The popular Korean massive multiplayer online role-playing game is heading to the Nintendo DS so you can take your addiction wherever you go. Ragnarok was released in Japan in 2008, and Xseed has teamed up with GungHo Works to bring the game to North America.
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The variety and customization of the job system is about the only redeeming feature of Ragnarok DS. Its fatal flaw is the poorly implemented, much-too-small overworld, which makes players run through the same dungeons and locations over and over again, often times just for the sake of repetition. You'll need time and much patience with the inane storyline to get through this portable version, and it only gives the original highly successful Ragnarok MMORPG a bad rap. Though it may be cool for players of the original online PC game to enjoy the character sprites and mythology from that game in their handhelds, anyone else would do best to remember that the Nintendo DS platform has no shortage of superior RPG experiences.
GamingUnion.net: "All in all Ragnarok DS is a pretty standard entry into the RPG genre on the Nintendo DS. In spite of a few issues involving sound and the lack of a story for anyone beyond fans of Ragnarok Online, the gameplay mechanics are actually pretty good. It's certainly not a classic, but for those who are itching for a new RPG to play on their DS, it might be worth checking out."
This game is OK. The gameplay can be repetitive and annoying at times, but can also be fun and a bit addictive, too.
There is an error in this review, however. Multiplayer does not require friend codes, although if you have friends, you can either play locally or over wifi together.
Uglybob writes "Ragnarok is a DS RPG based on the famous MMORPG. Does it transfer genres and platforms well?"
