tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post6391237669826829150..comments2023-10-25T07:19:08.019-05:00Comments on The Nosy Gamer: The Secret World Is Not SW:TORNoizyGamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-81292147774871967132012-12-17T18:49:12.795-06:002012-12-17T18:49:12.795-06:00I got two very solid months' play out of TSW. ...I got two very solid months' play out of TSW. I think it looks great, is the best-written and voice-acted MMO I've ever played (I realize that's damning with faint praise) and the combat/RPG elements are certainly no worse than standard.<br /><br />I'm not sure it has more than three or four months' content. I was perhaps three-quarters of the way through the main storyline and almost at the end of Transylvania in exploration after my two months. That's still great value - well worth the "box" cost without the sub. <br /><br />If TSW is going to be a real MMO it needs to add quite a lot more the world. Four open world zones (albeit subdivided) and a scatter of instanced dungeons don't make a virtual world. On balance, though, it has a huge amount going for it and I recommend it to anyone looking for an intelligent, provocative, unusual online RPG. <br /><br />If Funcom survive the upcoming MMO retrenchment, and I believe they will, TSW can only grow in depth and complexity. Five years from now it could be something quite wonderful.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-28667687303505731692012-12-17T16:24:25.423-06:002012-12-17T16:24:25.423-06:00I'm a EVE player/blogger that also plays TSW a...I'm a EVE player/blogger that also plays TSW and has played TSW since Launch. I've just never blogged much about it. I've actually enjoyed the game since launch for its story and more intelligent game play that actually require some thought. I"ve made it past Solomon Island long ago during the Summer and Solomon Island does have a really Epic ending. <br /><br />Have passed that point and explored the Mysteries of the Sands and Tombs of Egypt which was quite an experience and fun. Moved on to the Farmlands of Romania investigating occult mysteries in the countryside while being hunted by Vampires and more. As well traveling to the heart of Transylvania and investigated the mysteries of Dracula in his homeland. I've reached Faction level 14+ and GL 10 level gear. I've seem and experienced more of the game since launch than most who just tried it and gave up. That was all mostly completed back in September.<br /><br />I can say I really did enjoy the Secret World and it is a niche game just like EVE. You either like the game or you don't and it's not for everyone. I guess you can say that about EVE as well. I more believe the vast majority of players who casually tried TSW never made it off of Solomon Island which is quite sad as the game gets even more exciting beyond that period. You don't fully appreciate the complex story of TSW until you have progressed much beyond the starter island of Solomon Island. Much fewer are those players who actually made it to the end zones of TSW into the complex mysteries that lay deep in the Transylvania farm and highlands. <br /><br />I guess one of the reasons I liked the game as an EVE player is because the game is challenging in thought, mystery solving and has a complex story investigation and mystery. Much different to all the other mindless MMO's where using your brains don't require all that much effort. It's also much different a game as well.<br /><br />Hopefully you reach the end of Solomon Island and unlock the mystery of it as the mission reaches it climax. Because it's really so cool to get to the bottom of that mystery. Yet there is so much more to get to see beyond that. Hopefully you make it pass that point.<br /><br />Playing TSW is and can be much a Solo game. I'm much a Solo player i'll admit as well. But i can surely tell you when you play TSW with a friend or a group of friends TSW feels like a very different game. And that is much different feeling than playing TSW Solo as well.Ardent Defenderhttp://ardentdefense.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-22396774942571278202012-12-17T06:31:23.751-06:002012-12-17T06:31:23.751-06:00I would say that the designers in Norwegian checke...I would say that the designers in Norwegian checked out SW:TOR, realized tale, the popular "fourth pillar" of activity style, was the next big factor and made the decision they required to make the experience identical to be able to drive the trend. Instead the trend is a trend going out to sea.paronychiahttp://www.nailfungustreatment.org/articles/paronychia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com