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Yes, it’s been a tough launch, but New World is a great game. And, no doubt, the launch issues will be sorted.
What makes New World the premier MMORPG is its return to true massively multiplayer gameplay, meaning a heavy focus on GROUP activity. Single-player games cater to individual fantasies. By definition, you cannot be more than you are in an online game. No matter how good a gamer you are, there is always someone better. New World is no hero game, nor is it meant to be. You are not the chosen one. The game’s core satisfaction lay in collective activity which can be deeply involving and satisfying.
In New World, the gameplay is the focus. Combat is physics-based and feels very good. The crafting system is the most extensive for an MMORPG since Ultima Online. Systems are complex, deep, yet accessible. The game world is rich and the art direction is first-rate. Sound engineering and sound environment are immersive and employ doppler effects. You thus don’t simply hear someone chopping down a tree. You get a sense of where they’re doing it. Ambient sounds are keenly realistic. You have a genuine feel for the environment you’re in.
Combat systems – weapons and skills – are extensive and can encompass myriad play styles and roles. Every choice you make, be it the weapon attributes you gain as your character progresses, your choice of armor type, the approach you take to combat, all involve a fine balance of strengths and weaknesses. There is no ideal build or setup. Rather there are many viable ones that suit a wide variety of players.
If combat isn’t your thing, the crafting system is so extensive you can serve your group by crafting alone. Oddly, even the gathering of resources needed for crafting feels satisfying. The system is so good that PvE is optional, not required. You don’t NEED to farm certain PvE areas to get the gear you need, nor do you need to play the same PvE content over and over. PvE is a choice if that’s what you enjoy.
Where New World truly shines, however, is in its large-scale battles with as many as 100 players (50v50) engaged in an single battle, with objectives and a time limit. Further, battles have consequences. This is not some vast PvP arena with random battles that are ultimately meaningless and seem to go on forever. There are smaller-scale battles too if you choose. Plus there’s plenty of open-world PvP with unpredictable encounters that set up the big fights.
For those who enjoy housing, there is a variety of decorative options that also include housing items that give your character buffs.
Unlike most contemporary online games, New World has a thoughtful social design. Not only does success require collective activity, it offers multiple roles for players of various skill levels. Thus, you not only need to recruit players but you also need to retain them. This creates a more welcoming environment than folks normally associate with online games and video gamers.
Now for the downsides.
New World is not a AAA game, meaning it doesn’t have elaborate character creation. You have two body types – generic male and female – which you cannot make adjustments to. You customize based on set facial types, hair, skin color, skin markings and such. Faces are expressionless. Nonethless you can make your character look distinctive given the significant array of clothing styles, and skins for both clothing and weapons.
There are no towering orchestral music scores or elaborate cut scenes, famed voice actors, or full motion capture animations.
The biggest downside is the server architecture. There is no sole regional megaserver for the game. Rather there are myriad server clusters in many locations around the world. It made today’s launch hell due to the overwhelming response to the game.
This will limit international gameplay or even gameplay across time zones as well. However, this also means that most players can find servers with low ping and good performance.
The game lore is not compelling. Rather it’s more a standard good versus evil affair with no real nuance. There is no attempt at getting players to bond with NPCs in a rich story. New World thus evokes an earlier tradition in MMOs where the narrative is told by the audience, not the developers.
No mounts. There are plenty of fast travel options but you do a lot of walking or running in New World.
Finally, as noted, New World is built around collective action by groups. If you are, at heart, a solo player or if you have the social skills of a snow leopard, this is NOT the game for you.
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Fun for about 40 hours
An interesting game with interesting mechanics that gets really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, repetitive after a while. I hope you enjoy killing zombies on farms and chopping trees, because as you level up you get to kill harder zombies on farms and chop down harder trees, until you reach the peak of your skills and can kill the hardest zombies on farms and chop down the hardest trees. You can mix it up and kill boars and alligators if you want.Numerous gold and item duplication exploits in a game that was in development (and delayed) for years is kind of unacceptable. Shutting down wealth transfer while they fixed it is a good plan, just like airbags are a good plan, but better to not run into a tree during your driving test. Ditto just so many other bugs that were everywhere in the first month or so after release that required a relog to fix, which put you in a five hour queue to get on.How would I make it better, as someone that played multiple thousands of hours of other MMOs?-Variety to make it feel like you're not just killing your ten billionth zombie as you run around. I know it has a "realistic" theme vs. WoW or EQ or the like, but be more creative.-Dungeons that don't require quests and keys and consumables, so you can just go with some friends and not worry about it.-Fix the repop speed and agro range of mobs so you don't kill a zombie and then instantly get swarmed by another that you'd already killed and were standing 50 feet from its spawn point.-Faster travel, or cheaper fast travel.-Quests for gear that you're not just going to instantly crush because it's total garbage.One good note is that all the problems with long queues from the early days are gone, because nobody plays this anymore. Also, you get to dress like a pirate, so that's fun.
