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Play Overview
Lost Ark (2019) is an online role-play fighting game set in the mystical realm of Akrasia. You work alone or in teams to fight enemies, complete dungeons and upgrade your characters. It combines Lord of the Rings (and Indiana Jones) fantasy adventures with hero-led battles and a vast array or gear and upgrades to collect. There are other similar games, but this stands out for requiring a combination of skill, practice, persistence and collaboration with other players.
You play the long-awaited and prophesied chosen one, hero of Akrasia, on a quest to find the Ark, which can seal away the demonic darkness. You learn of long-ago wars between the divine and demon worlds, and that the Ark was split into seven pieces, by its seven ancient guardians, to protect it from the greed of man. Your quest thus becomes reuniting all seven pieces of the ark, and sealing away this new rising darkness forever, before it destroys all the world.
While the main story features lots of side quests, combat and missions, it's only after you've beaten the campaign that the game really opens up; for many the draw is these later missions that reward you with upgrades, better gear and in-game money. You can complete the story multiple times using a variety of different classes of characters to utilise a range of play styles.
Gameplay revolves around defeating enemies using the different weapons that are collected and upgraded by completing dungeons. There are daily dungeons you can complete, challenging raids where you fight off hordes of enemies, and lots of other different ways to play, meaning there is something for everyone. While most of these modes can be completed by a single player, team play can allow deep collaboration to make these challenges less overwhelming.
It's a unique and expansive game with a wide array of content on offer; difficult boss battles and dungeons, an engaging story, side quests and collaborative and competitive multiplayer modes, that make it a novel and hugely popular offering.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Lost Ark 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 7 weeks ago.
You play the long-awaited and prophesied chosen one, hero of Akrasia, on a quest to find the Ark, which can seal away the demonic darkness. You learn of long-ago wars between the divine and demon worlds, and that the Ark was split into seven pieces, by its seven ancient guardians, to protect it from the greed of man. Your quest thus becomes reuniting all seven pieces of the ark, and sealing away this new rising darkness forever, before it destroys all the world.
While the main story features lots of side quests, combat and missions, it's only after you've beaten the campaign that the game really opens up; for many the draw is these later missions that reward you with upgrades, better gear and in-game money. You can complete the story multiple times using a variety of different classes of characters to utilise a range of play styles.
Gameplay revolves around defeating enemies using the different weapons that are collected and upgraded by completing dungeons. There are daily dungeons you can complete, challenging raids where you fight off hordes of enemies, and lots of other different ways to play, meaning there is something for everyone. While most of these modes can be completed by a single player, team play can allow deep collaboration to make these challenges less overwhelming.
It's a unique and expansive game with a wide array of content on offer; difficult boss battles and dungeons, an engaging story, side quests and collaborative and competitive multiplayer modes, that make it a novel and hugely popular offering.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Lost Ark 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 7 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Fighting and Role-Play game with Action, Adventure, Narrative and Traversal elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 1000-player online game. While there are thousands of people playing the game concurrently, you split off into teams of four to complete quests and missions, although some quests do require more than one team.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 15 hours and 45 hours to complete. A single playthrough of the main story will take on average about 20 hours, but there is also lots of content to play after completing the story, and to unlock everything, you'd need to beat the main story several times and then spend many hundreds of hours on top of that.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
The Steam Mature Content Description states, "This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence, Blood and Gore, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, and Use of Alcohol."
Account Rating
You don’t need a platform subscription to play this game online.
Costs
Lost Ark
This game is free to play, but there are other costs associated with this game:
- In-Game Loot Boxes: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. These include in-game purchases of random items (known as 'loot boxes') that offer a chance of getting rare/higher-value items although common/lower-value items are more frequent.
There are lots of items you can buy, including weapons and gear that will help you progress through the game.
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Game Details
Release Date: 14/12/2019, updated in 2022
Price: Free
Out Now: PC
Players: 1 (1000 online)
Genres: Fighting, Role-Play (Action, Adventure, Narrative and Traversal)
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Persistant World
Developer: AMZN Game Studios (@AMZNGameStudios)
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