Lost Ark

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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 603 Ratings

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  1. Macaronieri
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Never gona buy anything from amazon.
    Bezos is billioner, beceuse you people are stupid like piece of mud.
    Amazon is cancer.
  2. Nofearmonger
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Refunded this game on Steam and I recommend you do the same, too. Boring, repetitive. Dialogue is of the most poorly written I have ever experienced. It’s like a super cheesy mobile game that everyone will forget about after a month of its release.
  3. DiabloHades
    Feb 14, 2022
    1
    Praised as the best thing since sliced bread but mediocre in its execution, and no the queues are not the reason for this review
  4. Aigimu
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    queues, queues, queues. server maintenance at prime time. laggy in a location with multiple ppl. Sometimes you cannot even get into a queue because 'too many ppl trying'. No character transfer, locked servers, you will never play with friends, no language servers on EU. That's all the content of this game
  5. xCruzz
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Trash queue simulator. They say they gonna upgrade the servers so the queue is less but now the queue is doubled im now at 25k which i have to wait about 6hours for at 19:30. What a joke trash companay amazon is..
  6. knight42632
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Can't play because of queues. You do not need any additional info to give this game zero. You just can't play it at the moment.
  7. Kejci
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    hm Steam says i played the Game 22 hours.
    Sad thing is, 16h of that time I spent in queue.
    The Game is ok to play, but not worth the Hype.
  8. kokomokoko
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Game is good if u can join server and play lol. EU servers have long queues... Dunno how and when they will fix it... min 10k+ queues at EU servers...
  9. cyberjonesy
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Gets boring very fast. Almost feels like this game should have an autoplay feature like the mobile games its trying to copy.
  10. Anavarael
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    Holy crap. First they delay the launch and I couldnt play despite buying a founder pack, now I get 10k people in queue. Should I leave my pc on in the morning so I can play after work? It's a joke. 2 days in a row I couldnt play. If it doesnt get better tomorrow then screw it, I;m outta here.
    As for the game itself - ignore the story, it was written by a 5 year old. For voice actors it    Holy crap. First they delay the launch and I couldnt play despite buying a founder pack, now I get 10k people in queue. Should I leave my pc on in the morning so I can play after work? It's a joke. 2 days in a row I couldnt play. If it doesnt get better tomorrow then screw it, I;m outta here.
    As for the game itself - ignore the story, it was written by a 5 year old. For voice actors it sounds like they picked the cheapest option possible. Good graphics, beautiful skills and nice gameplay.    … Expand
  11. vanThus
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    Ku ciyaaray in ka badan 2000 saacadood seerfarada Kuuriya iyo Ruushka. Laakin ciyaarta wali ma aysan hormarin. Aragtida koowaad waa wanaagsan tahay. Sawirro heersare ah iyo waxyaabo badan. Laakiin markaad sii wadato ciyaarta, waxaad xaqiiqsanaysaa xaqiiqada. Qoto dheer ee ku jira waa mid aad u khafiif ah, sida haddii aad ciyaareyso ciyaarta flash mobile. Nidaamyaduna waxay dareemayaanKu ciyaaray in ka badan 2000 saacadood seerfarada Kuuriya iyo Ruushka. Laakin ciyaarta wali ma aysan hormarin. Aragtida koowaad waa wanaagsan tahay. Sawirro heersare ah iyo waxyaabo badan. Laakiin markaad sii wadato ciyaarta, waxaad xaqiiqsanaysaa xaqiiqada. Qoto dheer ee ku jira waa mid aad u khafiif ah, sida haddii aad ciyaareyso ciyaarta flash mobile. Nidaamyaduna waxay dareemayaan shaqada guriga ee dugsiga. Weerarku si wanaagsan ayaa loo sameeyay, laakiin aakhirka wuu caajisaa sababtoo ah waxaad sii wadaysaa beddelka jilayaasha oo aad ku celceliso. Habka jilayaasha u koraan sidoo kale waa duugoobay. Waxa kaliya ee aad u baahan tahay inaad sameyso waa cusboonaysiinta isla qalabka oo aad kordhiso awoodaada. Nidaamyada "Tripod" aad bay u xaddidan yihiin oo ma abuuraan doorsoomayaal badan. Shirkadda ciyaarta ayaa isku dayday inay isku darto "Monster Hunter" iyo "Wow", laakiin waxay ku dhammaatay inay noqoto gacan-qaad. P2W wali waa arin la tixgelinayo. Waxaad noqon kartaa darajo hal maalin gudaheed haddii aad haysato lacag caddaan ah oo kugu filan. Ma fahmi kartaa tan? Markaa ha is eegin oo marka hore tijaabi ciyaarta. Haddii aadan helin, waydii $100 lacag celin ah isla markaaba.… Expand
  12. Kluckin
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    If you like JRPGS, this game is for you. If you were expecting maybe something between Path of Exile / WoW - dont bother installing this game.
    It looks very, very bad. Cutsenes and some effects are pretty, but after 1 pretty moment, era of gaming from 1980 hits you in the face. I am purposely lowering the score for balancing reviews.
    If you like TERA online, go for it. If not, stay on    If you like JRPGS, this game is for you. If you were expecting maybe something between Path of Exile / WoW - dont bother installing this game.
    It looks very, very bad. Cutsenes and some effects are pretty, but after 1 pretty moment, era of gaming from 1980 hits you in the face. I am purposely lowering the score for balancing reviews.

    If you like TERA online, go for it. If not, stay on what you are playing rn.    … Expand
  13. orzovictor
    Feb 13, 2022
    4
    Compré el pack de fundador para poder jugar antes, pues bien, de tres dia solo pude jugar uno debido a las esperas de los servidores, una vez que lo pusieron gratuito las colas para acceder al servidor son de cuatro horas mínimo. Además me parece absurdo que solo puedas jugar con tus personajes en el servidor que los creas, si hubiesen dado opción a moverte libremente con tus personajesCompré el pack de fundador para poder jugar antes, pues bien, de tres dia solo pude jugar uno debido a las esperas de los servidores, una vez que lo pusieron gratuito las colas para acceder al servidor son de cuatro horas mínimo. Además me parece absurdo que solo puedas jugar con tus personajes en el servidor que los creas, si hubiesen dado opción a moverte libremente con tus personajes por cualquier servidor esto se podría haber evitado. Otra cosa que no puedo entender es que siendo un juego de Amazon, propietaria de Amazon Web Services, quien alberga todo el catálogo de Netflix no haya sido capaz de prever esto de manera adecuada para evitar colapsos como los que estamos sufriendo. Después de todo esto cuando consigues entrar el juego es bueno, muy bueno, yo le daría un 8,5 si me dejasen jugar. Pero no lo hacen.… Expand
  14. 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
  15. About50Ninjas
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Game overall is Good but EU server queue times and Maintanance is ridiciclouse no preparation what so ever and lots of time spent... Can't recommend EU server now!
  16. xStrangerx
    Feb 15, 2022
    0
    P2W or Grind to win game. It forces me to play multiple characters just to funnel resources to my main. Lost ark doesnt repect players time.
  17. DA2019
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Servers were down for maintenance to increase the capacity. After maintenance, waited in queue for 15k+.
  18. youg3306
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    game Looks like a mobile mess, and spamming skills feels like ****, Also the quests are really annoying
  19. amonlok2
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    I've already put solid 30 hours into it, but the cash shop and clear p2w there was just very off putting. I know I know a free to play game they have to make money right, well there are plenty of games out there that are free to play and make plenty of money without impacting the gameplay balance and experience. Just because a game is free doesn't give it an excuse for the absurd cash shopI've already put solid 30 hours into it, but the cash shop and clear p2w there was just very off putting. I know I know a free to play game they have to make money right, well there are plenty of games out there that are free to play and make plenty of money without impacting the gameplay balance and experience. Just because a game is free doesn't give it an excuse for the absurd cash shop this game has, and neither do I mind paying for a game or a subscription if it means they devs are not constantly focusing on how can they create a new system (slot machine) of RNG to drain my wallet.

    You might argue that the systems are reasonable for f2p, but you just need to look at the engravings system to see it's not the case.

    Anyway I decided to give it a try with Amazon at the helm since they mentioned they'll change it for western release by cutting down on the monetization, but after playing it for a bit it's definitely not the case, nothing has changed from RU to this version that I could see.

    Straight of the bat this game feels like the typical free mobile game by showering you with different currencies, items, systems and notifications all over the screen every time you do something, there are like 5 screens where you're claiming one box or another getting some new currency. Might be due to the fact that the game has been out for a few years but it still felt like a super cheap mobile game.

    The combat is okay, I would not call it great, it's made to feel impactful and it achieves that very well, but every hit you do staggers the groups of enemies you're fighting making it feel a bit boring. The best part are the bosses this is where it shines and it was the only thing that kept me playing trough tier 1 and 2.

    But that would not be enough for me to overlook the hyper aggressive p2w monetization of the game, as it's everything bad with a lot of today's games.

    The whole game has this design where it's trying to keep you playing one way or another by showering you with crumbs of loot, and making you engage with RNG systems, it just leaves a bad taste even though the game looks and plays very nice.    … Expand
  20. Benzyne
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Very poor first time user experience, well UX in general for that matter. Unsatisfying character progression, you start with too many abilities, which all feel the same, and you run across the zone to kill 4 mobs that die instantly. At least it's free.
  21. ZippoZanias
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    No Italian language - Bad optimalization - Bad Story - Bad Classes: No necromancer - no summoners
  22. StravenMajere
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Another queue simulator from Amazon. But while you in queue I highly recommend to do a research on official forum to choose the right server, because game don't show you server language and some servers are already occupied by some language communities. And still this western version don't have full content from original. I think this game will die after some month so better register onAnother queue simulator from Amazon. But while you in queue I highly recommend to do a research on official forum to choose the right server, because game don't show you server language and some servers are already occupied by some language communities. And still this western version don't have full content from original. I think this game will die after some month so better register on Russian servers (they have english language).… Expand
  23. nurfedx
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    We’re sorry. Cannot connect to the server due to heavy traffic.

    Ugly Cinematics, Poor Artwork, Ingamegraphics are Okayish.
    Absolute grindfest and Pay2Win in the rest of the world.

    Game Crash/Que Time Simulator 2022
    Unplayable 0/10.
  24. B2BigAl
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    One of my biggest disappointments in years. Been waiting for this to release for so long, and it’s just bland as dry toast. There’s nothing original to see here, it’s like a game that was designed by a committee of bean counters who have never actually played a game, they just know which games made money so they threw them all into a blender and this is the crap that came out. The combatOne of my biggest disappointments in years. Been waiting for this to release for so long, and it’s just bland as dry toast. There’s nothing original to see here, it’s like a game that was designed by a committee of bean counters who have never actually played a game, they just know which games made money so they threw them all into a blender and this is the crap that came out. The combat and graphics are decent, but that’s it. The quests and story are so boring and generic it’s painful. There’s a million different systems in place to try and milk you for overpriced in game purchases, to the point you just feel overwhelmed. I know people have said “it really gets good in the end game”, but I can’t bring myself to suffer through that in the hopes that the game might get good at some point. Lost Ark feels like every other cheap, mobile ARPG I’ve ever played, and honestly, that’s where it belongs.… Expand
  25. Lukoly
    Feb 17, 2022
    4
    Honestly the atmosphere is so bland it is baffling. Over-the-top animations which at first seems very nice but ends up being repetitive quickly. Insanely easy gameplay all the way through leveling, It seems like it wants to do everything and just ends up being so forgettable.
  26. mroowol
    Feb 15, 2022
    0
    In the current state of the EU servers, I advice you to avoid this product. Either you get in queue of 25k ppl (average waiting time 4-5 hours), or you don't get in queue at all (Error [10027] because of heavy traffic).
    Premium Aura which has been bought with real money as a product, cannot be used, and is counting down, with you or without you in the game itself.
    AGS and Smilegate just    In the current state of the EU servers, I advice you to avoid this product. Either you get in queue of 25k ppl (average waiting time 4-5 hours), or you don't get in queue at all (Error [10027] because of heavy traffic).
    Premium Aura which has been bought with real money as a product, cannot be used, and is counting down, with you or without you in the game itself.
    AGS and Smilegate just underestimated the number of players in EU. All servers in EU are at full capacity till they brake, while other regions (WNA, ENA, SA) are not even beeing full, and have "good" status. The developers just underestimated EU.    … Expand
  27. Sempuken
    Feb 15, 2022
    5
    First of all let me say. I was giga-hyped for this game. Pre-ordered founders packs etc., and hit it hard out of the gates. While the game looks gorgeous, and the combat is mildly interesting…

    **combat is a mess of random skills and dodging. The “mechanics” are all super avoidable and uninteresting, and there is nearly no challenge even at end game…you literally have to try to die if you    First of all let me say. I was giga-hyped for this game. Pre-ordered founders packs etc., and hit it hard out of the gates. While the game looks gorgeous, and the combat is mildly interesting…

    **combat is a mess of random skills and dodging. The “mechanics” are all super avoidable and uninteresting, and there is nearly no challenge even at end game…you literally have to try to die if you wanted to**

    Even with this, it was entertaining enough, but I paused to realize the “combat” is maybe 5% of the game.

    I have four level 50 characters, and you honestly spend the majority of your time sailing around on your boat to small islands full of mindless story quests like: “kill 10 rats” just to collect the materials to boost your items to overcome whatever ridiculous gate you have placed on your character. Once you hit the arbitrary ilevel, you unlock some more story quests in which you ride your mount from point A, to point B, and press your “G” key to ignore them. All until you find yourself in the same position again—grindfest.

    The “raid” and various “dungeon” content lasts around 10 minutes each, and you are back to sailing around for rat killing.

    There are a lot of positives about the game, but I definitely cant’t suggest it if you are a traditional aarpg lover. This is an mmo, and an extremely grindy one.

    Don’t let the flashy character skills and combat persuade you…it’s very rare in this free to play, let down. 5/10. Could be an 8 with some actual decent combat and less grind.    … Expand
  28. Rocknrolla2701
    Feb 15, 2022
    2
    The game is next to impossible to log in to in EU.

    No refunds given by amazon on any packs you may have bought, even though there is a time limit on some of the items purchased, like an aura that gives extra rewards for completing quests etc. The graphics in the game are from 2010 perhaps, every npc that gives you a quest has a mini cut scene that you need to spam your g key or left    The game is next to impossible to log in to in EU.

    No refunds given by amazon on any packs you may have bought, even though there is a time limit on some of the items purchased, like an aura that gives extra rewards for completing quests etc.

    The graphics in the game are from 2010 perhaps, every npc that gives you a quest has a mini cut scene that you need to spam your g key or left click to progress the scene.

    The music when you say walk into a room is perhaps 20 seconds of music on a loop. It's free to play, but not really worth it if you can get in.

    Combat is repetitive you have 8 abilites you just spam.    … Expand
  29. AxCarnifex
    Feb 15, 2022
    0
    Mirad, voy a ser lo mas honesto con vosotros posible, AMAZON NO SABE HACER JUEGOS.

    El único motivo por el que todos estamos intentando jugar a esto es porque prometía algo que no ha cumplido. Obviamente que no os recomiendo meter ni un solo euro dentro del juego, porque no se lo merecen, hasta los jugadores que tuvimos que pagar para jugar antes de tiempo hemos tenido que jodernos    Mirad, voy a ser lo mas honesto con vosotros posible, AMAZON NO SABE HACER JUEGOS.

    El único motivo por el que todos estamos intentando jugar a esto es porque prometía algo que no ha cumplido.

    Obviamente que no os recomiendo meter ni un solo euro dentro del juego, porque no se lo merecen, hasta los jugadores que tuvimos que pagar para jugar antes de tiempo hemos tenido que jodernos con un contenido no admite devolución porque "OTRA VEZ" a Amazon o la empresa encargada de los servidores no le ha salido de las narices hacer las matematicas de que si tienes a los cuatro streamer top moñecos de turno entrando a los mismos servidores vas a tener problemas, pero es que va mas lejos de eso.

    El juego esta mal animado, la calidad de los personajes se reduce automaticamente una vez creado el personaje, no es ilusión óptica vuestra pasa de verdad y es pasable, pero es que los monos todavía van y ponen escenas especificas que te acercan a los personajes y en las que las animaciones que están incompletas igual que las lineas de audio de los personajes no principales, te hacen sentir que estás viendo "WARCRAFT III: REFORGED" pero es peor porque te estaban vendiendo un juego tipo diablo 3 pero mejor, y bueno en cierto modo tenían razón, es como diablo 3, los servidores funcionan como tu amigo Paco cuando se ha pasado de la tercera copa.

    Literalmente la historia funciona y esta bien porque se han limitado a copiar y copiar cosas, pero una tras otra es que a lo poco que vengas de jugar otros juegos MMorpg te ves todas las copias y referencias que han metido de otros juegos. ¿Qué aún así te puede gustar el juego? Obvio, es fácil de jugar, es entretenido y todo lo que quieras y puedes echar unos jajas con tus amigos y te pueden gustar detalles de la historia.

    PERO TODO ESO SERÁ SI NO TE COMES UNA COLA DE 19.000 PERSONAS O 6.000 lo que viene a ser ¿Qué? 2 a 6 horas de espera y cuidado, que como el juego se cuelgue, te quedes afk, o pases mas de 20 minutos en un sitio leyendo habilidades y mecanicas propias del juego y el servidor de por hecho que no estás te vas para la calle a llorar un rato. Y dirás "A ver pero lo de los servidores es temporal, el juego es nuevo aunque use mecanicas del año de matusalem, ya lo solucionaran todo que acaba de salir"

    Bueno el tema es que retrasaron el lanzamiento free to play, le quitaron un día entero a la gente que pago para preparar la salida del free to play y aún así, la ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, y llevan diciendo de que van a solucionarlo y meter servidores desde que ha salido, tirando los servidores abajo por mantenimiento para "parches" que no solucionan nada.

    Y ♥♥♥♥♥ sabéis que me esta hasta dando pereza escribir todo este texto pero seguramente si te lo estás leyendo es porque estas en la cola esperando, como yo toda esta mañana, para que se caiga el servidor y me tenga que comer otra cola de 6 horas.

    RECOMIENDO JUGAR LOST ARK: NO, PERO NO POR EL JUEGO EN SI, QUE AUNQUE TENGA ERRORES Y PAREZCA UN JUEGO SACADO DE 2012 CON UNA HISTORIA GENERICA POR LO MENOS SE TE PUEDE HACER DIVERTIDO Y ENTRETENIDO, SI NO PORQUE LITERALMENTE LA MISMA COMPAÑÍA QUE COMPRA AVIONES Y TIENE MILLONES DE CENTROS DE DISTRIBUCIÓN PARA QUE A TI TE LLEGUE TU TACITA CON LA CARA DE PUTIN EN UN DÍA TE ESTA INTENTANDO VENDER LA MOTO DE QUE NO SABIAN QUE LO SERVIDORES IBAN A PETAR DESPUÉS DE QUE LES HAYA PASADO LO MISMO CON SU ANTERIOR LANZAMIENTO.    … Expand
  30. 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.
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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

Critic Reviews

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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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