Solo Leveling:Arise 12+

10/10
But really needs some fixes:
In the beginning jinwoo for some reason is fighting lizard men and then meets up with his healer. Not trying to nitpick but as the weakest hunter he should be up against goblins and I should feel the struggle. Start the game off with the healer so I actually feel like she’s been helping me as the story tells me later. So to recap make sing fight goblins. Make them hurt a lot. Give me the healer at start. I love the vibe it’s like dmc meets persona. To that point I’d love to make connections with the characters other than fighting, much like persona does by letting me go to them somewhere and chat, and it usually benefitting me. Maybe I get to level up from it or an item. I think I didn’t get any weapons in the beginning and suddenly got a bunch of weapons. And I know that the timers make it feel fast paced and add to the difficulty which is pretty cool. I hit a power wall and am glad for the opportunity to train, or figure out how to get stronger other ways. But I want to feel like I’m exploring a palace from persona, where I can get lost in a gate and find hidden treasures. Maybe like a 15 minute gate mission? Lastly there is an issue in the lobby where I am getting a loading circle very frequently like it may be reconnecting to the internet.

This game really exceeded my expectations. I have experience with other gachas and in this game the rates seem to be a bit better than others. Rewards even within the first few days of playing are pretty huge. The way the added manga/comic style art scenes to tell the story outside important scenes i found to be pretty unique and a really awesome way. There are plenty of game modes to engage in. And the game even has controller support. Something that just caters to the players themselves. Thats pretty impressive. A minor issue would be the load times. They tend to be better at lower resolutions. And i get that this game is able to be played on a computer. And that makes it hard balancing things. Its really only a minor issue overall. But i would love to see the developers invest time into that. The battle and menu mechanics work very well. The art is spot on. It seems everything is well thought out. I cant wait to see where this goes. Thank you for bringing this great story to us in a game!

Yea not really a fan of the level requirements for stages. It’s restricting and makes the game less enjoyable. It also makes the game slow paced and boring. Still a really good game and the graphics are beautiful but still really don’t like level requirement for stages. It makes no sense why it would be there other than to force players to pay for diamonds to get more keys for gates or passes for more activity funds or be forced to fall behind while waiting for keys to play gates and collect activity funds just to catch up. Don’t restrict it so they are forced to wait even though they are way above required power level. Even if your power level isn’t enough, it shows that you can strategize around it and beat a level that is meant for when you are stronger. It would be wonderful if this system would be removed and let players play the game. Your game will die off because it’s boring and people don’t want to pay just to progress in the story or gameplay. Even if you have wonderful graphics it, doesn’t matter if your dumb level system outweighs it. No games with this type of level requirements for stages system last long. Just a thought to make your game more enjoyable and not make players feel forced to pay real money to progress.