Divine Souls

Divine Souls is a free-to-play action MMORPG. They call it an action MMORPG because the combat system is quite a bit different than what most of us are used to dealing with. The best way to describe the combat in this game would be to compare it to some old-school arcade fighter games. The only difference being that you keep your character, gain levels, have equipment, level your skills up etc.

At first the combat in this game is very exciting. It's different, it's fresh. When you're used to clicking on a few number keys and moving with WASD, it's fun to fight in a different manner. At first. After about 2-3 hours of spamming left clicks and having to morph your fingers around the WASD to press your hot-keys, both your arms will begin to hurt. Luckily I have a wireless remote to play with, which made the game far more bearable. To those who have a remote to play with, try this game out, it's quite a bit of fun. Otherwise you might quickly develop carpel-tunnel.

The game itself is divided into zones, which as you may know, I hate. You zone out of the city into a mini zone where there are several dungeons. When you zone into the dungeon, you must pick which PART of the dungeon to zone into. Once you're in this specific part of the dungeon, there are several rooms you must move through by killing monsters. You guessed it, these rooms are all zoned. All this zoning causes for a LOT of loading screens and a LOT of waiting time. This really kills the immersion and the fun-factor for this game.

If you can get passed the zoning and the controls, you will love this game. There is a lot of content and the combat system is very satisfying. It is somewhat repetitive, but then again most MMORPGs are. If you can enjoy the combat system, then you won't get bored of it. The graphics are really nice, but not amazing. There is very little going against this game.

Graphics - 7/10
Gameplay - 7/10

Overall - 7/10