Sure, I can’t avoid such instances in Blade & Soul, but I can do it with grace and style.īlade & Soul has four races that are inspired by the Four Benevolent Animals, the dragon-blooded Gon, the Jin, the graceful Kun, or the small Lyn. Often times in MMOs, I would take strange shortcuts that would often kill my character or result in heavy damage on aggro from monsters around me.
Did it fulfill my perceived abilities that were seen in the teaser videos? Pretty close. Upon its launch, the narrative carries you through a story of being a martial arts student and surviving a tragedy that sends you on a trail of justice, vengeance, and kung fu movie badassery!Īfter a dozen levels, you can glide through the air, walk on water, and leap like a dragon through areas. Sporting voluptuous female characters, cute small characters, and muscular men, it is hard not to compare it to a fellow Korean MMO – TERA.
So what is so great about Blade & Soul? The demonstration videos showed a beautiful landscape and a flourish of action, deriving much of its inspiration from Wuxia fantasy movies.
At this stage in the MMO genre, there are few grand launches and many NCSoft’s competitors have either found their niche of dedicated players or have died off. HA! Blade & Soul finally launched a few days ago on January 19th, right in 2016. The game was finally launched in Korea in 2012, citing that a launch for NA and EU would occur in 2014. NCSoft published Wildestar and ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 and developed Aion, and Lineage 2. When I first found out about NCSoft’s Blade & Soul, it was in 2009 and I was a fan of Kim Hyung-Tae, the artist who designed War of Genesis and Magna Carta (great designs, okay game).
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