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My first impression playing TERA Open Beta
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And I for one will keep trying anything that comes out of Asia.
To me, their artists are heads and shoulders above anything I've seen so far in the West. Regarding avatar and world/gear/overall design.
But thank you for your post. And now what?
Right...... because Warhammer, APB, STO, AoC, and especially Rift werent all awful. Korean games arent the only bad games, son. Quit being delusional and xenophobic.
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LOL no. It doesnt feel like a grind because the combat is actually fun to play. Unlike Rift. What does Rift have new to offer? Dynamic rifts? Good joke there.
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And we have to care? This is the Tera forum and there is people interested in Tera in the first place, no need to spread so much negativity if you wont play anyway in the first place.
I find rift a wow ripoff standard TAB target skillfest, but i don't go in the rift forum and start talking shit to the game, because i don't care about rift and i will never care. A bit of maturity and common sense please?
Said this have fun in rift. Cya.
I've played the recent rift beta 4 event. 0 - 22 necro/chloro/dom
rift was grindier. yes it seems less grindy if you enjoyed going to a rift to kill mobs to clear the area of the "rift" but isnt that a gimmky way of grinding out levels when the quests run out. but i will say generally I was a level ahead of the quest suggested level.
in tera obt i am usually 2 levels ahead of the level suggestion for the quest.
tera feels new, is new. rift does not. rift feels like someone looked at all the game out right now, decided to fix their problems and repackage it. thats why it seems so polished.
the soul tree system adds to the fun of rift. rift is a decent game but brings nothing new to the table.
So excited by the fact he has to aim to hit a mob? Try Darkfall, *all* attacks, spells and abilities are aimed. Not AAA graphics, but the gameplay is still unmatched by anything else out there.
Rift is just the 2011 WOW / Warhammer Clone and yes I am a VIP Day 1 Beta Tester.
Oh Joy! Having to kill FOURTY MOBS to get 15 for a quest sounds fantastic!
I would think that after killing 30 fraking mobs I would start to think that I was playing a typical korean grinder. I don't care if they disguise the grinding into quests, it's still grinding...
Thanks for you impressions. Now I know to avoid this game.
While I hear they will localise the game including quests/drops etc, the grind (and to a smaller extent the graphic style) turn me off...
Hahaha... Actually glad that you not gonna play the game. What he really meant was that grinding is actually fun, and less repetitive. I've been playing the game for 2 days now, and the so call "grind" isn't there... WHY? BECAUSE it's actually an action MMORPG... What part of action do you not understand? You actually have to move around and dodge enemies and aim your damn attacks, and successfully dealing a blow is quite satisfying in this game. The action in this game overshadows grinding, and "grinding" is a different experience, and NOT like the Old mmo where you click and highlight a target and press keys until it disappears. In TERA you actually have to time and aim your attacks, and the character animation and visuals are "NiCceeeeceee". *flamboyant*
What I meant by "successfully dealing a blow is quite satisfying in this game" just think of God of Wars, Dynasty warriors, Devil may cry, Darksiders, Bayonetta, and more. But, just not as exaggerating with air combos, and finishing moves... (would that ruin the game...?)
The Action is Real, and I believe it's the Highlight of the game.
thanks for the read!
yea they kinda make you work for your quests, i don't like it either. When i get a quest i like it so i kill 1 mob and finish quest and get xp then i get max level and end game and i can tell all my friends im max level and i beat the game.
This game sounds freakishly perfect for me. I love everything that has been described, especially the mob killing. Rift is just horrible for their quests and combat, and TERA sounds like the exact opposite... I pray it won't disappoint, but basically every MMO has disappointed me the last few years.
My personal hype increased, if only by a bit. And that puts it above Rift. Now I like to know more about the system requirements, and optimization, because it looks really demanding so far.
Sounds good, though what we are leaving a bit on the table as a trade-off, like lack of character customization. I know we have to give-up some to support 100's of players in a locatlized area simultaneously. Thats probably the reason.
Graphics always looked good to me; it's a different art-style which I thought was clean, pleasent and sharp for its' look.
I'm not a fan of thousands of quests; that usually relates to grind. However a couple other studios are introducing a departure from 'solo-centric' generic and static quests, which are not massively-multiplayer synergistic, which are community fracturing and which we've been beaten down to accept as mind-numbing game-play; those things of which made me tired of most mmo's 3-6 months out (except for some more sandboxy games).
So, I'm wondering if En Masse, as is a couple other studios, are developing massively public content, open-world dynamic and community-centric collaberative game-play content to break-up and lessen that tedium of conventional questing grind.
Although not finalized, TERA's estimated minimum system requirements are:
• Intel Core Duo 2 Processor (or equivalent) or better
• 2 GB of RAM or greater
• NVidia GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon X1800 GTO (or equivalent) or better
Like Bygeorge said is very low demanding, i played fine at max settings with low level shadows (shadows, expecially real time ones are always demanding in every game) with my geforce 9800 GTX 512 mb ram, 4 gig ddr2 ram and a core duo E8400 3 Ghz, direct 9 under win xp sp3.
Is very well optimized and stable.
Trust me Tera makes Rift look like a kindergarden product. Ive participated in all of the Rift beta events and today i logged in to Tera for the first time.It was breathtaking and i just couldnt stop playing it.Its the first mmo after wow's release period that i cant wait to wake up and play again.So goodnight "i must" get my dose of Tera in 8 hours again.
If you like Asian AOE train grinders with GIGANTIC axes and over the top animation then yes you will love Tera...
Good luck with that i'll stick with Rift for now....
"It would be awesome if you could duel your companion. Then you could solo pvp".--Thanes
Those screenshots look meh to me. Look like every other Korean F2P out there. I will keep an eye on it though, because I like all games. I love the guy above me with a HUGE TERA signature asking basic game questions. Maybe you need to do more research before splattering that signature everywhere.
If you like what you have been playing the last 10 years but even more boring then yes, you should stick to it. It's a shame devs can't produce proper walking or sheathing animations in the year 2011, indie companies with 100k capital can do better. Tera looks and plays better imo and at the very least doesn't have a bland and dull looking world that causes depression.
And lately it seems like Asia games are offering the only creativity. Western audiences are getting a lot of redone themes with the same mechanics, while some big money in china/korea is starting to reach the innovation stage now that investors have been proven with profits.
Looking forward to Tera and Archeage.
or have a korean friend make you an account
So wait. Someone PLAYING THE GAME who also played all of Rifts betas....says Rift felt grindier than TERA. And you say you'll stick to Rift because TERA is a grind game?
ITT: People playing TERA saying its really fun. People not playing TERA covering their ears and saying 'Naaah naaah its a grinnnder!'
Good job guys lol.
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Tera is superior to Rift in every way. Not even close.