DarkPony is back with a new entry to The Disgruntled Pony blog here at MMORPG.com! In his latest update, DarkPony offers his first impressions on TERA's 7-day free trial.
Tera has been on and off my radar in its past years of development and porting work. Some aspects looked appealing, others not so much: it was to be another quest based themepark and it had some very obvious anime roots and "AZN" design choices in some of its playable races. Even though its real time aiming and tactical combat managed to interest me, I never really got truly hyped for the game so I very consciously skipped on preordering or jumping in at launch. I reckon that's a stance shared by many in our community.
Anyway, to cut the intro short: I'm very grateful for this opportunity for skeptical fence sitters like me because this game has managed to positively surprised me in more than a few aspects so far and I will tell you why;
Read more of DarkPony's The Disgruntled Pony: Tera: Hitchhiking the 7 Day Trial Train: 1st Impression.