Hey everyone! it’s probably my first after posting here after a while.
So Hi!😊
MMORPG is one of my least played game. While I grew up hearing it, I couldn’t afford indulging in any MMORPG or even have the proper device to play it. When you’ve been constrained for so long thinking that your device couldn’t play it, somehow that stuck to me. I was afraid my lousy laptop wouldn’t handle it. Today while I am using a little better specs and my laptop could handle playing a lot more games, that mindset is still there. So, only recently after trying out some games and I know the graphic won’t have any problem, I decided to venture into the world of MMORPG.
Black Dessert Online, getting them on sale!
There were quite a few MMORPG on the market but STEAM was having sale of this Black Dessert Online and I decided getting it because it also has “mostly positive” reviews. A few of my friends have them but it was just one of the game on their collections and they never played it. So, I was left alone trusting the STEAM review. I mean, it couldn’t be that bad, could it?
A little trouble
After downloading the game, I wasn’t expecting that even on Steam, it had another launcher called Pearl Abbys which is apparently the developer and published of the game. When I first tried playing it, I couldn’t really start the game and thought something was wrong with my download but apparently, I have to wait about 10-20 seconds before it starts. I thought it started automatically but there is quite a waiting time on it and I have to make an account as well as clicking on the start button.
Recording an hour gameplay- no commentary
While I wanted to record my first impression & showed it to a friend, I ended up recording the first hour of my time playing it. You can check it out in this video.
First impression.....
My first impression of the game was that it is very cluttered. I don’t know where to look for, what to do, even how to close the pop-ups. Sometimes during battle, I was more concerned about hitting the right key as well as making sure I didn’t accidentally press any button that would open up another options.
There were too many texts to read and it’s almost hard to make my screen focused on the game & the quest. Not to mention, there’s also the chat on the left side that was quite distracting. Perhaps it’s just me who rarely play this kind of game. Eventually I got used to it.
I heard from several reviews on youtube that this game has a lot of grinding and requires us to “work hard” on it. I mean, I certainly have the time whenever I can and for the most part, I’ve only started playing all of my games again because I got a gamepad but unfortunately, I learned the hard way 🤣
Anyway, with this game, I also didn’t focus on customizing the character but rather focusing on the first quests of the game. I’ve unlocked a few places by now but I am sure, there are more to it. So far, I fought about 2-3 bosses and I still had no idea what this game is really all about, maybe it’s just where we explore the realm, side quests, and that’s about it?
So far, I really like the graphic and since it’s my first MMORPG that I’ve played after so long, I was mostly in awe of the graphic. It’s so immersive and perhaps its novelty that made me truly drawn to it.
The combat mode in this game is quite interesting and I got tired pressing the keys while fighting some of the bosses which made me die. I tried playing with the gamepad but this isn’t really fitting and best to play with a mouse.
While this game released a long time ago, it’s one of my few purchases that I didn’t regret getting. In the past, I enjoyed game like Eragon on PS2 and I’ve been looking for similar games and wanted to play it. While Black Dessert Online might not come close to that, the art and aesthetic of the whole game reminded me of it.
Character customization
After playing for an hour, I decided to give my character a new look. It’s so intriguing how it is quite in-depth and we can basically customize the avatar to the details. If you watched a little preview of my youtube, I ended up changing the hair color of the character as well as the face and the overall expression of my character. Now, she looks like this!
Before
After
I got a pet!
I ended up getting a cat and I named it "Cing". It's just like the name of my parents' pet that they're taking care of. They even have similar color. Apparently, the pet can also learn some skills and you can take it in and out.
My next goal of this game is definitely learning about enhancement skills, more of the basics, as well as guilds in the game that quite a few people on the chat mentioned about. So, see you in my next one!
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |