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This game is just about everything I want in an MMO and a bit more
holdenhamlet
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in New World
Haven't dropped by the forums in awhile because there has not been anything going on MMO-wise for a LONG TIME as I'm sure you know. Greetings!
I've been playing New World pretty much non-stop since launch. I think I have 70 hours played already in what, 4 or 5 days? So I'm cracked out on this game and here's my review:
Pros:
1. Action combat. Big fan of this since Tera and it's done even better in New World as you can switch to semi-1st person to aim and shoot. Very fun stuff switching between range to get some shots in then finish with your melee weapon.
2. Graphics. Unbelievable look for performance cost. Runs better than Blade and Soul on my machine but looks absolutely amazing. Tons of small world details.
3. FUNCTIONAL SEIGE! I was in my first siege on day TWO! And unlike say BDO siege, it's actually functional and people aren't warping all over the place because of server/performance issues. Really truly tons of fun. 50v50 in a 30 min block so it's scheduable and doable and with even teams it helps sort out faction imbalance. Logging on a half hour early to go over gameplan and intelligence from spies on the enemy- this kind of stuff is so fun.
4. No P2W (YET, we'll see. Personally I don't think Amazon of all companies is dying for cash that they'd need to resort to it. They did talk about adding xp potions which I wouldn't be a fan of. Currently the shop is like 1 butt-ass ugly outfit).
Other less important Pros:
1. No mob tagging. If you do enough damage to a mob, it counts for you.
2. Corruption is basically Rift 2.0 with insane graphics and a better, more simple system and reliable load of corruption spawns.
3. Quests are decent. You get xp from gathering and crafting. Even xp from fishing. Oh yeah fishing is like BDO but a bit better.
Cons:
Basically none. All the things that are an inconvenience make sense, like having no mounts in the small world. The world being small is nice, you see people often. There is fast travel but it's limited by a resource you can get from mob drops or farming corruptions. It all kind of ties together in an ingenious way.
You can't swim. Who cares and it's kind of funny walking on the river floor lol. I'd rather be playing the game then have it held up for a month or something so they could get swimming in.
Normally I do a hell of a lot of BGs in MMOs. There is something like it I believe in New World, but I haven't even bothered trying to do them since I'm having so much fun progressing my character in a thousand different ways.
All in all, this game is damn near perfect. It's got a lot of the things people here have been asking for for years. Definitely give it a shot if you haven't already.
I've been playing New World pretty much non-stop since launch. I think I have 70 hours played already in what, 4 or 5 days? So I'm cracked out on this game and here's my review:
Pros:
1. Action combat. Big fan of this since Tera and it's done even better in New World as you can switch to semi-1st person to aim and shoot. Very fun stuff switching between range to get some shots in then finish with your melee weapon.
2. Graphics. Unbelievable look for performance cost. Runs better than Blade and Soul on my machine but looks absolutely amazing. Tons of small world details.
3. FUNCTIONAL SEIGE! I was in my first siege on day TWO! And unlike say BDO siege, it's actually functional and people aren't warping all over the place because of server/performance issues. Really truly tons of fun. 50v50 in a 30 min block so it's scheduable and doable and with even teams it helps sort out faction imbalance. Logging on a half hour early to go over gameplan and intelligence from spies on the enemy- this kind of stuff is so fun.
4. No P2W (YET, we'll see. Personally I don't think Amazon of all companies is dying for cash that they'd need to resort to it. They did talk about adding xp potions which I wouldn't be a fan of. Currently the shop is like 1 butt-ass ugly outfit).
Other less important Pros:
1. No mob tagging. If you do enough damage to a mob, it counts for you.
2. Corruption is basically Rift 2.0 with insane graphics and a better, more simple system and reliable load of corruption spawns.
3. Quests are decent. You get xp from gathering and crafting. Even xp from fishing. Oh yeah fishing is like BDO but a bit better.
Cons:
Basically none. All the things that are an inconvenience make sense, like having no mounts in the small world. The world being small is nice, you see people often. There is fast travel but it's limited by a resource you can get from mob drops or farming corruptions. It all kind of ties together in an ingenious way.
You can't swim. Who cares and it's kind of funny walking on the river floor lol. I'd rather be playing the game then have it held up for a month or something so they could get swimming in.
Normally I do a hell of a lot of BGs in MMOs. There is something like it I believe in New World, but I haven't even bothered trying to do them since I'm having so much fun progressing my character in a thousand different ways.
All in all, this game is damn near perfect. It's got a lot of the things people here have been asking for for years. Definitely give it a shot if you haven't already.
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Otherwise, I am still mid-20 levels so a lot of the game left to explore. Can't commit to calling it "near perfect" yet, but hard pressed to think of anything that really turns me off about the game so far. Still in the honey moon phase though and familiarity breeds contempt. So we'll see how it's going in a few months.
Good write-up though and welcome back.
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You are correct with everything you wrote BUT the things you are describing are already in other copy. While i do enjoy NW i honestly believe they took good parts from ESO and ARK and other games and created their game.
Its nothing new and its lacking so many things. I dont want to ruin your experience and i wish you have amazing experiences in NW but after lvl 10 everything is repetitive and once you reach end game you will be surprised how much is the grind to unlock the new tiers of gear and by this i mean you need to grind to unlock 1st tier after 60 so you can progress to other few others of gear in order to have bis/max gear in NW atm. It takes months for some.
Game of the Year 2021 Best Value for the $.
I will agree they took a lot from other games, but I don't see that as a bad thing. And what they did take, they either did well or even improved it.
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I remain hopeful despite getting burned in the past by so many MMOs getting ruined by p2w cash shops. A few things are different about this one, mainly that it's made by Amazon. They're obviously not short on cash so desperation will never be a factor. They also want a flagship game for "Amazon Gaming". They got a game with close to 1 million concurrent players. I think they will be careful not to blow that up. They run Twitch at a loss, because it ties into Amazon, so everything is not solely about the bottom line for them.
All they need to do is make bunch of outfits/house decorations. People will buy them and it won't affect gameplay.
Yeah... loving it too.
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s beta more fun that the NW beta I was in, it has better combat