What is Lost Ark?

polygon.com:

Lost Ark, the new massively multiplayer online role-playing game from Amazon Games and Smilegate, officially launches in North America and Europe on Feb. 11, bringing the Korean fantasy hit to a global audience for the first time. But the free-to-play fantasy PC game is already a hit on Steam — where various Founder’s Packs that grant extra in-game items and early access to the game are topping the sales charts — and Twitch — where more than a million people are currently watching other people play Lost Ark.

Lost Ark is an isometric action RPG, similar to Blizzard’s Diablo games, only the spells are bigger, the warriors are hotter, and everything feels cranked up to 11 (yes, the hero in the key art above is carrying a holy minigun outfitted with a chainsaw bayonet). Lost Ark offers 15 playable classes — six main classes, plus nine advanced sub-classes — to adventure through the world of Arkesia with, slaying demonic hordes with flourish and flair along the way. You can fight with heavy artillery or you can be a monster-shredding musician in Lost Ark. And if you’ve ever dreamed of having Dante (you know, from the Devil May Cry series) as a playable class in a Diablo game, this might be your scene.

Like the Diablo games and World of Warcraft, Lost Ark features gear to collect and customize, as well as skill customization and skill progression. Players can also take part in side activities, like foraging, fishing, hunting, logging, archaeology, mining, and crafting, and seasonal events. Players can not only customize the look of their characters, but their strongholds as well.

In addition to a cinematic story-driven main campaign with cooperative PvE combat and plenty of side quests, Lost Ark players can also engage in