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Why does not Tera feel as popular as Rift?
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Rift is casual, easy and quick to level, very linear and no death penalties. For some reason, probably the success of WoW, those are the ingredients that cater to the western market.
From what I have heard TERA is none of those things, except maybe linear.
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Rift got the equivalent of durability costs from PvP deaths in the open world PvP. At least until beta 5.
Just because a game is more popular doesnt mean its better.
McDonalds probably sells more burgers than anyone in the world.. but does that mean they make the best burgers in the world? No.
McDonalds grew their popularity because they marketed directly to children, not because their product was superior.
After playing Rift to level 20 during the beta I can truly expect it to be more popular than Tera, its easy and the graphics are fun. But I found myself losing interest. You could say I'm an old bastard but i've always preferd a more challenging game with an adult theme. And Tera graphics are certainly more Adult
Enough with the stupid McDonald's arguments.
For those of you that think because tera is an eastern game it is going to be a slow leveling grind.... I played in the KOBT, joined it a few days late so only had 10 days to play, I played about 3-4 hours a day and by the end of the beta I was lvl 34 and the max level for the game is 50. The game play was awesome, best mmo I have played and I have played many in the past 11 years of my mmo career. I also played in the Rift betas; I played the rift betas before and after the tera kobt... After the tera beta was over, I couldn’t find it in me to stay logged into the rift beta for more than like 10 mins at a time before the combat and quest grind bored me to death. To all those that think the combat has been done before and it is nothing new, don't overlook the game without trying it, games like vindictus and all the other action mmos don't even compare. Just don't write it off without trying it first you won't regret it.
somewhat remind me of chewbacca episode from southpark.
I don't see the big deal here, if you enjoy rift play rift, if you will enjoy tera play tera. Tera is obvious a east game made by asians, rift a west game made by westerers and they are pretty different for different tastes with different gameplay.
Rift is more popular atm simply because the release is very close, Tera will be release at the end of the year. If you want to make comparisons just wait when both games are available to everyone, aka the end of 2011.
Don't blame me. The game company itself changed the game to appeal to us in the west. They aren't doing it right. I like eastern culture, when I can observe it from a distance. Doesn't mean I want to live it though.
I dont like endless grinds either but i dont mind it a little. Every game has some grind but im hoping everything else in Tera will keep me involved. I have really high hopes for Tera *fingers crossed*
On the other side, I think the ppl at Trion have done a wonderful job on Rift and marketing it as well. All the beta event and key give aways built more interest with each event. Of course if the game wasnt good then all of this would be for nothing. Other companies can learn from what Trion has done here. They should be proud
/Purr
Kat
This is the answer for the OP. People will play Rift and people will play TERA. In my opinion near will shadow the other..there is plenty of sunlight for both.
I won't refuse to look at Tera, but I am not big on the combat, the super lagre weapons, flashes, and numbers popping everywhere like a old batman tv show/standing video game annoy me.
I would try it, but from watching videos, I don't think it will be my thing....Arch Age/GW2 interests me much more, with less skepticisim, but still a very wary swtor.
Because Tera is not even close for a release in NA/EU yet. Don´t expect Tera to hit western market before Q4 at least.
Another reason is a lot of people is afraid that Tera might be another asian grind fest. Sadly all games from asian developers will suffer that prejudice in the west.
In the other hand Rift is about to release in less than a month, Betas have been a huge succes, showing a polished product and developers are gaining a "We listen, we deliver" fame.
I think we have forgotten about those other things in most MMO's today. I remember my first MMO FFXI. Now that was a grind...to level you literaly stood in one spot and killed the same mobs over and over again. Everyhing involved massive amounts of time. Just to rife a chocobo was a 4 hour quest. All that aside, the community was amazing. Cities were busy and people would stop and talk to you. Nowadays you can barely get someone to help you without being charged.
My point is the MMO space is starting to become a big multi-player instead of a community. I hope that the newe MMO's comming out bring back that community.
And they deserve, maybe the best dev. team group i found in any beta, i find Rift boring to play and i wont buy it but i hope the game succeed just because the dev. team working and how they listen the community.
I like the artstyle and I do not have a huge problem with "asian grind fest" stereotype. The 3.rd person shooter perspective is a bit of a turnoff though. Twitchbased+aiming in an MMO could easily end up like some sort of "Chili con pasta".
I was also hit hard by "Aion-fatigue". Most of all because that particular Korean publisher seems to have little regard for needs outside the Korean market. The limited support from "NCWest" (including at least one CM that keeps showing her annoyance with the community) did not make things better. Somehow "Bluehole" sounds a bit like a name dreamt up while being on controlled substances :-S
Rift may not be my "dream come true" MMO, but Trion's actions and support so far is way above the industry standard. Pre-ordering Rift was a given after experiencing a socalled "marketing beta". It may be marketing but they actually took down the servers 4-5 times to patch in important changes based on feedback in the actual running beta.
TERA may be totally different from Aion, but I will put it on "wait and see..." If Rift keeps getting better, then I will probably not bother at all, with GW2 coming sometime around/shortly after TERA.
We dont need casuals in our games!!! Errm... Well we DO need casuals to fund and populate our games - But the games should be all about "hardcore" because: We dont need casuals in our games!!!
(repeat ad infinitum)
This alone is enough to keep me from playing TERA. If I wish to see this I can go to a local club. She looks like she is on her way to a Rave.
Ah it's the flip flopper.
Whatever you say now is taken with a grain of salt.
You'll try it someday regardless whatever you spout out now.
Oh I don't know..cause it's only in Korea maybe?
because tera looks like the same old cheap Korea crap, where Rift is the best mmo Ive ever played and ive played 27 of them
Bingo. I have heard about this game for some time, but just the look of it turns me off. I could not even stand Aion past the first month because of the way it looked and felt like an Asian game.
1-Rift is 1 month before it realeases
2-They have tons of advertisment running around cause they want to make money
3-They are bombarding the whole internet about beta keys
4-Tera is far from release
5-when it's the right time tera will strike as well
Do u want more?
Rift will not succed.Just an advice from an advanced player who sees beyond!
Lets see how many people nibble onto this piece of gold.
Does it have squirrels?
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Waiting on: GW2, BP
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