Blade and Soul

[Adrexl]

I’ve been keeping my eye on another NCSoft game called Blade and Soul. The gameplay looks a lot like a fighting game put into an MMO. I think they even ripped a few moves off of Soul Caliber and Mortal Combat.

I like some of the mechanics mentioned. Apparently, it also won’t have a trinity (probably because there are no healers in fighting games more than a conscious design choice) and clothing will have no stats on it at all (stats will be gotten in some fashion that does not affect your character aesthetically).

I’m wary of how much grind it may have though. I trust GW2 because of Arena Net, but NCSoft itself tends to design more towards Koreans when it makes its own games.





The English forums are at http://www.bladeandsouldojo.com/forum/ . They don’t have much activity, but I guess that is to be expected since the game hasn’t been marketed for the US at all yet. The game also doesn't have a release date.

[Centaur]

If I remember correctly from their quarterly earnings conference call, I think Blade & Soul is supposed to be released (in Asia at least) before GW2. But yes, it's very Asia-oriented, and it will definitely have 2 things I dislike: first the required grinding, second the monthly fees.

[Venn]

If I remember correctly from their quarterly earnings conference call, I think Blade & Soul is supposed to be released (in Asia at least) before GW2. But yes, it's very Asia-oriented, and it will definitely have 2 things I dislike: first the required grinding, second the monthly fees.

Eaesh. I dislike those as well. I was so stoked when I first saw a trailer years ago but have since forgotten. It's so pretty, though and I love fighting games! I've always wanted to see a fighter style mechanic implemented in an mmo.

Damn the Eastern grind style, though.

[vicnyy]

spotlights in Blade&Soul in terms of graphics and particularly the combat that give us good reason to play it. alas, it's not available now. http://www.mmohunter.com/blade-soul.html