Well, I finally got to play, and unfortunately I can tell this game is not going to get good reviews. I wish it were; I really do. But it is what it is. The good news is MMOs usually get better with time, so while I wont be playing at launch I'll definitely check back in in the future. I really wish FC the best of luck.

Why isn't it going to get good reviews?

lol, this game is awesome.

Five minutes of gameplay waas enough for me. 

please do tell. 

game play its fine, story immersion is acceptable. i personally hate the controls and lack there of, with rekeying stuff. 

i dont know about the other people playing this game, but i personally hate feeling like im a Korean Esport gamer playing SC1... 

im an FPSer i use my mouse to shoot not fking look at the trees. only real beef i have with this game is the controls. 

some of the quests are a pain in the backside though, had to boot up google on my 2nd pc to find spoilers on how to complete one of the many tiers of a quest. 

but thats part of the game play immersion so i dont rag on that too much.. just the fking controls piss me off. 

i guess enough people will love/play this game to make it worth its production value. i personally am only going to play until my beta weekend key expires "monday" morning. 

From what I played it seemed half decent.  The combat killed it for me, but maybe that is just me.

On a side note, who cares about reviewers these days.... especially in MMOs, you really have to struggle to find a decent review. IGN gave SWTOR a 9.2/10 after clocking up 150 hours of gameplay... madness.

agreed..... felt like I was playing an old console game....next!

Originally posted by MMObro

agreed..... felt like I was playing an old console game....next!

I heartily agree. An MMO that plays like a console? No thank you!

Its a good concept, but an overall bad game right from the get go. It will have a niche, a small group of players who will enjoy it...and like Age of Conan will eventually be a free to play game as a means to hopefully reach a larger audience.

One of the smaller things that annoyed me was the generic asian stereotyping. If you create an asian themed faction character, you are presented with a city that is supposed to be Korean, yet is riddled with chinese and japanese imagery, signs and a utter generic asian look. Asian players will probably find it insulting.

The game and much of its dialog feels like its trying to hard without really offering anything with real content.

Originally posted by Chuckanar

What a bunch of spoiled brats.

Oh no, someone called me a mean name on the internet!  :D :D :D

Originally posted by Ichmen

game play its fine, story immersion is acceptable. i personally hate the controls and lack there of, with rekeying stuff. 

i dont know about the other people playing this game, but i personally hate feeling like im a Korean Esport gamer playing SC1... 

im an FPSer i use my mouse to shoot not fking look at the trees. only real beef i have with this game is the controls. 

some of the quests are a pain in the backside though, had to boot up google on my 2nd pc to find spoilers on how to complete one of the many tiers of a quest. 

but thats part of the game play immersion so i dont rag on that too much.. just the fking controls piss me off. 

i guess enough people will love/play this game to make it worth its production value. i personally am only going to play until my beta weekend key expires "monday" morning. 

Doesn't sound like you played around with it much.  If you had I am sure you would have realized that there was no need to open google on another pc.  There is a built in web browser for finding information.  

I'm hoping they make automated play for this so I can sit back and watch Secret World like an animated movie.  That might be worth paying for.

The game has a great plot and a great central idea for an mmo,

It just doesn't feel anywhere near the quality and polish of the other games that came out recently or are coming out soon.

The environments look pretty good, but the character models and a lot of the item models/textures in the world just... don't really look that great.

I think this game should've cooked in the oven longer.

This games graphics are really nice, animations are decent, voice acting is good, atmosphere is good, but the combat is just SOOO awful! It's seriously like playing a rouge in WoW (oh NOES I compared it to WoW!) and tapping one skill up to 4-5 times to burn the accumulated points with another skill. EVERY weapon plays the same, even ranged and melee feel the damn same. Them feeling the same would be fine if the combat at all felt satisfying.

Everytime I encountered a mob I just sighed with a "ugh here we a go again...", it should be "YES a mob I want to fight them!" you know, because the combat in any GAME should be fun and not a chore? Even AoC's combat was much better and they made the damn game. It's a shame that such a insanely huge mechanic was so underdeveloped when you would be doing it for hours upon hours.

Such a dissapointment, I'm glad I got to play the beta before buying this trash.

Originally posted by Grand_Nagus

Well, I finally got to play, and unfortunately I can tell this game is not going to get good reviews. I wish it were; I really do. But it is what it is. The good news is MMOs usually get better with time, so while I wont be playing at launch I'll definitely check back in in the future. I really wish FC the best of luck.

Originally posted by Ichmen

game play its fine, story immersion is acceptable. i personally hate the controls and lack there of, with rekeying stuff. 

i dont know about the other people playing this game, but i personally hate feeling like im a Korean Esport gamer playing SC1... 

im an FPSer i use my mouse to shoot not fking look at the trees. only real beef i have with this game is the controls. 

some of the quests are a pain in the backside though, had to boot up google on my 2nd pc to find spoilers on how to complete one of the many tiers of a quest. 

but thats part of the game play immersion so i dont rag on that too much.. just the fking controls piss me off. 

i guess enough people will love/play this game to make it worth its production value. i personally am only going to play until my beta weekend key expires "monday" morning. 

Originally posted by MMObro

agreed..... felt like I was playing an old console game....next!

First off, Its Beta. Why is an FPSer playing MMORPGS, and complaining that the controls arn't more like a FPS? As far as the second PC, you do know that there is an ingame browser, or did you just play 30 minutes? How is it anything like a console game?

God, explain your posts please. lol.

2nd pc? there"s an in-game browser built in.

Originally posted by botrytis

Originally posted by MMObro

agreed..... felt like I was playing an old console game....next!

I heartily agree. An MMO that plays like a console? No thank you!

The game was intended to be ported to consoles. It will never get ported but console limitations did influence many game designs

Originally posted by Babeman

This games graphics are really nice, animations are decent, voice acting is good, atmosphere is good, but the combat is just SOOO awful! It's seriously like playing a rouge in WoW (oh NOES I compared it to WoW!) and tapping one skill up to 4-5 times to burn the accumulated points with another skill. EVERY weapon plays the same, even ranged and melee feel the damn same. Them feeling the same would be fine if the combat at all felt satisfying.

Everytime I encountered a mob I just sighed with a "ugh here we a go again...", it should be "YES a mob I want to fight them!" you know, because the combat in any GAME should be fun and not a chore? Even AoC's combat was much better and they made the damn game. It's a shame that such a insanely huge mechanic was so underdeveloped when you would be doing it for hours upon hours.

Such a dissapointment, I'm glad I got to play the beta before buying this trash.

 I was going to take the time to make a post, but this pretty much says what I wanted to say.

Originally posted by Rabenwolf

Its a good concept, but an overall bad game right from the get go. It will have a niche, a small group of players who will enjoy it...and like Age of Conan will eventually be a free to play game as a means to hopefully reach a larger audience.

One of the smaller things that annoyed me was the generic asian stereotyping. If you create an asian themed faction character, you are presented with a city that is supposed to be Korean, yet is riddled with chinese and japanese imagery, signs and a utter generic asian look. Asian players will probably find it insulting.

The game and much of its dialog feels like its trying to hard without really offering anything with real content.

Dragon represents any nationality that believes in their philosphy that is why Seoul has japanese, chinese and just any other culutre and their imagery being represented. And when you have so many nationalities living in once place it is hard not to see their influence  around the city.

I am pretty sure Asians are not that fickle minded to feel insulted by such trivial things. My GF is Japanese and she was laughing after i showed her your comment.