5. Blade & Soul
What is Blade & Soul? Blade & Soul focuses on fast-paced, action-packed martial arts battles, an exciting story, and a lot of action. Group content and teamwork are also important as you explore a fantasy world inspired by ancient China.
What is it about? The story revolves around revenge. Your martial arts school has been attacked, and you want to find out why. You also want to avenge the death of your master. Along the way, you explore the vast world, improve your fighting skills, and team up with other players to achieve your goals. In addition to melee combat, the Archer now also offers ranged combat.
Platform: PC
Release: 19.01.2016
Publisher: NCSoft
Business Model: Free2Play
What makes Blade & Soul special?
Strengths:
- Very fast, engaging combat system with combos
- Interesting PvP with multiple modes
- Plenty of options to improve your character
- An exciting story that has even been adapted into an anime
Weaknesses:
- Quests that could use more variety
- A lot of grinding
- Dungeons that become somewhat monotonous over time
Blade & Soul is ideal for…
… anyone who loves martial arts and would like to experience beat ’em up battles in an MMORPG. In addition, the story is at the center of Blade & Soul, which is well told. Although the quests lack a bit of variety, one must naturally enjoy the setting.
