To create the best combo moves, Lunia offers a variety of skills and skill trees for every class. Skills can be learned from the skill tree using of skill points acquired every level. Most of the skills can be cast instantly and can thus be combined with the attack buttons for a devastating combo. However, just like the controls, queuing skills in a tight combo tends to delay greatly or won’t appear at all since the game has difficulty catching up.

Lunia’s presentation can be summed up in one word: “upbeat.” Cel-shaded graphics and anime-inspired characters make the game lively and the story interesting. Environments are colorfully illustrated with amazing artistic detail. Even skills have their own sparkle and luster that can light up the screen. Sadly, camera angles are just fixed isometrically. Zooming in or out is the only possibility of changing the view. Cutscenes are present in every stage, though character animations are largely static. Comic-style chat balloons make the scenes less cinematic and convincing too. As for sounds, Ragnarok Online veterans will immediately take to the game as most of Lunia’s music is somehow inspired from Lee Myoung-Jin’s masterpiece. Sound effects are also fine tuned to match the environment or skill. The game’s aural presentation can be perfect if voice-overs were added to the cutscenes.

Third time’s a charm?
The fixed character selection of Lunia gold was intended for story purposes, which is pretty much excusable. However, the annoyances of having to depend on the item mall, server lags, and faulty control response is the game’s heavy burden to compensate with. The action-RPG style is a nice touch to gameplay, and the cel-shaded looks make the game stimulating enough to play. Lunia is an interesting game, well worth the wait for newcomers and veteran players alike. But then, one big thought comes to mind – it would have been better if Lunia was launched as a console game.