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Lost Saga is the latest RPG published by OGPlanet.  They operate specifically in North America so if you're anywhere else, chances are you won't be able to play this. Fortunately, you're not missing out on much. Lost Saga is based around room matches where players just fight each other. That is all. There's so little to do that I can't even write a full blown review of it.

Story:

N/A

Graphics:

Graphics are fairly poor. They look almost exactly like characters from Grand Chase. If you don't know what it looks like, imagine cel shaded disproportionate characters with minimal detail. Skill effects are poor. Character customization is very limited as well. There is very little customization if any. All the stages seem to also have similar layouts with just skin changes.

Gameplay:

The game starts off as a crappy tutorial. All you get is an "Assassin" class character that lasts for like 10 hours. All you have is a shop and matches to set up with other players. There are a few other characters available but you have to buy them in the game's store. These are Soldier, Iron Knight, and Mage. That is all. There is almost no customization. There are a few color variations you can buy in the store. That is all.

Each of the characters play a bit differently but use the same basic abilities. A is jump, S is guard, D is attack. Press any combination of them together to activate a skill. During skill activation, the player is also invulnerable. Each player also has one super combo by linking 2 skills together although this tends to work poorly. You also have a throw but it tends to be impractical. The reach is far too short and the execution is long enough so that when you finish, another player can hit you from behind.

Matches are made in rooms and once there's enough players, you can start a match. Players can leave and join in the middle of matches. The first one to either eliminate all the players or get their score to 100% by killing opposing will win the match. You can also knock players off the arena and they lose a big chunk of HP but this is hard to do for the most part. Players who perform better will receive a bonus reward at the end of each round. It isn't very complicated.

Now comes the numerous problems. First off is that unless you use their item mall, you cannot play this casually. All you can do is "rent" characters for limited amounts of time. When that time is gone, poof they're gone. ALL of your characters are temporary unless you buy a permanent one with their item mall currency. If you take a break from the game, bye bye until you make a new account. Closed Beta gave you a bit of item mall currency to spend, but there's no way they're going to do this on the official servers.

Second, hit and run is victory. This is the best move period. This seems to work best on the soldier class who can set up barricades and force enemy players to march in the opposite direction. It also has a number of long range attacks. Mages have some nice area skills as well, but the soldier still feels superior. Hit and run is dominant because of the short reach of attacks and delays between attacks. The ideal is to let your opponent either miss or wait for them to land then attack. That short time leaves them wide open with no defense. Just wait until your opponent messes up, then attack. Until then just keep running. This is the only strategy you seriously need.

Third is the lack of window mode. You are forced to play full screen. XTrap crashes the game if you try to window it. There's no option in game to change it and you MUST launch the game from the website.

Guilds:

N/A

Overall:

This is like one of the worst PvP games I have seen. There is no balance between any of the classes. One strategy also pretty much works on everyone. There are no complex combos to learn so everything is down to button masher basic. Having longer reach gives the player far too much of an advantage compared to someone with short reach. The entire game requires you to either constantly play or have item mall available to continue playing. Otherwise your character expires and disappears. The only permanent characters available are though item mall.

Final Score:

3/10 - Half assed game with the sole purpose of draining your wallet.