Run of the mill questing and character progression
Quests quickly become repetitive and boring
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this is a game that should not be passed up simply because you have already put in so many hours on another game. Rather it should be experienced for what it is and all other developers looking to dip a toe in the MMO pool should take note that this is...
Blade & Soul conquers the competition on a Free-To-Play level. It does everything you want with some great inclusions. But crafting nuts may be disappointed with what they can create in the game due to the resource collection...
It's taken NCSoft three and a half years to release Blade & Soul here in the west and it's hard to understand why it's been that long. The wait will have been hard for any western fans; some had found a way and played the Chinese version, which is also...
Blade & Soul is a free-to-play MMORPG and as such offers a lot of content and gameplay for literally nothing. It’s attractive and has an interesting and flexible combat system that will actually take some time and thought to master, and lots of classes and move sets to play with. If you’re looking for an MMO that isn’t a generic high fantasy clone, Blade & Soul will be appealing.
I'm a big fan of monk-style character classes. I've kicked demons in Diablo III, clobbered hydras in Final Fantasy XIV, and unleashed swarms of punches while swigging brews in World of Warcraft. But it wasn't until Blade & Soul that I encountered the...
Blade & Soul (B&S) is developed by NCSoft, the same people behind other popular MMORPGs like Lineage II and Guild Wars 2 . At its core, B&S is an RPG with strong martial arts elements tied to Korean/Chinese myths. It was initially released in Korea in...
It's been a little over three weeks since I started playing NCsoft's martial arts MMO import, and my desire to reach the level cap has lessened considerably.Mind the aspect ratio of the video, I was playing on an ultra wide screen.AdvertisementThings...
Technically I know advanced assassination techniques, but it's all a sort of Kung Fu as far as NCsoft's latest Korean import is concerned. Check out my impressions after one week of that sort of fighting—you know, the one everyone is doing.As with any...
Blade & Soul's arrival (it is now up and running in the UK) may not register as highly on the games industry's Richter Scale as, say, the latest console blockbuster. But for those who love their MMOs, it offers UK gamers a chance to experience a bona...