"Played" as in, be interacting with the game and...playing the game. Watching a movie isn't considered "playing".

Until I see something that convinces me that I can play in a group and have as much content as a solo player without having to go outside of the intended design by pulling 5 packs of mobs for example, i'll pass.

Originally posted by ShakyMo

Originally posted by Flaeb

Played it for 10 minutes and uninstalled. Not my cup of tea.

lol the intro movie is 8 minutes long

Yeah, exactly :P

Originally posted by xenpt

Originally posted by Xzen

I'll buy it as soon as it goes Buy to Play.

it is already lol.

he mean with no subscription. Im waiting for that too.

Originally posted by netentropy

Let me just get this out of the way. I am in no way affiliated with Funcom.

 

It's sort of a depressing commentary on the state of Internet community in this day and age when the first thing that pops into someone's head when they prepare to write a glowing review is "I hope I'm not mistaken for a social network marketter out seeding buzz"

Originally posted by maplestone

Originally posted by netentropy

Let me just get this out of the way. I am in no way affiliated with Funcom.

 

It's sort of a depressing commentary on the state of Internet community in this day and age when the first thing that pops into someone's head when they prepare to write a glowing review is "I hope I'm not mistaken for a social network marketter out seeding buzz"

You could say the same thing in the opposite.

The object should be to read any and all reviews from people to get a general concensus... completely disregarding the "big name" reviews of course.

I assure you no one convinced me by any marketing ploys to get me to play. I knew very little about it and was actually fairly pissed of with Funcom for some AoC login patch crap.

I read the Amazon review the gentlemen posted and to be honest. I could copy his review, replace any mention of TSW with any other game in the last 6 months and it would read exactly like every post on this forum.

I was simply trying to say something positive becuase I see so much negativity on here.

It is fun, to me, I thought some other folks would like to know that since every game seems to get thrashed on here.

Some people like to play Bridge, some like poker, some like chess, a game is only good if you enjoy it and if you don't then you don't. Doesn't make it a bad game.

It payment model doesn't make it a bad game. Sure you might choose to participate but you will be in a big let down for everything moving forward.

The lifespan of a game is not what it used to be and if we want people to keep making them they have to find ways to make money because subscriptions drop and the hint of a new , better, best, greatest sandbox that someone will call themepark which someone will yell it needs to be F2P.

It is a sad state of affairs when I had to lead that way but I wanted to be upfront that I just had a GREAT time playing it today and that no one was paying me to say that.

Of course, if they did, someone would say I should be F2M (free to market)

Did you do the peristent PVP. It was crazy fun.

Originally posted by netentropy

Did you do the peristent PVP. It was crazy fun.

nothing new. Bigger  node capture battlefield with persistent mode on. Even Wow's AV is more fun with better objectives.

You're asking me to drop money to try? That is not trying. That is buying. And you expect me to believe you're not affliliated with FC after posting a plea for me to buy the game in General? 

After AoC I'll only try TSW when there is a free trial.

I'd be more interested if it had more group-oriented content/gameplay, judging by this thread though, and a livestream I peeked at, it doesn't seem like that is the games strong point.

I'll keep an eye on it for the next couple months, but i'm not quite enticed enough to want to spend money on it.

Originally posted by netentropy

Let me just get this out of the way. I am in no way affiliated with Funcom. 

I am a 36 year old dude that loves MMORPGs and have not been challenged or loved a game since Dark Age of Camelot and then FFXI. I was not going to even try TSW. I have been testing every game I could download lately and putting it down after an hour or so.

I read MMORPG.com nightly trying to find a game. Everything gets bashed. 

I was bored. I had the money. I said why not and I haven't stopped playing since I purchased it. AMAZING and, more importently, FUN.

You should give it a try.

 

 

From my understanding they are still only in the early access or it's just ending which certainly isn't enough time to say what an mmorpg is really like especially when I consider what I know of funcom and games, such as the huge drop off in quality after the starter zone in aoc (or immersion as I sometimes see it).

They finally seem to be making a game that is stable and I haven't seen too much negative about it so it's good to see does also look somehwat good but FC has burned any chance to see my money until everything is in the open about their games it looks like something I will definitely try but for now I'm going to have to hold out atleats a few months.

The best MMORPG since WoW. And this comes from die hard MMO vet who played everything.

Big props to Funcoms that they made something fresh and unique instead of throwing another clone.

Originally posted by mindw0rk

The best MMORPG since WoW. And this comes from die hard MMO vet who played everything.

Big props to Funcoms that they made something fresh and unique instead of throwing another clone.

Unfortunately the actual gameplay sucks.  Presentation gets an A though.

this game will be filler to guild wars 2 comes out

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mindw0rk

The best MMORPG since WoW. And this comes from die hard MMO vet who played everything.

Big props to Funcoms that they made something fresh and unique instead of throwing another clone.

Unfortunately the actual gameplay sucks.  Presentation gets an A though.

Ive played whole night today and couldnt make myself out of screen even for bathroom. So yeah, tell me about how gameplay "sucks"

Originally posted by netentropy

Let me just get this out of the way. I am in no way affiliated with Funcom. 

I am a 36 year old dude that loves MMORPGs and have not been challenged or loved a game since Dark Age of Camelot and then FFXI. I was not going to even try TSW. I have been testing every game I could download lately and putting it down after an hour or so.

I read MMORPG.com nightly trying to find a game. Everything gets bashed. 

I was bored. I had the money. I said why not and I haven't stopped playing since I purchased it. AMAZING and, more importently, FUN.

You should give it a try.

 

 

It does look decent, certainly a lot better than the usual stuff we have become use to being launched.

Having said that, for me, it has one huge flaw. The combat.

I know it has a lot of different kinds of quests and such going on but it's still a combat orientated game at heart and when I find the core mechanics and gameplay so lackluster it's going to eat away at me regardless of how much the rest of the game is nice. That and the animations, some people don't mind them but to me they just look.. wrong.

So yeah, decent game. Bad combat and animations spoil it for me. If I had to recommend a game out just now for a friend to try I would probably go with this though.

Originally posted by mindw0rk

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mindw0rk

The best MMORPG since WoW. And this comes from die hard MMO vet who played everything.

Big props to Funcoms that they made something fresh and unique instead of throwing another clone.

Unfortunately the actual gameplay sucks.  Presentation gets an A though.

Ive played whole night today and couldnt make myself out of screen even for bathroom. So yeah, tell me about how gameplay "sucks"

Well, if you think the gameplay is "fine" then go ahead and have fun.

If the graphics, combat, movement, and notmuchfuncom got out of the game then I'd think about buying it. After playing the beta for quite a while the game just doesn't thrill me at all. Great concepts, poor execution. I've been waiting for a good pvp game to come out for quite a while now, but nothing even remotely comes close to Dark Age of Camelot. DAoC has better combat then just about all of the games that have came out after it. I miss the old positional styles, reactionary styles, and straight up fun from oldschool RvR. Guild Wars 2 seems to have took a little bit from DAoC's style with their WvWvW, but it still won't be the same. Too bad that Mark Jacobs destroyed the greatest PvP game that was ever made, its just too bad.