Yet another , biased semi propagandal preview.

Let me give you the real deal

Vanguard is released 6 months before it is ready.

Is it a good MMO , it is.... If you liked original EQ combined with bit of WoWish flavor.
Actually so many things of original EQ made crossover to Vanguard.

The world is big, huge. But also not as well fleshed out like let say WoW or EQ2. You will feel very generic , randomly placed monsters
and generally uninteresting locations.

However Vanguard is home of potentional. And will easily become the best hack&slash fantasy mmo in years to come.

Reviewer also forgets to mention how greatly unoptimised game engine is. And how playing the game on any but top of the line PCs equals frustration.

So my advice is

Vanguard will be great game when it is "really" ready to release , and if by then you purchase new PC - You will be in for a treat

Why ,

I dont belive in promoting this buisness model. It has allready brouth enough grief to MMO player.

I will buy Vanguard somwhere along the line. But not yet.

But if you have PC to run it. You are bored of WoW (or whatever was your crack) , and you dont mind playing "work in progress"

Vanguard is highly recommended, because it will be a great game

Originally posted by Amathe
Advertising on mmorpg.com = good reviews on mmorpg.com

Originally posted by Fireburst
I am one of those who can see the potential but will wait a while. My reason is the game plays like a pig on my computer

Originally posted by Iijs
The newb areas are well done. I would like to see the review for level 7-20. My guess is it wouldn't be quite as glowing, especially if you like to solo.

Made it to 17 in beta and 15 in prelaunch. From seeing other MMOs on launch day this game is more than ready for launch.. WoWs launch was a nightmare.

As far as soloing, I could easily solo still at 17 and dont think ill have too many problems later. For all those saying blah blah this games not ready.. buy it and shelf it for 6 months to make yourself happy...

Originally posted by Hapache

As far as soloing, I could easily solo still at 17 and dont think ill have too many problems later.

Don't trust anything this site says, if you want proper reviews then look at gamespot or something.

Originally posted by KnivesOnly

Don't trust anything this site says, if you want proper reviews then look at gamespot or something.

Originally posted by Hapache
Vulmane ranger

You must all be talking about beta, the reviewer is talking about preorder.

My Latency in beta was 500, my FPS on low settings were 15.

In preorder my latency is now 80, my FPS at HIGH settings are 25-30 consistantly.

Beta was a mess, and I hated the game. But, a friend got me the preorder box, so I tried it, and wow, it was so much better. Graphics looked nicer, gameplay was smoother, tons of bug fixes had gone in and the whole thing seemed more polished. And most of the forums reflect this. I agree its not 100% there yet, but its getting better and better all the time.

I've gone from logging in once a week to check changes to logging in every night for 6 hours a night for all the 3 days of preorder, and havent been bored or fustrated yet (except with diplomacy, which past a certain level becomes a real challenge!!)

   I think the reviewer did a fine job. Pretty much explains my opinion of the game.  This game is vast and diverse .  I 've played a crap load of mmos and this one combines just about everything I like in one.  Yes theres room for improvement but it is just launch and im sure they have plenty other stuff already in the works to add to the game soon.  Not to mention all games struggle on release, and Vanguards developers seem to be doing a fine job.

   Been on the early access and made it to level 10.5, all solo as well.  Not really planned, just kinda happened that way which is fine while I'm still learning the game.  Though after level 10 mobs get a lot harder to solo.  Grouping seems the right way to go ,but its never a must.  Missions were kinda bland in the begining but did the job of getting you familar with the game and the leveling process.  Now at my current level missions are getting more interesting and theres more objectives to complete in the missions. There so mcuh to do in this game, so many things to aquire .  And the challenge.  God this game looks like it's gonna have me throwing shit, and I have a glass desk. One more thing . Dragons, lots of dragons. Own a dragon, fly a dragon, kill a dragon.  To bad I can't play a dragon character, that would be dragontastic. 

    My socket A system seems to run this quite well. Click my Xfire sig below to see my full system specs.  Running at high quality with volumetric clouds off with maybe a couple other fine tweaks in graphic settings.  Balanced runs super smooth, but the detail just is not there. I've had some lag but nothing thats not too bareable in an mmo, and I'm sure they will address any issues with lag as top priority.  I must also mention I've been downloading my favorite tv seris through bittorrent every time I've played this game.  So shutting that down should make a differance as well.

   All in all im pretty pleased with the game . Its got a bright future, I'll probably be on this for the next 3 or more years.  That 's as long as they dont try some swg crap.