Blade & Soul wants players to carry swords with history and legend weighing on the hilt. Chaining together combos is easy if three attacks one after another creates a combo, the left mouse button will cycle through those three attacks. It’s the mechanics that NCSoft think Western gamers will provide the first hook.īlade & Soul is deliberately accessible: a minimalist hot bar uses contextual buttons that change depending on what’s going on in combat. Then he dies, at the hands of an emo-garbed gang of bads who lay waste to your village. He’s tiny, softly spoken, wise, and a ungodly powerful. Your mentor, Master Hong Seokgeun of the Hongmoon clan.
The game opens with you playing a young recruit looking to learn an ancient martial art. Both survive the transition intact and improved. There are two draws to Blade and Soul: fast-paced combat that draws more from action games than Warcraft clones, and a chasmic deep backstory, lore and plot.
