Asmongold’s channel is currently one of the largest on Twitch, and he owes this to the new MMORPG Lost Ark. Now the streamer draws a first conclusion and compares the game among other things with Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft.
Who is the streamer?
- Asmongold is known as the largest MMORPG streamer on Twitch. He gained fame primarily with World of Warcraft, but switched to Final Fantasy XIV and other MMOs some time ago.
- Lost Ark has managed to conquer Twitch since its release. Asmongold was able to break his viewer record with it. He is currently larger than Twitch king xQc (via sullygnome).
- In a new video on YouTube, Asmongold talks about why Lost Ark fascinates so many fans and why everyone wants to play it.
“The combat is phenomenal”
What is this feature? In his video, Asmongold praises especially the combat system of Lost Ark. He compares it to that of Diablo 3. You play Lost Ark with an isometric perspective, so “diagonally from above” and in action combat.
Typically, you face larger groups of enemies and crush them with your powerful abilities. Less often, you also fight stronger bosses alone. Control is done with the mouse, and you activate abilities like in Diablo on the PC using the keys around WASD.
You usually have 8 different abilities available with which you can charge various special skills depending on your class. For an efficient fight, you need to chain the abilities together and use your “Ultimate” at the right moment.
What makes the combat so good? For the streamer, the combat system of Lost Ark is “phenomenal”. He praises that it attracts players and can keep them engaged at the same time because it is based on proven successful systems. Asmongold says:
The combat is the main factor that attracts many people […] and keeps them playing. Lost Ark feels to me like Diablo if Diablo were an MMO. […]
The experience you have here is formulaic to a certain extent and therefore better balanced.
There are many small opportunities to customize and improve your character, but only a few with really large effects – unlike in Path of Exile, as Asmongold says. You make quick progress and do not have to cope with only a few abilities for hours like in Diablo.
According to Asmongold, the entire system feels simply round. It is innovative, and you can operate it “instinctively”. That is precisely what makes it so gripping: You understand the system immediately and can get started right away. The video with his full opinion is embedded here:
Lost Ark tries to be like Diablo and WoW, but does it better
In the video, Asmongold also discusses games like World of Warcraft or New World. The story and character customizations of Lost Ark are better than those of Shadowlands. Particularly, WoW disappointed many fans with the current expansion.
However, Lost Ark also tries to adapt the special features of games like WoW. Asmongold explains: WoW can be played in countless different ways:
Someone can log in and be a balding guy farming mounts. Or they can be Mythic raiders. Or they log in and are PvP players. Or they log in and are role-players. And these 4 ways of playing are just so radically different that their only commonality is the game they play.
Lost Ark tries to emulate this, for example, with the fortress system with housing. However, the most important factor for success is the player base. Fans could already see through the success of Lost Ark in Korea and Russia that the game works.
Moreover, it is growing according to Asmongold. He says many gamers play MMOs to show off their achievements to others, and when a game grows, that is simply easier. It is already stronger than New World at the same time and will get even bigger.
In fact, much of the content that will come in the future is already known. For example, new classes are approaching that are already playable in Korea but are still missing in Europe:
In Lost Ark, 7 more classes will come to us in the next months – Here’s what they can do
