Loading into Land Of Chaos Online was easy and didnt take long. Since I am not very patient overall, this is always a good start to a game. I took a few moments to look through the various tabs and menus, finding everything easily enough. Upgrades and equipment being the only area that gave some trouble, mostly seeming complex until understanding finally sets in. Once adept at navigating the menus I 
looked at character creation/management and again it was easy to navigate.
The ability scores are all presented in a pentagon graph, allowing easy comparison and making choosing one less mathematical and more visual. The arenas, and in fact most areas of LOCO, follow this same idea of more visual, less mathematical. Each arena is fully fleshed out and detailed, creating more of an open world feel than a confined little battle ground. Each creature, tower, hero, and Boss was enjoyable to look at through matches that can last up to an hour. Even just taking a different side of the same map gives new perspective and new scenery.
Once a couple ideas are gathered it’s time to check out what the characters can do when it comes time for blows to be thrown. Here is where the hybrid nature of this game first kind of jumped out and where I think it could turn some gamers off.
The abilities follow the same stun/dmg/movement scheme as a mixture of DoTA with World of Warcraft. These are done in a
way unique enough to give each creature and hero a flavour all its own. Not so much copying as used concepts given a fresh coat of paint, attention being given to keeping these ideas fresh and effective. Some let you even create duplicates of yourself, allowing one person to become an army (Mary Bell).
My favorites were Nosferatu, as the name implies he is a vampire with balanced ability scores and a set of pretty useful skills, and Aakbah who is a bruiser plain and simple. Each one has a history that their powers seem to reflect which add to the fun, whether draining the last HP out of someone with Vampiric Touch or smashing through 3 enemies to save your team with Mad Rush, the battles are the place to truly appreciate each one.
