I love TERA. I have been playing KTERA for some time now. I am thrilled a mmo has brought action combat to the genre, and TERA has nailed it. I can't put the game down.

I did not care for this review at all. Please, mmorpg.com, get some reviewers that understand game mechanics. This is unacceptable. 

Originally posted by arm0s

Well yeah ... Here we go, Pokket on the review.

 

Let me tell you this ... i pumped alot of game time into K-Tera and i'm apsolutely in love with it so im not even going to mention EU Pre-Beta and upcoming CBT's where i will be playing again. i dont care what Wow carebares or even SWTOR fanboys or .. well girls say .. Tera just rocks .. even tho it has the usual guesting system and nothing really new about it, it still rocks all my socks. 

The combat system seems to an issue for alot of people ... mainly because we are all used to tab target people and it ttakes time to get used to just aiming at people .. well i'm very good at that .. spent 4 years with the biggest Call Of Duty Clans in the world so i can aim :D but its of course completle different, but anyways ... it takes ALOT longer than 22 levels to get used to the combat and aiming and moving while u fight or PVP in Tera  .. it actually requiers skill and not like some simple "tabtarget- spank-and-tank" game play where people seem to think that they are elite. 

 

now the second thing ... There are no delays between the skills .. well there might be a little tiny one when u trigger a new chain skill to start off your chain but if u noticed while using skills u get the "space bar" indicator on your screen if u use skills in a chain or well premade chainskills... theres no dayls plaus u can aim and move and do whatever you want when u know how to and if u know what you wanna do and which skills to execute :P 

little tip .. trigger your first skill in the chain and then keep using spacebar and u will notice the speed and a decent phace in your fights and PVP. plus u will be able to turn yourself which ever way u want.

 

I've noticed over time that some people aren't affected by (don't notice) game delays as much as others.

I'm mystified here - why would you take offense at what she said? I don't see where it disagrees with you, except your impression of the combat vs hers. Just becuase she didn't fall  down in a fit over how much she loved the game doesn't mean her review was off the mark. All games, especially MMOGs, have a personal emenent and will speak to some people and not to others. And, she liked the game, and didn't say it was horrible in any way.

She also clearly stated that this was a review limited to the first 21 levels, so imcomplete from that viewpoint alone.

One of the ways I judge the partiality of posters is how much they bash people who like different elements or games than they do. Your sneer at WoW and SWTOR players is a clear indication that you are some kind of narrow-minded TERA fanboy yourself. I find it incredible you'd label WoW players "carebears" when the game you are a fan of is TERA.

TERA appears to be a good game; that's what I got from the review. It actually made me want to try it out. All games have issues, especially when considered from a personal viepoint - how can you review a game without considering your personal tastes at all? I thought Pokket did a good job talking about elements that were a bit of an issue for her without over-emphasizing them.

;)

Originally posted by Smokeysong

TERA appears to be a good game; that's what I got from the review. It actually made me want to try it out. All games have issues, especially when considered from a personal viepoint - how can you review a game without considering your personal tastes at all? I thought Pokket did a good job talking about elements that were a bit of an issue for her without over-emphasizing them.

 The only thing that bothered me was some of the issues she talked about were not true, you can turn your screen while running, you can dodge or block in the middle of most skills and the "delay" between skills acts as a global cooldown because there is not one in TERA.

As well as the quests, almost all monster locations appear on the map for quests, so i'm not sure why she said it seems it only does for a few. Not to mention those weren't world bosses she was fighting, only normal elites and a quest monster, besides the spider(arakia) which was infact a world boss using the "ovolith" monster model.

Also there is a lot of PvP contrary to what you said, it's a heavy PvP centric game, with entire guilds being able to wage wars on other guilds and deathmatches of up to 10v10 you can wager on. Unless you were talking about low levels, not much PvP except for Open world PK.

Regardless, i've gotten less hasty towards the review as time passed but really i'd just want the information presented to be more precise, I won't judge based on different tastes anymore, because well, that is unfair.

The mobs skins were mildly reused throughout the first 2 zones, after that they're RARELY reused. Maybe a little here and there. The questing is meant to be quest/grinding, there are very few go here pick this item up, or go here escort this person. 90% of the quests is go here kill this many mobs, and go here kill these mobs to get this amount of quest items. The leveling is supposed to be fast, questing is easy and straight forward. 99% of the quests have the objective in blue name that you can track

This game is about skill and accuracy, if you need to cancel and ability you shouldnt have used it when you did. THAT IS HOW THIS GAMES STRATEGY WORKS. If this game had skill canceling it would make the combat lame and less strategic. If you're also button mashing in this game, you're going to be terrible at the game.

BAMS / World bosses in this game are supposed to hit extremely hard and 1 shot people. That is how the combat works, you're supposed to know how the mob attacks and its skills and learn how to dodge them and avoid taking damage. THE BEST PLAYERS can solo BAMS/world bosses without getting hit 90% of the time.

People can res in combat but if they're hit its canceled. You guys shouldnt have been dying so much if you knew how the boss worked.

You are wrong about being able to turn the camera, you can turn the camera while doing actions and moving and also while standing still with mouse button 3

Im also kind blown away by the fact that you said there is no PvP in this game as if it isnt a PVP BASED GAME. Just because there wasnt a PvP server in CBT1 doesnt mean there isnt going to be PvP. You should choose your words more carefully.

You're a good looking lady but i expected more in terms of review, quiet a bit of false information and you focused on the simple basic meaningless details instead of the amazing unqiue features this game has compared to other games.

I give this review a 6/10 and thats being polite

She says that you can't cancel the animation of an executed skill, but in all my tests i was able to do so by dodging -.-.

This isn't even a review guys, are you all illiterate?

BETA IMPRESSIONS. She had access to the beta, played form level 1-22 and gave us a quick look at the game. The beta was one weekend, any look at the game is not going into serious depth in that time frame.

Would you all be whinging if some fat dude had done the video? probably not.

Go down the Giant Bomb route and call these "Quick Look", in no way is it a review its just a video of someone playing the game for a bit with some commentary.

Whatever. Can't deny the girl has some serious thick-skin to be able to do this line of work. Is it work? 

Originally posted by demisedone

This game is about skill and accuracy, if you need to cancel and ability you shouldnt have used it when you did. THAT IS HOW THIS GAMES STRATEGY WORKS. If this game had skill canceling it would make the combat lame and less strategic. If you're also button mashing in this game, you're going to be terrible at the game.

Skill and strategy do not just involve firing off the correct spell at the correct time, they also involve correcting yourself. So that's just a silly thing to say. Borderline fanboyism too.

I give this review a 6/10 and thats being polite

It's not a review, it's a beta impression.

@SlickShoes

It's aint a review, that's right. but for some reason it gives the wrong impression, using wrong analysis. And even an impression shouldnt state things that are not 100% right.

AKA her analysis of being unable to cancel skill animation. Personally i stopped watching after she said that one cannot do so.

Originally posted by yowave

@SlickShoes

It's aint a review, that's right. but for some reason it gives the wrong impression, using wrong analysis. And even an impression shouldnt state things that are not 100% right.

AKA her analysis of being unable to cancel skill animation. Personally i stopped watching after she said that one cannot do so.

 

 

These are just her impressions though, from playing it, she did say she couldnt work out how to cancel a skill, now people have said that its possible then this video has achieved something and we all learned about TERA.

People raging about her saying there is no PvP, it's clearly meant in context of the beta not the entire game.

Everyone gets way too defensive about the MMO they are currently hyping up, I understand it I have been caught in the hype train before but every time you get let down, take a step back, let the game release and then if its good people will play it, some will love it some will hate it.

I knew nothing of TERA until this video and watching this made me want to try it out at least, maybe she got some facts wrong but I got to see the game in action and saw combat look different from most MMO's.

Not so far off my first impression.

Originally posted by arm0s

Originally posted by Ozmodan

As for Pokket, certainly would not enjoy grouping with her, she does not seem to be a very good player, although the game is new to her.

Like the wise men say ..."look as cute and adorable as you can, it wont make you a good player"

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Eh, I'd rather surround myself with people who are pleasant company in MMOs than people with elite skills but crappy attitudes.

Anyway, is there a written version of this anywhere? I cant view flash videos at work :(

Worst case I have to wait til I get home to see it.

Lovely job Pokket, ignore those whining emo's, atleast your doing it, these prima donna's should try what your doing! For me, it invoked interest in Tera's mechanics and overall gameplay .. Thanks again!!

Originally posted by BizkitNL

Originally posted by demisedone

This game is about skill and accuracy, if you need to cancel and ability you shouldnt have used it when you did. THAT IS HOW THIS GAMES STRATEGY WORKS. If this game had skill canceling it would make the combat lame and less strategic. If you're also button mashing in this game, you're going to be terrible at the game.

Skill and strategy do not just involve firing off the correct spell at the correct time, they also involve correcting yourself. So that's just a silly thing to say. Borderline fanboyism too.

Lmfao have you played this game? Skill and Strategy is ALL ABOUT firing off the correct skills at the correct time in this game. Thats what makes it so unique and good and why its called "real action mmo". (EX. If you use a charge up skill towards me, im going to dodge, if you're then able to cancel that skill when i dodge, it doesnt hurt you for using that skill which would make it dulled down) The combat system all all about dodging and using skills are the right time and accurately. This game isnt tab target and button mash skills, if you've played this game you would understand thats how you get owned. That kind of mechanic doesnt have a place in this game.

I give this review a 6/10 and thats being polite

It's not a review, it's a beta impression. 

First impression because its not the full game, its still a review of levels 1-22. Should try and look up the definition of review, because to me, this sounded like a review, maybe she should rename it.

Btw your response makes you sound like a WoW/Pokket fanboy. I rather be a TERA fanboy. 

 

 

Horrible information here. Almost everything she says you cant do you can. First its a CB not OB....w/e.....

Secondly, this game has an amazing tracking system for quests, she was just to lazy to open her menu.

Thirdly, L2hit escape to cancel casting noob!

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Originally posted by BillMurphy

Did anyone else find it disturbing that during the female character creation, the character's um... bosoms, kept heaving and she seemed to panting like crazy?

You probably mixed "disturbing" with "distracting".

It's the stuff that makes the female armors so effective.

Originally posted by NBlitz

Whatever. Can't deny the girl has some serious thick-skin to be able to do this line of work. Is it work? 

 

Can't comment on that, as I can't see her skin under all that makeup.

You can cancel most of the skills with dodge atleast on slayer.

Originally posted by Zheom

You can cancel most of the skills with dodge atleast on slayer.

yeah or block or escape or just simple move...so many ways to cancel skils hehe