5 interesting MMORPGs that deserved more players

What is Blade & Soul? Blade & Soul is a classic theme park MMORPG in an Asian anime style. This means you will find colorful action, oversized weapons, crazy kung fu battles, and revealing outfits.

Blade & Soul is set in a world that could come straight out of a kung fu film or anime. The story spans an epic arc over several updates and is continuously extended. New classes, regions, dungeons, and raids are regularly added.

What makes Blade & Soul special?

Complex action gameplay: Blade & Soul places great importance on exciting battles. Each class plays fundamentally differently and offers a variety of skills and combos. For instance, the hard-to-play Kung Fu Master requires a lot of effort, as this tank actively blocks attacks and turns them into devastating counterattacks.

If you prefer to fight from a distance, you can create a martial arts magician or a shooter fighting with guns and pistols. If you don’t want to deal with complicated skills, you can create a summoner who lets a cat companion do the dirty work.

Massive new content: You won’t have to complain about a lack of content in Blade & Soul. Developer NCSoft regularly releases new episodes of the epic storyline. Additionally, there are always new raids and dungeons, where always new, better equipment awaits you.

PVP like a fighting game: While the focus is clearly on PvE, the PVP of Blade & Soul is also impressive. The gameplay turns into a beat ’em up akin to Street Fighter.

Your skills work differently in PVP, allowing for fair and dynamic duels in the arena. Thus, Blade & Soul has also made its way into eSports leagues in South Korea.

Why might you not have had Blade & Soul on your radar?

Various players might be deterred by the Asian anime look of the game. Additionally, Asia games often have a more or less deserved reputation for being soulless grinders that only aim to extract money from poor players via Pay2Win mechanics.

Moreover, the graphics of Blade & Soul no longer look that fresh today – although a graphics update has improved things somewhat. However, all of this is misleading, because Blade & Soul is a game that one should definitely check out.

Blade & Soul is suitable for you if …

• You are a fan of anime and manga style.
• You don’t mind revealing outfits.
• You appreciate a sophisticated action combat system with combos and class diversity.
• You want to experience an epic story that continues to this day with updates.
• You appreciate a PVP system with fighting game gameplay.