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[Column] The Secret World: Two Years of TSW
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
Two years of The Secret World. It hardly seems true. Though it is still a baby next to its Funcom brothers Age of Conan and Anarchy Online The Secret World has certainly had an exciting life so far. We’ve faced the end of the world while cowering in our basement, there has been controversy, there has been terror, there has been joy, and artists have been given freedom to run wild. All of this happening while the MMO is still learning to walk.
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happy B-day TSW !
I don't care for stories,puzzles,voice acting,cut scenes but still enjoying in that game ,awesome setting,rp-ing,dungeons ...
It is still somewhere on my Steam list.
"One day I will play it" - said every Steam user.
In all seriousness, I am glad it has got as far as it has. I hope that Funcom is happy with where it sits. It probably wasn't as successful as they hoped but it is a gem in diluted MMO library.
Originally posted by Arskaaa
"when players learned tacticks in dungeon/raids, its bread".
Great column, thanks for it.
"In the pantheon of Geek Gods sits Hugo Weaving for films, Gene Roddenberry for Star Trek though more generally television, Isaac Asimov for books, and Ragnar Tørnquist for games."
"Though I will admit I had no idea who he was when The Secret World was first announced" /booo ( no offence
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"I ask you, dear reader, what has been the highlight of your career in The Secret World?" the first solution of Digging Deeper, probably in one of the Betas. I knew right away that this game will be awesome.
(which reminds me: Everything is Awesome! kudos for the nice tie-in to FC's newest member of the game stable
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Awesome game! It's worth to try only for story itself.
My personal the best of 2y?
I meet a lot of wonderful people ingame. We still enjoy playing together :-) salut
I've been back playing the game again recently for the Anniversary event. Been a lot of fun running around chasing Golems.
The black Lore for the Tokyo golem should be fixed on Wednesday too with every bag dropping one piece of lore in addition to it's normal loot.
The Enlightened take things Lightly
my personal favourite thing from the last two years:
my discovery of the lore forum and the depths they delve into the background of TSW.
all the slight subtle hints that point where things are going that have been in game since the start.
::::CONGRATS:::
well deserved!- i know they are on vacation-and they sure have earned it!!!! lookingforward to see what the rest of the year will bring us!!!
-cheers!
We can say a lot about Funcom. Good and bad.
But they truly are the only studio that has the guts to try doing something different than the mainstream!
Happy Birthday TSW!
Yeah, it's time to go back.
Happy birthday TSW!
This is by far the most underrated MMORPG in the genre. Yes, the combat feels clunky to most people. But to me, the atmosphere, setting, writing, and unique gameplay more than make up for that shortcoming.
I keep hearing people complain about it's combat -- I just don't get it. I started playing a few days ago (when Wildstar went insane and ban customers who owned the game for 3 days). TSW combat is refreshing next to most of the games I've played lately. I find myself enjoying it.
Pretty solid game so far. I played in beta, but never joined until now. Glad I did. Recommend this game.
If you tried FFXIV, then the TTK in TSW is nothing compared to that.
Yeah, I understand this. The same happens to me, I'm even a lifetimer, but the combat irritates me and makes my hand joints and fingers hurt real bad.
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I enjoy all above but puzzles which I truly hate, but main reason I stopped short of reaching half levels up with my alts is dumb decision (which many however will prize) to have only 1 toolbar with only 7 active keys. Hate button mashing. Same problem with Wildstar. If not for that would still be around I guess from time to time.
well the highlight of my tsw life was when I joined I met this awesome player who helped me through polaris and he solod it long ago . now I can do it easily and I help new players through it like someone once helped me ... I think the players name was Goozee or something never saw him again after a month or so. guess he shifted mmo's but am still here :-) love the game the story and the need to not grind if you don't want to.
this is the only game ive ever payed for a lifetime membership for and I don't have 1 single regret its still a unique gaming experience with some truly challenging puzzles and hard fights.
It's a little light on endgame type content but this game is built around that each event and content update supply enough for me to play maybe once or twice a week for a couple of hours without feeling the need to log in at dawn and out at dusk.
I'm currently playing ESO as my main mmo but TSW has and probably allways will be my escape the grind goto mmo
Congrats funcom and the team look forward to commenting on the next 10-20 birthdays