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Don't look now, but TSW is growing.
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TSW's Xfire numbers are still way down from launch (ranked 16 at launch), but it looks like it's now growing. Since B2P TSW has increased Xfire hours played by 300%. Its ranking had a high of 43 this weekend with triple the amount of users using xfire.
There still is a long way to go with the pvp content (PvE is rock solid), but this is good news for Funcom and TSW.
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well seeing as i am sure that a lot of people are coming back to check it out... I am not supprised.
The question as always is.. will it stick.
This have been a good conversation
since they went BTP everyday I find myself going to the website and reading some thing here and there on the forums and then really contemplating on buying it or not.................uhhhh I cant decide.
If it goes on sale again I will def be buying it. The only reason I ahvent bought yet is because I spent some money on a few games recently that I regret.............and as exciting and fun as TSW looks, I dont want to regret yet another purchase.
If you are looking for fresh PvE experience, you wont be dissapointed. If PvP is what your, you'll get a good 2-3 months out of it.
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this game does a really really good job telling its story. It really puts you into the mystery. On top of that the game play is fun and dynamic. you need to move and get out of the way of incoming damage. You will fail in the instances if you don't learn to move around. Finally, you can be anything and everything with just your one character. You can learn every weapon and every skill without alts. I have always preferred games with such a high level of open endedness in character development.
It is a good game. The comment I heard over and over again early on following release from people who casually tried it out was that it suprised them in how good a game it was. They were expecting an ok game and it turned out to be more compelling than they expected.
My reaction was the same. I am not a huge mystery / x-files type of fan. That sort of thing is ok but not my primary interest, so I didnt expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
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I found myself returing to the game after I played it during its launch. back then I didn't feel the game was bad, it just wasn't enough for me to sub. having funcom change the game to B2P made me return, since there's nothing in the market right now to keep me interested.
this game sure has its downsides, but it has a lot of good things going for it. one of the things I like about the game is that it's not an easy game, especially at later areas, so if the game is growing it's gonna make partying a lot easier and thus more fun.
As mentioned in every Xfire-thread since 1845:
I really cant stand these programs, and cant imagine why anyone would litter up his rack with XFire, Raptor or another one of those crap programs.
Anyway, growth is fine.
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TSW also installs XFire unless you opt out of the install, so it's really not surprising that the numbers are up. They're up on Steam as well, which also isn't surprising.
** edit **
Or not, seems like TSW's run on Steam was short lived...until the Steam sale starting tomorrow.
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There is a sale on steam tomorrow? Do you know any of the details. From what I am reading alot of people are enjoying TSW so I decided I am going to pick it up and give it a shot. But if there is a sale on steam tomorror I will wait until tomorrow to make my purchase.
Where could I find out info about a sale on steam for tomorrow?
You can do what I do, ps2 for pvp, tsw for pve.
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I just reinstalled today, from the retail disk, and xFire wasn't part of that at all.
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I suggest reading through the below site to ensure you understand how abilities and weapons work before judging the combat. Most likely your deck needs a bit of work -- the combat works well, and you can do anything you want with weapons, but the freedom you get also makes it easy to create a deck that doesn't work as well as it should:
http://yokaiblog.wikidot.com/guides:build-mechanics
I understood how the abilities worked. Never had trouble with the game difficulty or anything. The combat just didnt feel fluid. It seemed to respond slow at times and not in a lag way.
Ah okay -- it's been a bit of a puzzle, because when people have complained about combat it's usually either the animations or the ability system. Yeah, the animations and feel are something they are looking to improve, although I myself don't find them jarring (maybe just used to it?) -- I think it's the time for an ability to execute/gfinish weith a microsecond delay before moving on to the next one selected. Good to know.
xfire isn't included with it. I've installed it 2 or 3 times now and each time NOTHING was included.