In our session, we ended up playing as a warhammer-wielding warrior in a four-player party with a wizard, an archer, and a healer. We had to tackle an outdoor instance that appeared to be an abandoned temple overgrown by bright green jungle. We found the controls to be easy to pick up--you use W, A, S, and D to move, like in a first-person shooter, and your number keys to access any hotkeyed special abilities or items. You left-click to attack and right-click to perform a secondary attack (in the warrior's case, a standing kick that has a chance of stunning an enemy). You can also Buy Dragon Nest Gold double-tap your W, A, S, or D key to perform a quick evasive tuck-and-roll in that direction.
Our warrior character's special-ability hotkeys were loaded up with various additional melee attacks beyond our standard ones, such as an upward strike that set up a juggle attack and a shock-wave attack that stunned all enemies in front of us. The warrior seems like a very easy class to play (not much more involved then running up close and unloading on the nearest enemy), and none of the enemies that attacked us, such as roly-poly goblins and super-deformed dark elf girls in bikinis, lasted long against our ferocious, caffeine-fueled button-mashing. In each case, we dispatched Dragon Nest Gold the current group of enemies, then activated a pair of crystal panels in the world to open the next door until we found the boss, a large floating critter with glowing tentacles, who was flanked by goblins and elves. Since all four members of our party zeroed in on it, the boss didn't last long, and before we knew it, we were done with the instance.
Dragon Nest seems like it's an accessible hack-and-slash game with a colorful anime art style and very intuitive controls. It's scheduled to launch in North America next year.