Lineage 2M has a solid story
The story in Lineage 2M is pretty straightforward. The game begins with a lengthy cutscene showing an epic castle battle. As the story goes, there is a very evil and powerful villain named Etis who’s been causing a lot of death and destruction throughout the land. It’s up to a relatively small resistance to stop him, but they have an ace up their sleeve: you. Your character is the one called “The Inheritor”; you’ve inherited a special power from the deity Einhasad that can stop Etis. Now, it is up to you to train yourself, access your inherited power, and defeat Etis and his minions.
There are different races and character types you can choose from
When it comes time to choose your character, you will have a fair amount of options to choose from. There are five different character races you can pick: human, elf, dark elf, orc, and dwarf. Each of those races is divided into different character types, and every type has its own strengths and weaknesses. Humans and elves both have the same character types: knight, warrior, raider, archer, cleric, and wizard. Dark elves are the same, only they lack the knight. Orcs have knights, archers, and wizards for their race, and dwarves have knights, warriors, raiders, and wizards. There aren’t any options to customize the look and feel of each character, which would have been nice. This, however, doesn’t mean that there won’t be any customization in the final release.
Gameplay consists of running around killing enemies for people
Lineage 2M should be familiar if you’ve ever played Pocket Legends back in the day. You’ll be going around and taking out enemies for people as favors for NPCs, and that’s pretty much it. These NPCs will give you a short dialogue and then send you to an area to clear out monsters or collect items. This, admittedly, can get monotonous if you’re looking for more variety. Each mission will lead you to open locations that are swarming with enemies. From there, you just go crazy and attack enemies at your discretion.
A lot of the gameplay is very automated
One of the main mechanics in this game is the automation, and that can be for better or worse. In order to do battle, you simply tap an enemy and tap the attack button once. Your character will automatically attack an enemy until it’s defeated. There’s even an auto-hunt feature where your character will automatically search out new enemies and attack them once the last one is killed. Special attacks/spells are also used automatically while you’re doing battle, and the same thing goes for health potions. When you’re assigned a mission, you have the option to automatically travel to the location. Once your character arrives at the location, they will start auto-attacking the enemies for you.
The currency system
Lineage 2M has a few different currencies you can exchange for goodies. There are the basics: gold coins that you get from just playing the game and diamonds which you buy with actual money. There are also special tokens that you earn for doing certain types of missions. These are medals of honor that you earn from doing clan missions. You use them to purchase items at the clan merchant. Next, there are oracle tokens. You earn these by doing missions specific to the goddess Einhasad. You will buy items from the Priest using these tokens.
Final Thoughts
Lineage 2M takes simple straightforward gameplay and combines it with beautiful cinematics and an easy-to-grasp story. It doesn’t do too much to differentiate itself from other mobile games in the same genre, but it has a few creative mechanics. There’s a fair amount of variety when it comes to characters, weapons, spells, and extras to keep things fresh. Also, the auto-play aspect makes it easier for those who like to have their game running while doing other things. However, if you’re a person who likes more variety when it comes to gameplay mechanics, and if you like to have more control over your character’s actions, then you might want to pass. You won’t be doing much more than slaying enemies, and it’s tough to fully escape the auto-play mechanics.
