Cliff is not at work today. The only guy working today besides me is Long.
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This game is not sandbox mmo, and i am sure you didnt play any sandbox mmo.
However all systems in the game mix of 2 3 games. Crafting is almost exact same with albion online. Gathering is almost exact same with albion online.
Combat mechanics and skills and masteries from Conquerors Blade.
All pvp systems like territories open world pvp etc from albion online but in a bad way. I never played in alpha but as people says, this game was 3d Albion Online in alpha.
Now this game is just trying to be themepark mmo and sandbox game at the same time.
But they are two disitinct areas and you cant be a sandbox game with themepark dynamics.
Sandbox game wont force you to do anything in the game. This is why its sandbox. You can do what you want.
This game forces you to do crafting, gathering, questing, dungeons etc. But only not pvp. Its bit weird.
This game is not comparable with eso, since eso have probably the game presents most content in the mmo market.
This game is worst with the content.
I gave this game 10/10 because of the swimming is really next level. Jokes asides game not bad but it is definitely going to an s show for 1 to two more months then will see how the games goes
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Since I compared this game to darkfall, and you say I didn’t play any sandbox mmo, I’m sure you don’t know dark fall. Darkfall is a sandbox. And I played most mmo’s launched since 2001, so yes I did play plenty of sandboxes. your answer feels hostile and confrontative. I am not sure it is intentional, but I am not trying to step on anyones toes with what I wrote. It is my humble opinion. It is comparable with ESO with how the game feels to move around in. and the list I wrote down.
I am starting to notice a trend of previously played bad games made in 1820 = this game good in 2021.
But in all honesty, yeah. This game def. not as bad as people make it out to be in the forum. And honestly will most likely stay in the upper side of MMO´s…Still want to see some sort of improvement though.
I didnt play darkfall, because i didnt play i didnt mention it.
Well, i too played plenty of sandbox games like Ultima Online, albion online and maybe more that not to worth mention.
I am not hostile by the way, im just bored to listen people who claims that they have played so much games, and spread false words.
Again, this is not sandbox game.
This game has quest driven levelling system.
In this game you cant do almost every content without 60 levels. I am 42 and never saw pvp in the game. Well i dont believe this is pvp oriented game. I have assigned to war board maybe 10 times and never choosen.
I have opened pvp flag and always higher level players killed me. So i never flagged again since level 22 or something.
These are not sandbox elements.
This game forces you to do gathering and crafting for the dungeon keys. This is not the way of sandbox.
Even people says you can level up without questing, and just crafting its a false information. Well maybe if you can grind gathering and crafting for 1 year you could. But every game allow that. If you spend enough time, in every game you can get full level with crafting. Even in wow.
So only way to get max level is questing or mob grinding.
So you cant do whatever you want. You have to follow main quests to get azoth staff for example. You canr finish this game without questing.
Well normally i dont have problem with it. But if you do that, you should do it well. If you implement quest system and force players to that, you have to design good questing system. So if i compare with eso, eso is the best with questing. Millions of quests, all voice acted, most of them have great background story, lot of memorable npcs etc etc.
If you force people to go back and forth in zones for questing you should do it well. If you just copy paste all zones and settlements it wont work. Well i dont even compare with eso, how its world so gigantic and variable.
Albion online also have maps copied and pasted but it never force you to progress levelling in these zones. They are just areas to do pvp. They are just dangerous places that you could killed by someone.
Now i am dreadly bored from levelling at 42, and doing just gathering and crafting. In 4-5 days i have just gain 2 levels and half of it from quests or dungeons. Well probably with this progress when i reach 200 with all trading skills, i will gain only 7 8 levels. After that game will probably end for me.
Well i really remember release of Albion Online and i can bet it has more variety with monsters, armors, weapons and everything else. Its only 2 gb isometric cartoon graphic mmorpg.
This game is 30 gb and i am sure 29.5 of it because of the graphics. All other contents could fit in 500 mb.
However this game is just theme park mmorpg trying to be sandbox game. And it will never happen. And i am sure this game has less variety and content compared to other mmorpgs in market. Its like mobile game.
Ok. So to a degree i agree. You have to do some quests. But regarding the pvp I do not agree. And if not a sandbox I would call it a hybrid with most elements at the sandbox side. It’s only my opinion, and I don’t shame you for disagreeing. But the quests will stop and you are left with the sandbox in the end. Some thempark elements remain. Like a few instances.
I pvped since low lvl. And I won a few against higher lvl players before I dinged 60 myself. It not impossible to win vs someone 10 levels above you.
Just because a game is old doesn’t make it bad. That’s some grade A genZ bullsht right there. The best games made are older because in this day and age most studios are afraid to introduce something new because of the insane price of developing new games. In the early days we had originality and yes I know the graphic does not live up to todays standards, but that doesn’t make a game bad.
Nothing to do with GenZ, not a fan of the whole “older games vs newer games” when the entire industry is barely 20-30 years old. I did never mention graphics, but realistically the movement/combat etc will just be better in new games. But proof me wrong, name a mmorpg that has better content than the newer titles?
I also don’t shame you for disagreeing.
However, disagree with pvp part. You have started to play the game at release. Me also.
But after 2-3 months there will be no pvp or no other content for new comers. Since game not allow you to create second character there won’t be enough low level players to do contents. Even low level pve content won’t be doable for new comers.
And for the pvp part, i believe it’s only possible to kill someone 10 level higher than you, if he just afk or armless.
Wow. Anarchy online is old and still running
I hope they move away from the mostly PVP focused end game that controls too many aspects of the game to have a dire affect on PVE players. In a game that moved away from hardcore pvp it’s weird they kept this in the game as jacking up taxes or crafting stations balanced behind pvp actions sucks imo. I’m all for the owning company or faction having bonuses though.
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They should give options for both PvP and PvE.
But isn’t it fun when your game play is directly impacted by decisions and actions that you did not make?
I don’t mind the world feeling dynamic but if it impacts certain types of gameplay in a negative way then definitely that isn’t fun.
Thanks for your objective and multi-faceted review. NW has really strong points and really weak points, but overall, is a very promising game that can get you hooked into a more sandbox experience.
I feel like most posts on these forums that are made by the same drama queens every ten minutes are a bit too well orchestrated to shed a bad light on the game. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t criticize, which I do quite often and sometimes even with a harsh tone. What I’m saying is there are some “critics” who spend their entire days every single day throwing shit on the game for things the game is actually good for. Don’t tell me that I am being Alex Jones here but it appears to me as if some other developers that rape and molest women in their own workplace (hello Bobby howya doin) are trying to make the game look bad for newcomers. Otherwise I see no point of someone to keep playing a game that they don’t enjoy one bit, nor do I understand why they would waste their entire time on a game that they detest.
This was a breath of fresh air to see some actual evaluation of the game. Thanks and hope you enjoy the game as much as I do and we see some actual developments soon on the parts that are lacking.
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Compared to new world?
Vanilla WoW (2004) Launched with 2 end game raids and 5 end game dungeons. Done.
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tell us what sandbox is o wise one
I said that already.
In every game, if you want something, you need to do something, much like your example that this game ISN’T a sandbox (idk if it is, but your examples sucked) where you need to craft an orb to do a dungeon. please give an example of a sandbox where you don’t need to do anything in order to do something xD just saying it even sounds stupid
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