The Vernese Forest area of Lost Ark Gold can come as a bit of a shock upon entering it. It's a sprawling maze-like mapthat is crisscrossed by an aerial walkway that makes it hard to navigate. To make matters worse, there are two triports with hardly any vendors. The bottom line is that this area is not easy to work in.

Lost Ark is an gritty MMO that's perfect to while away the hours

It was launched just a week ago, Lost Ark has shot to the top of the Steam charts, with more than 1 million concurrent players making it the most popular online game Steam (based on number of concurrent players) of all time. The game was developed in collaboration with Smilegate RPG, Lost Ark is an Korean MMO that was released in 2018 and then was re-released in English and brought to the west through a partnership with Amazon Games. Although it's only available on the US and Europe for a short period and has more than 200,000 viewers on Twitch in the moment and has beaten games like Dota 2, CS:GO, and PUBG in the number of concurrent players on Steam.

What exactly is the point of Lost Ark anyway I spent the last week looking into this new gaming sensation, determined to determine if it's what it takes to be my latest obsession, or something I'm content to let other people obsess about. Lost Ark is a free-to-play MMO that has the same gameplay as Diablo. It's an isometric, action RPG with all the cultural hallmarks of a free-to-play MMO with a sexy, underdressed female models, as well as a chat filled with spam from gold farmers. Lost Ark is mindless fun that won't hit you with a penalty for not taking the game too seriously.

Lost Ark is getting two more rounds of the only weekend-only Fever Time event to close out the month of July. The event lets players take advantage of rewards on both Saturday and again on Sunday. The event will also be a part of the recent addition of progress bonuses cheap Lost Ark Gold, which came in after the July Spells of Spades upgrade.