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Ragnarok X is the latest Ragnarok Online IP mobile MMO, and falls into the category of auto-play mmo's wearing Ragnarok's skin. If you want fan service cosmetics, generic anime tropes, a story that has nothing to do with the series lore, and self-playing gameplay, this is the one for you.
Where Ragnarok M aimed to be a modernised retelling of the stories that were alluded in the original game, Ragnarok X aims to be closer to the original game experience with a modern take on the old classes and setting. Sadly it ends up being just as much of a hollow experience as M regardless. You'll be level 10 before you've finished talking to the first NPC, showered with gifts, and subject to the usual manipulative gimmicks that mobile games have basically weaponised at this point.
It's a theme park game that has a very linear itinerary of experiences planned out. You will experience that content in an expected order and if you stray from the adventure line there is not only nothing to see but also nothing to do that will make any progress. If you do try to play manually the tiny render distance, lack of waypoints, and expectation for you to stand in very specific unmarked spots to trigger cut-scenes and dialogue makes it impossible to progress.
Gameplay is incredibly dumbed down to ensure that combat can run entirely by itself, though combat is a rare change of pace from running between an endless supply of filler NPC's and enduring shoddy dialogue. The one time the game lore gets a mention is a 2 page text dump of history about Odin and Ymir, otherwise it focuses on typical goofy anime school adventure and nonsensical filler quests about fixing signs because birds stole the wood or something.
The graphics are okay at a glance, though if you look closely at anything other than the cosmetics you'll see the corners they cut. The environments especially have some awful looking models and textures, but it's not like they expect you to be 'playing' the game. The audio is the usual recycled OST from the first game with a few remixes, but the whole thing is just a nostalgia bait.
Personally I don't see the point in these mobile mmo products, I'm told they're fun for people who don't have the time or energy to play an mmo properly so I suppose if you're one of those people who wants to hear RO being played in the background and occasionally tap awful dialogue and manage menus, this is the one for you.
Where Ragnarok M aimed to be a modernised retelling of the stories that were alluded in the original game, Ragnarok X aims to be closer to the original game experience with a modern take on the old classes and setting. Sadly it ends up being just as much of a hollow experience as M regardless. You'll be level 10 before you've finished talking to the first NPC, showered with gifts, and subject to the usual manipulative gimmicks that mobile games have basically weaponised at this point.
It's a theme park game that has a very linear itinerary of experiences planned out. You will experience that content in an expected order and if you stray from the adventure line there is not only nothing to see but also nothing to do that will make any progress. If you do try to play manually the tiny render distance, lack of waypoints, and expectation for you to stand in very specific unmarked spots to trigger cut-scenes and dialogue makes it impossible to progress.
Gameplay is incredibly dumbed down to ensure that combat can run entirely by itself, though combat is a rare change of pace from running between an endless supply of filler NPC's and enduring shoddy dialogue. The one time the game lore gets a mention is a 2 page text dump of history about Odin and Ymir, otherwise it focuses on typical goofy anime school adventure and nonsensical filler quests about fixing signs because birds stole the wood or something.
The graphics are okay at a glance, though if you look closely at anything other than the cosmetics you'll see the corners they cut. The environments especially have some awful looking models and textures, but it's not like they expect you to be 'playing' the game. The audio is the usual recycled OST from the first game with a few remixes, but the whole thing is just a nostalgia bait.
Personally I don't see the point in these mobile mmo products, I'm told they're fun for people who don't have the time or energy to play an mmo properly so I suppose if you're one of those people who wants to hear RO being played in the background and occasionally tap awful dialogue and manage menus, this is the one for you.