3/5/2023 0 Comments Blade and soul online review![]() ![]() None of these quests end up being instanced either, which means that you enter an arena where everyone is trying to kill or find the same number of items, leaving one scrambling to find the proper items or enemies that are not being engaged to move the story forward. Blade and Soul never looks to push the boundaries of newer MMO mechanics when it comes to story, leaning more on what made it popular years ago over reaching a new audience. Most quests that advances the story come down to fetching x number of y items, or battling x number of y monsters, which then allows you to complete that quest, opening up, you guessed it another one of the same formulaic quests. ![]() While the experience with the combat systems does start as fresh, the rest of Blade and Soul leans heavily on the tried and true mechanics that power most dated MMO titles. One can find a lot here when it comes to using your defense to open up avenues of attack, although it does end up over time becoming more patterned than one would hope from the earlier battles. Instead of just working your way down a cooldown list of powers, you have to use things like countering options and defensive measures successfully in order to earn action points for more valuable attack options. Yes, Blade and Soul still lives and dies by the power bar, but it is the way attacks and counters are used make for fun combat options. Sure, the plot is razor thin at best, but it does set in motion a battle system that is probably the freshest and innovative for hand to hand combat since The Matrix Online. You try to stand tall with your instructors and schoolmates against the invaders, but all is lost and you are sent on your way to survive to fight another day. The idea behind Blade and Soul’s story falls into a stereotypical trope of revenge, as your training school is ambushed by a traitorous student and his crew of henchmen that are hell bent on destroying everything and taking the training secrets for themselves. However, procedural issues and a lack of modern convention dog, Blade and Soul leading is something that has promise into something that feels far more tedious than fun. And at face value, the game does not disappoint, as it has looks and style that eyeball something unique and different in the crowded MMO genre. While the MMO title Blade and Soul has been out for several years in Asia, it has now found its way here to the US and Europe, looking to entertain fans that have long been awaiting the arrival of this title. Tagline: Interesting Story/Combat Trapped Behind Lag and Long Free Queue waits ![]()
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