Thank you Daemon, exactly the kind of post I was hoping for!

Only problem is you got me interested in the game and I don't have enough time for another MMO, argh!

Originally posted by zigmund

 

Originally posted by Desetes

I see people praising it here alot, so is it that perfect? How's it compare to pay to play games such as WoW? Do alot of people play it?

And here's a good question. If Perfect World was pay to play ($15/month) would you pay that?

I don't get it, PW is not that great of a game, it's just - ok.

 

It seems like whenever a new F2P game comes out - people come out of the wood work saying, this is the best game ever! I read the posts all the time, about AL, TR, 2Moons, Rappelz and now PW. It seems Asian free games make teens lose thier brain cells or something - it's the only way I can explain it.

Honestly it's not that good.

If you like it great, but it's not a "great" game - it's very average.

ok this isnt a new f2p game its been out in china for over 2 years and has had exellent reviews

k now i played it,and it beats every f2p mmo hands down,and i prefer it over most p2p games,actualy over all p2p games and the only game that is actualy better is wow,but im not gona play that game for years,since i tryed all the games out there this is the only one that works for me,no current p2p game had what i wanted,tough i don't agree whit the chinese style of this game

the name prety much sux, i mean most pple are gonna think its like wow since its got the word world in it,i like the interface too, specialy coz everything is handy ,there are lots of places to explore,i like the way skills work too! the items are great,unlike lineage 2 where most pple just couldnt stay whit one char,there were too many things not to like about it

theres 1 week till the english open beta starts,i got my chinese client whit eng patch to play this week till open beta,i wana start an archer or a mage,on the english version, gona test out builds till then

ok so the open beta should start on 20 or 21 october,im off now,my chinese client olmost finished update :P

 im gona freak out if the chinese client wont work after the update! :P

All I can say is that I like Perfect World a LOT, and I'm planning on some game time when the OB starts for the english.my version.

I had played the pay games until this summer, and I'm still involved with EQ2.  So I'm new to the F2P type of game.

I played 2Moons starting in August, and it's a *decent* game.  I won't bag on it, as it has potential of its own as/if Acclaim works on it. 

But Perfect World is that much better.  I can put up with the horrible translation, lack of voice-overs, and the built-in lag from servers 10K miles away because it's FREE.  The graphics are well-done, there's enough to do with the quests and the size of the map, and the classes are all unique in some way. 

I only worry about a grind at some point, and the small skill trees that probably lead to Optimum Builds(tm) but the FREE part mitigates that for me - if I end up playing only occasionally, it's just my time I've "wasted", not my money.

It has my recommendation for sure - the game won't be for everyone, but no game is.  There's a LOT of design choices some of the the pay games should consider yesterday.

Finally, when I first learned about the super-jumping PC's can do, I kinda thought it was over the top dumb.  After using it for a couple of weeks, I find jumping in other games terribly limiting     If a NA company gets to host this and modify it, there's only a few tweaks they'd have to do to have a solid game from Day 1.

300 ms?

I've been playing MMO's for years with 500+.... gotta love being aussie.