I'll say a couple things about this after playing it - it's free, so I haven't given anyone money for it, to start with. The story is absolute dogshit trash, like most Korean story-telling in games (and manga/manhwa), and honestly in their dramas and movies. They have some hits, just like us, but this is not one of them.
So considering that, 90% of the player base spams esc/skips cutscenes and is never going to see these characters, or know their names at all. It doesn't excuse the stupid bullshit diversity but it makes it less noticeable for most players. The race swapped cards I haven't actually seen yet, but I don't even pay much attention to the card images so it's kind of a null for me. And there are definitely some stand out NPCs that just have dark skin but are otherwise a carbon copy of the NPCs around them so that was an obvious checkbox for them.
The character creation has incredibly obvious black faces for both genders, and some very clearly black hairstyles to go along with it - I can't say for sure but I doubt they existed in the original because they really stand out. I just can't see Koreans playing a very clearly black-featured character with the stereotypical big lips and wide nose shape.
The game itself is quite fun, quests are monotonous and stupid shit that you see in every MMO, but fighting and skill choices are fun, combat is satisfying and fighting swarms of enemies (as often as you can in early game at least) is a ton of fun. If you like Diablo/PoE style games and also like the over the top action in eastern games with flashy attacks (kinda like BDO or Tera if you've played) - this one is free and worth a shot. I don't think anything on the cash shop is worth it for me, and wouldn't want to give them money after all of the censorship news and pictures even before this post anyway.
I'll say a couple things about this after playing it - it's free, so I haven't given anyone money for it, to start with. The story is absolute dogshit trash, like most Korean story-telling in games (and manga/manhwa), and honestly in their dramas and movies. They have some hits, just like us, but this is not one of them.
So considering that, 90% of the player base spams esc/skips cutscenes and is never going to see these characters, or know their names at all. It doesn't excuse the stupid bullshit diversity but it makes it less noticeable for most players. The race swapped cards I haven't actually seen yet, but I don't even pay much attention to the card images so it's kind of a null for me. And there are definitely some stand out NPCs that just have dark skin but are otherwise a carbon copy of the NPCs around them so that was an obvious checkbox for them.
The character creation has incredibly obvious black faces for both genders, and some very clearly black hairstyles to go along with it - I can't say for sure but I doubt they existed in the original because they really stand out. I just can't see Koreans playing a very clearly black-featured character with the stereotypical big lips and wide nose shape.
The game itself is quite fun, quests are monotonous and stupid shit that you see in every MMO, but fighting and skill choices are fun, combat is satisfying and fighting swarms of enemies (as often as you can in early game at least) is a ton of fun. If you like Diablo/PoE style games and also like the over the top action in eastern games with flashy attacks (kinda like BDO or Tera if you've played) - this one is free and worth a shot. I don't think anything on the cash shop is worth it for me, and wouldn't want to give them money after all of the censorship news and pictures even before this post anyway.