Lost Ark

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User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 603 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 252 out of 603
  2. Mixed: 87 out of 603
  3. Negative: 264 out of 603

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  1. seanhagg95
    Aug 13, 2023
    4
    It's a good game with horrible P2W systems. Pretty much what you would expect from every MMO these days. If you want to RMT or P2W through the store, this game can be really fun. If you want to be a F2P player like I was, you are too late and you will always be behind. Go try a newly released MMO instead.
  2. Kristana
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Disgusting P2W game of the worst kind. Think Diablo Immoral.

    Has multiple layers of P2W elements designed to force you to pay up, or else you cannot even access the end-game contents.

    Only other option is to grind on 6 characters like it's your 2nd job. Oh wait, no, like it's your only job.

    Stay far, far away from this garbage game.
  3. starwar
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    Lost Ark falls short of its promise as a captivating MMORPG. Despite its visually stunning graphics, the game suffers from repetitive quests and a lackluster storyline that fails to engage players. The combat, while initially exciting, quickly becomes monotonous and lacks depth. Additionally, the game's monetization practices heavily favor pay-to-win mechanics, creating an unfair advantageLost Ark falls short of its promise as a captivating MMORPG. Despite its visually stunning graphics, the game suffers from repetitive quests and a lackluster storyline that fails to engage players. The combat, while initially exciting, quickly becomes monotonous and lacks depth. Additionally, the game's monetization practices heavily favor pay-to-win mechanics, creating an unfair advantage for those willing to spend real money.… Expand
  4. Silverlyn
    Jun 20, 2023
    0
    This Game is fk **** and Racist Not have SEA server lol from RElease until now there is no Sea server and laways Region Lock
  5. COTEgame
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. С открытия игра была великолепна. Хорошая графика, интересный сюжет. Но сейчас это просто трата времени. PVP просто не сбалансировано, персонажи сильно отличаются по урону. Сами игроки испортили игру. Те, кто уже имеет всё, завышают цены на товары в аукционе. В итоге новичку очень трудно как-то собрать себе хорошего персонажа, но фишка в том, что без хорошего персонажа тебя не будут брать в рейды. Даже если ты знаешь все механики босса, но у тебя нет полного сета, или плохо с гравировками, или самоцветов нет, или колоды нет, тебя не возьмут! А возьмут собранного человека, который так же не мог зайти в рейд и покупал проходки. В итоге человек не знает, что вообще делать и его берут с собранным персонажем, а тебя нет, потому что ты не собрал персонажа. И можно конечно покупать проходки этих рейдов и забыть про этот факт, но это же RPG, где совместная игра? В проходках? Пока ты чай пьёшь, а кто-то за тебя побеждает босса? Ещё игра очень зависима от твинов, ведь от них весь основной заработок ресурсов и голды. И по моему, это ужасно! В общем: старички ставят цены как хотят, а точнее высокую (есть гравировки 4-го уровня по 5к голды, их надо 20. И ГДЕ брать новичку 100к голды только на одну граву? Это несколько месяцев фарма без твинов... Ещё вторая гравировка и бижутерия в основном покупается, потому что рандом здесь искусственно занижен ненужными гравировками. Так же проводки покупаются, ибо без собранного персонажа тебя просто не возьмут. Старички играют на куче твинов, тем самым делают проводки и фармят ещё больше голды, чтобы купить дорогую вещь у такого же старичка, это по мне уже никуда не лезет. В итоге: игру крайне не советую, если у вас нет 7 друзей, готовых пойти с вами в игру надолго, с ними и будете проходить активности.… Expand
  6. JustTheDustMan
    Jan 15, 2023
    1
    Be warned about this game. They will issue bans if you don't play. Many players got the game for free on steam, realized it wasn't the game for them, and quit playing. Now the developers have issued gamewide bans for inactive players, which shows up as a red mark on you steam profile. Further more, there are a number of other steam games that won't let you play if you have a ban. If youBe warned about this game. They will issue bans if you don't play. Many players got the game for free on steam, realized it wasn't the game for them, and quit playing. Now the developers have issued gamewide bans for inactive players, which shows up as a red mark on you steam profile. Further more, there are a number of other steam games that won't let you play if you have a ban. If you have a old steam account with thousands of hours and dollars invested, do not get this game unless you are prepared for a ban.… Expand
  7. Rezken
    Jan 6, 2023
    0
    To anyone reading this: Quit this game as soon as you can!
    There's nothing more to say. This is not a "game", this is a job!
    You're working your ass off for nothing.
    I was fortunate enough to quit this game just a couple weeks after release and decided to make this review to warn others who are considering to play this game: don't do it!
  8. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    Bu kadar iyi kordine olman gerekiyor. Tanımadığım insanlarla neden oynayayım, yada oynamak zorunda olayım.
  9. gravehaven
    Sep 25, 2022
    1
    Soulless game. It's a cash grab with some nice flashy graphics and original animations, that's really it.
  10. weallone
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Sold my acc, now i feels not like slave in p2w trash swamp =) Played about half year with russian version and spend about 300$ like it was nothing. Very toxic community, gated content weekly and daylie, bots and RMT or boosters/carries spammers. I feel sorry for new owner of my acc((
  11. f0reverr
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Truly one of the best examples of the decline in modern gaming. This game is a casino with a mobile ARPG wrapped around it, nothing more, do not be fooled into thinking it's something it very clearly isn't. Flashy graphics, anime **** all of the usual low-brow nonsense typically used to attract the younger or lower IQ gamers, you'll find it all here. If you want to donate your paychecks toTruly one of the best examples of the decline in modern gaming. This game is a casino with a mobile ARPG wrapped around it, nothing more, do not be fooled into thinking it's something it very clearly isn't. Flashy graphics, anime **** all of the usual low-brow nonsense typically used to attract the younger or lower IQ gamers, you'll find it all here. If you want to donate your paychecks to a Korean cash cow and Amazon Bezos, be my guest, I'll be taking my gaming time elsewhere.… Expand
  12. jyphel
    Aug 5, 2022
    0
    A game designed only to retain your progression, and pay to an hellish indefinitely endgame. The worst of it, its that they say its not a pay to win game.
  13. raduby
    Jul 18, 2022
    0
    very boring story, Overhyped advertising, zero depth at all to the combat, UI is messy, Lot of bots, this is cheap p2w mobile game.
  14. devastor34
    Jul 12, 2022
    0
    This game is an obvious p2w game and i dont really understand the people who call this game p2w-free and f2p friendly. Progression is built in a very similar way that is used in diablo immortal which has 0.3 user score out of 10. omg it is really hard to understand the people that used positive vote the game is literally grbage and urges you to pay for every little aspect. If you are notThis game is an obvious p2w game and i dont really understand the people who call this game p2w-free and f2p friendly. Progression is built in a very similar way that is used in diablo immortal which has 0.3 user score out of 10. omg it is really hard to understand the people that used positive vote the game is literally grbage and urges you to pay for every little aspect. If you are not support and wanting to join a raid gl in coping with whales. Other trash aspect is the poorness of the market system omg its literally worst of all mmorpgs and is dominated solely by whales. If you are not slave go play another mmorpg… Expand
  15. BillyHerrington
    Jul 3, 2022
    2
    You spend 90% of your play time on literal trash content. All you do is walk from a to b, emote, kill things, emote, emote, emote again. It gets so bad that in certain quests you just have to stay 3 minutes in one place with nothing happening. Im not making this up. And all for what? Just so you can enjoy a bit of raiding. If you dont do the massive amount of chores you will fall behind.You spend 90% of your play time on literal trash content. All you do is walk from a to b, emote, kill things, emote, emote, emote again. It gets so bad that in certain quests you just have to stay 3 minutes in one place with nothing happening. Im not making this up. And all for what? Just so you can enjoy a bit of raiding. If you dont do the massive amount of chores you will fall behind. This complaint is just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many questionable things made in this game I wonder if this was made by Aliens.

    Do not play this garbage. If you really want to play an mmo just go with ff14, gw2 or TESO. Even if they all are showing their age they are worth my time compared to Lost Ark.    … Expand
  16. Bl4ckN1ght
    Jun 28, 2022
    0
    Payto Progress schrott ja ist kein pay2win aber es ist pay2progress das genauso schlimm
    im pvp sind alle gleich ja aber nur bei arena pvp auf insel ist auch p2w china schrott hab 200 h gespielt und kann es nicht empfehelen
  17. roflman87
    Jun 25, 2022
    0
    I will always be against any pay-to-win games! we need better games we don't need this to be a standard in new games now!
  18. tinypandacookie
    Jun 16, 2022
    4
    Modern pay 2 win at it's finest. Make no mistake, there's a solid game hidden behind layers and layers of multiple currencies, systems and the usage of every single psychological trick in the book to make sure you trow money into the game.

    The game is designed so a free 2 play player can actually catch up to the whales... at least for a while, until they eventually realize that 20$    Modern pay 2 win at it's finest. Make no mistake, there's a solid game hidden behind layers and layers of multiple currencies, systems and the usage of every single psychological trick in the book to make sure you trow money into the game.

    The game is designed so a free 2 play player can actually catch up to the whales... at least for a while, until they eventually realize that 20$ could save them another 300 hours long catch up grind like your average mobile ARPG.

    In typical Amazon fashion, it's customer support is bellow mediocre, that without mentioning automatic bans and censoring on it's steam community, reddit and official forums.

    Stay away from this, you deserve a game that respects your time and wallet.    … Expand
  19. AraldirR
    Jun 16, 2022
    0
    Steam and Amazon abusing and unfair policies targeting innocent users. A clear example of this is "untrusted accounts" policy, resulting characters in those accounts're forbidden to trade, send items by mail, etc., or generate an extra amount of gold needed to can grow them. Once an account is targeted, according to these companies criteria, as suspicious (without any proves which can showSteam and Amazon abusing and unfair policies targeting innocent users. A clear example of this is "untrusted accounts" policy, resulting characters in those accounts're forbidden to trade, send items by mail, etc., or generate an extra amount of gold needed to can grow them. Once an account is targeted, according to these companies criteria, as suspicious (without any proves which can show that user's fault), that user won't ever be able to arrange and change that status. Even if the person has made "x" purchases as they requested, even if that person has accomplished all the requirements they stated, nothing will serve. Once an account is targeted, that person will go round between Amazon and Steam and none of them will do anything to arrange something they promoted an unfair way, they will never intend to solve anything. There're only walls and more walls, and a kind of costumer service which is, by default, useless. The worst support I've seen in my life. Useless to spend time playing something that is dead in advance. These companies behaviour is shameful and scandalous.

    PS: while these companies're wasting efforts and resources in clean accounts, the true guilty running bots keep on rushing their way freely in servers, and an even higher amount of them can be seen here and there (even in places where they weren't seen before). Absolutely wonderful xd.    … Expand
  20. aesnowdrop
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    This game is unplayable on NA servers. There's over 10,000k queue on the weekends and you need to wait over an hour to even log in to play a game. They should be paying me money for wasting my time waiting in queues. Good luck trying to play at your convenience.
  21. Xarri
    Jun 12, 2022
    3
    No Ayaya until 2023.

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  22. Mallga
    Jun 11, 2022
    0
    Muy buen juego, pero desde hace semanas AGS no han podido parar a los BOTS, las personas vendiendo RMT o tener los cojos de banear permanente a este tipo de personas que causan daño a la economía del juego. Es increible a la 2da semana de valtan ya exista gente con armas +25 reliquias y con un nivel de fortaleza o elenco que da mucha risa. Lo mismo paso con New World. No lo recomiendo aMuy buen juego, pero desde hace semanas AGS no han podido parar a los BOTS, las personas vendiendo RMT o tener los cojos de banear permanente a este tipo de personas que causan daño a la economía del juego. Es increible a la 2da semana de valtan ya exista gente con armas +25 reliquias y con un nivel de fortaleza o elenco que da mucha risa. Lo mismo paso con New World. No lo recomiendo a mis amigos, al menos por ahora.… Expand
  23. Divy_01
    Jun 11, 2022
    0
    P2W, predatory, daily and weekly limited content, intentionally insanely grindy and you are constantly reminded that the best way to play this ''game'' is to act as if you're playing in a casino with slot machines, go to work even in a 2nd world country with min wage, spend your money to progress 6 times faster than any f2p who doesn't break TOS and enjoy being addicted to gambling, TheyP2W, predatory, daily and weekly limited content, intentionally insanely grindy and you are constantly reminded that the best way to play this ''game'' is to act as if you're playing in a casino with slot machines, go to work even in a 2nd world country with min wage, spend your money to progress 6 times faster than any f2p who doesn't break TOS and enjoy being addicted to gambling, They hired entire psychologists to research how to get people addicted, to come back every single day/week because ''it's in their best interest'' and to always prefer spending and working over playing the actual game.… Expand
  24. 420NL
    Jun 10, 2022
    0
    the long wait for this game just to have to play with VPN and then see it gets boring super fast

    the bot invasion was fun tho
  25. ghaus155
    Jun 10, 2022
    1
    What this game does well is decent combat copied from other games like Tera or FF14 for example, while appearing like a Diablo clone. It's a pretty game graphically.

    What it does poorly and insidiously, is its time gating, its RNG systems, its player progression, and its predatory monetization. 7 different currencies, confusing skill engraving upgrades, RNG ability upgrading, RNG gear    What this game does well is decent combat copied from other games like Tera or FF14 for example, while appearing like a Diablo clone. It's a pretty game graphically.

    What it does poorly and insidiously, is its time gating, its RNG systems, its player progression, and its predatory monetization. 7 different currencies, confusing skill engraving upgrades, RNG ability upgrading, RNG gear honing with ever decreasing success rates. It is game designed to frustrate and exploit in order for you spend hundreds in not thousands of dollars.

    Just another Korean MMO to stay away from.    … Expand
  26. Deviltry
    Jun 10, 2022
    4
    P2W as hell, once you do adventure tomes - there's really nothing left to do but boring daily chaos dungeons and what not. Bots, poor feature unlocking for NA/EU (Summoner was original launch class on every region, also was in beta, but will be available 2023?..) and more bots.
  27. Cabalisticid
    Jun 9, 2022
    1
    At the core the gameplay feels good BUT Amazon games and Smilegate are ignoring all the player feedback and driving the game more and more towards pay to win.

    Also the bots are a HUGE problem.
  28. Yascha
    Jun 9, 2022
    0
    It is a terrible and heavily monetized cash grab.
    The game is also filled with hundreds of thousands of bots, illegaly selling Gold to many players, and also full with cheaters and private bot users.

    AGS managed to drive yet another game in the ground...
  29. joash
    Jun 9, 2022
    0
    Start up very good, but after you reach the end game content, the game becomes a second job/chore
  30. TMGhost
    Jun 9, 2022
    0
    The game has reached a state of no return and the company running it does not care about the players and has gone "full-profit" mode. They don't care to keep remaining players around and try to milk every dollar from whoever is addicted. There are 1000 bots to 1 player and it is disgusting to walk around in the world. Terrible company ruining a game with so much potential.
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Awards & Rankings

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#78 Best PC Game of 2022
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#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 49
  3. Negative: 0 out of 49
  1. CD-Action
    Apr 11, 2022
    70
    Interesting character classes, enticing atmosphere, visual attractiveness, satisfying combat – Lost Ark hit the mark on everything one expects from a good action RPG. I could feel my character’s power from the very first step in this interesting, varied world, and saw potential for one of the best Diablo’s cousins in years. It’s a pity that the MMO aspects of Lost Ark forced some compromises and simply get in the way of enjoying the satisfying Diablo-esque side.
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  2. Hey Poor Player
    Mar 30, 2022
    90
    Lost Ark is literally great enough to re-ignite my passion for MMORPGs after 15 years. That’s not a joke, and it’s not something that I’m just saying for the sake of this review. Because of that, I don’t know that I should be reviewing this game so much as I should be thanking it. I’m incredibly happy to have finally found an MMO that I can look forward to playing every day, and, if you’re willing to take my word at all, I think you’ll find that you’ll end up the same way once you sit down with this game for yourself.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Mar 24, 2022
    70
    No classic, then, but Smilegate has delivered a big, silly, characterful romp that's best experienced with friends. [Issue#370, p.118]
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