Before you judge my decision, please be aware that I loved this game.

So Grand Chase, yeah. This was my most favourite side scrolling action mmo, that no other game of this type could beat. I prefered it over Elsword, LaTale and all of this kind of stuff. It was kinda original and it felt just so good to play it and level up all of your heroes under one name. I did not play for long and when I saw the annoucement that it comes to Steam, I was really happy and looking forward to download it.

However, everything was wrong. You need to buy character slots, no more character quests, servers are ♥♥♥♥, community dead, also it stutters alot for no reason..by moving it on steam, or by Elsword company taking over it the game died. Everything good is gone, and I am quite sure it wont be any better, cuz they have already the Elsword game, which is more popular, and they wont care about this game too much (I guess). However, I would not be mad if I could get suprised and this game became good again, but that just never happens.

I played this game when they used to only have 5 characters and now that Im back years later I cannot believe how nerfed this game has become.

Pros
+You can select any character from the start
+Many gameplay mechanics are still in place that keep to the sidescroller action
+Armor designs are still pretty awsome(only after hitting lvl 20)
+A guild system
+Theres more dungeons and bosses including event dungeons
+A larger character roster of 20 characters to chose from

Cons
-Your limited to selecting 4 out of 20 Characters and you cannot delete them to chose another, you can get free slots but only in certain events which dont happen often, otherwise you must pay for them which is 10$ per slot so if you wanted to play all 20 of them in dungeons thatll be 160$ please
-They added a new gacha machine which nobody is even going to bother with, if you like gambling save that money go to vegas
-Many of the outfits you pay real money for look ridiculous to the point were some apparal doesnt even look attached to your character.
-As others have already said Pvp is about stats not skills
-Early dungeons are many and too easy, theres no benifit to playing those dungeons with other people considering its tutorial lvl difficulty making the game boring even at lvl 35+ so any arcade like difficulty is dead and gone.
-Some skill trees require REAL MONEY to unlock.
-Theres no Xbox 360 controller support so expect your triggers, Right thumb stick, and d-pad to be totally useless and with the expanded skill tree and skill bar means youll have to give up some bindings.

Overall Grand Chase has lost alot of its faithful fanbase due to its retarded nerfing and new stats system to win pvp, if you wanted a challenging arcade side scroller its not here.

Most new characters are playable, but the biggest dissapointment is you have to be a cash player to make an awesome character. some skills are also need some cash to unlock. Not the type of game I would play.

This is a fun 2-D brawler game, it has unfortunetly gone through a lot of changes and isn't that popular. It also currently won't allow you to link accounts through steam which is saddening for me ... However it is much more friendly to new players, and it is starting to gain popularity. Have fun!

P.S. Just a side note, there seems to be a huge inflex of hackers throughout the game. 2 examples of these people would be lNleo and Bonakid. Some of the hacks are just infinite mp, while others make you invisible, have increased movement speed, etc. Regarless its very disappointing to have all these people cheat on games like this, especially openly in pvp... (I like how this is longer than my review...)

I have been playing this game for a long time now, and while I can say it is very different from when the game was in it's earlier stages/seasons, it still, at least for me has that certain charm that makes the game so appealing.

Basically this game is a side-scroller, like certain MMOs, but it has 3D models, the battle system is basically keyboard based (Which for me and some people is a plus) and has a plethora of characters to choose from. I think I believe it is now at 20. Most of the characters has 4 jobs, however for at least half of the characters the jobs are just expansions of the characters initial job. The characters can be classified as MP (mana bar based, fills as you attack and only 4 skill buttons), AP (like a mana bar but has fills up on it's own and has 5 skills buttons) and AMP (Which is AP style with a mana bar). The MP characters have 4 jobs that you can switch between just by equiping a different weapon type (which is reflective off what job they are in). The AP and AMP characters only use one weapon, but their higher jobs add on to their skill tree.

Skill trees are like in any other game which when you level up you get a certain amount of points to assign certain skills, the MP characters only have a full skill tree in the first job, and the other characters skill trees basically expand when they acquire more jobs.

Speaking of characters, as of the most recent season you get 4 free character slots, with these slots you can pick any characters you want to play as. Before you had to start off with the Knight (Elesis), the Archer (Lire) the Mage (Arme) and the Pheonix (Rin), but you could unlock the others. Now You get to pick whatever 4 but to unlock more characters you got to pay for more slots, OR wait for an event where you get free character slots.

Some people get off put by the fact that there is an cash shop but its not that big of a problem. There are plenty of ways to get the highest stats without using cash at any point. Cash just helps you get them easier and has some "exclusive" stuff to them such as certain pets and armor.

In this game you can have pets that help you in battle. The free pets must be found via manuals that drop in dungeons during champion mode or during events. The cash pets while are cool, sometimes are weaker than the free pets.

There is a PVP mode, which is better now that you can customize the rules of your room. But I don't really like to play PvP that much as I am more of a dungeoner.

Only dunegons no world map that you can travel.

There is no trade system, Could be seen as bad, but It makes your items rarer (to a certain degree) and more worth while and no need to worry about losing items to people who would trade everything away.

Overall this game is a fun game, especially when you have people to play with you, The characters all have distinct styles and the gameplay is simple, yet can have depth in the moves, especially with there being advanced stuff. Even though some people say that the game is too easy now, don't let that turn you away, try it out and make the judgement yourself. This game can be charming in its own way.

(Please note that this game is made by the same people who make Elsword, which is supposedly like it's spiritual successor, and while they have somethings in common, they play very differently, at least in my opinion.)

Been playing this game for years. I wish it got on steam earlier. If you are planning on playing this game hit me up my IGN is RimHD i could help you with lvling and pvp.

I've been playing this game on and off since years before it even reached Steam. AKA, I've been here since its GameRage days (possibly before that, if there was an English publisher before that....... Basically, been here since it was just "Grand Chase", no Season V or anything). And I've loved it since day one. If you're too lazy to read the description which is just a few mousewheel scrolls above all these reviews, Grand Chase is basically a dungeon crawler RPG MMO brawler. Arguably it's not a dungeon crawler. I like to say it is. (DEAL WITH IT) It has, in my opinion, quite an expansive set of characters to choose from, most of them each with their own play-style (though some are arguably the same). You have the option of playing with three other people (strangers or friends), or by yourself, in a dungeon to either complete quests or grind. Yeah, you'll probably find yourself doing a LOT of grinding with higher level characters. Fun grinding, but still, grinding. And speaking of the dungeons, or the world map in general, it's become very large and updated since I first played years ago, and expect there to be many more continents and characters added now that it's in the hands of KOG Games. As for the gameplay itself........ Well. MMO RPG brawler. That should really explain it, and if it doesn't, just go check it out for yourself. Can't lose anything but time trying out a free-to-play title.

If you couldn't understand my little mish-mash of rambling, I'm recommending the game to you. Download it. Now. Or I will track you down and ki-- slap you. I'll track you down and slap you.

#longlivethechase

Grand Chase is a very fun game with many challenging end game content, as well as some very fun and unique characters, pets and bosses, and the best part is the game doesnt demand cash to get good at.

Free 2 play, pay 2 win.
Seriously, people who cash can get their stats to SS without even trying. And why can't we buy character missions now? This is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.