Okay, Now that I put over 20 hours into Ragnarok Odyssey, I can give some detailed info on the game for people on the fence.
Note: I've only played 10 missions alone, and played over 60 missions online with friends who I'm progressing with. We got to 4-6.
Leveling system: There IS a leveling system, just not a system that's experience points based. But technically experience based. Look in your Status info and you will see you player Rank, (I'm rank 4, which means I leveled up 3 times) Rank 10 is for beating the game.
Card System: It is actually extremely easy and simple to understand but different for everyone. Mix and max cards to fit into your player clothes. The only things clothes affect is card slots which all can be upgradable. The slots go up to 100 points, and alot of the cards is sacrifice something to get something else, the good cards you'll find on missions so don't worry to much.
Clothes: The only real upgrade on clothes is adding card slots, easy comparison would be like adding the ability to add more materia on your stuff in FFVII, besides that its all looks. Also good thing about that situation because everything is completely upgradable, you can wear what you want. Also when you buy clothes with certain abilities those abilitys are also given to you because its just preset cards in the clothes.
Trophy's: Apart from the death trophies (and potion trophy in my case lol), all the trophies will come naturally which is good. I'm missing only 2 hidden trophys that's not chapter based. And I have alot to go for card collecting and so on, good thing is you can hold up to 5 things from friends in near which can help quite a bit on certain things.
Areas: Seems you unlock different areas every chapter.
Bosses: Are Epic, apart from orc king, the bosses have strategy to them. Chapter 3s boss is epic especially.
Combat: I use a cleric and every character playes different. So I can only speak for myself.
- Combos with cleric can be changed completly because the style the combat is made to be like. Example I can swing then rush with my shield then swing twice, then launch, and while the enemy is launched, I can charge a offensive spell that takes like 3 secends to cast and basically kill any enemy but bosses of course lol. But I can also choose to jump it from the launch and swing 3 times then whale on em with like 6 rapid swings then do a knockback, then airdash to where there going to bounce then use the ground launcher and then charge thecircle attack to the ground, you'll get like a 40 hit combo if you do it right, with just one enemy. But as a Cleric and the fact I basically only play with friends online I'm always using the healing circle and jumping and round to help in battle so I'm important to everyones survival. I am also the strategist, I do stuff like set up combos like the one I said but after the launch the swordwarrior wales on him since hes stronger then the hammersmith jumps up and smashes him into my magic that takes long to launch and while I'm hitting them they go, love it.
Extras: the performance of this game is amazing. I destroyed like 14 porrings smashing em all into walls in a circle around the room with ten showing on screen being smashed off the walls exploding and more being hit on the ways to the was etc. And NO frame drop. This game has a consistant locked framerate I believe. Only drops is if online connecrions lag and it only lags randomly every hour or so for like 2 secs.
Also when playing online never , play with the same class and its better with friends cause party chat adds soo much to the experience
Personally I'd give the game 9/10
My only main issues is, I wished I could go out into the fields without being assigned a mission. Because when I wanna grind materials I don't like that I completed a mission then gotta go back again, or being hit with a time limit etc.
Last thing is Colin lied in his review completely. Me and my friends checked everything he complained about in the game, and nothing was valid but the things that are always those ways fot games in the monster hunting genre. They said no real tutorials? The manual has tutorials as well as. Specifically, ingame they told me if I need tutorials or additional info, to go to my room on the wall is a list of tutorials, and those as adetailed as you can possibly need. Cause in the fame they fully tell you the basicas and tell you to try out things and experiance for yourself you'll understand best that way. I'm loving this
