Chaos Chronicle review - Yet another Korean RPG

Korean RPGs are a dime a dozen on the App Store these days, so when a new one pops up you can usually predict what you'll be greeted by.

A young hero, or group of heroes, sets out on a quest to save the world from evil magic by building a team, levelling up, fusing heroes, auto-playing battles and completing quests. Also giant breasts.

Chaos Chronicle, the latest RPG from Korean publisher Nexon, hits all of these notes without breaking a sweat, and while it might not be the most original game, it's still a solid experience.

The premise is that you're the newly-promoted leader of your own House, and you have to set out on a quest to investigate evil magic that is terrorising the world.

You acquire new party members along the way, all of whom can be levelled up, equipped with new items, and fused with other heroes to boost their levelling.

These party members come in a range of types, with melee, ranged, and magic characters to put to use, and it's up to you who you bring along and how you design the makeup of your team.

Battles are fairly straightforward. Your characters march from left to right, doling out basic attacks to any enemies that get in their way.

Each character has its own special skill to use, some of which require extra targeting, while others need to be charged, and so on. It's up to you when you trigger these.

Unless you hit auto, that is, and the game will just take complete control so you can sit back and watch your team plough through opponents.

There's really not much more to it than that. You move from one level to the next, battling creatures, earning rewards, putting them to use, and then jumping back into the fray.

Daily Quests and other such metagame elements draw you back in for more, and the menus are fairly easy to navigate and understand as you work your way through the game.

But there's nothing particularly original on show here. You've probably played Chaos Chronicle before, just under a different name and with another art style.

That doesn't make the game necessarily bad - it's still fun to play and watch as your plucky team of warriors takes down swarms of enemies.

But from the generic plot to the cartoon women and right down to the gacha-heavy character unlocking, there's really nothing new in Chaos Chronicle.

If you're itching for a new Korean RPG to sink your teeth into, there's plenty of game here to take up your time with, and it's not likely to offend.

But if you're already growing tired of RPGs, then there's nothing new here that really makes it stand out from the crowd.