Blade and soul is an open world game based on martial arts combat, where a battle is fought between good and evil using Qing Gong Action. The combat is undertaken to take revenge for the killing that took place in Hongmoon School. In a world controlled by the power of two nations, it is crucial to defeat the evil unleashed by one of the leaders who decided to ally with the dark forces.

Blade and Soul involves a journey across settings such as mountains, jungles, dungeons while perfecting skills through a variety of martial arts quests. This is more popular in Asia than in Western countries, as it has been played there for the last three years. Based on the South Korean martial arts fantasy tale, players have four races to choose from when choosing their character in this massively multiplayer game.

Blade and Soul has elaorate fighting, requiring the ability to strike back, and also is creating your own character from races and classes that leads to unique traits and features. Players complete quests through attacks in cinematic 3D settings and artistic visual effects, but can recover when they are about to face death. Blade and Soul is not just another MMO game, as it requires the knowledge of martial arts moves and is played against another player. It is also up to the player which skills he will want to learn. The player will also need to know how to act to preserve the strength in the absence of the healer class. There are also battles fought with beats.

There has been some controversy over the quality of Blade and Soul. Some features that are part of quests are similar, as they involve killing monsters while completing objectives. For some players, it is still a well driven game, although some reviewers consider the quests as tedious. Controversy is also part of the way female characters are portrayed and the degree to which they are portrayed in a sexy way. The quality of this game is also closely related to the servers that may differ in Western countries.