2014-02-08, 01:39 AM
Finally got online a few hours ago...I'm not impressed at all. My big grievances:
- The game's tutorial was pretty bad. If nothing else, they should have let you try several weapons before you get stuck with your starting one.
- Destruction Staff seems pretty downright sh'itty. The first spell I got does less damage than my basic attack and costs half of my mana. The charging is a pretty bleh mechanic. Overall I hate it.
- The party system is just terrible. I understand the need for instances, but why can't I see my party members in towns? Why am I not forced into their instance when I change maps? When I try to switch to their instance, why can't I be in the same location? I get the auto-move putting you at a shrine or whatever, but if I'm switching instances to join my party (through the specific menu button), why do I have to re-walk to them? That's silly.
- The quest marker system seems to be just awful. I was required to talk to "people in town", but no one has anything to say to me. There is no quest marker, until I get literally on top of the NPC that is required to continue. If I'm going to have to wander aimlessly through "the park", so to speak, then at least have the citizens of it have something useful to say. It's pretty awful to have to talk to 20 NPCs and have them all go, "Hello." Oh thanks, thanks for being useless. Just give me the location of the NPC, if I wanted the Local Lore I don't need a quest for that.
Overall it feels like a generic MMO with TES leveling mechanics. I might play more tomorrow or something but my overall interest is currently rock bottom.
The game is supposed to be released in a month. Unless the developers are miracle workers I expect this to be another MMO with huge problems on release.
- The game's tutorial was pretty bad. If nothing else, they should have let you try several weapons before you get stuck with your starting one.
- Destruction Staff seems pretty downright sh'itty. The first spell I got does less damage than my basic attack and costs half of my mana. The charging is a pretty bleh mechanic. Overall I hate it.
- The party system is just terrible. I understand the need for instances, but why can't I see my party members in towns? Why am I not forced into their instance when I change maps? When I try to switch to their instance, why can't I be in the same location? I get the auto-move putting you at a shrine or whatever, but if I'm switching instances to join my party (through the specific menu button), why do I have to re-walk to them? That's silly.
- The quest marker system seems to be just awful. I was required to talk to "people in town", but no one has anything to say to me. There is no quest marker, until I get literally on top of the NPC that is required to continue. If I'm going to have to wander aimlessly through "the park", so to speak, then at least have the citizens of it have something useful to say. It's pretty awful to have to talk to 20 NPCs and have them all go, "Hello." Oh thanks, thanks for being useless. Just give me the location of the NPC, if I wanted the Local Lore I don't need a quest for that.
Overall it feels like a generic MMO with TES leveling mechanics. I might play more tomorrow or something but my overall interest is currently rock bottom.
Zelkova Wrote:Game has some work that needs to be done. It's still Beta so I'll let it slide.
The game is supposed to be released in a month. Unless the developers are miracle workers I expect this to be another MMO with huge problems on release.