everything in this game makes me desire to play it with only one strong exception... Combat. I really, really... reaaaally never liked tactics. I dont mind turn based combat (its fun if well done), but tactics killed it for me.

/sadface

*snip*

Innovation - 9 / 10

Well, seeing as I've already mentioned how similar Wakfu is to Ultima Online, it's pretty obvious that the innovation for this game is not going to be particularly high.

By your own words you say the innovation in this game is non existant, something seen in many other games, then you give it a 9/10??? Really? Made my day, Thanks.

LOL'ed all over that.

My only issue with this review, is that there is miss information on basic things. For example, you can display ALL 4 bars of skills. If that simple fact was missed how could Bill Murphy or any one at MMORPG agree that this was a good review? What else was missed by the reviewer? That was a simple basic thing. I'll admit it was not obvious, but it seems like the reviews are getting shottier here at MMORPG.

I'd say next time, take real time out of your busy schedule and take a real look at the game. People rely on what information you give in reviews, they depend on you on whether or not to try a game. As a gaming news site, we gamers expect accurate reporting. Don't mind if they are bias, but at least be accurate.

Originally posted by BillMurphy

Considering the subscription price is only $6, and the fact that it is free to download and play... what makes if different from any other F2P hybrid?

I found Adrian's review pretty spot on, personally. 

 

Really? Like his 9/10 for innovation when every single thing he listed as "possible innovation" has been done before?  Including handdrawn sprites, disappearing trees when you chop them, being able to grow your own crops from seeds, every damn thing?

And he even states "it's pretty obvious that the innovation for this game is not going to be particularly high.", then scores it 9/10 for innovation.

Seriously?

You stand by his "review"?

Seriously?

Edit: I seriously hope you didn't pay him, or else you were robbed.

Well, seeing as I've already mentioned how similar Wakfu is to Ultima Online, it's pretty obvious that the innovation for this game is not going to be particularly high.

Innovation - 9 / 10

....yeah, right.

It's clear after about 20 mins of playing Wakfu that it is not F2P, despite what Ankama claim. As you have pointed out a lot of key game features require you to be a subscriber and as such I think it was unfair of you to review it as F2P.

This is not a review of Wakfu, it's a review of the Wakfu free trial.

I personally would have reviewed this game as a pay to play game rather than a free to play game. The free to play, which they've labled "play for free" is nothing more than an unlimited (time-wise) trial.

Also to touch on your cons, this is not marketted as a regular MMO. I'm happy that it lacks quests and "modern MMO convienences" for the most part, because it's supposed to be sandboxy. You're supposed to be making your own way through the game.

The story could use a little work. They have the overall one with Ogrest but there's not much in the way of story there either.

There aren't really any NPC's aside from the few you get professions from, so I guess the lack of story makes sense as you're supposed to sort of make your own story too. :P

Regardless, I think it's a good game and for $6 a month, I really can't complain to awful much!

Originally posted by Suzie_Ford

Originally posted by Boonshniggle

MMORPG did a review of a P2P game on a free trial account, gg amatuers...didn't expect that from them.

 

Ed Note: In light of feedback from our users and the fact that Wakfu utilizes a "hybrid F2P-subscription model", we'll be adding a second review, or at the minimum, more information about the subscriber version of Wakfu. We'll post this in the next several weeks!

 

some people just like to complain for the sake of complaining before even reading the whole thing. He clearly missed / ignored the editor note and jumped to the trollboat. Oh well, what would be the world like without them.

cheers ;D and good review

Originally posted by Cyberdeck7

Sandbox: +10

Cutesey: -30

2.5D in 2012: -50

come on, get real. Why can't anyone make a decent real sandbox? Why all this Sesame Street Anime crap? Is everybody here 10 years old??

 

cutesy -30? really? honestly it looks better than every 2d / 2.5d of its genre. Sadly i dont like tactics and point to click and move without WASD. That alone is keeping me from subbing to it.

But we all have opinions so, i got mine you got yours ;)

those kinda games only have fun in mobile fun not on a decent pc .

This review is ludicrous beyond belief. The game does not have a 'F2P' mode, it has a very limited trial mode.

You're flat-out wrong on so many things that i'd have to write an entire article to correct them all.

And I really can't believe i'm seeing some people say the combat in wakfu is too simplistic. I mean, yeah you certainly have the option to just spam one or two abilities but that doesn't really work once you get deeper into the game. This is not as simplistic as WoW-style combat, so don't approach it like it is or you'll make things very frustrating for yourself later on.

Wakfu and Dofus, couldnt they think of better names for their mmo?

Originally posted by AliceKaye

I personally would have reviewed this game as a pay to play game rather than a free to play game. The free to play, which they've labled "play for free" is nothing more than an unlimited (time-wise) trial.

Also to touch on your cons, this is not marketted as a regular MMO. I'm happy that it lacks quests and "modern MMO convienences" for the most part, because it's supposed to be sandboxy. You're supposed to be making your own way through the game.

The story could use a little work. They have the overall one with Ogrest but there's not much in the way of story there either.

There aren't really any NPC's aside from the few you get professions from, so I guess the lack of story makes sense as you're supposed to sort of make your own story too. :P

Regardless, I think it's a good game and for $6 a month, I really can't complain to awful much!

Those cons and some of the other unique qualities are what attract me to the game.  That and the 2.5d graphics and game play which sort of look like they are inspired by jRPG platform style.  I'm not so interested in story or linear directed game play.  It's good to hear your feedback and perspective on this. Thanks for the info.

Do you know if PvP is optional?  I really don't feel like doing pvp at this point and my main MMO (RIFT) has pvp if I want that (which I don't).

Play Ragnarok Online. Its still much better game.

I ve seen a couple of people asking for more infos about the PvP aspect of Wakfu. So i ll try to explain a couple of stuff.

In Wakfu you re free to attack any player. But there are many things that are supposed to "rule" the PvP aspect of the game. For exemple :

Laws running your nation are set by the governor. So a governor can activate laws that ll affect PvP and ll impact on your citizenship score. For exemple attacking another citizen ll decrease your citizenship score by 10 points. And there are tons of other laws that can be activated to control PvP.

Your citizenship score is important because according to it you ll get bonuses on stats, the ability to vote for people whiling to become governor, apply to become governor or even become a bandit, a guard or a soldier.

Bandits are people that have a citizenship score below -50. You can spot them because of the bandit icon over their character. Attacking a bandit ll grant you 10 citizenship points if you defeat him.

In addition there are guards and soldiers. To become a guard or a soldier you ll have to satisfy conditions. Guards are supposed to watch for bandits and protect citizens (so if someone try to PK you next to a guard he is supposed to help you if you aren't a bandit). They get buffs when fighting bandits. Soldiers are the main defensive and offensive force of your nation. Often, there are wars between nations. And they get buffs from helping attacking clan members from other nations or defending clan members of their nation.

Also there are PvP objectives such as conquering neutral isles. Such places are important because they have rare monsters and drops.

So, as you can see, there is a whole game system supposed to manage how PvP works in Wakfu. It's not just a stupid free PvP system with nothing behind it.

Thank you Antarek.

Antarek made a good post, but one correction:

governor's do set PvP laws, but these laws are in effect for 2 weeks (the same as their term in office). At any time during these 2 weeks, the governor can change the laws again (if the citizens demand it), but this will cost him citizen points.

Antareks post has actually made me want to see more, player driven mecahnics like that can be really interesting when done right, ill grab a month sub and see where it goes.

All I can say is, if you want to do a review. Please review the whole content, not just the F2P part. Bad review IMO.

The reviewer obviously never bothered either to get a quest from the npcs that had some as also never bothered to click on the number on its slot to make it pop up to the right side of its GUI.

One can use ALL 4 skill slots that way which gives one plenty room.

I'm playing in full HD and my screen is quite occupied on the sides, left side the achievements I have active at the moment (Quests), right down side the 3 further skills slots one over the other with each one holding a category/element of my spells/skills in battle AND my emotes and smilies when outside of the battle (you can switch through on click).

Also you can right click on the heart that shows your remaining health to change the type of values you would like to see among other things.

So the GUI is actually great, the political part is good, the crafting and all its professions are great and very addicting (unfortunately some professions still need tweaking so we can create something usefull).

I agree that some limitations between f2p and p2p people shouldn't be there at all (as example: you can't party with p2p people when you are f2p).

It's a fun game for casual and hardcore gamers cause it offers a lot and all its classes are unique.

The round based battle system is great additionaly.