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• • Vanguard for free! June 26th to July 31st (official)

  • Yea I think shadowlord is right because I have two SOE accounts one that I had originally used for EQ and one for Vanguard. Both accounts have Vanguard until 7/31. Thanks for the heads up Shadow!

  • Posted: 6/26/08 3:39 PM
    Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
• • Vanguard for free! June 26th to July 31st (official)

  • Oh thank god, I cancelled AoC today myself and have been looking all day for something else that I can try. I was going to go back to my 75 RDM but I heard great things about how much this has improved so I'll give it a fair shot.

  • Posted: 6/26/08 2:07 PM
    Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
• • Age of Conan: Level 1-20 Review

  • Originally posted by Stradden
    

    Originally posted by TheFirst109
    
    

    Not to mention the fact that even if you weren't rushing, the 1-20 review should have come like 2-3 weeks ago. 1-20 is a complete joke in how long it takes to do, and then the game takes a nose dive in content. This is quite obvious to most who have played it and have experience with past mmo's. I agree with the others who said this is a blatant attempt to review the nicer side of the game.

    Ok, I'm going to step in here for a minute and explain exactly why this is a 1-20 review:

    First, yes, I realize that it doesn't take a long time to run through the content of 1-20 if you're running through the content to progress past it. It's a little bit different when you're playing a game to review it. When you're playing a game for the purposes of a review, you have to go much more slowly. You read every piece of dialogue, you go through unnecessary quests, and just generally spend time exploring.

    Also, it isn't enough to move through the content with only one character in only one class. Ideally, you should move through the content with every class and see how it differs both in terms of story and functionality. In this case, I have played four different characters through the content.

    Also, as you play those characters, you shoud also try playing on the different server types. In my case, I am playing on PvE, FFA PvP and RP.

    It would be totally irresponsible to write a review based on a casual viewing or even a typical play-through. A reviewer needs to be as familiar with the body of what they are reviewing as possible.

    Why haven't I reviewed the full game? Probably because I have four characters at and around level 20 and have barely ventured into the rest of the game. As the content is properly completed, we will update the review.

    Hope that clears things up for you

    I understand where you are coming from with this, wanting to review the game in whole.

    However, what is irresponsible is releasing a highly unfinished product. It should be relayed to your readers in that sense, if you are buying this game you are buying a product that has content up to around lvl 40 and then after that have fun grinding. I play the game and I stomach it, but when you review something review it in its entirety as it is presented to the public, not how it is as content is eventually added to make up for the lack of it.

    "As the content is properly completed, we will update the review" to me just says that you know this game has nothing to review for past a certain level - and for that it should be fairly given a 0/10 for this moment levels 40-80. I have to respectfully agree with the others who have posted that if this were a game like everquest 2 where getting to 20 actually took some time when it first came out then that feat is worth a review, but you gave a review for part of the game that took me 6 hours to do at a casual pace.

    ~Danke

  • Posted: 6/20/08 6:55 PM
    General Discussion
• • Funcom being screwed back by it's own player base

  • I returned WoW twice on different occassions after installing it and then realizing I didn't want to put myself through getting wrapped back into the game. A very simple method to doing so is to tell the store that the disc is defective, they give you a new box, you return the new box. Slightly immoral, but you get your money back.

  • Posted: 6/20/08 9:55 AM
    Age of Conan
• • Age of Conan: Level 1-20 Review

  • Originally posted by yarilo
    

    It would be an ok review if the title read "AoC review for level 1 to 20".

    How long does it take you to get to leve 20? One day? Three days? Great! Let me do that and write a review.. I am afraid that was the author's approach. And that's cheating.

    Most important aspect of MMO is playability over a long period of time.

     

    Not to mention the fact that even if you weren't rushing, the 1-20 review should have come like 2-3 weeks ago. 1-20 is a complete joke in how long it takes to do, and then the game takes a nose dive in content. This is quite obvious to most who have played it and have experience with past mmo's. I agree with the others who said this is a blatant attempt to review the nicer side of the game.

     

    I am a 71 bear shaman, in a game controlled by lvl 80 Tempest of Sets and Priest of Mitras, and we all got there by grinding the last 20 levels; those two classes just do it better than everyone else. And no, I didn't enjoy those levels, I just want to do sieging...which is apparently a complete mess according to the first siege event review on funcom's own forums =/

  • Posted: 6/20/08 9:51 AM
    General Discussion