{"id":11864,"date":"2014-05-14T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2014-05-06T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T12:04:30","slug":"ragnarok-odyssey-ace-ps3-vita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/14\/ragnarok-odyssey-ace-ps3-vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Ragnarok Odyssey ACE (PS3, Vita)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RAGNAROK_BOX\"<\/a>Ragnarok is one of the oldest online multiplayer games out there, and it has received sequels, a cartoon, toys and other products, and many spin-offs.\u00a0 Ragnarok Odyssey ACE for PS3 and Vita is one of those spin-offs (reviewed on PS3 here).\u00a0 Create a character and send them out on quests to defeat monsters and explore new lands in this 3-D action RPG that\u2019s similar to other titles like Phantasy Star Online and Monster Hunter.<\/p>\n

The first thing you\u2019ll do is create a character.\u00a0 You can have a male or female warrior and choose their hair style, color, outfit, and more.\u00a0 You\u2019ll also need to choose their class.\u00a0 Will they be a swordsman or a cleric, or another class entirely?\u00a0 You can change their class and looks during the game, too.\u00a0 When you start the game, you\u2019ll be part of a guild that goes on quests to defeat monsters and reclaim lost lands.\u00a0 So you\u2019ll be taking on quests to kill a certain number of monsters, collect a specific number of items, or defeat giant boss beasts like ogres and dragons!<\/p>\n

After you finish a quest, you\u2019ll return to home base and earn money and other rewards.\u00a0 Use your money and items to upgrade your weapons and armor.\u00a0 You won\u2019t buy new armor in the game, but you will upgrade what you\u2019re wearing so you can carry more monsters cards.\u00a0 As you defeat monsters in quests, you can sometimes earn cards.\u00a0 Equip them to your outfit for status boosts and even special moves.\u00a0 You can even take on co-op online quests with other players, or hire computer-controlled mercenaries to help, although the A.I. isn\u2019t always useful.\u00a0 It may seem like a lot to take in, but the game does a good job of easing you into all the gameplay aspects.<\/p>\n

Button placement is a little weird sometimes, but getting used to the controls won\u2019t take long.\u00a0 Play control did feel a little sluggish to me, but that may be because I picked the Hammersmith class, one of the slower fighters.\u00a0 Really the only problem I had with the game is that the quests are a little unbalanced.\u00a0 Regular monster killing quests are fairly easy, but fighting giant bosses is way tougher.\u00a0 But I really like the Ragnarok character designs for both humans and creatures, and fans of games like Phantasy Star Online and Monster Hunter will eat this stuff up anyway.<\/p>\n

\"RAGNAROK_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ragnarok Odyssey ACE is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence, Language, Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes, and Use of Alcohol.\u00a0 You do slash and zap all manner of monsters with weapons and magic, but I really didn\u2019t notice hardly any blood.\u00a0 Most of the other ESRB descriptors are in the text only, and are barely noticeable.\u00a0 Some of the outfits for the female characters may be a little suggestive, but nothing is really too bad.\u00a0 Really the best reason why this game is better for older gamers is the high level of reading required and the difficulty of some of the quests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ragnarok is one of the oldest online multiplayer games out there, and it has received sequels, a cartoon, toys and other products, and many spin-offs.\u00a0 Ragnarok Odyssey ACE for PS3 and Vita is one of those spin-offs (reviewed on PS3 here).\u00a0 Create a character and send them out on quests to defeat monsters and explore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11866,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864\/revisions\/11866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}