Players call Lost Ark \u201cfresh air\u201d after New World\u2019s struggles Smilegate RPG, Amazon Game StudiosLost Ark has finally hit Western audiences in beta form, but the title\u2019s newfound community are claiming Amazon made a mistake by releasing it after New World. While Lost Ark has long been out of reach for the West, players all across South Korea have been diving into the MMOARPG title since 2018. Its immense popularity has convinced the title\u2019s publisher, Amazon Games, to send the hype train roaring through Western stations, with the closed beta currently available to players across a whole plethora of regions. As the title continues to attract adventurers far and wide to the shores of Arkesia, players have argued that Amazon should have released Lost Ark before New World, the studio\u2019s own MMORPG that has failed to live up to the excitement it originally generated. Players compare Lost Ark and New World Despite a promising story and stunning vistas, Amazon Games\u2019 self-made New World has struggled since launch. Plagued by ongoing server issues and a plethora of irritating glitches, the game is only finally starting to recover from its rocky start. By comparison, the company\u2019s Lost Ark beta (developed by Smilegate RPG on behalf of the internet behemoth) has run relatively smoothly, leaving fans arguing that they should have released the title before New World. \u201cAmazon should\u2019ve released this game first,\u201d reads one post on the game\u2019s dedicated subreddit. \u201cThis would have made sense,\u201d they continue, calling the ARPG \u201cbrilliant and well executed. The lore, the music and the game itself is a good breath of fresh air.\u201d The comments section largely echo these sentiments, but some argue that New World would never have taken off if Lost Ark released had first. \u201cReleasing LA [Lost Ark] before New World? LA would wipe its ass with NW, given the issues NW currently has,\u201d one respondent writes, claiming it was a \u201ccalculated move\u201d by Amazon. Read More: How to add friends in Lost Ark – Others speculate that \u201cit makes more money to release New World first,\u201d as the title had an upfront cost instead of relying on microtransactions. Either way, both New World and Lost Ark have changed up the MMO genre for good, and it\u2019ll be interesting to see how the two continue to develop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Players call Lost Ark \u201cfresh air\u201d after New World\u2019s struggles Smilegate RPG, Amazon Game StudiosLost Ark has finally hit Western audiences in beta form, but the title\u2019s newfound community are claiming Amazon made a mistake by releasing it after New World. While Lost Ark has long been out of reach for the West, players all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}