Cheap Ragnarok DS

I shall preface this with the fact that I have not yet finished the game, but I'm very close.

The game controls, graphics and music are good. The music is a direct draw from the MMORPG music, so when you're in Prontera and the Culverts you will get to listen to the real music. The downside is that they don't use all the music or even a good portion of it, so in all the dungeons you will hear the same music. The sounds are the same as the MMORPG.

There are cards in the game and most of the monsters have the same names as they do in the MMORPG. The cards, if I'm recalling correctly, give you the same stat boosts (or a majority of them do) as in game, and even use the same art!

You change classes at level 30 at the lowest, your party members can go past 30, I cannot say for myself if your main character can or not since I changed directly at 30.

The touch screen controls are pretty easy to use. No complaints there.

Biggest complaints? The story is BLAND. Somewhere in the beginning it's like they forgot what they were doing or where they were going with this game. Later at some point they remember "Oh hey, we need an ending! Well uhh, how about this and this happens, and then this? Ok, sold!" The characters have very poor personalities. Stoic, boring main character. Shy, quiet other character. Smart, logical character. Then some comedic relief annoying characters.

Another complaint is some of the maps. Mjolnir and the dungeon right past the Mjolnir maps (coal mines?) suck to navigate.
And, one minor complaint which may not be seen as a complaint by others - the overwhelming amount of gear is... overwhelming! Yikes. It's on par with in-game equipment and gear, that's for sure, but digging through your equipment bags and trying to decide who gets what sucks. It would have been nice if they had lowered your choices a little, or had better help menus and even a larger bag. As a Ragnarok Online MMORPG veteran, even some of this still goes over my head and it's not clear if the mechanics are the same as in the MMORPG (I would expect not, but who knows?)

Oh well, the side quests are interesting at least. I would not say fun, but interesting. I am very disappointed with this game. It had so much promise. I would not buy this game again if I could go back and remake the decision, but because I am such a huge Ragnarok Online fan, I am somewhat happy that it made its way to the DS.Get more detail about Ragnarok DS.