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Dislyte: From a Non-Mobile Gamer’s Perspective.

Alex Deomes

The New Urban Mythological Mobile RPG by Lilith Games

I have personally never been one to use mobile games and when I have it has always been short lived and I end up deleting it. This game has been the one exception to the rule so far. I saw the Ad for this game on Instagram and was immediately drawn to the art style. I’ve been playing for a few weeks now and I believe I have a decent grasp of it all.

What first attracted me to this game was that each character in the game is inspired and designed after a mythical legend. Wether it be God, Goddess or monster these characters really bring these myths alive. Each character is called an Esper, someone who has been chosen by God or Goddess to embody their powers (Picture from Dislyte’s website under Wallpapers.)

Opening The App:

When you first open up Dislyte you’re welcomed by some awesome EDM, Jazz, Rock, and Pop esque beats. Seriously the soundtrack here is banger after banger. After viewing the seizure/light warnings you start in on the plot and gameplay tutorials. The first character you see is Brynn, who channels her Esper powers through Valykrie. The tutorials are very thorough and I wasn’t confused on much and if I was it was pretty easy to figure it out myself.

Gameplay:

Dislyte is a semi turn based arena-style game. You have a team of up to five Espers at a time and you can switch them in and out (depending on how many you have) before each battle. Each Esper and enemy have an assigned element, which are better or worse against another element. I really loved these elements of the game because it forces you to think strategically which I haven’t had to do in any other games I have played for Mobile. Once you hit a certain level you are kind of at a stand still for the story mode. This is where the other applications in-game come in! As you level up you unlock SO many new parts to this game. In total from the three main pages, yes I said three, there are about 10 different things to unlock (not including the many many other things to unlock within them). Among them include Trials ,which are in my opinion extremely essential to leveling up, Echo is used for obtaining new Espers, Atlas is used to look at all the different Espers that are in the game and DJ Contest is used as a rhythm style mini game to obtain gold. There are many more within many more. There is so much content in this game I am constantly mind blown. The plot is well written, the characters actually have depth and back stories, the fighting style is perfect for anyone who loves strategy and the grind to level up. I haven’t even been able to unlock everything myself! I believe they have a PVP as well once you hit about level 18, I am currently level 16.

Cons:

  • This game is a power sucker, it drains my phone so quickly.
  • Overheating my phone every time I play it, granted it never force closes and my phone has never told me it’s too hot. It’s just very hot every time I play for more than 15 min.
  • Currently taking up 1.97GB on my iPhone 11 Pro Max.
  • Leveling up is a serious grind, unless you’re willing to really put in the work and brain power it’s better to find another game.
From the Dislyte Website under Goodies-Wallpapers

Now I know I haven’t completed unlocking everything, but once I do I will make a follow up post to really get into the good bits. I had gotten so addicted so quickly I just had to share with you all! Overall I really love this game and I can’t wait to see what else they provide over time! They just dropped the game on January 10th of this year so we have plenty of time to see even more potential from them! Thanks for reading! Until next time. xoxo

app, Technology

Why Papago Is the Better Translation App for Korean to English.

Alex Deomes
Papago App on iPhone

I am going to assume most of us have used Google Translate for most of our internet lives for one thing or another. And for good reason. Google has absolutely dominated the Western world and most other places too. However, Google Translate in my opinion, isn’t always accurate when it comes to most languages. Papago doesn’t only translate to English but I will only be talking about KOR to ENG in this post because I can only speak English natively and very little Korean. Living in Korea now for a total of 4 months (not linear, but altogether) I have noticed countless times that Google Translate can be SO wrong it’s almost painful to look at. Now I’m not blaming Google, these languages are definitely hard to translate into casual/native style. But I have found an app that definitely makes it better for Korean to English and that is Papago. Papago is ran by Naver Co. and if you don’t already know what that is I’ll let you in on it. Korean people don’t use Google for the large majority. Naver is essentially the Korean version of Google. It’s their search engine, navigation, everything we use in Google and more. Now you’re thinking, it’s made by Koreans of course it would be the better app to use? But what sets Papago apart besides that crucial fact is the other applications within it.

What I absolutely love about Papago is that it isn’t just a translation app. Within Papago there are four ways to translate. Voice, Conversation, Image and Study Camera all give you different ways to translate for whatever situation you are in when you need it. But Papago also features an Edu Beta, Website Translation, Offline Translation, a Phrasebook, Word Cards, and something called Papago Mini. Let’s dive into a few of these.

This is what the side bar looks like when you open it inside the app.

This is Papago’s phrasebook. It gives you all kinds of situations to choose from in which you may need help during converstion, asking for something, looking for something and even ordering food etc.

Papago’s Edu Beta (also used with Word Cards) is essentially helping you memorize and learn within the app as well. Not only is Papago looking to act as a translation app here but they are also trying to build up to help you memorize and learn the language too! I have yet to personally test Edu myself but I cannot wait to put it to the test in the future!

The last part I want to talk about here is Papago’s ‘Papago Mini’ section! When you click Papago mini you will see this ‘LIVE’ section at the top of your screen in which you can exit the Papago app and copy and paste text to actively translate while having another application open! And you can tap the text bar to get rid of it without having to open the Papago app again!

I hope anyone looking to learn Korean or even just people visiting Korea reach for Papago instead of Google Translate. I have yet to see a translation/learning app that does it the way Papago has like this. In my experience with the app it is so much more accurate. Not even just to me. My fiance who is a Korean native (and the one who introducedme to it) likes to use it instead of Google as well and can confirm (in his opinion as a bilingual/Korean native speaker) that it is just overall the better translation app. And with all of the extra goodies that come with it I really hope you find it enjoyable and useful to you! Please leave comments to tell me how you like Papago instead! Use it on another language other than Korean as well! I hope you also enjoyed this post! More interesting things coming. See you soon! xoxo