The past couple of weeks have been big ones for fans of The Secret World. Between the latest producer's letter and the first information about Update 6, a lot of new information has come along. In today's column, we take a look at all the news and offer some analysis. Read on before heading to the comments.

Quests are one thing, and quality of life additions are another. Issue 6 attempts to provide a little something for everyone in that respect. The Issue 6 reveal also announced a rewards system that provides incentives for people who purchase a membership or recruit new players into the game.

Read more of Victor Barreiro Jr.'s The Secret World: A Time of Change.

Originally posted by Eivi
Once they sort the animations out, ill come back. The game is amazing but the animations really let it down.

 

we are in the same boat. When i play Age of Conan and feel the near perfect animations it has it just kill any desire i might have to log in to TSW. Both games made by the same company.... why they didnt add that to TSW is beyond me.

Originally posted by Eivi
Once they sort the animations out, ill come back. The game is amazing but the animations really let it down.

 

This but i think they also have to greatly reduce mob population and number of mob kiiling required for most quests. Last week i gave the game second chance but again couldnt stand it and uninstalled after just few hours.

Originally posted by jinxxed0
I found the combat way too dull and awkward. It's like it doesn't know if it wants to be action or the traditional combat. If they tweaked that which they probably cant/wont i'd probably play again. The character customization isn't great either.

So did I.  Play it a few more hours, it gets better.

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by jinxxed0
I found the combat way too dull and awkward. It's like it doesn't know if it wants to be action or the traditional combat. If they tweaked that which they probably cant/wont i'd probably play again. The character customization isn't great either.

So did I.  Play it a few more hours, it gets better.

No it doesn't. It certainly does not get better by playing more of the same dull and akward combat. I'm certain I played over 100 hours. I had my abillity wheel 97% complete

Originally posted by Eivi
Once they sort the animations out, ill come back. The game is amazing but the animations really let it down.

 

This. I didn't think it'd be gamebreaking for me...but it is. 

All i can say...is that combat in the secert world was distasteful until i used a controller...that made it 100% better.

I dont know about the rest of the posters but i felt like AGE of connan put me to sleep....and i didnt find the graphics very fluid(noticable skipping to speed up things)....cinematics seamed kind of sub par too....i felt the secret world seamed alot better in those respects....running with dx 11 the ground and over all enviroment seamed more realistic to me then age of connan.  Which kind of seamed cartoony and artificial more....they couldnt even get the wind right in age of connan...I think one of the most noticable was the sky textures for me...painted sky from age of connan to one with moving clouds and mists fromthe secret world.  In addition my graphics card had its fan work more with the secret world then with age of connan...so that means connan wasnt really that graphic intensive.

But i guess thats just my opinion...seams alot of people have very bad graphics rendering ability.....they supposedly have great hardware...but it certainly doesnt seam like it.

Originally posted by rojo6934

Originally posted by Eivi
Once they sort the animations out, ill come back. The game is amazing but the animations really let it down.

 

we are in the same boat. When i play Age of Conan and feel the near perfect animations it has it just kill any desire i might have to log in to TSW. Both games made by the same company.... why they didnt add that to TSW is beyond me.

Because of mobile combat sadly. But still, as much as i like TSW and Funcom, that's not an acceptable excuse for me because other games have mobile combat too and it didn't have to be that way. So they had to figure it out, made it work because it's such a crucial part of gameplay. Anyway, just wanted to answer your question, don't wanna beat up a dead horse.

This game has surparsed my expectations of any MMO possibilities.  goes to show never judge a game by short term blog comments or cheesey artwork (those three cartoons on the coverbox never apealed to me)-lol.

Iam so addicted to this game!-its content is amazing, missions are  conceptual, and pvp is dynamic!-ats it. -hands down!

ive barely touch my other mmos. -havent even explored the higher zones yet-these issues will just keep me spireling deeper into this game!

-cheers!

Originally posted by Ehllfhire
 [mod edit] They can't even keep their promises to get out monthly content, they are already what 4 issues behind?  Tokyo has been around the corner since launch. Id be surprised if tokyo is released before 2014. They still have yet to fix the combat animations. The revamp of pvp doesnt revamp a thing it just renames the grind.

 

these kind of comments was what kept me from playing this amazing game, and i rarely now read mmorpg's comments anymore.

and Ehllfhire for the record -- you should read Joels letter he clearly states they are not going todo monthly releases as planned. he was short , quick and to the point.-and that earns my respect.

Originally posted by Ingvar
I really should get this game...

you should.

Originally posted by Ehllfhire
[mod edit] They can't even keep their promises to get out monthly content, they are already what 4 issues behind?  Tokyo has been around the corner since launch. Id be surprised if tokyo is released before 2014. They still have yet to fix the combat animations. The revamp of pvp doesnt revamp a thing it just renames the grind.

[mod edit] 

• Monthly was never "promised," though the the devs were eager to come as close as they could.  There have been 5 Issues since July 2012 with a 6th coming next week.  6 updates in 9 months?  That's not bad.
• Game director's letter has stated when the Tokyo update will be this year.  There was never a hard date for Tokyo, just 2013.  Just because you think you hear something doesn't make it true.
• Jump and crouch animations updated in February and more to come.
• There have been 3 major pvp updates 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6 is coming this month.  I am 100% positive you have no clue what is in those updates.

Originally posted by orbitxo

Originally posted by Ehllfhire
 [mod edit] They can't even keep their promises to get out monthly content, they are already what 4 issues behind?  Tokyo has been around the corner since launch. Id be surprised if tokyo is released before 2014. They still have yet to fix the combat animations. The revamp of pvp doesnt revamp a thing it just renames the grind.

 

these kind of comments was what kept me from playing this amazing game, and i rarely now read mmorpg's comments anymore.

and Ehllfhire for the record -- you should read Joels letter he clearly states they are not going todo monthly releases as planned. he was short , quick and to the point.-and that earns my respect.

Oh so a broken promise is ok because they said they are breaking it? /facepalm /thisiswhatiswrongwithamericatoday

Originally posted by orbitxo

This game has surparsed my expectations of any MMO possibilities.  goes to show never judge a game by short term blog comments or cheesey artwork (those three cartoons on the coverbox never apealed to me)-lol.

Iam so addicted to this game!-its content is amazing, missions are  conceptual, and pvp is dynamic!-ats it. -hands down!

ive barely touch my other mmos. -havent even explored the higher zones yet-these issues will just keep me spireling deeper into this game!

 

-cheers!

 

 

I stopped caring for your opinion when you stated pvp was dynamic. Clearly you have never played real pvp