Pokemon Legends: Arceus vs Record of Lodoss War Online
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the exciting new "prequel" to the highly popular Pokemon franchise. Step into the world of Hisui, which will be known as Sinnoh in the future, the era way before the mainline Pokémon games in this game. Go on excursions to explore the vast region, surveying, catching, and studying Pokémon you meet along the way. Set out from Jubilife village, and visit the neighboring areas throughout the region, like other settlements and breathtaking locales. Though there are no gym leaders, you’ll meet wardens and Frenzied Pokémon who need your help. Apart from intense Pokémon battles, you’ll need to calm down rampaging Frenzied Pokémon through balms and other tactics.In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you’ll play as either Rei or Akari, part of the Galaxy Team of the Survey Corps. Your goal is to meet and survey every Pokémon in the region to complete the region’s first-ever Pokédex. You’ll meet various characters along the way, like Professor Laventon, Commander Kamado, various merchants, and the members of the Pearl and Diamond Clan.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is not your typical “come-of-age story” and “challenge the Pokémon League adventure”. It’s an all-new type of quest where you don’t have to be the best: you just have to catch’em all!
Record of Lodoss War Online
Record of Lodoss War Online is a somewhat old-school, anime-themed MMORPG that has a unique top-down-like view (much like in Drakensang Online), a straightforward hack-and-slash combat, and a storyline that’s intriguing enough to make you stick around. Set in a world on the verge of being plunged into yet again another war, you play a promising adventurer who has uncovered a plot by the evil sorcerer, Bagnard - he is hellbent on bringing back the evil gods and their armies of doom. Naturally, you can't let his plans come to fruition.In addition to its unique Reaction skills that works in a combo-like manner, this dungeon-crawling game also features a myriad of dungeons to challenge with friends, a merc system where you can recruit NPCs to aid you in your adventures, and also a dual-leveling system where you level up both your character and your character’s ranking in the Adventurer’s Association. There are plenty of other features in this game as well, including the mercenary system where you can recruit up to 2 other NPCs to join you in your adventures; fun stat-boosting titles to earn, free teleports to town, and an account-wide vault where you can use to transfer gear or other items between characters. Players can also set up their own stalls, a.k.a. “Sales Agency”, to sell items they don’t need.
Record of Lodoss War Online may be grindy, like most MMORPGs are, but it's a pretty decent dungeon-crawling game overall. The beautiful and adorable anime graphics, the incredible title theme as well as its simple-to-grasp gameplay made it a fun game to play even in this day and age.