Lost Ark in the Playful Special: Expects the next Action RPG

When in November 2014 for the first time eight minutes (!) Long Gameplay Trailer appeared to Lost Ar K, I was now and then. Holy Moly, that looks good! In direct comparison, the just two years old Diablo 3 actually worked a footmal and old baking. Hopefully the part will come out soon, I want to play it!

If the presence karsten had put the past karsten then that Lost Ark will only appear in Europe for more than seven years later, he would have declared him straight for crazy. And if my then I would have learned from the Free2Play payment model and the Ingame shop, he would have been destroyed on the ground. Such a gorgeous piece must be an AAA premium title, with purchase price and as few microtransaktions!

But maybe I could have calmed down the past Karsten. Because before the start of the official Closed Beta I had the opportunity to play a few days in Lost Ark. The for the West EXTRA-adapted Ingame shop was not visible (because that is not yet final implemented according to the developers), but I could already give me a pretty good impression of the game. And what should I say: Lost Ark also gives a really good figure in 2021!

The character creation of Lost Ark

For the test run, the classes of magicians, martial artists / martial artists, canoniers, warriors and assassins were available to me. Similar to Black Desert, I was able to display preview videos on the different skills of the archetypes in the selection menu. There is also an ad for the level of difficulty.

The actual character creation reminded me - at least as far as the options for the face are concerned - more of an Asian online role-playing game because an action RPG in Diablo style. No wonder, after all, there will be quite MMO elements in Lost Ark, with crafting, housing, dungeons, raids and world bosses. But do not expect a tens of peoples or the ability to create giants, dwarfs and similar extremes. And the skirts are cut in female characters Asia-typically again quite short. Lost Ark: The character creation offers sufficient option for the face. Source: skills Now make a few control settings (attack with left or right-click? QWERTY or QWERTZ?) And from the beginning! Whereby, if you take it exactly, the developers granted us an abbreviation on stage 10. I started my adventure exactly at the point where I can choose the advanced class of my freshly created hero. Each base class has several such specializations and we players have to set ourselves on a one that is from then on our backbone for the style of play. The canonier may choose, for example, whether he wants to cover his enemies with missiles, flamethers and gatling rifles as an artillery, whether he sets as a sniper on the bow or if he tries his luck as artist with pistols.

The combat system of Lost Ark

Lost Ark: The combat system is great, all classes feel great. Source: SmileGate Cool: In the StartAleal I was able to test all specializations extensively and even for the tests at the push of a button even summon monster groups or bosses. The action strip always includes eight skills and these are very different:

There are quite normal skills that triggers you once and then it waits the respective cooldown time to restore the attack.

There are combohouses that you can use multiple times in a time window so as to released a kombo box to attacks on the opponent. If the combo ends, you put a too long break between the attacks or will be interrupted, the cooldown of the ability is activated. There are skills that you can recharge by the longer press of the shortbutton and must. Each class has special mechanics associated with particularly mighty attacks. The combat monk builds about the elementary display due to its attacks. If this is sufficiently built, it can use so-called esoteric skills.

All these skills make significantly more damage than the normal attack with the mouse button, and since their decay times are quite short, the standard attack is only quite rarely used. More important is to adopt the impetent opponents so that the stronger skills are caught as many goals as possible. At the same time, you can escape the heavy attacks of the opponents with mouse clicks or an evasive maneuver (Space key) and captures any further damage with sanctuaries. Of those I collected a lot at the quest, but they also have a cooldown. As in Diablo 2 healing drinks without pause, this is not in it.

This overall package made in the face-off round all right mood. see most skills in action but also just good, are animated great and feel wonderfully powerful on. When the gunner shoots with his thick shootas through hordes of enemies, then I can not help but grin simple.

The character progression of Lost Ark

Already at level 10 I stood some skills available, thanks to which the Kloppereien from minute one made of a lot of fun. Further attacks the characters automatically unlock every few steps climbs. In addition, Level-ups with reward points with which I can improve already learned skills and even customize or extend. The spiral wrap I missed such as a Yin and Yang field to draw close opponents to a spot. Perfect for ailing adversaries, who are still somewhat dispersed to prepare for finishing or subsequent combo.

but the character progression still has many more facets. Not only the character Levelt, but also the account, obtaining all the characters bonuses to their attributes. There s also a Abenteuerfolianten who holds what I ve done where and regularly rewarded me for milestones achieved. On top and the loot in the form of equipment and weapons may be carried in a Hack & Slay not be missed, with the successive one s own combat power increases. Oh, and quite early in the game, I laughed in my already an animal companion, who from then pulled on my side through the country. From the struggles to keep this out though, but it automatically collects all the loot. Lost Ark: Here you can already improve your skills learned by level ascents. Source: skills

Strong Story Focus

In many moments reminded me Lost Ark sharply Diablo or similar games: From the isometric perspective, we beat us by large hordes of enemies and get more and more experience and loot. The structure of the areas falling within the first few hours also used to linearly from. Later, the world is open but considerably more and even allow navigation. And by then we are likely to encounter other players also significantly more likely than it was the case during my tests. Finally, there should be Ark in Lost and world bosses, dungeons and raids.

The instanced dungeons that I ve cleaned as part of the test monsters were all solo also built up quite feasible and very linear. For that I got thanks to world map and Abenteuerfoliant a good feel for how big is the game world of Lost Ark. Good thing there is anywhere fast travel points, a kind of Hearthstone and mounts to get you from A to B. Lost Ark: The story is driven repeatedly into chic staged-game sequences. Source: SmileGate What also caught my eye: Lost Ark is just in the first hours a surprisingly strong story focus, with some set to music dialogues and numerous chic staged-game sequences. The impact rate to NPCs and quests is pleasantly high - with me always led the side orders of an area in the vicinity of the next main quest so I could do often two or three tasks at once. Although the tasks varied, but offered especially well-known standard fare: times should I cut down monsters and sometimes toxic barrels destroy extinguish burning cars or talking to NPCs.

Many question marks remain

Lost Ark: Unusually for an action RPG: Later the seafaring should be possible. Source: SmileGate I could actually just scratching the surface of Lost Ark in my face-off round. Raids, Housing, thick world bosses, Crafting, nautical - many still have not seen me. In addition, I am naturally curious to see how, ultimately, the final version of the in-game store look, finally the developers with their Free2Play title in EU and US want to make money.

So far, there s but at least little thing I did not so much: The running animations look a little funny. There were isolated bugs. The localization was not perfect. Lauter little things so that will be up to the launch certainly resolved or be so marginal that they think game will not tarnish. Hopefully remains the shop fair, then Lost Ark could be for me THE game of the year 2022nd Past-Karsten may therefore breathe easy for now.

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