Lost Ark

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5.2

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  1. DinboNomad2z2
    Aug 27, 2023
    5
    Got this game recommended as a replacement for Diablo 4. As in progression, it is miles better than Diablo4, but that's pretty low of a bar to cross. The pay to progress aspect is so strong in this game, I wouldn't recommend any one in the right mind play this game. You will be constantly stressed and given a way out by the cash shop they flash constantly flash at you. Some vids notesGot this game recommended as a replacement for Diablo 4. As in progression, it is miles better than Diablo4, but that's pretty low of a bar to cross. The pay to progress aspect is so strong in this game, I wouldn't recommend any one in the right mind play this game. You will be constantly stressed and given a way out by the cash shop they flash constantly flash at you. Some vids notes people claiming to spend up to 100k or more in this game which seems possible with how they try to mask how much they are actually spending to upgrade gears. How is ARPG this bad in 2023?… Expand
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. seanhagg95
    Aug 13, 2023
    4
    It's a good game with horrible P2W systems. Pretty much what you would expect from every MMO these days. If you want to RMT or P2W through the store, this game can be really fun. If you want to be a F2P player like I was, you are too late and you will always be behind. Go try a newly released MMO instead.
  5. Kristana
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Disgusting P2W game of the worst kind. Think Diablo Immoral.

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

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

    Stay far, far away from this garbage game.
  6. starwar
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    Lost Ark falls short of its promise as a captivating MMORPG. Despite its visually stunning graphics, the game suffers from repetitive quests and a lackluster storyline that fails to engage players. The combat, while initially exciting, quickly becomes monotonous and lacks depth. Additionally, the game's monetization practices heavily favor pay-to-win mechanics, creating an unfair advantageLost Ark falls short of its promise as a captivating MMORPG. Despite its visually stunning graphics, the game suffers from repetitive quests and a lackluster storyline that fails to engage players. The combat, while initially exciting, quickly becomes monotonous and lacks depth. Additionally, the game's monetization practices heavily favor pay-to-win mechanics, creating an unfair advantage for those willing to spend real money.… Expand
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. Silverlyn
    Jun 20, 2023
    0
    This Game is fk **** and Racist Not have SEA server lol from RElease until now there is no Sea server and laways Region Lock
  10. COTEgame
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. С открытия игра была великолепна. Хорошая графика, интересный сюжет. Но сейчас это просто трата времени. PVP просто не сбалансировано, персонажи сильно отличаются по урону. Сами игроки испортили игру. Те, кто уже имеет всё, завышают цены на товары в аукционе. В итоге новичку очень трудно как-то собрать себе хорошего персонажа, но фишка в том, что без хорошего персонажа тебя не будут брать в рейды. Даже если ты знаешь все механики босса, но у тебя нет полного сета, или плохо с гравировками, или самоцветов нет, или колоды нет, тебя не возьмут! А возьмут собранного человека, который так же не мог зайти в рейд и покупал проходки. В итоге человек не знает, что вообще делать и его берут с собранным персонажем, а тебя нет, потому что ты не собрал персонажа. И можно конечно покупать проходки этих рейдов и забыть про этот факт, но это же RPG, где совместная игра? В проходках? Пока ты чай пьёшь, а кто-то за тебя побеждает босса? Ещё игра очень зависима от твинов, ведь от них весь основной заработок ресурсов и голды. И по моему, это ужасно! В общем: старички ставят цены как хотят, а точнее высокую (есть гравировки 4-го уровня по 5к голды, их надо 20. И ГДЕ брать новичку 100к голды только на одну граву? Это несколько месяцев фарма без твинов... Ещё вторая гравировка и бижутерия в основном покупается, потому что рандом здесь искусственно занижен ненужными гравировками. Так же проводки покупаются, ибо без собранного персонажа тебя просто не возьмут. Старички играют на куче твинов, тем самым делают проводки и фармят ещё больше голды, чтобы купить дорогую вещь у такого же старичка, это по мне уже никуда не лезет. В итоге: игру крайне не советую, если у вас нет 7 друзей, готовых пойти с вами в игру надолго, с ними и будете проходить активности.… Expand
  11. JustTheDustMan
    Jan 15, 2023
    1
    Be warned about this game. They will issue bans if you don't play. Many players got the game for free on steam, realized it wasn't the game for them, and quit playing. Now the developers have issued gamewide bans for inactive players, which shows up as a red mark on you steam profile. Further more, there are a number of other steam games that won't let you play if you have a ban. If youBe warned about this game. They will issue bans if you don't play. Many players got the game for free on steam, realized it wasn't the game for them, and quit playing. Now the developers have issued gamewide bans for inactive players, which shows up as a red mark on you steam profile. Further more, there are a number of other steam games that won't let you play if you have a ban. If you have a old steam account with thousands of hours and dollars invested, do not get this game unless you are prepared for a ban.… Expand
  12. 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.
  13. Rezken
    Jan 6, 2023
    0
    To anyone reading this: Quit this game as soon as you can!
    There's nothing more to say. This is not a "game", this is a job!
    You're working your ass off for nothing.
    I was fortunate enough to quit this game just a couple weeks after release and decided to make this review to warn others who are considering to play this game: don't do it!
  14. 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
  15. botardi
    Jan 1, 2023
    7
    very good mmo, though it costs a lot of time
    sometimes its better watching streams than playing
  16. 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
  17. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    Bu kadar iyi kordine olman gerekiyor. Tanımadığım insanlarla neden oynayayım, yada oynamak zorunda olayım.
  18. 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.
  19. Edea
    Oct 18, 2022
    5
    10 points for Smilegate
    -5 points for Amazon
    Amazon is actively working with bot farms to scam investors it would seem
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. gravehaven
    Sep 25, 2022
    1
    Soulless game. It's a cash grab with some nice flashy graphics and original animations, that's really it.
  23. 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.
  24. weallone
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Sold my acc, now i feels not like slave in p2w trash swamp =) Played about half year with russian version and spend about 300$ like it was nothing. Very toxic community, gated content weekly and daylie, bots and RMT or boosters/carries spammers. I feel sorry for new owner of my acc((
  25. Simpson_761
    Aug 22, 2022
    6
    I just couldn't get into it. I tried but it just lacked "life" and a "soul"?
  26. f0reverr
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Truly one of the best examples of the decline in modern gaming. This game is a casino with a mobile ARPG wrapped around it, nothing more, do not be fooled into thinking it's something it very clearly isn't. Flashy graphics, anime **** all of the usual low-brow nonsense typically used to attract the younger or lower IQ gamers, you'll find it all here. If you want to donate your paychecks toTruly one of the best examples of the decline in modern gaming. This game is a casino with a mobile ARPG wrapped around it, nothing more, do not be fooled into thinking it's something it very clearly isn't. Flashy graphics, anime **** all of the usual low-brow nonsense typically used to attract the younger or lower IQ gamers, you'll find it all here. If you want to donate your paychecks to a Korean cash cow and Amazon Bezos, be my guest, I'll be taking my gaming time elsewhere.… Expand
  27. jyphel
    Aug 5, 2022
    0
    A game designed only to retain your progression, and pay to an hellish indefinitely endgame. The worst of it, its that they say its not a pay to win game.
  28. 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.
  29. raduby
    Jul 18, 2022
    0
    very boring story, Overhyped advertising, zero depth at all to the combat, UI is messy, Lot of bots, this is cheap p2w mobile game.
  30. devastor34
    Jul 12, 2022
    0
    This game is an obvious p2w game and i dont really understand the people who call this game p2w-free and f2p friendly. Progression is built in a very similar way that is used in diablo immortal which has 0.3 user score out of 10. omg it is really hard to understand the people that used positive vote the game is literally grbage and urges you to pay for every little aspect. If you are notThis game is an obvious p2w game and i dont really understand the people who call this game p2w-free and f2p friendly. Progression is built in a very similar way that is used in diablo immortal which has 0.3 user score out of 10. omg it is really hard to understand the people that used positive vote the game is literally grbage and urges you to pay for every little aspect. If you are not support and wanting to join a raid gl in coping with whales. Other trash aspect is the poorness of the market system omg its literally worst of all mmorpgs and is dominated solely by whales. If you are not slave go play another mmorpg… Expand
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#78 Best PC Game of 2022
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#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

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