I don't want to sink time into a kind of game that is one step above a point and click adventure game but with the constant need of repeating tasks like they're house chores.
I even played it a bit around launch.. it was ok, very very repetitive though so lost interest pretty quickly. Also helped by some annoying design choices.
Nothing soured me from NW much like the obvious resource gathering bots and the fishing bots constantly casting and retracting their lure because they could see the fish to be caught ahead of time because of bad code.
I played for a month or so when it first came out. I got the game for free, as I had pre-ordered it several years prior when it was first announced. It was originally going to be a monthly subscription, so they had the game listed for no cost for pre-orders for the initial week or so, then they decided to switch to a paid copy of the game and no monthly cost. Those who added it to their account during the initial announcement at $0 got to keep it.
I even got to play the beta a little before the official launch, and I could have played the alpha before that if I had remembered the game existed.
It is a beautifully rendered game, but the storyline felt lacking. Also, I've never really played an mmo before this one for any substantial length of time, so it might just not be my style of game. But I didn't find it very engaging, aside from the visuals and the soundtrack which were both great.
There's still a gear grind so you can progress in your item score, but you don't have to kill 30 rats and run around farming herbs for 2 hours just to do a raid.
Not surprised but unfortunate. Me and my friend were playing it for awhile, but you couldn't share quests so we ended up dropping it after maybe a week since we barely could actually play together.
I had to Google as I thought this was another mmo from when I worked in the industry. I guess this means names are a bit generic (I got out of that industry in 2013). This is not one I'm familiar with. (I used to work on fan sites and tools to plot mob locations and quest items on maps and the like. Not the bad ones that had account/currency selling and such; we banned those people)
27 Comments
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 308d
The problem with new MMOs is that nobody wants to sink time into something that has an 80% chance of being shuttered in a few years
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 308d
I don't want to sink time into a kind of game that is one step above a point and click adventure game but with the constant need of repeating tasks like they're house chores.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 2 pts · 307d
This is the exact kind of game I have the energy for these days but I'm not paying all the money they demand.
I hope the new world community has been working on private servers.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 307d
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 307d
Try Clan Lord
SW42@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 309d
Oh yeah, I vaguely recall Amazon made an mmo.
Tanoh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 308d
I even played it a bit around launch.. it was ok, very very repetitive though so lost interest pretty quickly. Also helped by some annoying design choices.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 308d
It really felt like someone was trying to recreate the LOTR games in an MMO in terms of visuals and playstyle but it just held ypu hand way too much.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 308d
First mistake those gamers made was trusting Amazon.
slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 307d
Would like to remind people about: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
Zomg@piefed.world · 7 pts · 308d
Nothing soured me from NW much like the obvious resource gathering bots and the fishing bots constantly casting and retracting their lure because they could see the fish to be caught ahead of time because of bad code.
Futurama@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 308d
I played for a month or so when it first came out. I got the game for free, as I had pre-ordered it several years prior when it was first announced. It was originally going to be a monthly subscription, so they had the game listed for no cost for pre-orders for the initial week or so, then they decided to switch to a paid copy of the game and no monthly cost. Those who added it to their account during the initial announcement at $0 got to keep it.
I even got to play the beta a little before the official launch, and I could have played the alpha before that if I had remembered the game existed.
It is a beautifully rendered game, but the storyline felt lacking. Also, I've never really played an mmo before this one for any substantial length of time, so it might just not be my style of game. But I didn't find it very engaging, aside from the visuals and the soundtrack which were both great.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 308d
I always thought a Futurama-based MMO would be amazing.
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 308d
The opensource engine behind it is really cool. The paint by numbers art used for it is unfortunate
TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 308d
The only MMOs I don't return to are the ones whose companies / publishers do this sort of BS.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 308d
I only return to ones I can host myself, so basically just wow now, which I don't play anymore.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 308d
https://ryzom.com/
Wouldn’t this work?
mimic_dev@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 308d
Oh wow that seems cool as hell
YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 308d
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 308d
Check out Fellowship, it’s WoW Mythic+ dungeons without the MMO grind.
Alcyonaria@piefed.world · 2 pts · 308d
One of us
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 307d
tbf, I prefer the grind over chasing end game content. I like seeing my toons evolve and grow
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 307d
There's still a gear grind so you can progress in your item score, but you don't have to kill 30 rats and run around farming herbs for 2 hours just to do a raid.
commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 308d
Surprised it took that long ngl, the game especially at the start was a dumpster fire that lost 95% of it's players in like a couple if months
roteradler@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 307d
Amazon is greedy? Nobody could have known that back when new World released.
ISolox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 308d
Not surprised but unfortunate. Me and my friend were playing it for awhile, but you couldn't share quests so we ended up dropping it after maybe a week since we barely could actually play together.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 1 pts · 307d
I had to Google as I thought this was another mmo from when I worked in the industry. I guess this means names are a bit generic (I got out of that industry in 2013). This is not one I'm familiar with. (I used to work on fan sites and tools to plot mob locations and quest items on maps and the like. Not the bad ones that had account/currency selling and such; we banned those people)
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 305d
Don't know the game but that was annoying how the article didn't mention when it was released. What a young game lol.
Windows:
September 28, 2021
PS5, Xbox Series X/S:
October 15, 2024
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 308d
Nobody cares. Nobody is slamming shit.
There are 3 nerds left screeching and as usual gaming sites amplify their screeching.
These posts are worthless garbage engagement bait. Feel bad.