Fortunately, all the sidequests are skippable, and main storylines are tracked easily via a yellow arrow on the map. Though I can usually put the pieces together, at times, there are so many stories going on at once from area to area that piecing the narrative together can be overwhelming. I wouldn’t feel so bad about it if certain NPCs didn’t keep reappearing, asking me if I remembered them from earlier. I admit that the full entourage of soldiers, factions, treasure hunters, and assorted townspeople are getting a bit hard to follow.
With a new area comes a new cast of characters. There are some truly beautiful locations in Blade & Soul, and I’ve had a great time just looking around. Though, it wasn’t all desert–just as with the Viridian Coast, a pleasant variety of biomes greeted me with the desert at the center. This week, I journey to the desert of the Cinderlands, get my first taste of PvP, and grapple with the confusing in-game economy.Īfter a cutting plot twist at the end of the Viridian Coast and some grinding in the final dungeon of the area, Blackram Narrows, I was flung into the Cinderlands, a desert region at the heart of the Earthen Realm. Given the fact that this title is an MMO and expectedly huge, I’ll be exploring the Earthen Realm in a series of review journals chronicling the leveling adventure and endgame content over the course of a month or so before dropping a final score. I had the opportunity to play this free MMORPG from NCSoft during two beta weekends back in December and report my initial impressions then.
Release Dates: J(South Korea) Novem(China) (Japan) Novem(Taiwan) Janu(North America/Europe)īlade & Soul is live at last in North America as of the 19th.
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