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BDO is on sale at Steam for $5. Is it worth it?
Theocritus
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I'm one of the few that hasn't played it yet and it is currently on sale...Is it even worth $5 or is it that bad?
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You'll definitely get your $5 worth.
Its warts don't start showing until you get into it deeper and start wanting to pursue the best gear. Until that point though, its definitely worth a look.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
I owe him an apology.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
But... cash shop ruins what could have been the best MMO ever made.
It's worth trying just to know what it 'could' have been and what might be possible for MMOs in the future.
If you get to the point where you think you NEED to start paying for 'chance' of upgrading one of your items, uninstall it quickly. It'll be a long time before you get to that point and you'll have had fun getting there.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
Then no
Do you enjoy new MMOs and truly enjoy the MMO genre?
Then yes.
My Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starbound and WoW + other game mods at MODDB:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/skyrim-anime-overhaul
1. Fishing is a literal AFK simulator
2. Crafting is an AFK simulator, but this time you can command workers to do all the crafting for you. Have to harvest manually though to supply the goods
3. One of the few truly open world living breathing MMO worlds. NPCs everywhere doing their thing really adds a lot of life. A lot of the world is very immersive. The only one that is better is Ryzom.
4. I'm not a PvPer either and still enjoy the game. Its ultra carebear PvP. You die, lose nothing and the pvper loses more than you. No exp loss, no item loss (except gems but I never use those) and dying in pvp is BETTER than dying in pve
5. PVE is fun, but yeah really easily. It makes WoW leveling at level 1 look like a game made for college students. What makes up for it for me is the combat, and looking good in combat and also looking fabulous in combat
6. People will do anything they can to hate anything BDO does. Cash shop recent thing is getting cron stones from outfits. BUT, you can now just buy PEN (best grade items in the game) on marketplace (the in-game "auction" house) without dealing with the craptastic enhancement system. The new change made the game BETTER, cause the enhancement system is the worst thing I've ever seen in any game of any genre. I buy 100% only upgrades on marketplace, now its easier to do as long as you have the gold. Other stuff...far worse MMOs out there for cash shops, but BDO I'd label a C grade, since the cash shop is overpriced and does have iffy items. But not the worst by far.
My Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starbound and WoW + other game mods at MODDB:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/skyrim-anime-overhaul
Also be prepared to Swipe $100 a month or more if you really want to enjoy the game IMO it's a requirement to do this. (You don't have to but don't expect to progress anywhere at a decent pace especially beyond TET, the only alternative is to buy them.