I'd say the jury is still out with TSW.The combat,to me,was boring.But the atmosphere/theme was awesome.

ToR? read a book...hell, read the dictionary instead.

You can never go wrong with a good book!

I just finished reading the Hunger Games. Good book and was a good read.

Also maybe look into some of the older D and D books....I still am a huge fan of the Forgotten Realm and Dragonlance books. Just start out with the older ones and you will have tons and tons of reading to do!

Book would be my choice.

Originally posted by sonicbrew

Between those two choices I would personally stick with the book :D

+1

I picked up TSW last night so I haven't got far in it yet, about a dozen quests through Innsmouth. It's not a bad game really, but don't.. I really push this point.. DON'T go into the game expecting a typical MMO experience. Play it as a single player game with co-op, otherwise you'll be disappointed. I read a few threads around here stating that it was basically a single player game with co-op and that's the mindset I had going in, so I'm not disappointed. If I'd gone in expecting an MMO I would have quit by the end of the night. It's a good single player game though.

Originally posted by silvermember

Originally posted by CujoSWAoA

The Secret World is like a book, without having to read a book.

Don't let the negativity of the rubes on this forum tell you otherwise.

and don't let fanboys blinded by their fanboy love tell you otherwise. If you have to ask such a question it probably means read a book. Also by the time you get bored reading tsw might be f2p.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!

Insults will prove my point and totally ruin his! lololololololololololololololololoololololololololoololololololololololololololololol.

Jsut because I fucking like a game doesn't make me some kind of a bad person.

Play TSW its much better then SWtor, the story is much better aswell. I dont know a book that can give me the same enyoument as TSW atleast. I used to play SWtor aswell, but ye its a very poor mmo compared to TSW.

Originally posted by sonicbrew

Between those two choices I would personally stick with the book :D

yes, i suggest david eddings : diamond throne =)

In my opinion TSW is the best themepark game out there at the moment, nothing thats due out this year is going to come clsoe not even GW2..

For me TSW feels fresh and for a themepark MMORPG thats awesome..

I am not the biggest fan of this type of MMO but i think its going to keep me playing for some time..

Originally posted by Slampig

I am confused, like, when you game, is that it? Nothing else? I game, playing 5 or so different games at the moment and I am also reading about 7 books as well. 

 

Multitasking.

Reading 7 books at the same time? I never do that! Not that  I read a lot...most of the books I read are course books :D

For now, stick with the book. My recommendation, if you like fantasy, but are tired of same ol' Knights, Elves and Wizards: Walter Moers: The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear. Most creative, subversive fantasy you're going to read in a while.

On games: I don't really see SWTOR recovering any time soon. TSW is definitely worth a look, but maybe not now. Revisit in a month or 2, when the first month of subs is in effect.

I demand a poll!

SWTOR will keep you entertained, I would not play TSW for a couple of months yet and I would recommend reading a book even when you have a MMO to play. I know it is heresy, but you can read and game during the same day. :)

Read a book. No matter what else is in the list of possible choices a book is always a good idea.

TSW is basically SW:TOR in current days setting. Same style, take SW:TOR, replace spaceship with Agartha, planets with random spots on the Earth, and you have TSW. I got bored of TSW very quickly, faster than SW:TOR which lasted me 5 months. Very linear game despite the promising skill based character development.

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

TSW is basically SW:TOR in current days setting. Same style, take SW:TOR, replace spaceship with Agartha, planets with random spots on the Earth, and you have TSW. I got bored of TSW very quickly, faster than SW:TOR which lasted me 5 months. Very linear game despite the promising skill based character development.

yeah yeah. Why don't you go to the GW2 forums talk about how awesome and flawless that game is?

Am i the only one confused by the OP? Between the 2 games is normal, but, a book? OP, book is the way to go, but, as many have said, can't you multitask?

The question is very weird IMO. OP, what do you like in terms of mmorpgs? Would help everyone determine if TSW is a good game for you. Or if we should recomend other games. But book is always good.

Or, just go for the obvious. Internet porn.

Id give TSW a go as it is more investigative with story and I would read a book.

Originally posted by slowpoke68

TSW sounds interesting to me and a lot of people seem to really like it.  I liked SWTOR but only played for about 45 days then got burned out...rolled a ton of alts and never finished any of their story lines.

Trying to decide if I should just take a flier on TSW, give SWTOR another go...or my other option which was my original plan, was to take all of July off from gaming to get caught up on my pleasure reading.  Just picked up The Covenant by James Michener at the library yesterday.

 

 

I like TSW, but I guess a book might be interesting as well. I would go for the books. Loved the Hunger Games, A song of Ice and Fire and Gotrek and Felix serie from Warhammer and would pick those over TSW. Guess it depence how much you really like reading :P

The Convenant sounds great actually and might read it myself. I love dutch history

The question is very weird IMO. OP, what do you like in terms of mmorpgs? Would help everyone determine if TSW is a good game for you. Or if we should recomend other games. But book is always good.

Once I start reading a book I personally have a hard time multitasking. I finished the whole hunger games series in 8 days :P. 

I did a rather long review of TSW in the review section, I tried to list elements of the game and how I saw them, also compared often with SWTOR.

TSW is a breath of fresh air after SWTOR BUT it is far from perfect and has more bugs. Right now, there are a lot of choices including Tera having a free trial.

I like TSW but whether you would depends on what burned you out.

The major winner for TSW is the environment, it just looks nice to be in a realistic world for once.