Originally posted by Mithrandolir

Originally posted by muthax

Originally posted by Mithrandolir

Played the game for the first time yesterday, played for aprox 5 hours. The free trial does allow for up to 10 hours of playtime between the first two days and then an hour per day thereafter.

I like what's there, but ultimately it's lacking a couple of key elements that are deal breakers for me. Ambiance and atmosphere are critical for my long term enjoyment of a game. I know that I am in the minority on that though, so not knocking the game, just not for me is all. 

The combat was awesome and the range of motion was great. Jumping roof to roof was a lot of fun and the systems that I experienced were interesting. Things like protecting your school's secrets and the bounty system seem thrilling. The world felt very open and explorable to me. The UI didn't bother me, the cash shop looked fine to me.  I would imagine that anybody who isn't hung up on little details regarding ambiance might just find the game worth checking out. For me though, combat and range of motion is so much less important than things like day/night cycles and dynamic weather systems. 

It's beta though, I will watch from the bleachers to see if they add the things that would complete the experience for me, and if so I will certainly reinstall and buy some premium time. 

AFAIK  the beta is only for the localization, the game has been running for months now in China. If those features aren't in, I doubt they will be added soon. Also, in my experience, chinese and korean games are stronger on things like combat and 'systems' but very short on the packaging...

That's true, I suppose if it isn't in by now then it likely won't ever be. It's interesting to me that they have things like hunger and swimming under water, ambient sounds throughout towns and the wilderness and then stop short of a day/night cycle and weather. I could have sworn I saw a snow storm in a video before I downloaded the game, but when I asked in game I was told that there's no weather system.

I definitely feel that what is there is strong, there's a ton of systems in place that I feel are done right. 

The AoW Open Beta for China began only in August 2012 (four months ago) - this is roughly the version in NA CB2 (sans translation issues). CB2 is roughly 2 to 3 new feature patches behind the China version. 

Currently, even the China version do not have all the planned systems implemented. In China, a feature patch is released about once very two months. 

The China test servers has more features but  only those who paid for early access package in China (similar to the Deluxe and Elite here in NA) can create accounts on them.

 A day/night system should come in 2013. 

Originally posted by Cname

The AoW Open Beta for China began only in August 2012 (four months ago) - this is roughly the version in NA CB2 (sans translation issues). CB2 is roughly 2 to 3 new feature patches behind the China version. 

Currently, even the China version do not have all the planned systems implemented. In China, a feature patch is released about once very two months. 

The China test servers has more features but  only those who paid for early access package in China (similar to the Deluxe and Elite here in NA) can create accounts on them.

 A day/night system should come in 2013. 

This is good news (and good information too!)

Thank you for this.

Wow..

I wasnt really even givingthis game a single thought,but this article piqued my interest a bit.

Originally posted by Mithrandolir

Originally posted by Cname

The AoW Open Beta for China began only in August 2012 (four months ago) - this is roughly the version in NA CB2 (sans translation issues). CB2 is roughly 2 to 3 new feature patches behind the China version. 

Currently, even the China version do not have all the planned systems implemented. In China, a feature patch is released about once very two months. 

The China test servers has more features but  only those who paid for early access package in China (similar to the Deluxe and Elite here in NA) can create accounts on them.

 A day/night system should come in 2013. 

This is good news (and good information too!)

Thank you for this.

 

 

Nice.