Lost Ark

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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 603 Ratings

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

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  1. CanalDoMimo
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Um dos melhores jogos de rpg que já joguei na vida. Dungeons absurdamente trabalhadas com cenas absurdas, os boss tem vida se movimentam muito e tem uma grande variação de habilidades, o lvl up não é dificil e a gameplay não é enjoativa. O pvp e o pve são perfeitos, pvp totalmente balanceado, com uma grande variação de personagens e skills, e o pve lotado de conteúdo e dungeons para fazerUm dos melhores jogos de rpg que já joguei na vida. Dungeons absurdamente trabalhadas com cenas absurdas, os boss tem vida se movimentam muito e tem uma grande variação de habilidades, o lvl up não é dificil e a gameplay não é enjoativa. O pvp e o pve são perfeitos, pvp totalmente balanceado, com uma grande variação de personagens e skills, e o pve lotado de conteúdo e dungeons para fazer com os amigos. Quem não gostou do jogo, tenho total certeza que não jogou.… Expand
  2. Infrexius
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Dont understand the negative reviews here. This game is by far one of the best games ive played in 10 years. Yes there are some server issues, but the combat is really amazing and has dept. Its not just pressing 4 buttons like people say, if that is what you are doing you clearly lack skill.

    Enjoy this game, its amazing.
  3. MadnezZ
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    Compared to many other MMO games released over the years, this game is diamond.

    Although there was an EU server queue problem. But for that reason, I don't understand people who review this game negatively. Some game stories are good and some are not. However, considering that the genre of this game is MMO, it is not fair to play only 5-10 hours and review this game. From my personal    Compared to many other MMO games released over the years, this game is diamond.

    Although there was an EU server queue problem. But for that reason, I don't understand people who review this game negatively.

    Some game stories are good and some are not. However, considering that the genre of this game is MMO, it is not fair to play only 5-10 hours and review this game.

    From my personal experience, it is the best MMO games released in the last 10 years and I recommend that people who love this genre try it.    … Expand
  4. Roid
    May 3, 2022
    10
    Don't let the clowns fool you guys. Once you reach the endgame, this is one of the most enjoyable games ever made. Slaying hordes of monsters is more satisfying than in Diablo and PVE-Content is pretty challenging (maybe too challenging for the kiddos here that give the game 0 because they need to "git gud"). This game is not pay2win... You only progress faster but eventually every playerDon't let the clowns fool you guys. Once you reach the endgame, this is one of the most enjoyable games ever made. Slaying hordes of monsters is more satisfying than in Diablo and PVE-Content is pretty challenging (maybe too challenging for the kiddos here that give the game 0 because they need to "git gud"). This game is not pay2win... You only progress faster but eventually every player will reach the content they desire over time. PVP does normalize characters to make it more fair -> no p2w.
    Giving this game less than a 5 is just ridiculous and shouldn't even be allowed. Even if you don't like it, objectively this is a solid game you can sink a lot of time in and enjoy the huge amount of content that is given players i.e. Chaos Dungeons, Raids, Hundres of Islands to explore, collectables, Waifus, Booba-Skins and more.
    Obviously this is not a perfect game but I'm still giving it a 10 because of all the clowns with their 0 rating.    … Expand
  5. Dekri
    Feb 17, 2022
    10
    Best game ever. Amazon and their servers are **** tier.
    Game is brilliant.
    Balanced pvp, nice lore, beauty skills.
  6. GStyleMagazine
    Feb 14, 2022
    10
    I'll give it a 10 alleviate the unnecessary 0's.

    Lost Ark is a game that's been anticipated since 2013? Promising engaging combat in huge cinematic scenery with fundamental MMO elements. It does just that, giving players Zones to organize the overall chaos of seeing dozens of players and NPCs on screen. The plot is incredibly straight forward and easy to follow with some hilarious    I'll give it a 10 alleviate the unnecessary 0's.

    Lost Ark is a game that's been anticipated since 2013? Promising engaging combat in huge cinematic scenery with fundamental MMO elements. It does just that, giving players Zones to organize the overall chaos of seeing dozens of players and NPCs on screen. The plot is incredibly straight forward and easy to follow with some hilarious B-listed voice acting. It's pretty monotonous. Overall though, the game isn't as deep as Path of Exile in terms of builds, it's more of a Brawler MMO than a dungeon crawler and sometimes that's OK- not everything needs to be lifelonging progression. I notice the people complaining are ones that spends dozens of hours a day grinding and build crafting for years at a time, which is an opinion you shouldn't take seriously because if the game doesn't cater to their insurmountable free time, it's deemed garbage. Which is a terribly imbalanced viewpoint. Just try it, it's free and judge for yourself.    … Expand
  7. Gox0405
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    This game is awesome. A lot of PvE content, and the PvP is the best of isometric games. Great competitive arena mode, where the ilevel dosent count, its perfect.
  8. Megamanxxx
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    very nice game with alote to do good to enjoy with friends or alone its not a AMAZON game so its only the servers its the problem the game its the best.
  9. binest03459
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    People who have never played are criticizing for p2w. In fact, You can enjoy all the contents for free.
    And the server problem is due to Amazon, not Smilegate.
    I read why there were so many negative reactions, and I completely understood it.
    There are only losers who are angry that people don't like their favorite rpg.
  10. Kiriiko
    May 7, 2022
    10
    Absolutely Free to Play and Free to Win!
    Story 10/10
    Gameplay 10/10
    Graphic 8/10
    Variety of content to have fun!
  11. ItsmeDavinci
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Not sure why there are so many 0s... I guess it's because of the wonky launch.

    The game is fun and pretty addictive.

    Giving it a 10 to counteract the unnecessary 0 ratings.
  12. ultraviolet123
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    Its a free to play game. For its price its solid 10/10.
    Pay2Win is there, but its not a problem to be behind in progress. Whatever.
    Just enjoy the game as it is.

    If you dont like, dont play.
  13. Geedwond
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    the skills are great, the gameplay is excellent, the cinematics are pretty good, the only missing part for now is the servers.
  14. Adamsimek
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    Packed with hours of meaningful cutscenes and unforgettable new zones satisfying conclusion to This story as it has existed to date. While it doesn't introduce many new gameplay elements, it does deliver two new excellent DPS and healing jobs that should appeal to both new and experienced players and includes some of the best boss battles we’ve seen in this decade-old game. If this is howPacked with hours of meaningful cutscenes and unforgettable new zones satisfying conclusion to This story as it has existed to date. While it doesn't introduce many new gameplay elements, it does deliver two new excellent DPS and healing jobs that should appeal to both new and experienced players and includes some of the best boss battles we’ve seen in this decade-old game. If this is how Fantasy showrunners end a story, then I'm more than ready to walk with them from the beginning to the end of the next one.… Expand
  15. Gigached
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    There are interesting battles, beautiful music, and great directing dungeons in this game. It is a very large game and I can feel the sincerity of developers.
  16. Vrang
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    the skills are great, the gameplay is excellent, the cinematics are pretty good, the only missing part for now is the servers.
  17. liverswood211
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    I think the real fun of this game is raid. The story is like that, but if you endure the story and go on a raid, you can see the real charm of this game. I'm doing that right now.
  18. onestar
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Lost Ark is a fantastic, free-to-play MMORPG that features exciting combat, attractive visuals, and a seemingly endless endgame.
  19. 1hix2a
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Great endgames, beautiful islands. Great skills. It's a fun game. i like it.
  20. soh0423
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    The real fun of this game is the Abyss Dungeon and Corps Commander Raid. The story section can be like or disliked, but everyone will enjoy it when Argos Valtan is released.
  21. taha1623
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    this is perfect games crazy rpg graphic game play effect best game my thanks Amazon Games
  22. thiago12321
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    The best MMO I've ever played, with amazing graphics and fast gameplay, with lots of action and fun. No other MMO has delivered what Lost Ark did. The 0/10 reviews are from frustrated people, who can't get into the game on launch day because of the queues. The queues are understandable, as it's the second most played game EVER on Steam. 10/10.
  23. Metacreator
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Very Fun Game with nice graphics.
    lots of ppl should try it when its server gets stable.
  24. raiden85
    Feb 14, 2022
    10
    Outstanding game in every aspect. Simply awesome. Free to play, a lot of people playing, beautiful graphics.
  25. Ybarion
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    Fresh, fun and smooth experience when you get through the log in queues. Lot of content in the endgame, lots of ways to grow your character and explore.
  26. nerfer
    Feb 18, 2022
    10
    40+ hours in, well worth the 5+ year wait. The game really opens up after level 30+. fun, skillful pvp, fun co-op with friends (4 player co-op, up to 8 for raids). if you loved diablo 2 you'll likely love this. It's everything diablo 3 could have been, but wasn't.
    The character art is really great, puts D3 to shame honestly, much more fun 8+ skillsets with customization that could go a    40+ hours in, well worth the 5+ year wait. The game really opens up after level 30+. fun, skillful pvp, fun co-op with friends (4 player co-op, up to 8 for raids). if you loved diablo 2 you'll likely love this. It's everything diablo 3 could have been, but wasn't.
    The character art is really great, puts D3 to shame honestly, much more fun 8+ skillsets with customization that could go a bit further in terms of being able to make your class feel different, but I think instead of diablo's way of building 3-4 different potential builds into a single class, Smilegate split them up into different sub-classes to push for more alts. I honestly prefer this as it lets them push each sub-class further.
    In regards to NA launch, it was the smoothest mmo launch i've ever experienced, got in instantly on early-access and there was a slight delay on official launch of a couple hours. i haven't experienced any kind of lag, runs buttery smooth on max settings even if I keep my zbrush/maya/browsers streaming vids open in the background. Party system works great, but I wish it would do more to keep parties together when in the same area, but easy enough to swap channels when needed.
    There's a ton of depth to the game, you're not going to learn everything you need to in a day, this isn't your grandma's diablo.
    The dungeons/raids are the shining point of this games PvE. Super fun to go through with friends or solo.
    I haven't really spent too much time yet doing pvp, so i can't comment too much on that yet, but from what I've experienced I'm pretty confident that I'm going to enjoy it a lot.
    I really don't get the hate for this game on launch, I guess NA launch was better than some other regions. This is a hack-n-slasher's dream through and through. If you grew up with diablo 1, 2, and all the other hack-n-slashers of the early 2000's, you're likely going to have a blast with this game. Don't listen to all the child-tantrum 0 reviews, try it out if you're on the fence (it's free after all) and form your own opinion. I feel like a lot of the 0 reviews out there have never played a hack-n-slash in their lives.    … Expand
  27. Aroyi
    Feb 16, 2022
    10
    Decent graphic, Intresting story line, fanatastic combats.
    This game is not for all, but well-made.
  28. hi93
    Feb 16, 2022
    10
    fine tuned amazing game, gotta put in hours to really get to know the game :)
  29. PongPong
    Feb 16, 2022
    10
    It boasts excellent and beautiful production, and the unique characteristics and stories of each island are interesting. People who suit their tastes are expected to be very immersed and raise their levels. I am very interested in the story of each NPC in this game. And I'm looking forward to the end content.
  30. cristine201
    Feb 18, 2022
    10
    Doesn't make any sense why so many 0rates..
    The best game ever.
    Super interesting things are hidden everywhere and detailed qualities of character are new for me.
    It is quite well made game.
    Just try it.
  31. Edjusch
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Even though the server situation was horrible for the first week of release (and even the three-day headstart), I was able to dig in 120 hours of gameplay and man, I haven't been addicted to a game so much for the last 10-15 years at least. The gameplay is a delight and it hasn't felt like simple button-mashing a single second in fight. To me the gameplay gets even better the more you getEven though the server situation was horrible for the first week of release (and even the three-day headstart), I was able to dig in 120 hours of gameplay and man, I haven't been addicted to a game so much for the last 10-15 years at least. The gameplay is a delight and it hasn't felt like simple button-mashing a single second in fight. To me the gameplay gets even better the more you get into late game because the dungeons and raids are designed in a brilliant way, quite challenging but super fun. I actually don't understand people saying it's too "grindy" - to me the leveling went on fast and the necessary quest-steps are done very quick usually. And the best thing is, it's completely free to play! You do not have to spent a single coin of real money to enjoy the beautiful tons of content.

    I have never written a game review in my life yet but I felt like I need to give the developers credits here for blessing us with this awesome game.

    The only game I really put more hours into right from the start was WoW when it was originally released as beta and nothing has ever even gotten close to it. Well this game has and I feel like it will be lots of hours more.

    Do yourself a favor and play this game! Or wait - please don't so I can get into the game without having any server capacity problems :-)    … Expand
  32. SMPIT
    Feb 25, 2022
    10
    well... to balance this score I will put a 10, a note that really counts would be 8..
    Reasons: Quest lines are more of the same, apart from the design of female characters that were done well... aimed at fetishes.. And having the RNG to improve equipment is something that I consider problematic, But the rest is excellent, it has a lot of content for play whether pve, coop, pvp, in short,    well... to balance this score I will put a 10, a note that really counts would be 8..
    Reasons: Quest lines are more of the same, apart from the design of female characters that were done well... aimed at fetishes.. And having the RNG to improve equipment is something that I consider problematic, But the rest is excellent, it has a lot of content for play whether pve, coop, pvp, in short, there are many more positives than negatives..I currently have 70 hours of gameplay, which I consider to be the beginning of the gameplay but at least I already have some background to talk about.    … Expand
  33. lmaking
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    For those calling this game a button masher, they never even got to level 50. The progression through 1 - 50 is mainly to get a feel for the class and is meant to be easy in order for players to find THE CLASS for them. Not to mention the game looks nothing like a mobile game, even at the lowest settings. You can very obviously see that from any kind of gameplay videos though. The gameFor those calling this game a button masher, they never even got to level 50. The progression through 1 - 50 is mainly to get a feel for the class and is meant to be easy in order for players to find THE CLASS for them. Not to mention the game looks nothing like a mobile game, even at the lowest settings. You can very obviously see that from any kind of gameplay videos though. The game is fun and engaging and the combat is extremely rewarding. Keep in mind, at least 80% of the negative reviews are from EU, who are having stability and server issues. Everything on NA is top notch, haven't even had a queue time since the first week. The game is great and I feel will be my forever addiction. Only way to know if the game is for you is by jumping in and feeling it out for yourself. Good luck and have fun, guys. :)… Expand
  34. 0natic
    Jul 24, 2022
    10
    This is one of my favourite games I have played so far. Fun combat, great graphics, big world to explore.
  35. Hastings91
    Jul 29, 2023
    10
    El mejor proyecto de MMO de la historia. Una pena que los desarrolladores piensen que somos esclavos.

    Ojalá cambien las cosas en un futuro cercano.
  36. Karma_police
    Feb 14, 2022
    9
    TBH most of the 0 out of 10 comments seem a bit suspicious, they revolve around the game either being isometric or about the gameplay inherent for these kind of games which led me to believe those reviews come from console players who are not used to this kind of games as they just play mainstream stuff, so acknowledging that console players will always play console wars let's get intoTBH most of the 0 out of 10 comments seem a bit suspicious, they revolve around the game either being isometric or about the gameplay inherent for these kind of games which led me to believe those reviews come from console players who are not used to this kind of games as they just play mainstream stuff, so acknowledging that console players will always play console wars let's get into what I think about Lost Ark.

    So far I have only played like 10 hours so I have only scratched the surface of the game, the graphics are nice and the characters are aesthetically pleasing, there is a lot of difference between classes some requiring more skill than others, at the start the game might be a bit of a borefest as it starts very slow, once the game starts to open and you get an idea of the world it starts to become engrossing and the mechanics addictive, I have had no issues playing with friends going on random quests, the MMO elements so far are fairly light but again I have only scratched the surface.

    So far I have enjoyed my ride but as everyone know you can only review an MMO based on it's end game, Raids and events, I just felt the urge to let people know the game is fine there is nothing inherently wrong with it as some of these reviews suggest.

    I will update my review once I have sank enough hours into it to form a firm opinion.    … Expand
  37. zeukin
    Feb 16, 2022
    9
    Haven't had this much fun in an mmo rpg since WoW's Legion expansion. The game is fast paced, it doesn't try to jerk you around with pointless questing, the combat feels good trying to string together different types of combos and it gets more and more satisfying as you put points into your skill and tree. The world is vast and the scenery is gorgeous and the transition from game play toHaven't had this much fun in an mmo rpg since WoW's Legion expansion. The game is fast paced, it doesn't try to jerk you around with pointless questing, the combat feels good trying to string together different types of combos and it gets more and more satisfying as you put points into your skill and tree. The world is vast and the scenery is gorgeous and the transition from game play to cut scenes is seamless which really makes you feel like you're part of a dynamic story.… Expand
  38. whatever523
    May 7, 2022
    9
    I've spend thousands of hours in ARPGs and Lost Ark is so far the best I've played.

    * Smooth gameplay and skills like no similar game has * Incredible dungeons with original mechanics * Hours and hours of good story content * Impressive graphics * Great UI that offers almost everything you could ask for * Good leveling system. Early levels are easy and later ones take long. * You    I've spend thousands of hours in ARPGs and Lost Ark is so far the best I've played.

    * Smooth gameplay and skills like no similar game has
    * Incredible dungeons with original mechanics
    * Hours and hours of good story content
    * Impressive graphics
    * Great UI that offers almost everything you could ask for
    * Good leveling system. Early levels are easy and later ones take long.
    * You need to grind. This is good, because players have something to do. Many kids these days don't understand that a grind at the end of an MMO is good. Otherwise the game just ends there and you silly people complain that there's nothing to do. You can only have one of these two and grinding is definitely better, especially when it's fun.

    The only thing I could complain about is there is no way to transfer between servers. They could make tranfers expensive, but it should be possible.
    And the PvP is really bad, because it relies too heavily on stun effects and there's no fluidity - exactly the opposite of PvE. One side is always on the ground taking damage and the first good stun often decides a fight, because it's not possible to get back up before they're dead.
    Which is actually an incredible waste, because the PvP modes in the game could be really fun.

    Opinions can differ, but if you give this game 0/10, you have no appreciation for what makes a good game and should go back to Candy Crush.    … Expand
  39. PNdrak
    Feb 15, 2022
    9
    IMHO one of the most player friendly games out there, it respects your time, battles are fun, tones of enemies on the screen, cool dungeons and raids. I understand frustration with server queues but other than that - great experience :)
  40. Abomlol
    Feb 14, 2022
    9
    The end game really opens up and let's you play in a variety of fun ways. Core combat loop is addictive. Systems has tons of depth. I've 60 hours in and will continue enjoying the game.
  41. caemenium
    Feb 15, 2022
    9
    All i want to say is ignore every positive/negative posts here. Just download and play game like i did and decide it's good or bad only by yourself.
  42. ChimeraX0
    Feb 23, 2022
    9
    I've been playing since west launch its very fun although i can see why reviews are mixed its amazing until you hit endgame
  43. Gentlecaveman
    Feb 13, 2022
    9
    Beautiful and fun ARPG with superb combat and mmo elements. If you like Diablo and PoE you will enjoy this.
  44. ArataLatam
    Mar 25, 2022
    9
    Es un juego muy sólido, una propuesta nueva y fresca para el género de Mmorpg que contiene una extensa cantidad de contenido con un sistema Hack and Slash y cámara isométrica. Tanto en misiones, clases, modos de juegos y PvP sin necesidad de comprar cosas en el juego. Contaremos horas y horas de juego en solitario o en grupo que puede ser abrumadora para los jugadores que nunca hay jugadoEs un juego muy sólido, una propuesta nueva y fresca para el género de Mmorpg que contiene una extensa cantidad de contenido con un sistema Hack and Slash y cámara isométrica. Tanto en misiones, clases, modos de juegos y PvP sin necesidad de comprar cosas en el juego. Contaremos horas y horas de juego en solitario o en grupo que puede ser abrumadora para los jugadores que nunca hay jugado este tipo de género, pero para otros puede ser un gran título.

    Review:
    https://arata.lat/aratareview-lost-ark-pc/    … Expand
  45. LoveUndFlubber
    Feb 13, 2022
    9
    Loved it despite absence of flubber, Glavin. I wish they put flubber in the next, mm-hai.
  46. UrbanEelf
    Feb 24, 2022
    9
    Al di là dei problemi di server del gioco che sono quantomeno giustificabili dal fatto che nessuno si era aspettato un milione e mezzo di giocatori tutti on contemporaneamente, al gioco penso sia impossibile dare una valutazione negativa. Il game design innanzitutto è spaventosamente bello e curato, ho visto qualcosa del genere forse in un altro paio di giochi e basta, quindi tanto diAl di là dei problemi di server del gioco che sono quantomeno giustificabili dal fatto che nessuno si era aspettato un milione e mezzo di giocatori tutti on contemporaneamente, al gioco penso sia impossibile dare una valutazione negativa. Il game design innanzitutto è spaventosamente bello e curato, ho visto qualcosa del genere forse in un altro paio di giochi e basta, quindi tanto di cappello. Per quanto poi all'inizio il gioco possa risultare noioso ad alcuni, dato che fino al livello 30 di content non c'è nulla ed è super lineare, basta stringere i denti per giusto una decina di ore forse e incominciamo a venir investiti di roba da fare (che comunque per fortuna ci viene data razionata e spesso con le dovute quest guida, in modo da imparare e abituarsi). Il gameplay è super divertente se piacciono i diablo-like, dove sostanzialmente bisogna macellare ondate di nemici ma sempre usando una minima strategia per evitare di venir travolti. Nel gioco è letteralmente impossibile annoiarsi, di content ce n'è anche troppo, tutto è curato davvero bene persino la miriade di tipologie di quest alternative alla principale che non vengono lasciate al caso o scritte da bambini di 10 anni. Il gioco lo straconsiglio, ma fate conto che è quel genere di opera che è davvero molto addictive: vi risucchia totalmente e avete sempre voglia di fare cose, perchè sprona a migliorare e a scoprire.
    Imbarazzante chi ha lasciato una recensione negativa per la questione server mostrando zero comprensione, perchè è comprensibile lo scazzo ma questo non giustifica il boicottaggio di un gioco.    … Expand
  47. FlochChad
    Feb 13, 2022
    9
    The combat is extremely rewarding and the grind factor does not feel like a chore. Dungeons feel dynamic and all classes feel distinct from each other. Oh, and the best part is that the main story quests are very easy and very quick, they get you from one area to another all while teaching you the basics of the game. The people complaining are from EU lol, but if you’re not, you’re goingThe combat is extremely rewarding and the grind factor does not feel like a chore. Dungeons feel dynamic and all classes feel distinct from each other. Oh, and the best part is that the main story quests are very easy and very quick, they get you from one area to another all while teaching you the basics of the game. The people complaining are from EU lol, but if you’re not, you’re going to absolutely enjoy this game and the zero queue times! … Expand
  48. Kafinated
    Feb 15, 2022
    9
    A Super Solid Eastern MMO with dedicated Devs. Story is below average at first, but picks up quickly and has a wealth of interesting and meaningful side quests. There is no lack of content, this game having been under active update and development in the KR and RUS regions for years, and at the current rate would take me over a year to finish out all of the content on offer. The graphicsA Super Solid Eastern MMO with dedicated Devs. Story is below average at first, but picks up quickly and has a wealth of interesting and meaningful side quests. There is no lack of content, this game having been under active update and development in the KR and RUS regions for years, and at the current rate would take me over a year to finish out all of the content on offer. The graphics and animations are stellar, and combat feels both impactful and skilful, specifically when getting into Guardian Raids, Chaos Dungeons, and Abyssal Dungeons.

    On top of this the game is free to play, although it does have a cash shop and this shop is the main source of revenue for the game. The cash shop consists of primarily quality of life upgrades and skins/mounts, but there is ways of directly using the cash shop to gain power in a way that some may call pay to win. The Devs at this time have stated that they will be watching the cash shop and opinions of the players closely, and making changes if they deem it necessary, even if it cuts into their shop revenue. This statement is backed up by the Dev's track record of having done this in the past in other regions.

    Overall I am excited to see where this game heads, and in its current state could continue to be one of if not the current most popular MMO in the west, having surpassed 1.3M Concurrent players on steam, if only 20% of the peak players are retained in the game, that means it would still have a healthy player base of over 250k players. Far more than a majority of current MMO's in the west.    … Expand
  49. Ginzer
    Feb 17, 2022
    9
    Do not get fooled by negative reviews from the ones, that cannot play the game. I personally find the game really enjoyable, story is ok nothink so you would trow your jaw from the joint but still ok. Other aspeks are really funny, characters are well made and dungeons beautiful. Many places in this game are graphicly really well done. Some of the reviewers are saying that the combat isDo not get fooled by negative reviews from the ones, that cannot play the game. I personally find the game really enjoyable, story is ok nothink so you would trow your jaw from the joint but still ok. Other aspeks are really funny, characters are well made and dungeons beautiful. Many places in this game are graphicly really well done. Some of the reviewers are saying that the combat is button mashing, but never says what they are comparing the game with so. Diablo is much worse in button mashing and doing the same stupidity over and over again expecting s**h ....oh wait.Also the UI is somewhat messy because of so many things, hat you can collect, but true game needs many collectibles and items to collect again kids do not know what they want. Give it a try, wait for the servers to gain stability. This one s totally worth a try.… Expand
  50. Simeta
    Feb 19, 2022
    9
    An enjoyable game, I have always loved ARPG games like Diablo & Grim Dawn. So when I found out that a ARPG-MMO had been released I couldn't wait to give it a try. After almost 100 hours played on it, here are my thoughts below.

    Pros: - Good Graphics. - Unique classes and sub classes. - Currency is account bound so it makes having alt characters very useful. - Dungeon and group play    An enjoyable game, I have always loved ARPG games like Diablo & Grim Dawn. So when I found out that a ARPG-MMO had been released I couldn't wait to give it a try. After almost 100 hours played on it, here are my thoughts below.

    Pros:
    - Good Graphics.
    - Unique classes and sub classes.
    - Currency is account bound so it makes having alt characters very useful.
    - Dungeon and group play has fast queue times.
    - Guild week long tasks make being in a guild more fun than just doing raids every night.
    - Easy to grind to level 50 to open up all the end game content.
    - Can easily play the game free to play as long you are not into a rush to get things.

    Cons:
    - Main quest story line can be a little strange at times.
    - Some quests feel like they were inserted as a filler, like having to move a box or deliver a letter to someone standing next to the quest giver.
    - Europe having server problems since launch, Amazon seems to under estimate how popular the game is.
    - As game is a port from Korea, it's art style may not be for everyone.
    - Upgrading late game gear relies on the RNG gods looking down on you in a good way.

    If Lost Ark is on your to try list and you are in Europe or South America where the most server problems are happening due to not enough servers for demand. I would wait a few weeks to a month for it to calm down.    … Expand
  51. JustOsvi
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Llevo casi 200 horas desde que salió el juego, este es un muy buen juego de MMO ARPG, si lo que buscas es una buena historia con un buen lore y una jugabilidad imparable con buenas animaciones de ataque este es tu juego. NO ES RECOMENDABLE SALTARTE TODA LA HISTORIA Y ESCENAS o simplemente te aburrirás ya que el punto del juego no es solamente hacer misiones o subir de nivel el personajeLlevo casi 200 horas desde que salió el juego, este es un muy buen juego de MMO ARPG, si lo que buscas es una buena historia con un buen lore y una jugabilidad imparable con buenas animaciones de ataque este es tu juego. NO ES RECOMENDABLE SALTARTE TODA LA HISTORIA Y ESCENAS o simplemente te aburrirás ya que el punto del juego no es solamente hacer misiones o subir de nivel el personaje solo porque si.

    El juego cuenta con diferentes características tanto multijugador como singleplayer además de tener arenas pvp totalmente balanceadas y una historia totalmente rica en lore por lo que puedes disfrutar toda la historia sin siquiera aburrirte y en caso de que llegues a hacerlo existen las historias secundarias y misiones para mejorar las relaciones con algún pnj/npc en donde incluso las escenas de historia existen hasta en secundarias que por lo general es algo que me encanto y es una total locura que los desarrolladores hayan puesto esto.

    Al terminar gran parte del modo historia hasta el nivel 50 se te desbloquea muchas areas del contenido EndGame que incluso vale la pena darle una gran oportunidad al juego y llegar a este nivel, además de eso existen las mazmorras abisales o mazmorras del abismo algo que seguro te encantara si te gustan las mazmorras con jefes difíciles con sus propias mecánicas de juego y maneras propias de derrotarlos en equipo. (Como dato pienso que lo mejor que tiene el juego son las mazmorras y la mayoría de sus escenarios, algunos me emocionaron muchísimo, otros me dieron muy igual y algunos estuvieron tristes)

    Un punto a observar es que si buscas animaciones super realistas, lamento decirte que esto no lo encontraras aquí pero eso solo sería como el 40% de las animaciones ya que la mayoría son muchísimo mejores.

    El soundtrack del juego va muy bien con el ambiente además de que no es para nada molesto a la hora de jugar o estar haciendo algo en especifico por lo que en las zonas de mapa será totalmente olvidable EXCEPTO en escenas donde el juego es totalmente importante como algunas escenas del modo historia y muchos otros valen la pena ser vistos.

    Todas las clases son muy frenéticas a su propio estilo incluyendo las de soporte que como opinión propia deberían haber más en las partys ya que tienen muy buenos buffos de equipo.

    Con respecto a las malas criticas de los servidores: Se me hace demasiado apresurado y absurdo para la gente que le pone una mala calificación los primeros días ya que es totalmente previsto que los servidores se petaran a esa magnitud LOS PRIMEROS DÍAS DE JUEGO, ¡hoy en día los servidores están perfectos!    … Expand
  52. sayhan_811
    Mar 16, 2022
    9
    this game is a work of art in the good sense of the phrase, it's obviously fun although its story seems a bit meh to me but what really matters is that you really like a game and it's also super addictive so much so that in 4 days I've already logged 20 hours. The game is very good, I recommend it and also the graphics are very good for the genre.
  53. LadiesMan217
    Feb 21, 2022
    8
    How is this free? I'm 30 or so hours in and I would gladly have paid for the experience so far. The parallels between this game and one that rhymes with Shmiablo are very noticeable. That's not a bad thing. Lovely monsters and some impressively designed levels. Can't speak to the end game but the first 30-40 hours have been a blast. That alone makes for a great game. Minus two forHow is this free? I'm 30 or so hours in and I would gladly have paid for the experience so far. The parallels between this game and one that rhymes with Shmiablo are very noticeable. That's not a bad thing. Lovely monsters and some impressively designed levels. Can't speak to the end game but the first 30-40 hours have been a blast. That alone makes for a great game. Minus two for Server-lock 8 gender-lock.

    The game is polished and hasn't crashed once the entire time. Only minor, hard to spot bugs for the most part. Kiss your friendships good-bye and jump right in!    … Expand
  54. Sanastusa
    Jun 25, 2022
    8
    Demons are invading your world of Arkesia. Cities and settlements being destroyed and countless deaths. They are searching for hidden relics of the past called Arks. Arks are the only thing with the power to defeat the darkness and bring balance to Arkesia. Hired as a bodyguard for a group of treasure hunters, you stumble your way into fate’s hands. Are you the hero who can find the lostDemons are invading your world of Arkesia. Cities and settlements being destroyed and countless deaths. They are searching for hidden relics of the past called Arks. Arks are the only thing with the power to defeat the darkness and bring balance to Arkesia. Hired as a bodyguard for a group of treasure hunters, you stumble your way into fate’s hands. Are you the hero who can find the lost arks?
    A free-to-play massively multiplayer online action role playing game (MMOARPG) that released in the east in 2019. Through a partnership with developers and Amazon, a western release was put into the works and came out last month with a huge success.
    To start because it will be brought up to anyone who talks about Lost Ark. If it's free-to-play, does that mean it's pay-to-win? In short, Yes. If you are the type of gamer who wants to just throw your credit card on a game to rush to the end content, you can do that. But that will not take away the enjoyment of a game for others who choose to play without dropping loads of cash.
    With the build up to the launch of Lost Ark, I ignored the hype because I didn’t think it would interest me. Knowing most free to play games offer a little enjoyment but quickly fall off for other games. The day of launch I watched a couple streamers play the game and after a couple hours of background watching I figured I would tip the toe into the water…not knowing I would be sucked in and loving every minute.
    I describe Lost Ark as a melting pot. It takes game themes from across the field and implements them in a great way all into one game. The story is good and captivating through Arkesia. Big cinematic events happening through the quest lines of different lands. The world is beautiful and a treat to explore by land or sea.
    In combat you will easily be swarmed by monsters and feel the legion breathing down your neck but your skill set of flashy (anime-esque/diablo) moves will make you feel like an unstoppable badass. Blood and gore splattering across the detailed environments while you collect your loot.
    You want Monster Hunter? They have Guardian Raids. Solo or a party of 4 can take on a variety of difficult guardians that limit normal functions in the game. Limited amount of revives/items while also adding in a time constraint to push your team. Too many mistakes with accidental deaths and it’s a failure.
    Do you want challenging content? Abyssal dungeons/raids that focus more on a boss's mechanics than standing around swinging a sword aimlessly. For example the second dungeon has a necromancer and if you fail to collect the correct orbs, he will revive and receive an increase to his abilities making the fighter harder and harder. Kill him all you want, but if you can't communicate or understand a fight, you won’t survive.
    You want to make multiple characters because of all the neat classes? Lost Ark is extremely alt friendly. Separate from character level there is an accumulated roster level for your account. Most rewards will be gained on one character but forever shared with your roster. It's even designed for alternate characters to do daily or basic activities to funnel materials to your main character for vertical progression of gear.
    You want to fight other players? It has PVP combat that is designed to equalize gear and abilities when you enter into the arena. To balance players on a similar battlefield giving anyone a fighting chance.
    On the other spectrum of horizontal content, there is an abundance. Varies collection systems with separate reward tracks to keep any completionist busy. A card system that captures the feeling of opening random packs in a real life trading card game. I get side tracked more with horizontal systems. I forget I need to improve my gear and advance through the story. It's rare for a game to nail that to such a degree.
    The game isn't perfect by any definition. It has small flaws depending on the type of gamer you see yourself as. If racing to the end game is your cup of tea it will be a long process because upgrading your gear is a grind. Coming into the game new with no understanding of the systems is overwhelming. These systems came out slowly in Korea over the games development and with the western release we received them all at once. A little bit of reading or youtube videos can help give you the fundamentals of how the systems work.
    For what the game has delivered, I am hooked. I'm close to reaching over 200 hours with the game only being out for a little over a month. I'm in for the long haul and excited to see more classes and cosmetics to be released into the game. I still have story quests to work through and the collections are keeping me itching to find the next hidden seed of Arkesia.
    Story: 8 / 10
    Gameplay: 10 / 10
    Visual/Audio: 9 / 10
    Entertainment: 9 / 10
    Controls: 7 / 10
    Final Grade: A    … Expand
  55. Wweald
    Apr 5, 2022
    8
    Very enjoyable mmo, the combat is the main draw. The story starts out decent but becomes boring quickly. There are some awesome cinematic cutscenes though. Class designs are all very good and I actually appreciate the way they incentivize alts. Some of the guardian raids have awful designs. 3/4 of them are good but about 1/4 are bad. They're still cool but have terrible designs fight wiseVery enjoyable mmo, the combat is the main draw. The story starts out decent but becomes boring quickly. There are some awesome cinematic cutscenes though. Class designs are all very good and I actually appreciate the way they incentivize alts. Some of the guardian raids have awful designs. 3/4 of them are good but about 1/4 are bad. They're still cool but have terrible designs fight wise like bad hit boxes, terrible visual clarity, or just bad mechanics. The game is totally playable f2p, but p2w options are there. Imo up to 1340 is totally good for f2p, but 1340-1370 is awful.… Expand
  56. dafunkk
    Feb 13, 2022
    8
    "I give this game a zero because I'm stuck in a queue."

    Smh... this is why the user score is so low. This game is fantastic. With 1.3 million people playing, how you could expect there NOT to be a queue is beyond me. It's far from perfect but this is a really fun MMO. Lots of vertical and parallel progression, varied classes, fun combat, solid graphics, good voice work (especially    "I give this game a zero because I'm stuck in a queue."

    Smh... this is why the user score is so low. This game is fantastic. With 1.3 million people playing, how you could expect there NOT to be a queue is beyond me.

    It's far from perfect but this is a really fun MMO. Lots of vertical and parallel progression, varied classes, fun combat, solid graphics, good voice work (especially for a localized Korean game.) If you're thinking it looks like Diablo, that's about where the similarities end -- looks. Beyond the isometric perspective, this game plays much more like a cross between Albion and Black Desert Online.

    I'm hooked, I'm out $0 and I could not be happier with the situation. Best game I've played in at least a year. I've tried pretty much every MMO (beyond the utter garbage) for the past 15 years. Not since first starting EVE have I had this much fun with an online game. Honestly I cannot imagine giving this game a zero for any reason other than being salty. Even if it's not your thing, it's at least a 5 if not a 6. If you like MMOs, I think you'll like Lost Ark.

    8.5/10    … Expand
  57. danszthedude
    Feb 14, 2022
    8
    I think its a really good game. Its really popular, therefore it has some server issues at the moment, but once everything settled down it will become one of the bests MMO-s out there. Dont believe the naysayers, it isnt a pay2win game.
  58. technikz
    Mar 17, 2022
    8
    I not gonna lie, since Black Desert and Blade and Soul I haven't found a really good MMO in a while. Lost Ark definitely has my interest. Gunner class is definitely the best looking and my favorite. wish there was more Character customization though. wanted my Character to look more devious but it didn't work out too well.
  59. Gryzorz
    Mar 4, 2022
    8
    It's decent, well built games. Combat is satisfying, and the game is NOT Woke.
    That's very refreshing, you can play caricatural females and males, which put an emphasis on how genders complement each other with their respective strengths instead of trying to pretend there are no differences.
    Games, to me, are also meant to dream, and definitely not force a political agenda down our    It's decent, well built games. Combat is satisfying, and the game is NOT Woke.
    That's very refreshing, you can play caricatural females and males, which put an emphasis on how genders complement each other with their respective strengths instead of trying to pretend there are no differences.
    Games, to me, are also meant to dream, and definitely not force a political agenda down our throats.
    Good thing that asians did not board that train !    … Expand
  60. TPLaMar
    Feb 14, 2022
    8
    Very good gameplay. Room to improve the other stuff that’s less important.
  61. Czwora
    Feb 14, 2022
    8
    - Fetch quests
    - Grind
    - Typical MMORPG
    Good part? No Italian Localization.
  62. Scherzade
    Feb 16, 2022
    8
    Server que is the nasty part you need to go through though. I felt quite satisfying while playing through for the quests. not bad. after all its free game, so you could give a try.
  63. Gameboysammy
    Feb 21, 2022
    8
    The game is pretty fun. I've played for about 60 hours so far and there is a lot to explore. Once you unlock sailing the game opens up extremely. The story starts out like most high fantasy games, but quickly turns into One Piece the MMO. Each island is a new experience that is more wild than the last.i would highly recommend if you are looking for a good isometric game to play.
  64. Darakshow
    Feb 23, 2022
    8
    The game is great, the gameplay is very satisfactory, but the quests are messy, walking simulator, talking to NPCs, and play /encourage, but the whole game is functional, and has a great community in SA, the fun is guaranteed
  65. Sintinedda
    Feb 24, 2022
    8
    Great game. Little bored about queue during start but now all is better, and we can play easily.
  66. Alexpress94
    Mar 18, 2022
    8
    I like the game. It's full of things to do and you never get bored. The endgame is literally when it all starts. Much content, cool classes, lot of gear enhancement tools, gems, dungeons, raids etc. The only thing I would have loved is an open-world instead of five maps per continent.
  67. Vanrath
    Jun 27, 2022
    8
    Great combat sysytem, nice mmo mechanics. The only thing I dislike about the game is that progression is RNG based. Besides that, the game is very good.
  68. Radlerdani
    Dec 4, 2022
    8
    Unglaublich, wie viel Liebe in diesem Spiel steckt. Ich kann nicht verstehen, wie das Game so eine schlechte User Wertung bekommen kann... aber bei MMORPGS kommt direkt der Hate bei Queue Times oder wenn es "keinen Content" mehr gibt. Ich habe in 2 Monaten fast 250 Stunden reingesteckt und das Spiel ist F2P! Man muss kein Echtgeld ausgeben, und wenn man einen 50ziger investiert, ist esUnglaublich, wie viel Liebe in diesem Spiel steckt. Ich kann nicht verstehen, wie das Game so eine schlechte User Wertung bekommen kann... aber bei MMORPGS kommt direkt der Hate bei Queue Times oder wenn es "keinen Content" mehr gibt. Ich habe in 2 Monaten fast 250 Stunden reingesteckt und das Spiel ist F2P! Man muss kein Echtgeld ausgeben, und wenn man einen 50ziger investiert, ist es doch völlig in Ordnung. Als Hack n Slay Fan einfach ein unterhaltsames Spiel und setzt in Sachen on Top MMORPGS neue Maßstäbe. Jetzt muss sich Riot ran halten - das wird nicht leicht zu toppen sein!… Expand
  69. Rational-Review
    Feb 21, 2022
    7
    Definitely don't get influenced by the 0 star rage reviews. The game isn't without its issues, but it isn't that horrible. While only similar in some respects to Diablo looks and combat, the game has a lot of grind aspects to it that are definitely part of the free to play model. And this isn't necessarily a negative because I tend to enjoy fast progression, currency management, and quickDefinitely don't get influenced by the 0 star rage reviews. The game isn't without its issues, but it isn't that horrible. While only similar in some respects to Diablo looks and combat, the game has a lot of grind aspects to it that are definitely part of the free to play model. And this isn't necessarily a negative because I tend to enjoy fast progression, currency management, and quick tasks to do to kill some time. I've spent 25 hours playing it so far and haven't spent a dime. I may just to say I purchased it, but I also think it's got a lot of work ahead of it to improve and keep it competitive.

    While it may be popular in South Korea, not everyone is a fan of the anime style characters. I don't find it appalling, but the graphics aren't awful for the art style it employs. And the story isn't complicated or stunning, but it goes quickly with great looking dungeons.

    It's free. Try it. Don't buy it.    … Expand
  70. Padudu
    Mar 15, 2022
    7
    After the queues to play the game became more manageable, I could finally experience the game. It's overall a good mmo with satisfying combat and good graphics. The story has its moments but overall generic and uninspiring. The endgame is definitely where the game shines with fun boss battles that require team strategy in combination with class optimization and also polished pvp. TheAfter the queues to play the game became more manageable, I could finally experience the game. It's overall a good mmo with satisfying combat and good graphics. The story has its moments but overall generic and uninspiring. The endgame is definitely where the game shines with fun boss battles that require team strategy in combination with class optimization and also polished pvp. The progression is very slow which can dissuade players in the long run.… Expand
  71. Vitalick
    Sep 2, 2022
    7
    Review con polemica . El juego es una pasada si te gusta el genero pero manejaron tan mal el lanzamiento con el tema de los servers que me veo obligado a bajarle un poco la nota.
  72. ErixKing
    Aug 22, 2023
    7
    Todo muy bien, pero..

    Hombre que este es un juegaso, la historia va bien, bastante bien de hecho (tampoco es la mejor historia del año pero para un MMO bien). Graficamente es muy bonito, me encanta los detalles en los jefes y lo bien definido de cada personaje con los que me tope en la historia. Lo que si es que almenos me pasa con la clase que uso, que veo que todas las espadas que    Todo muy bien, pero..

    Hombre que este es un juegaso, la historia va bien, bastante bien de hecho (tampoco es la mejor historia del año pero para un MMO bien).
    Graficamente es muy bonito, me encanta los detalles en los jefes y lo bien definido de cada personaje con los que me tope en la historia. Lo que si es que almenos me pasa con la clase que uso, que veo que todas las espadas que voy encontrando son basicamente la misma (hablando de su forma) y eso aveces le baja un punto, haber pordrian ponerse y hacer 1000 diseños de espadas, que tampoco se pide la gran cosa.
    A nivel gameplay creo que esta muy bien, bien organizado aunque tienes que aprender a jugar y aveces es complicado es completamente entendible y no es dificil realmente. Me encanta tambien que cada enemigo tenga sus ataques y caracteristicas, ni hablar de los jefes que cambian sus patrones a medida que van perdiendo vida, realmente una pasada. Este es el lugar donde mas desarrollare por que hay que tocar muchos puntos como los anteriores que me parecen los mas primordiales, tambien cabe destacar que solo use la clase Berseker (con espada) y que quedan otras tantas por probar y ver, sin contar las builds que se pueden armar y demas. Realmente es un juego muy interesante y que cada jugador puede moldear a su gusto. Los dungeon, me gustaron mucho la verdad, tanto los del modo historia como los secretos (no recuerdo el nombre que le dan en el juego) y recomiendo hacerlos en dificil, no en normal, si son complicados aveces pero la recompensa es bastante buena siempre. Para cerrar la parte de gameplay veo que muchos se quejan del grindeo, y bueno es un MMO si no te gusta grindear creo que te equivocaste de genero no?
    En cuanto a optimizacion creo que esta bastante bien, el juego es fluido y no hay practicamente lag, lo cual se agradece muchisimo en estos juegos (eso que mi Internet es 3er mundista) aunque si se toma algo de tiempo en entrar al juego lo cual se soluciona iniciando y haciendo algo mientras carga (ir a el baño, llenar el vaso con coca o algo asi) tampoco es que tarde media hora pero aveces se toma unos minutos.

    En conclusión, creo que es un buen juego y aun teniendo una PC no tan buena si les gustan los MMO tendrian que darle a este una oportunidad, es gratis y a mi almenos me gusto mucho.    … Expand
  73. Cleitonx1
    Feb 20, 2022
    7
    diablo + path of exile + fat quest, é isso, pega lvl 50 que o jogo começa
  74. trinovatic
    Nov 27, 2022
    7
    Me encantó, llegue tarde a los rpg, aun asi este es un juegazo, los mapas me gustaron mucho, no lo terminé pq al principio le di demasiado y me cansé.
  75. botardi
    Jan 1, 2023
    7
    very good mmo, though it costs a lot of time
    sometimes its better watching streams than playing
  76. Stelen527
    Aug 16, 2023
    7
    Nice game, fun to play, hard to master. I really loved this game. I stopped becaude he need too much Time or money to be competitive
  77. OrangeJinjo
    Mar 3, 2022
    6
    This is a tough game to rate.
    There's a lot to like about this game, but the things that are bad about this game really bring it down.
    Visuals: The game looks great. It runs smoothly because of its isometric camera angle, and animations are clean and responsive looking. The armor is a bit of a low point, a lot of quite frankly looks like trash, and you're stuck with the armor for    This is a tough game to rate.
    There's a lot to like about this game, but the things that are bad about this game really bring it down.

    Visuals:
    The game looks great. It runs smoothly because of its isometric camera angle, and animations are clean and responsive looking.
    The armor is a bit of a low point, a lot of quite frankly looks like trash, and you're stuck with the armor for extended periods of time while you upgrade your gear.
    The character models are pretty nice, but it's a little annoying that some features are locked behind classes. For example the mage archetype is only playable by females and is also the only archetype that can be a sylvain (elf). Everyone else is is stuck as a human.

    Story:
    The game really is lacking here, but I'm sure that's not a surprise to anyone that played it.
    It feels like your player character is a side character for the first 50 levels, and the characters that the story focuses on are really bland and boring. There are a couple good points here and there, and it definitely feels like you become more important later, but it's really hard to follow the story sometimes.
    The voice acting can be hit or miss and more often than not it's a miss.

    Gameplay:
    This is what gave me the most trouble. It's tough to rate this game because the good in this game is really good, and the bad parts of this game really put me off of it. I'll section this part off into pros and cons because there's a lot more to unpack here than the other sections.

    Pros:
    -The combat is very responsive, a lot of fun, and feels generally balanced.
    -There's a lot of small activities you can do in this game in terms of collectibles that can be a lot of fun to just chill and do instead of raiding.
    -The actual pve content such as abyssal dungeons and trial guardians are a lot of fun, and can offer a real challenge to players.
    -The pvp content is a lot of fun, and it feels like each class is able to hold its own. And as an added bonus it's all scaled so whales can't just pay for advantages.
    -I never really felt like I needed to or even wanted pay for anything, but I also stopped playing before I hit that point.

    Cons:
    -The gearing is a MASSIVE chore, even at lower item levels the chance based upgrade system can be incredibly irritating, and I've heard at later levels it just gets worse and worse.
    -There's caps on how much you can do daily/weekly once you start unlocking actual content. You can run chaos dungeons infinitely but only the first two times you run it during the day give you any real items. Abyssal dungeons you just straight up get locked out of once you've done them during the week.
    -It feels like the game doesn't want you to play one character, you're not 'forced' to make alts, but encouraged to so that you can juice your main character with upgrade materials.
    -You're heavily 'encouraged' to log in daily to do these menial tasks just so you can upgrade your gear.
    -The pve content is locked behind story, and story is locked behind item level, so in order to progress anywhere you have to do your dailies and grind out your gear upgrades.
    -There are for sure pay to win elements in this game. Some people might dispute this since there is a ceiling on it, but regardless you are able to swipe your credit card and gain an advantage over other players that don't pay.

    TLDR;
    Great looking and feeling game, with some really interesting pve and pvp, but the end game is incredibly repetitive and can be frustrating at times.
    It's free so I'd say you can easily get some enjoyment out of this like I did, but if you're looking for an mmo to play long term I'd say keep looking, unless you enjoy doing dailies.
    It's a shame because there really is a lot of good stuff in this game... It's just marred by anti-player systems.    … Expand
  78. PhoenixShi
    Oct 8, 2022
    6
    Lost Ark is a good game to play long term if you:
    1. Enjoy **VERY** mechanics focused difficult multi player weekly content as your main content to work towards.
    2. Can form a static group to do said content with each week. 3. Are addicted to making alts in the games you play. 4. Have lots of time to spend playing to grind for equipment enhancement/honing materials, or are willing to    Lost Ark is a good game to play long term if you:
    1. Enjoy **VERY** mechanics focused difficult multi player weekly content as your main content to work towards.
    2. Can form a static group to do said content with each week.
    3. Are addicted to making alts in the games you play.
    4. Have lots of time to spend playing to grind for equipment enhancement/honing materials, or are willing to spend real money for them.

    If the first two of those four things in particular do not match up with you, or what you want from the games you play, it can impact your enjoyment so significantly, it would be best to not even bother downloading the game. Honestly, in many ways this kinda felt like an isometric version of Blade & Soul, as both are built around difficult mechanics heavy weekly group content, with dull daily grind content, and have a toxic elitist player base.

    In regards to number one, they have mechanics during fights where you stop fighting, to execute a mini-game, like a typing test, or leading a thing, to another thing, under certain conditions. These sort of "mechanics" mostly come up in the later weekly content, and to an increasing degree with each new piece of such content they add.

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    Some added notes:
    A. The game could really use some form of solo training tool for its weekly raid/dungeon content, as it can do a poor job of relaying how you should handle mechanics. This is why there's so many detailed guides on how to do things, but really the game should be teaching people how to play, it's not the community's job to do that. This is also why you need a static group to do that content with, it just gets more demanding over time, complete with raid wipe mechanics if even one person made a mistake, so what should be a twenty minute piece of content, instead can take hours to complete with teams of random players.

    B. Because of how mechanics heavy things are, explaining things can take a lot of time, so people don't want to do that, and just expect others to know how to do everything. As a result, it's not long after new content is added before about all you see in the party finder is people looking to do fast runs with experienced players, or just selling the service of AFK carrying people through content, as many try doing that as their way of getting loot from them.

    C. If you think you can power up your character, then face roll everything, you're very wrong. There are plenty of mechanics that will kill you, and maybe even the whole raid if even one person screws up, no matter how geared people are.

    D. Most every active player at the time this was written has at least one character with a gear score of at least 1415. Due to this there's a fair amount of content below that which is basically dead now, particularly guardian raids, field/world bosses, chaos gates, and ghost ships. Except for guardian raids, they do not scale with the number of people there, so you just can't expect to do them solo, and can be wasting your time even trying. Some higher level people will do the lower weekly dungeons for a chance at card drops, which results in you just chasing them around as they insta kill everything, even bosses. Then a lot of the people queuing up for the sub 1415 guardian raids these days, honestly suck, and tend to be rather under geared. End result is your experience in multiplayer content below 1415 can be pretty poor, meaning you'll be playing mostly solo for a long time.

    E. The daily resource grind content, gets really boring/annoying, pretty quickly, and there's a fair number of things seemingly added solely to waste time.

    F. If you're more of a solo player, don't bother. While the daily grind content is a mostly solo experience, the weekly raid content can only be even attempted with a group. There is just no recurring solo content that will be able to keep your attention, or is worth working towards.

    G. The standard equipment upgrade system has a type of pity system, so if you fail enough times, it will just give you the upgrade. Basically if you stick with it, you can have your entire account stuffed full of characters with their equipment at a high, to max upgrade level.

    H. A good chunk of the player base is pretty toxic, and elitist, or just want to be carried through everything, and can't be bothered to look things up on their own before hand, as they expect people to explain mechanics to them, and so on.    … Expand
  79. Dubeau
    Mar 30, 2022
    6
    I like it so far 45 hours at the third Ark. I enjoy it in the single player aspect of it. You can even do the dungeons alone. There are many systems in place and quite frankly I don't get what half of them do in reality. The story is fairly good. The Mokoko part was funny and interesting. The arena part not so much. The sailing is kind of ok. The sand box (build your manor something) isn'tI like it so far 45 hours at the third Ark. I enjoy it in the single player aspect of it. You can even do the dungeons alone. There are many systems in place and quite frankly I don't get what half of them do in reality. The story is fairly good. The Mokoko part was funny and interesting. The arena part not so much. The sailing is kind of ok. The sand box (build your manor something) isn't that great. I find it quite useless and very slow. The fighting and specials powers are a blast. Very easy to pickup. The control with the gamepad was odd at first. I got used to it but, you still need a keyboard/mouse. The graphics are good. I give it 80%. It's a pretty deep MMORPG with some little flaws.

    Update 2: I did some multiplayer. I think the invite party doesn't work that well, but the matchmaking is extremely efficient. I find some odd decision tho, like putting a story element into a multiplayer level. Not especially smart, as it isolate a player while the other are going further the road. The sailing paths are also very basic and goes straight into danger. I have hit a big wall at 1000 level items. You have to go to 1100 to see the end of the plot, but the item honings fails so often, that you have no choice of grinding into the sub systems. Compound the fact that the boss have complex mechanics you have to learn, that make most of multiplayer toxic and difficult to learn. I have read it's even worst to get to 1320 level and tier 3 items. So, I am downgrading my review to 65%. It's not the worst of the free MMORPG, at least I was able to play for a long time. But the ending game is not accessible to single players.    … Expand
  80. Sepherim
    Mar 31, 2022
    6
    Lost Ark es un juego entretenido que mezcla dinámicas de combate a lo Diablo con las interacciones y sistemas de progreso tradicionales de un MMO oriental. La historia, eso sí, es una basura, especialmente en sus primeros compases pero, en general, nunca llega a despegar. Y, una vez llegado a late game, lo que encuentras es una creciente cantidad de farmeo para subir las armas,Lost Ark es un juego entretenido que mezcla dinámicas de combate a lo Diablo con las interacciones y sistemas de progreso tradicionales de un MMO oriental. La historia, eso sí, es una basura, especialmente en sus primeros compases pero, en general, nunca llega a despegar. Y, una vez llegado a late game, lo que encuentras es una creciente cantidad de farmeo para subir las armas, especialmente con los bajos rates de honing actual en tier 3. Pero eso no quita que, en sus dinámicas básicas, el juego resulta muy entretenido y tiene una enorme cantidad de contenido, que se va ampliando con las expansiones que traen las cosas que ya están en Corea y aquí todavía no. Y hay que destacar que los enemigos muy raramente se reutilizan y las clases de personajes que puedes jugar se sienten razonablemente distintas entre sí.

    Gráficamente el juego cumple bien, pero hay que destacar de modo especial el buen trabajo de diseño en los escenarios, con algunos de ellos siendo realmente espectaculares. El sonido tiene un nivel bastante medio, su música siendo un punto flojo y un doblaje que no cubre todas las líneas de diálogo del juego. Y, aún después del desastroso lanzamiento, sigue habiendo bugs y problemas, cierto que más ocasionales, pero sigue habiéndolos. Por no mencionar que el optimizado es flojo, con zonas que tardan en cargar.

    Por todo ello, Lost Ark es un juego entretenido, pero nada que vaya a cambiar el mundo en ningún sentido. Y, especialmente si quieres avanzar rápido e ir en la vanguardia, tiene un cierto componente P2W que no tenía en su versión coreana, aunque si quieres jugarlo más de tranqui puedes hacerlo gratis sin problemas. El resultado, un 6.    … Expand
  81. PauloHGurgel
    Feb 21, 2022
    6
    O jogo se resume a apertar a tecla "G" até chegar no level 50. As missões são cansativas e repetitivas. Minha nota é apenas pela a gameplay nos momentos de batalha... os gráficos são bons, os efeitos, a física do jogo... Mas sinceramente é um porre até chegar no level 50.
  82. Simpson_761
    Aug 22, 2022
    6
    I just couldn't get into it. I tried but it just lacked "life" and a "soul"?
  83. CnPx98
    Mar 1, 2022
    6
    Its an alright game. I found that the map is a bit dead thou. Plus the overall game felt extremely rushed and then dragged out with these pointless quests. If they started off small then worked there way up into a big game this could have been so much better. Instead they tried to build a huge game in a small space of time and then filled it up with boring crap. Like you'll have a reallyIts an alright game. I found that the map is a bit dead thou. Plus the overall game felt extremely rushed and then dragged out with these pointless quests. If they started off small then worked there way up into a big game this could have been so much better. Instead they tried to build a huge game in a small space of time and then filled it up with boring crap. Like you'll have a really good quest, then when thats over you will then have 5 to 10 quests where you gotta collect an item, destroy 3 ..... , kill 5 ..... , etc... Then after 20 to 30 minutes of boring quests you will get another good one. As you can imagine this gets boring extremely quickly.
    The combat isn't bad. I haven't worked out the point in mana thou but it mite just be because I haven't progressed far enough. Although I did play this game quite a fair bit over the space of a week. No matter how many spells I cast I don't even use half my mana bar. By the time my spells recharge then my mana fills back up to 100%. Maybe you upgrade certain spells so they use more because I have unlocked almost all the spells in the game.
    Its not bad having no camera movement as of course the game was built around this bit I wish you could move it around at times. Plus the zoom feels weird aswell.
    Micro-transctions are basically robbery and extremely over priced.
    Loot is bare bones and isn't done well. Everything was the exact same accept different stats. Why not have perks with certain loot like this staff increases damage with fire spells or something?
    Lack of player freedom. After I get past all the tutorial part of the game (When you unlock multiplayer) I should be able to do what the hell I want.
    Everything is locked behind a level and a quest. You're treating the players as if they are dumb or something. Let me learn for myself. If i stroll into a dungeon and get my face stomped into a curb because everything is to high level then I won't go in that dungeon again for a bit but then I know there is likely some good high level items in there for later on. Everything in this game takes ages because its locked behind the story. The hole point in MMO's is player freedom. You explore places and find awesome stuff. This game doesn't do that. It's extremely linear. It tells the player everything rather than you finding it for yourself.
    There wasn't much I could do with friends. We couldn't run quests together or dungeons. If we were at different points in the game then we couldn't play together.
    I see exactly what they have done. It's like those mobile games where everything is fun at 1st than you hit that point where everything is at a boring standstill unless you spend money more money. The devs don't care about this game at all. Rather than thinking, how can we make a good product that the community will enjoy and want to invest in. It's been, How can we make a product that the community will be forced to invest in.    … Expand
  84. LMRTX
    Mar 10, 2022
    6
    Pros:
    - Fantastic visuals
    - Challenging and varied PVP
    - Good endgame content
    - Nice community

    Cons:
    - Absolute snooze-fest for most of the game until level 50
    - Terrible writing
    - Annoying voice acting
  85. Pieslav
    Mar 15, 2022
    6
    Good: graphics, world, raids, optimization, classes and fighting system
    Bad: plot, immersion, pay2progress, grindy and repetitive, item system, character development system, sexism
  86. coutones27
    Mar 15, 2022
    6
    After 400 hours of gameplay, that's my score to give.
    For the game itself i would give a 9, but the SmileGate and Amazon Studios partnership and the way they deal with the game deserves a 3. They cannot handle this amazing game and are slowly ruining it. As a result, i gave it a 6.
  87. Lo0odak
    Apr 28, 2022
    6
    Repetitive experience,story meh...nice combat,and ALOT of gold/boost seller spammers on chat and everywhere,alot people using bots for fishing and dungeons. 3-5 times weekly resets,server down,maintenances etc
  88. Chillaoi
    Jan 14, 2023
    6
    Review só pra lembrar a nota que dei pro jogo:
    Jogo bonito, muitas coisas para fazer, jogabilidade incrível (na minha opinião a melhor dos MMO's atuais), porém com muita microtransação e "moedas"do jogo que poderiam ser substituidas facilmente por outras já existentes.
  89. isidore12
    Oct 7, 2022
    5
    If you are used to MMO with proper rotations in depth mechanisms, you just pass on Lost Ark.
    The combats are especially messy, and it is targeted to Asian audience, who loves grinding. Anything to do in Lost Ark takes forever, and you spend more time waiting than playing (shipping from island to island). There is no real story, and I skipped every single dialogue in this game.
  90. MacheteDontText
    Feb 19, 2022
    5
    Feels like a mobile game for PC. Retail on steroids, everything is super streamlined and arcady, loot and something to click around every corner, immersion doesnt exist, and most of all not really multiplayer. I hate its guts.

    edit: If you want a SOLO ACTION game then its quite alright, but i m pissed thats its neither an arpg nor an mmo, not even close
  91. Virgilio
    Jul 11, 2023
    5
    SKIP SKIP SKIP G, G, G, Exp->Mapa ( repetir * 40hrs) = LOST ARK
    A ver el juego visualmente esta bonito.
    yo he jugado muchoooooos MMORPG y entiendo que este tiene bastante contenido y cosas que hacer y literalmente es un tutorial del 1 al lvl 50. PERO NO LO RECOMIENDO PARA: 1-Los que buscan un juego para jugar con amigos: aquí literalmente es para frikis solo player. de las 41hrs no    SKIP SKIP SKIP G, G, G, Exp->Mapa ( repetir * 40hrs) = LOST ARK
    A ver el juego visualmente esta bonito.
    yo he jugado muchoooooos MMORPG y entiendo que este tiene bastante contenido y cosas que hacer y literalmente es un tutorial del 1 al lvl 50.

    PERO NO LO RECOMIENDO PARA:
    1-Los que buscan un juego para jugar con amigos: aquí literalmente es para frikis solo player. de las 41hrs no encuentro contenido para jugar con mis amigos. matar enemigos te da 1 de EXP. a lo mejor para completar tomos del aventurero pero aun así no hay dungeons mas que los que te van abriendo del quest.... estoy esperando el lvl50 para ver si puedo jugar los dungeons con mis amigos... pero me estoy cansando de tanto quest.
    2- Los que no disfrutan historias lineales: A ver yo la verdad solo que son 7 arcas lo demás me lo voy SKIP SKIP SKIP G G G G G dame mi EXP Nuevo mapa y repetitivamente lo mismo hasta asumo que llegar al lvl 50.
    3- hasta el momento el juego me ha presentado 0 dificultad todo se pasa rapido y sin mucha complicacion ( entiendo que porque no estoy en el endgame que seguro comienza lo hardcore.
    4- Si nunca has jugado un MMORPG, no te recomiendo este juego es un nuevo estilo al genero a lo que tradicionalmente es.

    LO RECOMIENDO PARA:
    1- SOLO PLAYERS, si tienes tiempo de sobra sin mujer e hijos ni trabajo muy bien. pero los que tenemos 2-3 horas al día para jugar meh.
    2- Si te gusta "Diablo, Path of exile" etc etc te va gustar.

    Dato curioso: Si ven los Achievements apenas el 1% ha llegado al lvl 10 en tala y pesca ( cosa que hice en un par de horas...). asi que ahorita es puro hype.

    Aspectos positivos:
    Extrañamente me gusta el sistema de farming lo han echo genial dan ganas de pasar leveliando las skills de Tala, Mineria, Caceria, Runas etc.
    Aspecto negativo:
    Nuevamente el echo que tus primeras 50 horas no las vas a jugar con amigos y si es un MMO pero solo ves players haciendo los mismos quest en el server pero nada relevante mas que uno que otro random boss de algún mapa cercano.

    llego al endgame y veo si cambio mi review....pero bueno es lo que pienso.    … Expand
  92. d1versify
    Feb 13, 2022
    5
    I don't know I just can't get into it, even though i'm open minded and not hating on hyped things.
    I also bought a 15$ version and I couldn't refund even though i played for some minutes because Steam said something like DLC cannot be refunded.
    Don't get me wrong, for a free game I think it's pretty good, I just can't get into it
  93. Pasic007
    Mar 8, 2022
    5
    Fun for few hours then you release its same stuff over and over again.

    5/10 coz f2p
  94. DoMyDeXi
    Jan 6, 2023
    5
    After playing it for around 600+ hours I can say that I can't recommend the game to anyone.
    Combat is really good, every character feels good to play.
    Grinding is the worst and wont be fixed ever together with honing which is upgrading your equipment. It would take you 16 hrs per day with 8 char so that you can have a chance to succeed in a upgrade cause since it's a korean mmo and the    After playing it for around 600+ hours I can say that I can't recommend the game to anyone.
    Combat is really good, every character feels good to play.
    Grinding is the worst and wont be fixed ever together with honing which is upgrading your equipment. It would take you 16 hrs per day with 8 char so that you can have a chance to succeed in a upgrade cause since it's a korean mmo and the upgrades drop as low as 0.5% success rate or you can pay money to have extra tries.    … Expand
  95. LissaSour
    Feb 13, 2022
    5
    Straight disappointed.. At first this game makes a good impression and got me play through two nights but it can´t hide its shortcomings for long. The story and the cutscene are actually ridiculous, childish, boring and more often than you would wish, embarrassing. You just dont give a crap whats going on there bc they are a bunch of nonsense talking and akwardly acting idiots in a boringStraight disappointed.. At first this game makes a good impression and got me play through two nights but it can´t hide its shortcomings for long. The story and the cutscene are actually ridiculous, childish, boring and more often than you would wish, embarrassing. You just dont give a crap whats going on there bc they are a bunch of nonsense talking and akwardly acting idiots in a boring world.
    i could go on for hours how bad an akward the characters and the story are, but i think i made my point.
    Lets go to the gameplay: Well, you have a nice set of very different classes and a s*itload of nice different named skills, and spells etc.
    BUT they all do the same. just exploding and flashing while doing ae-damage to hordes of nameless, faceless, purposeless enemies while you literally cant die, as long as you have your keyboard plugged into your pc.. why tf would they even implemented cooldows and "mana" when you dont have to manage that anyway. Just smash the buttons like you feel and switch your brain off. There is not even one single spell/skill that buffs another action or does anything to make a difference to this endless stupidity. Its like a cellphone game.
    But hey, you can fine-tune the s*it out of the face of your character before you start the game. Makes sense in an iso-view game with fixed camera perspective, lol. And dont get me started with that point/click movement.
    I score it 5/10 bc, it is indeed some fun every now and then to just smash in stupid hack/slay style through some stuff    … Expand
  96. Uncngo
    Feb 16, 2022
    5
    Above average graphics and nice combat. The story is okay. But the gameplay loop is extremely repetitive. Leveling system is unrewarding. By playing for about 10 hours, you would have an idea of how the end game would be.
  97. JasonMassaker
    Mar 17, 2022
    5
    In T1 nice game in the end of T2 P2W starts. :-(((((( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  98. augustus80
    Feb 14, 2022
    5
    It's well polished and gorgeous to look at. There are some very fun moments, especially in solo dungeons. But the leveling and overall progression feels hollow and unrewarding. I never died once from level 1 to 30 ish and gear seems to be the exact same thing over and over with slightly increased stats.
  99. wkd608
    Feb 14, 2022
    5
    Combat moves feel flawless and flashy skills are candy to my eyes. However the story line is full of cliche and MSQ takes too long. Once you get passed that the guardian raids and abyssal dungeons are a ton of fun
  100. OneOnlyKIHA
    Feb 14, 2022
    5
    An average MMORPG. Not terrible, but not outstanding either. The bird's-eye view isn't unheard of. Combat is okay, I found it rather similar to TERA, with most of attacks and abilities trying to be grandiose, and big numbers flying all over the screen, although I did find killing things satisfying. I also found myself always using one combo most of the time, even though I tried to changeAn average MMORPG. Not terrible, but not outstanding either. The bird's-eye view isn't unheard of. Combat is okay, I found it rather similar to TERA, with most of attacks and abilities trying to be grandiose, and big numbers flying all over the screen, although I did find killing things satisfying. I also found myself always using one combo most of the time, even though I tried to change it. Progression is just meh, with the equipment increasing the same stats all the time and nothing else. You basically level up just so you can kill stronger monsters so you can do it all over again. Story is generic, not much to say. You just materialize in this world and all of a sudden you are tasked with the mission to save the world. There is some kind of backstory to your character, but it feels like it's there for sake of it being there. Most of the quests are straight up unnecessary, with you having to talk to several people before you get to see some action. The only thing I found interesting are the songs your character performs for teleporting and other things.… Expand
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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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