Don't Give Up On Lost Ark Before You See Mokoko Village
Lost Ark is a perfect example of the power of the hype train. It’s not every day that a game launches with more than a million concurrent players. In fact, this is only the fifth time in Steam history this has ever happened. It’s an impressive feat, considering how grindy and impenetrable this free-to-play Korean MMORPG is. With the support of some of the biggest Twitch streamers and the power of word of mouth, Lost Ark has managed to attract tens of, if not hundreds of, millions of players in just a few days.
Despite its short-term success, Lost Ark isn’t exactly a crowd-pleaser. While there’s little doubt it will maintain a healthy playerbase, it certainly won’t maintain a million concurrent players for very long. Like many MMOs, Lost Ark requires dozens of hours of story progression before you reach the end game and it finally starts to get good. Those first 25 to 30 hours are going to be a painful slog for people that aren’t used to the monotony of MMO campaigns. Those that bought into the hype or followed their friends to Lost Ark are going to start falling off by the thousands once they discover how tedious and repetitive it is. You could play all the way through Titanfall 2, The Forgotten City, and Halo Infinite in the time it takes for Lost Ark to start getting interesting.
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Before you give up on Lost Ark and move on to Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, or The Witch Queen this month, take my advice: keep going until you get to Mokoko Village. The entire Tortoyk storyline has some of the best surprises and tilesets that Lost Ark has to offer, and if you’ve spent any amount of time enjoying the combat and exploration, you owe it to yourself to
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