of what pay to win is. Buying Nx can save you some time but you can become just as powerful without doing so as if you had.… Expand
  2. Xaverus
    Mar 6, 2013
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm enjoying this game quite a bit, It's a little like Tera in it's combat system but simplified, It's very cartoony, Anime if you will, The game takes almost no effort to pick up and play it's that easy, But it has a lot of room to master, Many people will tell you that PvP is broken in this game, simply by juggling your opponents for a win, but doing so is a lot harder than it looks, But it could still be improved upon.

    PvE on the other hand is fun, In my opinion, The bosses attacks look rather awesome than a lot of mechanics I've seen in other MMO's, You can tell by level 30 just how much effort they put into the art of the monsters attacks, special skills, and classes.

    Crafting is easy to pick up and farming for items is not difficult at all, The community is great, even if many people don't speak english very well, be it kids or from another country, If you want a game that's casual, Dragons nest is for you, If you want something to do End-game that is a little challenging, This is a game for you.

    My only problems with the game so far are three things.
    1. End game content PvP or PvE If you want good gear you will have to spend a little money on the cash shop or farm a lot of gold to get the things you require, It does take quite a bit of effort but not impossible.
    2. PvP, Juggling, Keeping your opponent in the air and not giving them a single chance of counter-attack, not everyone can do it but still a little broken to those who can do it flawlessly.
    3. Cash shop is a little empty, Costumes are 20 dollars which add little bit of stats, not worth it for the price and it's not necessary either, Golden eggs which give up to 100k if you're lucky but chances are you'll never win that much 4-500g, It's just out of many cash shops I've seen in other games, this one is lacking major things, All it provides for the most part are HP/MP potions and upgrading materials.    … Expand
  3. ZantetsukenX
    Aug 11, 2013
    8
    I thoroughly enjoy playing it so far. It's fun, fast-paced, and does a good job of making you want to get back into the dungeon time and time again. Playing with friends is probably the greatest part of this game. I highly recommend it since it is free to play.
  4. Logazor
    Jul 30, 2014
    8
    For me, the combat system makes this game. I'm thrilled by the high-mobility, fast, real-time combat in PvP and PvE. I also like the option for team based PvP. The characters, enemies, and NPCs are quite comical, adding a level of humor to the game as well. The largest fault in this game, in my opinion, is the lack of character customization for appearance; there aren't a whole lot ofFor me, the combat system makes this game. I'm thrilled by the high-mobility, fast, real-time combat in PvP and PvE. I also like the option for team based PvP. The characters, enemies, and NPCs are quite comical, adding a level of humor to the game as well. The largest fault in this game, in my opinion, is the lack of character customization for appearance; there aren't a whole lot of pretty looking equipment/costumes, the characters are gender-locked based on class, and you can't really customize their appearance more than a minuscule selection of hair colors, hair styles, basic facial layouts, and skin tone.

    Overall, though, if you like fast-paced fighting games, and if you can get over the childish graphics and the limited customization of appearance, I'd suggest this game.    … Expand
  5. Scarzi
    Nov 7, 2012
    8
    The combat system is light years ahead of any action game, the flow of the abilities is near flawless, that alone is enough to try it and and level to at least 40. The biggest problem with this game, is the bottlenecking to the cash shop, and always will be. If they toned down on the bottlenecking, this game would be much more successful. I searched for awhile to find an MMO with similiarThe combat system is light years ahead of any action game, the flow of the abilities is near flawless, that alone is enough to try it and and level to at least 40. The biggest problem with this game, is the bottlenecking to the cash shop, and always will be. If they toned down on the bottlenecking, this game would be much more successful. I searched for awhile to find an MMO with similiar combat, but Tera which was similiar, was not even close to this near perfect combat system. There enhancement system is also similiar to TERA, its completely RNG. But, it makes gearing up a lot slower unless you invest some $$ into it. The story is pretty good for a "free to play" MMO, and has several cutscenes. PvP is very fun and takes a lot more skill then WoW or GW2. The "raid" content is also very fun, and UNFORGIVING. The effects are also top notch and demand a lot from your GPUs but man....what a light show. You feel powerful. Very fun, but expect to invest into the cash shop. I give it a solid 7.5 / 10… Expand
  6. animal
    Oct 12, 2011
    9
    I'm enjoying this game a lot. The combat is fast-paced & fun, plays more like a FPS or action-RPG than a traditional MMO yet has detailed character stats, interesting loot and customizable skill tree. Some of the quest writing really is good and has made me laugh a number of times. I like that I can play it a single-player RPG with the option to group when I want to. The PVP is prettyI'm enjoying this game a lot. The combat is fast-paced & fun, plays more like a FPS or action-RPG than a traditional MMO yet has detailed character stats, interesting loot and customizable skill tree. Some of the quest writing really is good and has made me laugh a number of times. I like that I can play it a single-player RPG with the option to group when I want to. The PVP is pretty fun too. The only real downside seems to be limited content, if you are the kind of person who puts crazy hours into grinding an MMO until you hit the level cap it will probably take you < 1 week, but me being a casual player I've still got a ways to go.… Expand
  7. Morfiss
    May 26, 2013
    7
    The Plot was okay.
    - Great look with its particle effects
    - Game play was sort of grindy
    - Matching System is okay but can use some fixes
    - Lack of Customization has to be the worst part
    - Has a bad pay system
  8. kache
    Dec 16, 2011
    5
    It's a good game by itself, but the more you progress through the content and the more you notice the absence of it, and the higher the level goes, the more you notice the cash shop stuff becomes predominant. When I was playing the closed beta until lvl24 I had a lot of fun playing it, and never felt like I was forced to invest real money in it. When I moved to CN and started going up toIt's a good game by itself, but the more you progress through the content and the more you notice the absence of it, and the higher the level goes, the more you notice the cash shop stuff becomes predominant. When I was playing the closed beta until lvl24 I had a lot of fun playing it, and never felt like I was forced to invest real money in it. When I moved to CN and started going up to 50 I felt more and more that to participate in the high end content I was forced to invest real money into the game, otherwise I wouldn't have good enough stats to be useful for the party. And from the last dark wings update, and the future +1 costume it's starting to become more and more cash shop oriented. That's without counting 99% the stuff not being sellable (or requiring cash shop items for sealing), enhancing being a pain (especially SDN, asking 2kG per try...), and a lot of other problems, the game really starts to fall. And it's such a huge waste, since the base of the game is so awesome. A huge wasted opportunity, for a game that could have been one of the best f2p MMORPGs of the decade... T_T… Expand
  9. Animoticons
    Jul 19, 2013
    3
    Let me summarize: grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding, grinding.
    Yeah, it's that kind of game. This has nothing to do with skill.
  10. aatassi
    Feb 28, 2014
    7
    Game play similar to Vindictus. Based on dungeons. Very nice game for casual player

    Good things : graphics, game play, many job change per class, free to play
    less : world, lifetime

    Game play : 7/10, graphics : 7/10, back ground : 6/10, lifetime : 6/10, sound : 7/10
  11. Virtueal
    Mar 3, 2015
    0
    This game has a lot of glitches and bugs that are not all too apparent when one first starts playing, But moreimportantly, there are a lot of frustration points in this game.

    While it is easy going on the eyes and skills, and has a intuitive approach to play, I will talk about what makes this game particularly frustrating. I don't think one can review a game just by playing a month    This game has a lot of glitches and bugs that are not all too apparent when one first starts playing, But moreimportantly, there are a lot of frustration points in this game.

    While it is easy going on the eyes and skills, and has a intuitive approach to play, I will talk about what makes this game particularly frustrating.

    I don't think one can review a game just by playing a month or two. At higher levels, the game becomes predominantly cash based. Buying items in the store(purchased with real money) adds to your stats. But some of the more valuable items in this store are lottery based. So you buy something called a dragon egg which has mostly useless items. About one hundred eggs later you still haven't found what you want. Whereas a chosen few players within the community seem to have a suspicious amount of luck. I found out that some of them are nexon employees/ related in some way to Nexon.

    You can earn small amounts of gold doing quests and selling items on the market place to other players. But the really valuable items that would fetch you decent amounts of gold are extremely rare and limited.

    The other part of this in game economy system is that almost anything decently valuable needs to be stamped which needs to be purchased with real money. Most times, an item becomes not worth trying to sell because it wouldn't pay for the stamps. Again some people do get loads of free stamps. A person I know got 5*100 stamps as a reward. How? I and almost everyone else I've talked with have only gotten 5 at the most.

    The gold is important, for equipment.

    The community, I have found to be generally elitist, there is a culture where in you are judged easily by your equipment and costumes, which relates to the amount of money you have spent. This culture is something Nexon promotes because it puts peer pressure on you to spend money.

    If you don't, you dare not join any teams because players will inspect your gear and kick you out if it is not the best. And this is basically what the 'nest' in dragon nest is about. This is the actual point of playing the game. The raids give you valuable materials and equipment. But you need equipment to get in there. And you need to enhance your equipment, using cash for protection jellies bought in the Nexon store. And it enhances on a lottery, which means your enhancements can fail or worse, like me, you can lose the item that you just spent 50$ real money on trying to make enough gold to buy it in the first place because the game crashed. And as again, there are a few people who have no problem with this. And they will sell you weapons for 25k gold. (Gold can be purchased at the rate of, approximately, 5000g = $100 from other players)

    My advice: It's really not worth playing past lvl 25. Which is a shame, because it is otherwise a very well designed game. Or buy a game for $300 - 500 upfront in which you do not have to spend money in game.    … Expand
  12. Hominghead
    Jan 6, 2013
    3
    Fairly bad MMO, yet still better than other average garbage-grinders.
    This one takes an approach of action-oriented Combat and attempts to shine with so-called combo-attacks.
    There are only like 6-7 Skills you can have totally, which leads to very boring and redundant combat consisting of the same combos over and over and over. In reality, you cannot call this even a combo. What the    Fairly bad MMO, yet still better than other average garbage-grinders.
    This one takes an approach of action-oriented Combat and attempts to shine with so-called combo-attacks.

    There are only like 6-7 Skills you can have totally, which leads to very boring and redundant combat consisting of the same combos over and over and over. In reality, you cannot call this even a combo.
    What the community calls a "combo" is a **** unfinished mechanic which allows you to endlessly juggle your opponent without any fair chance to fight back, and that is in PvP.
    In PvE there is the same situation.
    Bosses can stunlock/knock-up-lock you, even though you are supposed to be laying on the ground and getting given a time to stand up and fight again, even the slightest minor attack will send you airborne again. Very unclear and poorly done.

    Imagine, games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter, now put in random lag and let the characters which are knocked-over on the floor, magically get thrown up into the air again by some silly jab attack, over and over, that what Dragon Nest is.

    The game is a hassle to play due to such poorly done physics. Developers put minimal effort into the Combat System and the Physics.
    They just mainly orient themselves on the Cash-Shop.

    In other words, another company's cash-cow, and only little under-aged kids with no grasp of concept of good video games, play and glorify this abomination.    … Expand
  13. genesix32
    Nov 9, 2013
    8
    This game is pretty awesome to me, just that it has made the mistake that almost all games make, balance, basically to be strong you need good equipment, to have good equipment you need cash, tada I quited :)

    It felt very fun in the beginning being 3d with all the beautiful skills. Areas for improvement: The combat skills and graphics are already more than satisfying, but no matter    This game is pretty awesome to me, just that it has made the mistake that almost all games make, balance, basically to be strong you need good equipment, to have good equipment you need cash, tada I quited :)

    It felt very fun in the beginning being 3d with all the beautiful skills.

    Areas for improvement:
    The combat skills and graphics are already more than satisfying, but no matter how good it is, improvement is always expected as combat combo the main thing of this game
    There are solo players like me which usually just....... solos, in the beginning it can be fun but in late game it become really boring, the game should make it easier for player to form parties to enter dungeons, such as being able to see other players outside town near the portals.    … Expand
  14. AngryBadger
    Nov 24, 2013
    9
    I think that people tend to judge these types of games too negatively. The fact is, having good gear just makes you feel good. I don't know what it was like a year or two ago, but the whole point is to have fun, and achieving said gear is part of that process. If a dungeon is too hard, don't go blaming the developers for "unbalanced game play"; lower the difficulty and keep on going.
  15. Cencencen
    Jul 18, 2014
    9
    best game ever..
    pure skill for pvp
    great interaction great gameplay cute graphic but not cheap good system ( Dungeon, Nest, then Raid ) interesting classes a guy before me said there's only 6-7 skills is stupid noob he clearly doesnt play this game, in dragon nest you can use a lot of skills based on your level ( i my self need 2 tabsof skills, 10 skills per tab ) the gameplay    best game ever..
    pure skill for pvp
    great interaction
    great gameplay
    cute graphic but not cheap
    good system ( Dungeon, Nest, then Raid )
    interesting classes
    a guy before me said there's only 6-7 skills is stupid noob
    he clearly doesnt play this game, in dragon nest you can use a lot of skills based on your level ( i my self need 2 tabsof skills, 10 skills per tab )
    the gameplay and battle with monster have its mechanic which is very great
    i played this game for years and what i love the most about this game is
    THE STORY
    if you follow the main quest, MAN the story is the best off all MMORPG can give to you..
    not mainstream like "this side, war with this side", "this kingdom attacked, you need to save it"
    no, its more complicated and a lot of mystery
    the story is so awesome, they made a movie of it.. google it, dragon nest 1 and 2 movie, dawn of something i forgot
    but despite my great admiration of this game i cant give 10 out of 10 because in my country the game master of this game is money thirst pig.. more money you got, the stronger you are.. but still the difference can be outcomed by your skills and style of play and teamwork which i experienced myself for a long time.. i manage to win a lot of event with my party with decent equip, beats the player who gone crazy with their money.. that's why i believe in other country this game is totally balanced..

    thankyou, and yes.. play this game.. its awesome..    … Expand
  16. valoiz
    May 21, 2016
    8
    Fun and causal game to spent some time. Casual friendly. Really diferent betwen publishers (Nexon / Cherry). Good events. Fun story.

    Pros:
    Action Combat
    Nice level desing
    Good story
    Easy to learn and play
    Loots of freebies leveling (cherry- EU)
    Run on potatoes

    Cons:
    Gets repetitive
    Cash shop may add some P2W elements
  17. VidyaSoup
    Sep 13, 2015
    9
    (this review counts as on level 80 cap)

    This game is relatively unique among MMOs (and probably was the first or second action combo-oriented MMO). Combat is very intuitive with different handling difficulty depending on the character you pick, and very fast paced without never being reduced to a button smasher. Paying attention to your enemies animations and reactions to attacks as    (this review counts as on level 80 cap)

    This game is relatively unique among MMOs (and probably was the first or second action combo-oriented MMO). Combat is very intuitive with different handling difficulty depending on the character you pick, and very fast paced without never being reduced to a button smasher. Paying attention to your enemies animations and reactions to attacks as well as your surroundings it's just as vital to survive as learning how your own character plays. Each character class' gameplay is unique enough to guarantee you will have fun trying each one of them.

    For how limited the graphics are the visuals are gorgeous, and most of the soundtrack while nothing exceptional it's entertaining and fulfills it's purpose of keeping you engaged on the combat.

    There are a lot of game modes for PvE and PvP. Quests, level up rewards, the achievement system, feats system and npc friendship are very rewarding (you can get both in-game and cash shop items through this). One of the big surprises of this game is how carefully crafted the story and characters are, with such complexity that you often only see in offline/solo games.

    Unfortunately, for an MMO it is not as exciting to play in party, instead the gameplay shines the most in solo/duo PvE and solo PvP. At capped levels you may find that the party gameplay gets less and less complex as you gain more skills with such huge damage values that renders a lot of your old skills useless or incovenient, to the point that a lot of people end up having exactly the same build on the same character with little to no room to experiment without sacrificing party optimization. Solo/duo PvE and 1vs1 PvP is where you can truly experiment with your character's movepool.

    Another downside of this game is the amount of time one must spend to get top tier gear. If you though Monster Hunter was tiring, this game will screw you. Fortunately the game has means to cope with this, making almost every crafting material tradeable and providing alternative ways to acquire said gear other than grinding for it in it's respective dungeons (which no, doesn't involve the cash shop at all, but rather playing alternate game modes or completing achievements, and sometimes participating in events).

    The customization is limited and you can't change the sex of your character, but the cash shop offers a lot of cosmetic items (which may or may not come with stats bonuses, all of which are turned off in PvP). There are a lot of skin colors, eye colors, hair colors, faces and hairstyles available to change the body of the initial character you picked. As you can pick gloves, shoes, pants, shirts and hats individually without being restricted by costume sets you can mix and match to create unique clothes for your characters. There are also earrings and decals (face tattoos) and silly costumes, wings, animal ears and tails for those who like to go around with more extravagant looks.

    I want to thank the developers for the amount of care being put in this game, as it is constantly tested and you can expect a balance patch almost every month. Content updates are usually 1 or 2 times a month, so there is always something to look forward. It's such a shame that the reason why some people are giving it such low scores is due to thing that have little to nothing to do with the game or the developers: Complains about distributor-based changes, and the cash shop or community of the game version they play. My advice for anyone who wants to try out this game is make a research of all the servers available for the country you live instead of jumping into the first server you come across, and to try to get a friend to start to play with you.    … Expand
  18. sleekpretender
    Sep 6, 2015
    9
    This game deserves more than a 6.9 user score. I mean c'mon, this game has solid MMO feels, solid action packed gameplay, and that's not all, it also has a good environment. Classes are sweet, it doesn't get boring at all to use each class. Having played Tera, I'd say that this is my second best MMO before Tera and after Guild wars 2. 2nd best is pretty damn good. I give this game a 9/10 rating.
  19. Chuchi
    Mar 30, 2016
    10
    Playing with an acceptable graphics for 2011 .
    A good system of PvP , but lately all pvp clogged truce that really infuriates .
    So as razraotchikam need to tweak levels of the system.
    In the rest of the game happy.

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  1. Eurogamer Italy
    Jan 23, 2014
    60
    The European version of Dragon Nest is far from perfect, but It’s really entertaining if you’re looking for a simple and fun MMO experience.
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  2. Ten Ton Hammer
    Oct 24, 2011
    80
    Dragon Nest is a fun game that has an extremely flexible and dynamic combat system.
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  3. IGN
    Oct 8, 2011
    85
    Its combat is deep and rewarding, and pits you against some truly interesting encounters. The care put into each and every bit of character dialogue is also evident throughout, and adds a great deal to the charm of the world.
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