Game looks interesting. I haven't been able to find a MMO that holds my interest for more than a few weeks in a very long time though. Any impressions?
The Secret World
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Darkness War was awful. Hope the rest of the game isn't as bad as that was. It's been decent so far but all the glitches and bugs are holding it back. They seem far more concetrated on eliminating benefical ones than game/quest breaking or frustrating ones.Comment
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I did not care one thing about this game. Dont like Sci-fi, dont like zombies, not a fan of anything the game had to offer...
Until I played it....
Got the trial to hold over time till guild wars 2 comes out, and ill be darned if this isnt pretty impressive. Only in the first main game area, but the story and the way the game plays is just....fun...
If GW2 wasnt releasing this week, I would buy this game after my time in the trial. Would it be a multi-year game like WoW and Everquest was...who knows.., but to just run through the content once it would be well worth it.Comment
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Agree, I think this is one of the best MMOs that not a lot of people are playing.I did not care one thing about this game. Dont like Sci-fi, dont like zombies, not a fan of anything the game had to offer...
Until I played it....
Got the trial to hold over time till guild wars 2 comes out, and ill be darned if this isnt pretty impressive. Only in the first main game area, but the story and the way the game plays is just....fun...
If GW2 wasnt releasing this week, I would buy this game after my time in the trial. Would it be a multi-year game like WoW and Everquest was...who knows.., but to just run through the content once it would be well worth it.Oklahoma State Cowboys 2011 Big XII Champions, 2012 Fiesta Bowl Champions
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Lot of people are soured at Funcom due to their last few MMOS that have been very lackluster. I didnt see any advertising about this and only learned about it through my old guids website, and even then it didnt look remotely interesting.
Only downloaded the demo after reading a few impressions and being bored waiting for GW2 to release.
Very impressed with what I got to see. I never made it past the first actual starting zone, but ended up having to find a passcode to get into the airfield, running through sewers with lasers....googling quest hints since some were pretty far out there....its a solid game... I just think it came out at the wrong time.
With the WoW expansion and GW2 set for release within the next week / month respectivly, I just dont think this game could have come out at a worse time. Had the game released early in the year when everyone was burnt out of their respective games / MMOs....I think it would have found some success, but releasing right next to the most popular MMos expansion, and the most hyped up MMO on the horizon....just isnt gonna work I dont think, and its a shame.Comment
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I don't think it's not going to work, odds are most people who are really into WoW wouldn't touch/like TSW anyway.Lot of people are soured at Funcom due to their last few MMOS that have been very lackluster. I didnt see any advertising about this and only learned about it through my old guids website, and even then it didnt look remotely interesting.
Only downloaded the demo after reading a few impressions and being bored waiting for GW2 to release.
Very impressed with what I got to see. I never made it past the first actual starting zone, but ended up having to find a passcode to get into the airfield, running through sewers with lasers....googling quest hints since some were pretty far out there....its a solid game... I just think it came out at the wrong time.
With the WoW expansion and GW2 set for release within the next week / month respectivly, I just dont think this game could have come out at a worse time. Had the game released early in the year when everyone was burnt out of their respective games / MMOs....I think it would have found some success, but releasing right next to the most popular MMos expansion, and the most hyped up MMO on the horizon....just isnt gonna work I dont think, and its a shame.Oklahoma State Cowboys 2011 Big XII Champions, 2012 Fiesta Bowl Champions
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Oh it flopped alright. 50-60% of the staff was laid off.
Norwegian games maker Funcom is either laying off or putting half of its 330 employees on unpaid leave, following weak sales of its much-anticipated new game The Secret World. Around 165 workers at Funcom’s offices in Oslo, Montreal, Beijing and the US are affected, reported newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) on Thursday. Funcom had around 100 […]
Knew that was coming from the beta. People said it was too difficult,too glitchy and having 3 paid services was way too much.Comment
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There was no hype surrounding the game, no advertising, nothing....
If there wasnt a thread about it on my old guild forums, Id never have known it exsisted.
The timing of this release could not have been any worse. You have GW2..which is the most hyped MMO release tommorow, you have the WoW expansion releasing 30 days afterwards etc etc.... just a terrible time to release the game.
Difficulty is another issue all together. I like the idea of sideways leveling, but I did not like having to kill the same mobs over and over and never really able to kill faster as I got more skills. It was tedious, but manageable. Some of the quests were over the top as well, because lets be serious.....how many people could look at a photo and figure out somehow they were talking about Vivaldi writing the Four Seasons, or how many people speak Hebrew and Arabic, or know how to translate morsecode.
Biggest problem I see here is that when you take an MMO that tried to buck the trend of WoW clones like TSW did, it failed on an epic level, such that repeat attempts probably wont be made...and we are right back to having more and more failed WoW clones to choose from.
There are actually a lot of good things TSW had going for it, and its a shame it will never get recognized for it.Comment
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http://kotaku.com/5943281/insider-tr...e-secret-worldAs The Escapist reports, when Trond Aas changed position on July 2 from CEO to "strategic advisor" and chief strategy officer, he became eligible to sell his Funcom shares. He immediately tried to offload 1.5 million of them, though he only succeeded in selling 650,000.
On July 2, when Aas changed roles, Funcom stock was still worth $17.60 a share; yesterday, it reached a high of $2.17. The falloff has been dramatic. Norwegian authorities are now investigating the claims against Aas.
Perhaps insiders at Funcom knew that their MMORPG was likely to underperform, or perhaps it's a horribly unfortunate coincidence of timing. Either way, the allegations don't do The Secret World or Funcom any favors.Comment
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