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Tera is a Cute game
The title says it. Tera is a "Cute" game. For the U.S. and many other Western nations, the skimpy, sexy outfits will have many declaring it a game just for adults, but every other element of the PVE world is just plain cute.
I'm having fun. I'm not sure yet the game is worth a subscription fee, as I just can't shake the feeling I'm playing a good, high budget, Asian Free to Play game. It's not bad, in fact it takes what I like about those F2P games and gives it the extra nudge to make it worth playing.
The action combat? Not bad, nice change of pace, but a lot less action than I was anticipating. (Even "instant" skills usually stop you from moving). Many classes seem to have their own take on a dodge skill, but it's clunkier than double tapping to dodge. Through level ten, at least, the "action" element seems to be largely just making sure your cursor stays on the mob as you hold down your main (spammable) attack key, with the occassional additional ability thrown in to fight boredom. I'm sure it will get more complex later on, as the mobs become more active and require you to react more. (I hope so anyway).
The world, mobs and characters all look good, in a very cute way.
My early conclusion after one day playing is that I would buy this game if it was "Buy to Pay" with no subscription. I would play this game if it was on a F2P+ system similar to LotRO. I probably would even buy and play the game if the box price and subscription were cut by maybe 40% ($36 box, $9/month sub). I'm just not sure I can see myself paying $60 for the box and maintaining a full priced subscription fee. Yet, anyway. I'll continue to give it a solid shot.
It's so far seems to not be a "next gen" title and doesn't even seem to do Action combat justice. It's cute though and looks good while being cute. The game engine seems to run pretty smoothly. Other than server issues, I haven't really experienced anything in the way of bugs.
My guess is that TERA isn't going to really sell on innovation or even the "actiony" combat. The game design follows the established status quo pretty closely in most areas, but it seems to be fairly fun for what it does offer. So far. That, I think, is the hope for this game. It may just be "fun enough" for some people to find it worth the cost. It might even have appeal for a certain segment of WoW players. However, I know I'm not there yet and I have a feeling I won't be the only one who will come away from this game thinking "Well, yeah, it's sort of fun, but probably not $15/month fun".
(BTW, even though the game may be "cute", the in game community is far from it at this point. I hope that the beta environment is producing a very atypical image of what the game's community will be like, because if not, the community might just be bad enough to drive away a number of people who might like this game otherwise. The game has you often feeling like a kid again, but the conversation in general chat makes you want to take a shower and leaves you feeling a bit embarrassed for being associated in any way with some of these people. I've been around the genre a long time and have participated in dozens of betas and I have never seen such a horrible community in general chat).
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Looks a bit more than just cute, if you know what I mean.
But I also wish TERA was Buy 2 Play, because in it's current state I just see myself getting TERA and burning through the free month as quickly as possible. Maybe I'll sub for one month, to experience some of the endgame content and try an alt, but I just don't spend extended amount of time in a sub-based game. Also I would like to see a screenshot of this "so-called" filthy General Chat.
That's it for me.
Despite 1 year of "westernization" they couldn't shake off which is the worst part about all those asian games, the general F2P feeling. Albeit great quality, this F2P thing gives all these games a touch of being cheap and not worth a monthly sub.
TERA contains some aspects that scream "item shop" and if in EU/US the game tanks as bad as it did in Korea, we will most likely see it heading for it's original destination within a year, which is F2P.
I see TERA, F2P, TERA, F2P and I just shake my head...
"a certain something", "general F2P feeling". Could you be any more vague? I've tried many F2P titles and the production quality is what gives a game the F2P stench.
So you're saying the production quality in TERA can be compared to that of Asian F2P games???
Why don't I see the same being said about a certain other inexplicably expensive title which is ultimately a steaming pile of turd? Oh right, it's not Asian.
I thought the same initially, but then the part in red kicked in and I realised thats EXACTLY why it's worth paying a sub for.
The game is very good a those 'nudges' that turn standard into really quite good IMO.
Where do you people get your information...item shop, feels f2p, tanked in Korea. When did these things happen or be planned to happen?
If you`ve played for a little while youd see this game does not feel like f2p at all. It did not tank in Korea, and the Devs have stated they would never put in an item shop. Ffs...
This community is as bad as 4chan, judges a game on level 1-15. If we all did that I don`t think any game would have more than 20 players.
Part of the problem is that most of the people on right now are just using free beta keys, so any threats of banning/etc are meaningless. And we all know what kind of behaviour results from that. Although aside from occasional bursts, the chat is no worse than many other beta/F2P's I've been in. And fortunately, left-click-block has been implemented right out of the gate with this game.
Honestly, if there's an F2P game showing this high of quality at any state, nevermind beta, I'd love to know what it is. After sinking about 8 hours into it last night, my only real gripes were the server outages/glitches (never had any after supper hour last night, plus it's beta) and the high competition for some quest mobs/resources at times (beta swarming, duh).
More importantly, tab-targetting is gone. Facetank/pot spam grinding is gone. Totally makes all the difference in the world.
A Modest Proposal for MMORPGs:
That the means of progression would not be mutually exclusive from the means of enjoyment.
What the western market cares about is unlikely to change anything related to class balance. What people need to realise is that this game has been out in Korea for quite some time, where it was developed. All we are getting is a translated and slightly censored version.
Class balancing has been done on the Korean servers long before we got our hands on it. They already know where the classes stand, they dont need westerners crying about class balance.
It was like people on the stress test saying they were testing the areas out for 'bugs'. I had to laugh. The only thing left to 'test' is the english translations in quests, items and the user interface.
The problem with people who wants to win in PVP is they will cry and whine till they
1. get what they want.
2. Give up and bash that the developers do not care about balance. After that, bash the game
Believe me, the xxxx class is OP or UP will be popping out of forums all over in no time.
Rooted while using certain attacks/spells -
THIS is part of the action update.
If you could just keep doing what you do and toss out instant spells then it would turn inot a bunny-hopping mess as people constantly swarm around the mobs/each other.
Part of the increase in skill needed for TERA is learning what you can do when. And this is the REALISTIC part. Have you ever seen someone fight with a spear? There are a few parts of the spear that can be used for attack and defense and the bingo moves are to slash or stab someone with the head of it. Of couse the butt will hit you like a staff and concuss/break you, but the stab and slash are king. In order to stab and slash, you have to time it right and not be open to an attack yourself. Momentum and position are huge ESP with the massive weapons TERA puts on some of its characters. As UNrealistic as those weapons are, the wait times are realistic.
IT's not just run your ass off and spam your abilities. That would be COD.
Someone please make a good MMO.
There ws something always nagging me about this game. Didn't know what it was that bothered me, but now it is becoming more obvious. It's just the juvinile approach the game has that makes me have no desire to even try it now.
I've just completed some quest about some corrupted Unicorn which started with a cutscene: "First he protected our forest, but then, the bad ones came..."
PLEASE! DON'T DO THIS TO ME! Childish clichés are my DEATH!
is this your first mmo that happens in every mmo i have ever played
That bothered me too, it was a stupid faerie thing so I guess it makes sense but...eugh. Didn`t like that, the English language always ruins Asian things, whether it`s dubbed anime or dubbed cutscenes lol.
Reassuming TERA has it's flaws:
- repeatetive quests. After a short while it may start feeling like "I've been there, I've done this".
- questing so far looks like standard clear one hub, move to another, clear new hub, move to another. Repeat those steps over and over again.
- battlegrounds only for high levels. Not much of a problem however having something for newbies could be a good idea.
- in-game community so far that isn't really anything exceptional
But then it also has it's strong side:
- audio/visual part (not talking here about characters to be specific:-))
- transportation between zones. Some ppl may not like it but I'm not one of them. I myself am sick of over and over again same mechanics just described in different words (aka "Porticulum, "teleporter" and so on). TERA also has teleporters but it's used only to quickly visit other hubs in same zone. Not saying that in TERA it's innovative as there are games that has similar stuff but it's still nice to see something done different once in a while.
- combat. Can't say about all classes but as for warrior and slayer I am having a lot of fun here.
- general feeling. Let's just say that last time I had such feelings about game world it was when I joined WoW years ago and LotRO after it's launch. I might add that I played both on RP servers and those were still times when RP meant something.
I find it funny that all those who were bashing WOW for pandas have no problem playing cute races like popori in Tera. So much for WOW is for kiddies and Tera is for grown ups.
*rolls eyes*
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty -- Mahatma Gandhi
I find it funny that TERA gets a 12+ rating in the Eu whereas SW:TOR gets a 16+ rating
Nope but Tera one is worse than others ...even worse than SWTOR and pretty on par with Aion
SWTOR? must be your server because on mine i just wish more people would talk in general.. i would take bashing talk any day over dead chat.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty -- Mahatma Gandhi
Oh, I meant in Beta. You know the common "arrow' joke that is not even funny anymore. The XXX is better game. My SWTOR current server general chat isnt too bad. People seem to be rather helpful ( I am on republic side ). Maybe its because I blocked most of the stupid people ( including Arrow joke ones ) .
Currently in Tera though mostly are still arrow joke and Tera >>> XXXX games. Lets not forget the "boobs talk" ( Seriously people need to get laid more often if digital boobs is really that amazing ). That's before I close down general chat last night after 10 mins. I figure its faster to close down the chat than to block lol
Is there an option to have the cutscenes in Korean, with subtitles?
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I may only hop into beta for CBT 2, haven't decided. I haven't pre-ordered yet, so... From some of the recent YouTube vids I've seen where people have general chat going on their screen, the wider community thus far is just horrid. I guess that is to be expected at this stage, but I still find it annoying.
pie.
Close the general chat and its problem half solved lol
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I care about your gaming 'problems' and teenage anxieties, just not today.