ArcheAge

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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 775 Ratings

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  1. kashek32
    Sep 18, 2014
    10
    A large majority of the people giving this game a 0 review are basing their review out of anger regarding the server queues. I think these reviewers are creating an unfair, poor image of the game on metacritic. Yes, the queues are unbearable and show a lack of competence from the company regarding the interest their game would receive, but the *GAME* is good.

    The *GAME* itself, once you    A large majority of the people giving this game a 0 review are basing their review out of anger regarding the server queues. I think these reviewers are creating an unfair, poor image of the game on metacritic. Yes, the queues are unbearable and show a lack of competence from the company regarding the interest their game would receive, but the *GAME* is good.

    The *GAME* itself, once you make it through the insanely long queue, is amazing. As a 17-year veteran of Mmorpgs, I can honestly say that this is the freshest experience I've had in many years. I get the giddy old-school vibe I received from DAOC. The world is highly interactive and feels like you're a citizen in a virtual world, not just a human behind a computer screen. I haven't made it too crazy-far yet, but I really like what I see.

    I am giving this game a 10-star review to try to help counteract the immature 0 star reviews. My honest feeling so far, based on quality of gaming experience, is a solid 8.5/10.    … Expand
  2. Ceneo
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    Absolutely terrible release, they constantly cater to the NA servers (which are still suffering horribly) and leave the EU servers to ROT. Their newest 'fix' increased all NA server populations by 20%, and they only increased 1 EU server by 10%...why. We are all sat in 5-10 hour queues here, surely this warrants more capacity on ALL servers.
  3. Eska
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    Game itself is good, whats ruining it is Trion. Long queues, REALLY CRAPPY (never seem worst) customer service. Contact with any staff member almost impossible.
    It's just sad how PUBLISHER can ruin great game. XL Games should actually do something about, because their product being just simply fu**ed up ;)

    Regards
  4. hierax
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    I bought this **** game 4 days before Release (Those founderhitpackage) and i was able to play it for 2 evenings, out of 7. Hour long queue all the **** time. Im so outraged, Trion can shove my money up their ass, im done with this piece of **** i dont even want to play it anymore. Every evening the same, i log in and want to play, 2-4 hour queue, i ragequit. The stuff i have seen so farI bought this **** game 4 days before Release (Those founderhitpackage) and i was able to play it for 2 evenings, out of 7. Hour long queue all the **** time. Im so outraged, Trion can shove my money up their ass, im done with this piece of **** i dont even want to play it anymore. Every evening the same, i log in and want to play, 2-4 hour queue, i ragequit. The stuff i have seen so far (LVL25) was pure themeparkgrinding. Kill 5 of that, farm 10 of this... 95% of the quests are like that. The story is plain boring. Stay away from this, invest the bugs to a better game.… Expand
  5. Homeslice1289
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    Terrible communication by their "Senior" Community Manager, Trion's CEO does a better job than he. The queues are horrendous and once you do get in-game, they are unstable and often disconnect you.
  6. Darthgnomo
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    It is not a F2P game but a monthly subscription, it seems correct punctuation low for misleading people.
    Me parece correcta una puntuacion tan baja porque el juego no es un F2P sino un MMO que solo es funcional al 100% con una suscripcion mensual, de lo contrario solo es jugable como una DEMO.
    Trion a actuado de forma CHAPUZERA, INCOMPETENTE y PESETERA.
  7. Dorfanuggan
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    I paid $50 for a founder pack and after almost a week have played a total of 10 minutes. The queue is usually 3 hours long and I cannot play the game. I obviously am excited about the game, but the fact that I can't play the game means you get a bad score.
  8. Descatusat
    Sep 18, 2014
    9
    I also made an account just to comment on this game. I'll start with the cons.

    The single valid point that some of the low scores are making is that there is a pay2play advantage. This advantage is not nearly as strong as they say though. You can easily become highly profitable as a f2p player, if you're willing to put in time to do so. Seeing as this is an mmorpg I'm assuming putting    I also made an account just to comment on this game. I'll start with the cons.

    The single valid point that some of the low scores are making is that there is a pay2play advantage. This advantage is not nearly as strong as they say though. You can easily become highly profitable as a f2p player, if you're willing to put in time to do so. Seeing as this is an mmorpg I'm assuming putting time in is something you plan to do, otherwise, don't play an mmorpg and expect to be successful economically.

    That is the only con in my opinion. It is a rather small con to me as well.

    The queue complainers seem to have not been around for the release of a large budget mmo before so in my eyes their opinion can sort of be disregarded. Queues are to be expected at certain times of the day until players settle in to the game. Queues will dwindle down, they always do. Its launch week guys, come on.

    With all of that said, this is the best mmorpg I've seen released in year. I'm a big mmo fan, played all the popular titles and I'd say most of the underground ones. This is the first mmo to give me the wonder and urge to play as UO and vanilla-BC wow. Aside from the farming/housing and naval warfare, this game makes me feel like I'm playing a shinier vanilla wow. Take that as you will. Some may say its bad. It may be exactly what others are looking for. If it is, give this game a go and see for yourself.    … Expand
  9. Estroyer
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    The game itself has some great features, but unfortunately I am not able to enjoy them. The queues are way too long and also it gets quite expensive if you want to get anything done at all in the long run. Also, I can't build a house because all the land is gone. This is not what I paid for and I will go to great lengths to get a refund!
  10. KittyDraconi
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    This game should change it's name for QueueAge. It will suit better.... Why such big company like trion can't handle 3-4k more people in 1 serwer? it will solve problem....
  11. H0P3
    Sep 18, 2014
    2
    Let's disregard the issues with the server (queue) and the engine issues (vga overheating, no fps cap and similar things). These will be fixed over time thats okay.

    PRO: -The game itself looks nice (not _that_ amazing though). The engine is really good, you clearly see that Cryengine 3 shines in this big mmo enviroment. -Found two nice features only: Mount as pet and glider. Good    Let's disregard the issues with the server (queue) and the engine issues (vga overheating, no fps cap and similar things). These will be fixed over time thats okay.

    PRO:
    -The game itself looks nice (not _that_ amazing though). The engine is really good, you clearly see that Cryengine 3 shines in this big mmo enviroment.
    -Found two nice features only: Mount as pet and glider. Good ideas but that doesn't mean you should feel that the game itself is full of good ideas.
    CONS:
    -The game (lore) is very blant. The story and race lore and the world is nothing new, not appealing at all.
    -Questing is terribly primitive. You played such go to x-y-z and pick up 5-10-15 items in early 2000. Linear, unimpressive.
    -Lacking movement and controll fluidity. This is hard to explain but after some time of play the animation and movement speed and the combat phases aren't drawing you into the game at all. You still feel that you sit outside of the game, pushing buttons one after another.

    I can't comprehend how companies can release such game in 2014. And I can't even comprehend why people hype over such a really simple game. Very weak attempt. Go, check it out but don't spend money on it! You'll see what I mean!    … Expand
  12. N1nja_Jesus
    Sep 18, 2014
    1
    Another boring p2w mmorpg. I have played it for two days, I made 25lvl and I quited because I was so bored with this game. If you are f2p player you are restricted in almost everything. You wont have "labor" to even open coin purses, so you can only dream of crafting/gathering.
    Avoid at all cost.
  13. Exwin0880
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    At the moment, the game is unplayable due to the Queues.

    It may be a great game one day, but you can't review on potential. You have to review what's in front of you, and what's in front of me is an almost 3 hour wait to get into the game.
  14. Morlach
    Sep 18, 2014
    5
    In the game's current state, 1 week after release, the game is total fail due to massive queues, bugs with Founder's access and all land taken up. Once these issues are resolved then then game will deserve a better rating.
  15. Telco23
    Sep 18, 2014
    10
    Rating of this game here is not objective. 90% players giving 0 or 1 is just raging becouse of ques and post launch issues, which will be gone in few weeks, but rating will be affected after those issues will be solved. Its not even p2w too, becouse almost everything from money shop can be purchased in ingame AH very cheap, for example potions which costs 300 of real money currency you canRating of this game here is not objective. 90% players giving 0 or 1 is just raging becouse of ques and post launch issues, which will be gone in few weeks, but rating will be affected after those issues will be solved. Its not even p2w too, becouse almost everything from money shop can be purchased in ingame AH very cheap, for example potions which costs 300 of real money currency you can buy for funny 5-7 ingame gold, cosmetic changes of your character for 40-50gold etc. Market chests are just lotery, not worth it. Only big difference between f2p a p2p is labor regen speed and housing. This is first MMO after 5 years of WoW I am really enjoing and going to pay. Yes, there are post launch issues, but it was completly expected by me in game like this. Its not actually reason to take -9/-10 rating just becouse of something what will be fixed anyway. Just ignore those with 0 rating if you want to know how good this game is, their rating is rating of long time ques and issues, not game itself. Lets for me its 10/10 (as patron and founder). If I was counting every post launch issue, its still would be 7/10 (-1 for insane ques, -1 for not enough housing areas, -1 for patron status/founders items issues ). But still far from 0… Expand
  16. Uberwolfe
    Sep 18, 2014
    7
    ArcheAge is truly an impressive game in its scope. It is possible to make the game what you will. In fact, it is entirely possible to just stop questing at around level 30 and live and prosper as a crafter.. spend the rest of your days tending your crops and livestock with the occasional foray into the wilds to gather materials. Or, do away with the chivalrous main quest.. join up with aArcheAge is truly an impressive game in its scope. It is possible to make the game what you will. In fact, it is entirely possible to just stop questing at around level 30 and live and prosper as a crafter.. spend the rest of your days tending your crops and livestock with the occasional foray into the wilds to gather materials. Or, do away with the chivalrous main quest.. join up with a pirate gang and turn against the world – including your own faction. How about buy a big boat and work as a ferryman, shipping players across the open seas for gold? All this is possible.

    It's this flexibility that gives ArcheAge a significant edge over the current offering of AAA MMOs. Of course, there are quest hubs and a main story but it quickly becomes apparent that the world is a big place brimming with opportunities. What lies on that distant shore you can spot on the horizon? What kind of adventures await over the hazy blue mountains to the northeast? There is absolutely nothing stopping you from gathering a few supplies and adventuring off to find out.

    On that topic, the feeling of an open, expansive world is accentuated by the fact the world is entirely seamless. You can travel by foot/hoof/paw/boat or glider from one end of the world to the other without being presented with a single loading screen. This harks back to the MMOs of old, and it is truly appreciated that this seemingly lost art has returned here. Forget the heavy instancing in games like Elder Scrolls Online or SWTOR.

    The gliders are truly a brilliant spark, too. Having a finite flight-time combats the issues that are usually caused by flying mounts. The need to find a lofty take-off point and then carefully manage your flight path makes flying a considered act and not just a mindless WASD manoeuvre..

    But sadly, all these amazing features don’t diminish a few glaring negatives. The core of the game, arguably the most important feature, combat, is archaic. Fighting is an old-school tab-target cooldown affair. Pretty much think WoW with the ability to stack combos based on different skill effects. It is mostly static and lacks the dynamic, visceral nature of other recent MMOs such as WildStar or Tera. Add to that a generous helping of lag and combat is basically a ho-hum interference between the start, and the end of your quest. To be fair though, most skills have satisfying effects and feedback, but the very nature of the combat in ArcheAge has seen better days.

    The bland combat isn’t helped by the constant mob tagging. I have waited for up to 30 mins to kill a single quest boss with 20 other players standing around all desperately trying to get a kill. With some classes having a 2-3 second cast time on basic attacks, it can be virtually impossible to kill certain mobs until the other players move on. Some players are willing to group up, but most inexplicably are not. The lack of smart tagging seems to be yet another rustic theme from MMOs of old. But then, if the combat isn’t your thing – then that’s fine. As mentioned already, a non-combat (or at least very minimal) existence is entirely viable.

    ArcheAge allows you to build houses and farms in a host of pre-defined locations. There are entire districts reserved for housing, but also many hidden locations well off the beaten path. Each plot restricts houses to be of a certain size – which I feel is unfortunate. If I pay the tax on a piece of land, I believe I should be able to build whatever I please on it. House designs are bought either from the instanced Mirage Island which is like an island-based shopping mall or from other players on the auction houses. You pay a healthy tax on your property, and if you miss your payments, you lose your plot and all things placed on it will be mailed back to you. Of course, you are welcome to try and grow a farm anywhere in the world, but anything you grow outside of your reserved space is pretty much free-for-all – so hide it well!

    Graphically ArcheAge suffers from inconsistency. There are certain views that are drop-dead goregeous as the CryEngine is capable of. But then there are locations that have had the arm completely rolled over and are almost totally devoid of anything. Character models, gear and mounts are generally very high quality though, and the rich character creator enables a great many options for customization (facial features only).

    Add to all this a proper player-run economy, justice system for naughty players. A healthy selection of classes that can be combined and you do have a compelling and feature-filled MMO. Give it some time for expansion and polish and ArcheAge could truly grow into something amazing.

    Pros: Seamless world, non-linear gameplay options, Housing, Graphics (mostly), Gliders, Variety

    Cons: Lag, DX11 issues, Dated combat, Forgettable characters, Lack of housing space, Tagging

    Note: Review based on premium version    … Expand
  17. rlwright34
    Sep 18, 2014
    6
    This game has the potential to be fun and is able to fulfill my asian mmo grindfest wishes. However, I cant look past the massive problems with the ques, lack of paid for patron gear, and the massive land shortage. For me not being able to build a small house and farm, a large part of the game, is a huge turn off. I dont want to be a baron, but unfortunatly western greed remains prevelant,This game has the potential to be fun and is able to fulfill my asian mmo grindfest wishes. However, I cant look past the massive problems with the ques, lack of paid for patron gear, and the massive land shortage. For me not being able to build a small house and farm, a large part of the game, is a huge turn off. I dont want to be a baron, but unfortunatly western greed remains prevelant, and while I agree compition for land and resources is good and in part what the game is about, being completely unable to even get a very small plot is ridiculious. Hopefully Trion will help smooth all this out. If I was a new F2P player, I would wait 6 months for the game, economy, and community to stabilize.… Expand
  18. Rili
    Sep 18, 2014
    9
    Iv seen tons of people reviewing this game as a P2W(Pay to win) on the bias assumption that the things you can buy in the Marketplace is game breaking.

    This is wrong, Everything you can get in the Marketplace is obtainable in the game for free if you choose to get it. Either way! Let start! Why do I give the game a 9. 1. I'm not rating the game on how the launch is going, cause    Iv seen tons of people reviewing this game as a P2W(Pay to win) on the bias assumption that the things you can buy in the Marketplace is game breaking.

    This is wrong, Everything you can get in the Marketplace is obtainable in the game for free if you choose to get it.

    Either way! Let start! Why do I give the game a 9.

    1. I'm not rating the game on how the launch is going, cause as most mmo veterans know, 99% of all launches will be horrible, people will scream for compensation etc. Only thing I wish was allot better was Scapes, his doing a Really bad Community manager job, his not posting any info to us for like 8-12 hours apart, and we have 0 info on whats going to happen in the future.

    2.The game it self, is Incredible. Why is it Incredible? well the graphics , when you enter the game for the first time, you will see huge mountains, lush fields, and mind blowing lighting from the Cryengine 3 Archeage is running.
    The flow of the game is incredible.

    3. The questing. The quests in AA isn't anything special, the story quests ends suddenly at level 28-31 and your left to complete non story quests. But there are quests to take you all the way to max level. Pretty easy and can be done in 30-50 hours , depending on your play style and hardcoreness.

    4.Sandbox, well what is a sandbox? Well I define a sandbox game as giving me the options to do what I please at any level and can still have fun. This is the part that makes Archeage stand out from the other mmos. Lets say at level 12, you want to look at crafting and farming? well just do it, Place your farm(you need to be a paying costumer), or be a risk taker and plant a secret farm and see if your able to collect on it! You can build a house at level 12, you can build a boat! you can craft armor sets , or any other craft able item as long as you take your time and skill it up.

    You can run around for hours, exploring the mountains, trying to find peoples secret farms, and steal it from them! you can try to swim out in the ocean and island jump and try to find treasures on the ocean floor!. The game gives you All the choices in the world.

    5.Paying costumer, for Farms / houses etc. Well as XLgames (the developer) has stated, that owning land is not supposed to be for everyone. That means there are a limited places to put down your farms and houses. That opens for a Rel-estate selling etc driving the economy. That basically means if F2p players would have the chance to plant there wouldn't be a single spot left. EVEN THO, Trion/XLgames screwed up big time on the launch not restricting every account to 1 house only the first week or so. so most plots are taken, there are more plots available just not in the ocean zones ;P

    The game over all is good, people who cry about Pay 2 win etc, have most likely just read what other people has said, or they just don't pay money to play games that costs ALLOT of make. The cash shop does not give a single advantage and well they are pretty much just trolling, and mad About the QUE.

    Give AA 2-3 more weeks and the dust has settled and all the crying spoiled kids has moved to another game.

    SO a Sum up! IF you like huge games, with massive pvp battles, farming, 120 class etc, Go give AA a try, play it for free, and if you like it, and plan to stick with it, go subscribe, then you can play the game to its fullest!

    Hope this helpes!
    - Rili - Eanna EU    … Expand
  19. OG1
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    Best try it before you drop any money on this game.
    What the game is at the root is a Korean PVP grinder with quest to lev you.
    The good: It looks nice. It can be fun to run like the wind. You can fly! well glide but it is grate fun. There are boats and fishing. The world is open to you more or less. Want to swim the ocean? You can! You can pvp in a lot of areas. You can hit lev    Best try it before you drop any money on this game.
    What the game is at the root is a Korean PVP grinder with quest to lev you.

    The good:
    It looks nice.
    It can be fun to run like the wind.
    You can fly! well glide but it is grate fun.
    There are boats and fishing.
    The world is open to you more or less. Want to swim the ocean? You can!
    You can pvp in a lot of areas.
    You can hit lev cap FTP.
    You can have a boat and a glider!

    The bad:
    Dam near every thing else.
    Crafting is made in to new kinda hell with things you can turn a profit on the items that make the item sell for more.
    Quest are boring and on rails.
    You can go anyplace in the world but you will be killed if your not at a good lev for being there.
    To even fish you need a pole and bait you must buy them or craft and grow them and be a lev in growing and have land to do that.
    You need land or gold to get anything and you need to pay for that.
    The 120 class is a joke most are sooooo close to one another it will not mater and only a few are the "best" and the ones you will want to run in pvp.
    The pvp is bad like why even have it bad. People are saying this is hardcore pvp. It is not. Die pop back up and fight some more. You lose almost nothing and gain almost nothing.
    The game stutters fore seems like no reason.
    More gank than pvp.
    forced pvp if you want do all the main quests.

    And there is much more bad with the game but I can forgive all that.

    What is driving people away is Trion. Too few too crappy servers log in times in the Hr. not a joke pay $150 and you can play in 1hr or 2 or 3 you get the idea. The preopen was one of the worst opens of any MMO I have been in in the last 15 years not the worst as some say but not to good. Sold founders starter packs for $150 then did not send them all out but sold new packs to people that are much much better and that was in a few days. What will they do in 90 days when the founders cash drys up? The land you need to farm, one of the big selling points of the game and some thing that is almost need to craft gone in 1Hr. of start. Good luck getting any unless you hit up a gold seller or the cash shop. Oh yes there are bots gold spammers and hacks running nuts in the game. Then there are the fan boys telling you every thing is grate when it sucks feels like talking to Trion. Ever try talking to some one who thinks they know every thing but is clueless about what you are talking about? That is Trion customer support. That and nailing you junk to a table are about as much fun.

    But you can try it free and have a grate time for 30 days or so. Not worth the time or money to me. ESO is better to bad there is no glider.    … Expand
  20. DriadShatigon
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    Have been playin since closed beta and never got tired of it, i recomend this game to all MMORPG players of the old school, they will enjoy.

    Only thing to be aware atm is current overpopulation, have fun!
  21. luk443
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Would be a great game if you could play. refuse to up server capacity refuse to up server count and this makes it a 4 HOUR long with just to play the game! They also promised extra features for $150 and to date NONE of these items have been delivered. Pay to win at the finest!
  22. negarpls
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Paid 150 for the Archeum Founders pack, but was only able to play for 1/4 of the headstart period due to **** Trion and their queues and DDOS, all that bull. Now that it's release, I am still missing 60 out of my 90 day Patron statues and having to wait in 2 hour+ queue lines. Thanks Obama.
  23. Magesw
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    Other then the que's(which will be fixed with time) this game is exactly what the NA needed instead of all these WoW clones we get an awesome game! The graphic are decent, the game play is great and the PvP is even better. Try this game and see for yourself.
  24. Aesmodien
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Horrible customer service, Trion promised to provide priority queing and took player money for items they never delivered. After they failed to live up to their promise and spamming in game that they had a backlog, they have now resorted to telling players they are not eligible to get items anymore even though the company asked people to switch servers to help que times.

    Players have    Horrible customer service, Trion promised to provide priority queing and took player money for items they never delivered. After they failed to live up to their promise and spamming in game that they had a backlog, they have now resorted to telling players they are not eligible to get items anymore even though the company asked people to switch servers to help que times.

    Players have received 0 items for an entire week while new people paying are getting immediate service over people that supported the game since April. The company clearly gouged people and has shown they are more interested in milking the gaming community.

    lastly the game is very much Pay to Win or more aptly pay for super fast progression as you can buy your way to 50 and economy dominance through their credit system. Trion has proven to be the EA of the west.    … Expand
  25. Jessicat
    Sep 17, 2014
    7
    The game I gave a 7/10. Combat is fun, PvP is good, and the crafting is a blast.

    Trion, I give a 0/10. I am a $150 founder and haven't received any of my items. On top of that they screwed over my patron status. The original founder packs were nothing compared to the new starter packs, the server issues, having to wait 6+ hours in queue, and even with a head start I still couldn't    The game I gave a 7/10. Combat is fun, PvP is good, and the crafting is a blast.

    Trion, I give a 0/10. I am a $150 founder and haven't received any of my items. On top of that they screwed over my patron status.

    The original founder packs were nothing compared to the new starter packs, the server issues, having to wait 6+ hours in queue, and even with a head start I still couldn't get any land before everyone took all the land to sell for lots of gold. Besides all those issues the game is P2W in some ways. Lot of stuff you can earn in game for gold or other in-game currencies you can just buy in the cash shop.    … Expand
  26. minnimi
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    The game is great. I was able to play for three hours, from 12am until server restart, I have not been able to log in since, I've been in a 7+ hour long Q after which game disconnected/crashed and I had to get back in line... I will continue playing, should I ever be able to log back in.
  27. Renogen
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    Summary: All players begin their journey on either the Nuia or Harihara continents.
    should be
    Summary: All players begin their journey on the super duper long waiting queues of about 3 hours.
  28. Oxage
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    9/16/2014 was a sad sad day in my life as I decided to pay for patron status. I was left 4k+ position in queue and still waiting (It's been over 3 hours). This is unjust and I've requested a full refund. I'm never going to play this game solely based on the fact that Trion **** up.
  29. thisismyusernae
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    The publisher is trion. Need I say more? People who paid for the founder pack got screwed, they already introduced a pack with the same price and better benefits, you'll wait 6 hours in a queue just to get disconnected with 5 minutes left. I wanted to play archeage, and I wanted to play it a lot. The fact that Trion published the game for EU/US decimated me. They are, without a doubt,The publisher is trion. Need I say more? People who paid for the founder pack got screwed, they already introduced a pack with the same price and better benefits, you'll wait 6 hours in a queue just to get disconnected with 5 minutes left. I wanted to play archeage, and I wanted to play it a lot. The fact that Trion published the game for EU/US decimated me. They are, without a doubt, the EA of the MMO world. Defiance? Hands down worst MMO I've ever played. Rift? Not terrible, but the F2P model could be a lot better. Trion's support? Rude beyond belief. You'll get banned for weeks/months for saying something "rude" (no cursing, just rude), support reps will insult you and threaten to ban you if you contact them again, and Trion is just about the most money hungry, big game publishing company there is. I highly doubt this game will get any better.… Expand
  30. Antipattern
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Extremely long queue (even paid member gets priority it still ridiculously long.)
    Zero response from official.
    Paid Founder get no items (it is in the purchased package but you won't get it).
    No one handling the submitted tickets.
  31. moarsi
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    So I have been a founder of the game since Alpha, and I can attest that the game is a lot of fun with a guild or friends. Me and my guildies planned for weeks for headstart for land rush and come head start what do we get... almost NOBODY in our guild was able to log in due to disconnection issues or being shown a looping scene of the intro or worse of all, the hours long ques. End result,So I have been a founder of the game since Alpha, and I can attest that the game is a lot of fun with a guild or friends. Me and my guildies planned for weeks for headstart for land rush and come head start what do we get... almost NOBODY in our guild was able to log in due to disconnection issues or being shown a looping scene of the intro or worse of all, the hours long ques. End result, our entire strategy was flushed down the toilet, because by the time we got in the lucky few who were able to get in and the luck few who got multiple founder awards from the bug had grabbed almost all the good spots and we were left scavenging for leftovers. Naturally, the guild was unable to get our farms/houses together like we had planned. Apart from the land rush, the entire headstart has been a disaster owing to the hourly long ques and the constant disconnections only to be put back in hourly long ques. Extremely bad performance on Trions end and I will not be spending another dime on the game.… Expand
  32. laminblake
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Automatic 0/10
    Reasoning:
    The launch day "founders pack" purchasers got more for their money than the people who preordered the game! Never have I seen such BS from an MMO in my life! I don't care about big queues, that's part of the experience, but to troll the people that supported this game before release and not even be apologetic about it is beyond insulting. Considering a    Automatic 0/10
    Reasoning:
    The launch day "founders pack" purchasers got more for their money than the people who preordered the game! Never have I seen such BS from an MMO in my life! I don't care about big queues, that's part of the experience, but to troll the people that supported this game before release and not even be apologetic about it is beyond insulting. Considering a chargeback because of this.    … Expand
  33. templarmkiii
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    Combat is solid, but they still don't solve the propensity for MMO quests to be boring and disengaging. Then comes the fact that they have the worst launch in history with people who actually paid for the game still having to wait 8+ hours to even log in, as well as a slue of other problems even if you do manage that feat.

    The biggest defense they have with not adding more servers that    Combat is solid, but they still don't solve the propensity for MMO quests to be boring and disengaging. Then comes the fact that they have the worst launch in history with people who actually paid for the game still having to wait 8+ hours to even log in, as well as a slue of other problems even if you do manage that feat.

    The biggest defense they have with not adding more servers that I see other players give out is "But in two weeks, you'd have a ton of vacant servers". In this day and age, merges are easy, and so is spinning up a server if you're virtual (and if you're not, you're behind the curve). For a seasoned company like trion to have issues like this along with the obvious P2W aspect of housing only seems to point that they don't care about this game, nor are they going to be responsive.

    3/10 because the execution of it is so poor.    … Expand
  34. Goeegoanna
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    I must say this whole event has been a great letdown. The game it's self is rather fun, when one can actually get in to play. However, every aspect of it's supposed uniqueness is not available to the masses. There are no houses or farms available, therefore the average person can not really craft or farm anything, the market will be filled with the products made by the few people andI must say this whole event has been a great letdown. The game it's self is rather fun, when one can actually get in to play. However, every aspect of it's supposed uniqueness is not available to the masses. There are no houses or farms available, therefore the average person can not really craft or farm anything, the market will be filled with the products made by the few people and guilds that were lucky enough to log in and get their founders packs....along with the few who got far more than they should.

    Not only did the founders pack s not arrive but, they have also restricted them to just 6 so, if you delete a character for any reason, you will not receive a new pack. Why was this not told to players before hand? I have never seen such a thing before, I find the whole thing ridiculous.

    The founders pack I was not given for some time now seems worthless compared to the new packs which have far more useful stuff in them. This feels like a complete lack of loyalty on Trion's behalf and a great big slap across my face. I have completely lost trust in this company.

    The very fact I paid for a founder's pack yet spent more time trying to log in, or re-logging in, than actually getting to play is yet another big slap in my face. What is even worse is now the free players get potions and goodies to help them level fast and even a chance to get the house I couldn't, while I still wait to log in.
    There is a complete lack of voice from Trion, with regard to creating new servers or any chance of lessening the unreasonable ques we all have to suffer, from one extent to another. I don't like to pay to wait and I certainly refuse to pay at all any longer. When my months are over, there is no chance I will be subbing, for there is no point, since the only reason to sub seems to be to own property, and I have none now and no chance of getting any.

    My whole experience so far feels tainted, my opinion of Trion is that they are criminal. they made many promises but failed to fulfill those obligations, yet off no solution, only a big middle finger to those that they scammed.    … Expand
  35. mmoevi
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    This game is absolutely Pay2Win.
    Archeage has Labor Point System that is connected Everything in this world.
    Craft, farming, coin purses, housing, fishing, trading and even some quests require. Let me give you an example. You want to make first set of armors (much stronger than you get from quests), then you need 700 labor points. Labor Points will regain when you are Online: Paid    This game is absolutely Pay2Win.
    Archeage has Labor Point System that is connected Everything in this world.
    Craft, farming, coin purses, housing, fishing, trading and even some quests require.
    Let me give you an example.
    You want to make first set of armors (much stronger than you get from quests), then you need 700 labor points.
    Labor Points will regain when you are
    Online: Paid player 10P/5mins, Free player 5P/5mins
    Offline: Paid player 5P/5mins, Free player none.

    It means
    Free players need to stay online more than 11hours to get first armors.
    Second armors require 1050 LP. Higher you go, more LP require.

    Want a house? LP require, how about a boat? Sorry, LP require.
    It is free to get in, but not free if you want to enjoy this game.

    Labor Points force you to pay.    … Expand
  36. WelkinDust
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    Very fun game...once you get past the ATROCIOUS queues. Seriously, waiting for over an hour and a half to play in the middle of a Wednesday? And 3-4 hours during peak hours? No thanks.

    Plus all the land is taken in the safe zones, so if you were hoping to be a farmer/trader you HAD to be in Head Start and HAD to race through all the content at breakneck pace on your first character in    Very fun game...once you get past the ATROCIOUS queues. Seriously, waiting for over an hour and a half to play in the middle of a Wednesday? And 3-4 hours during peak hours? No thanks.

    Plus all the land is taken in the safe zones, so if you were hoping to be a farmer/trader you HAD to be in Head Start and HAD to race through all the content at breakneck pace on your first character in order to claim it. Because the rest of us are now screwed.

    I regret ever wasting one cent on this game, and I paid $100.    … Expand
  37. edubkn
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    This game is not even pay2win. It's slave2win. Either be a slave of the game and stay logged in 24/7 or face the terrible 2 hours minimum queues. It is a fun game though and would lure people if it had a decent publisher that could handle it. In South Korea it has 25 servers. Trion had 8 in NA in headstart. Thanks to them people are actually massively asking for refunds and running awayThis game is not even pay2win. It's slave2win. Either be a slave of the game and stay logged in 24/7 or face the terrible 2 hours minimum queues. It is a fun game though and would lure people if it had a decent publisher that could handle it. In South Korea it has 25 servers. Trion had 8 in NA in headstart. Thanks to them people are actually massively asking for refunds and running away from the game. It's really an achievement how they are able to screw it.… Expand
  38. Drewski
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    This game is terrible in the fact that they are essentially ROBBING people of what they paid for initially with patron status...Trion has single handily STOLEN potentially $1000 from people in game time just by having ques and not being prepared for the launch of this game. They provide a Measly 8 servers for NA and 7 for EU while Russia and Korea have 20 + servers devoted solely to AA.This game is terrible in the fact that they are essentially ROBBING people of what they paid for initially with patron status...Trion has single handily STOLEN potentially $1000 from people in game time just by having ques and not being prepared for the launch of this game. They provide a Measly 8 servers for NA and 7 for EU while Russia and Korea have 20 + servers devoted solely to AA. This game is a travesty and i doubt it will be around for very long.… Expand
  39. EvilLink
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    HORRIBLE. I played in RU, a nice experience, but Trion is the worst company i've ever saw in the world, dont cara about the players, systems bugged, gave Patron status to player that didn't bought, my friend bought the patron in 16/09 at 3pm, today is 17/09 11:17pm and he didn't received yet the subscription, so much lag, and other thing that i could spend my entire night writing......
  40. YashaX
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    Very boring and crippled game
    If you like sandbox games like minecraft or M&B Warband AA is probably not for you. Almost impossible to play f2p, treat as a sub-game. Mainly a grind fest. LP system is terrible.Strong P2W elements, Nice boobs.
    I read some rave reviews about this game and saw it praised as a great sandbox mmo. The reality is much different. The first 20-30 levels of    Very boring and crippled game
    If you like sandbox games like minecraft or M&B Warband AA is probably not for you. Almost impossible to play f2p, treat as a sub-game. Mainly a grind fest. LP system is terrible.Strong P2W elements, Nice boobs.

    I read some rave reviews about this game and saw it praised as a great sandbox mmo. The reality is much different.

    The first 20-30 levels of the game involves just questing through a typical mmo quest hub system. Nothing particularly bad or good about it. Just mundane. Combat is nothing to write home about, monsters have typical dumb mmo AI. Graphics are OK but not great.

    The much vaunted crafting/gathering/farming system requires a huge grind and is limited by the "LP system". LP starts at zero and regenerates very slowly over time, especially for f2p players. You need these LP (labor points) basically to do anything other than fight or move your toon. And these LP are extremely limited. I found crafting even in non-crafting focused games like ESO to be much more rewarding/fun, and of course a game like minecraft or landmark blows it out of the water.

    F2p players also cannot own land, which places them at a significant disadvantage, and locks them out of a key element of the game.

    It is supposedly a pvp focused game, but pvp is quite restricted, and implemented in a bad way in some cases. For example if you enter enemy faction territory you cannot attack that faction. However, the enemy can attack you. However, if you are in a group and only one person in your group is attacked in enemy territory, only that one player will be able to fight back. you will basically just have to watch your friends die one by one without being able to do anything about it.

    What I have said here is only the tip of the ice-berg. There are numerous hidden systems like this in the game waiting to frustrate you.    … Expand
  41. damaged
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Trion are complete scammers, run, don't walk away from this game. They told patrons they'd get queue priority, then removed the queue indicators (which tell you if you are a patron or not) and lumped everyone in the same que, then they released better packages for post-supported than they had for founders and trailblazers, essentially telling those who supported them pre-launch to go ****Trion are complete scammers, run, don't walk away from this game. They told patrons they'd get queue priority, then removed the queue indicators (which tell you if you are a patron or not) and lumped everyone in the same que, then they released better packages for post-supported than they had for founders and trailblazers, essentially telling those who supported them pre-launch to go **** themselves. And I won't even get into the fact they did not deliver patron items to patrons a,d gave F2P players the packages meant for patrons, then instead of giving patron the 30, 60 or 90 days, after the headstart, they actually deducted the headsteart days (which were mostly unplayable) from their subscription time. Dear Trion, go **** yourself.… Expand
  42. glue2
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    I played in Alpha, It was handles well during that through to open beta. The publisher should have should have handled a quality mmo like archeage in better aspects. There were lack of server of the growing population when launched. They have failed to do that and fully adequately calculate the outcome upon launch therefore they should have had atleast 10-12 server in NA upon launch.whileI played in Alpha, It was handles well during that through to open beta. The publisher should have should have handled a quality mmo like archeage in better aspects. There were lack of server of the growing population when launched. They have failed to do that and fully adequately calculate the outcome upon launch therefore they should have had atleast 10-12 server in NA upon launch.while EU is stable with 7 servers Now its a queuing system and frustration pretty much sums it up.… Expand
  43. toodletown2011
    Sep 17, 2014
    3
    I played this game i open beta with no problems. It seemed ok but the graphics and combat seemed a bit dated. Wasn't up to spending real money on it but when i heard it was free to play i decided to check in. One day after launch and i'm looking at hours long queue to get into game. It looks like you really do have to pay to play. Founders who purchased early access get a queueI played this game i open beta with no problems. It seemed ok but the graphics and combat seemed a bit dated. Wasn't up to spending real money on it but when i heard it was free to play i decided to check in. One day after launch and i'm looking at hours long queue to get into game. It looks like you really do have to pay to play. Founders who purchased early access get a queue priority. Seems they would have known after open beta what kind of server population they would have. Clearly they are just looking to cash in.… Expand
  44. Xhamatos
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Great beginning in alpha(1.0), then went to pot for release. Horrible customer service and catering to F2P players while sinking a knife into the backs of the actual paying customers. They have no idea which way they are even going with the game anymore as the first initial trailers and write up are no longer valid.
    One guild can dominate a server and even prevent you from leveling as    Great beginning in alpha(1.0), then went to pot for release. Horrible customer service and catering to F2P players while sinking a knife into the backs of the actual paying customers. They have no idea which way they are even going with the game anymore as the first initial trailers and write up are no longer valid.
    One guild can dominate a server and even prevent you from leveling as open pvp are where you have to level after 30.    … Expand
  45. openedge1
    Sep 17, 2014
    3
    Really, it is a fun game. Yet, the publishers Trion have treated their customers as second rate citizens. Dropping the ball with promised services and then launching with a package with better items than the founders originally got...it became overall, the 2nd biggest disappointment launch behind Age of Conan.
  46. nevyyn
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    Game itself is great, when you can actually play. Provider not so much, repeated ignoring of testers advice, massive queue times, alienating the founders base whom supported the game to launch, headstart total failure. Compensation may as well be non existent. Looks like Trion worlds is going downhill fast
  47. wolfpax181
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    This could be the greatest game ever made. It could have the most responsive controls, the best FPS, the most intuitive UI.

    I have no idea, I can't make it past the queues. I've been in the queue since launch, with the exclusion of the down time for server maintenance (which is a reasonable thing for any MMO launch). Twice it's crashed when I was near 100. Once I lost my internet    This could be the greatest game ever made. It could have the most responsive controls, the best FPS, the most intuitive UI.

    I have no idea, I can't make it past the queues. I've been in the queue since launch, with the exclusion of the down time for server maintenance (which is a reasonable thing for any MMO launch). Twice it's crashed when I was near 100. Once I lost my internet connection and place in queue. Just earlier I gave up and uninstalled the game. They might sort this out in a few weeks, but I won't be bothering to come back.

    Actually, I have to give them at least a 1 for managing to launch better than Diablo 3. Not that that's setting the bar high or anything.    … Expand
  48. Deniswriter
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    I have played Beta, Alpha, and now the mess that is the launch of Archeage. This game had the potential to be the best MMO I ever played and I've played these types of games for 17 years since the days of Ultima Online. The pirate aspect is amazing and really gets your heart pumping like no other MMO I've ever seen. To spot the enemy approaching and knowing they are going to try and boardI have played Beta, Alpha, and now the mess that is the launch of Archeage. This game had the potential to be the best MMO I ever played and I've played these types of games for 17 years since the days of Ultima Online. The pirate aspect is amazing and really gets your heart pumping like no other MMO I've ever seen. To spot the enemy approaching and knowing they are going to try and board you and take stuff you spent hours fabricating is what makes this so intense. The other positive aspect is running around the world looking for secret farms and then stealing from them...if you get caught and you eventually will, you are sent to court, and get this....the jury is real players! You get sentenced to jail if found guilty. My personal sentence after raiding several player owned illegal tree farms was 12 minutes in the brig. Classes are extremely fun and varied with over 100 different classes! Combat was fun as heck. So why won't I play this game? The developers suck! They urged us to buy a $150.00 founders pack months ago and then days before launch they give a much better $150 package as an option and long time supporters get screwed. Queues are usually 3000+ during primetime and over 5-8 hours long. I've been waiting 5 hours as we speak and still have 900 in front of me and I'm a paying patron. The developers decided that paying customers should be lumped together with those who don't support the game at all with their wallets. The cash store is exactly...IT IS PAY TO WIN...don't let anyone tell you different. You need labor points to do EVERYTHING in the game and they run out quickly. Want to craft? You need labor points. Want to farm? You need labor points. Want a house? Yada, yada, yada. You can use up your daily allotment of points in just one session of crafting and then you have to wait or buy some from the cash store. The primary means of income is from making packs and turning them in. You can only set a pack down safely in your player owned home and good luck with that. Safe homes were taken in the first few hours of the game and homes in PVP territory means you can lose your pack on the way there to another player 30 levels higher than you. So housing is a bust...the developers allowed some toons that managed to log on quickly to accumulate as many houses as they could as placeholders and the rest of the gaming community is screwed. Not the it matters...unless you're unemployed, I don't see you surviving the 7 hour queues....it's not like you can get things done quickly in game and there are only so many hours of playtime in a day. It sucks because housing plays such an integral part of making money in this game. You basically need to grow trees because wood is such a valuable commodity and you can only do that on your own farm or in a limited way on public farms which were filled to capacity from day one. The developers opened two more servers since yesterday and those are already hours long queued also. The bad thing is if you add too many servers, they become ghost towns when the hype goes away, especially when people get fed up and that is happening A LOT! Just read some archegae forums...99.9% negative maiing this one of the least succesfull launches in history from a players perspective, but quite successful for the developers as players purchased the $150 pack in great numbers with promises of a great playable game. It's not happening...we had months of beta and alpha to figure this out and the official launch was even worst than beta. Server merges will be impossible unless you want to lose your home which is what the majority of the player base wants out of this game and is a huge effort to build and maintain if you're building anything of quality. This game could have been great, but it's not. Maybe a few weeks down the road when all the unhappy players have gone on to greener pastures this game will be playable. If you can stomach the queues and play it for free, try it. Just don't use the cash shop or buy a patron package....it's just not worth it and the developers will screw you down the road. Use it as free to play game until the next hot game comes along because there are developers that can do much better overall.… Expand
  49. bcollins
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    This was one of the worst if not worst game launches. Unacceptable queue times (5+ hours) for patrons (paid memberships). I purchased the $150 pack on one account and purchased several $50 packs because the game had so much potential and fantastic design concepts, but Trion ruined the game with this horrible botched launch. I will never purchase another Trion game.
  50. Sir-Peter
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Great Game,but bad Company,who cheated all us Founders at headstart,on a new server Aires i became 26 and farm and house in 1/2 day
    on Eanna in 4 days HS a 8x8 farm and L 23,that was it
    many hours in Qs and less then 10 hrs Ingame,therefore we paide 150€???
    No Sir,u failed BIG
  51. Genoshan
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    The game itself is great, waiting in a queue for 2-3 despite paying $150 for it is crazy. Unless you are prepared to wait several hours to play, do not bother.
  52. DEADTIME
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    Oh the poor welfare warriors are all in a huff! How dare anyone support a game with money! The game is fantastic, if you don't wish to pay you don't have to. The game is great welfare to play or supported, lots of freedom in the game, fun classes, PVP if that's your thing and land to explore and claim. The founders pack at 149 dollars isn't cheap but you get 90 days of membership a greatOh the poor welfare warriors are all in a huff! How dare anyone support a game with money! The game is fantastic, if you don't wish to pay you don't have to. The game is great welfare to play or supported, lots of freedom in the game, fun classes, PVP if that's your thing and land to explore and claim. The founders pack at 149 dollars isn't cheap but you get 90 days of membership a great mount, and lots of other neat things. Look at it this way, you go to a movie and get dinner..50 bucks for one night, or you spend it on this game and have months of great play time. Can't afford it, sell your 600 dollar phone, don't buy those 150 dollar sneakers and tada! A year of gaming! Seriously try the game, it's free you don't like it fine but give it a shot the waiting times will go down and you will have fun.… Expand
  53. yourgamesucks
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    4 hour queue time even with patron status. Are you kidding me? The only way they would have been able to avoid this problem is by providing enough servers at the beginning of early access. Instead they provided us with 6 servers that filled up instantly. If you can even get on one of the servers all of the land is already taken. It will take a long time for this game to recover from4 hour queue time even with patron status. Are you kidding me? The only way they would have been able to avoid this problem is by providing enough servers at the beginning of early access. Instead they provided us with 6 servers that filled up instantly. If you can even get on one of the servers all of the land is already taken. It will take a long time for this game to recover from this botched launch.

    So much potential wasted.    … Expand
  54. Dulgrand
    Sep 17, 2014
    6
    WELCOME TO THE ARCHEAGE

    I'm waking up to housing and rush Have credits to buy everything I must Alpha vet, no tutorials (deep breath) Logging in, queue shows up Then checking forum and all its fuss This is how Trion run their bizz Wooaahh... I'm patron, bro I paid for 16 months Enough to make my character grows Welcome to the Archrage, to the Archrage    WELCOME TO THE ARCHEAGE

    I'm waking up to housing and rush

    Have credits to buy everything I must

    Alpha vet, no tutorials

    (deep breath)

    Logging in, queue shows up

    Then checking forum and all its fuss

    This is how Trion run their bizz

    Wooaahh...

    I'm patron, bro

    I paid for 16 months
    Enough to make my character grows

    Welcome to the Archrage, to the Archrage
    Welcome to the Archrage, to the Archrage

    Wooaahh...
    Patron is inactive
    Told ya isn't active
    Patron is inactive
    Told ya isn't active    … Expand
  55. rappool
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    I really don't care if it's Pay to Play or Free to Play. When you have people who buy a package to play a game, then you need to cater to the people who are playing. The game is a good game to play... but if you can't play it, then it sucks. The Queue's are terrible and their response to handle the queue's are just as bad. They can't even make it playable. I get home from work to play theI really don't care if it's Pay to Play or Free to Play. When you have people who buy a package to play a game, then you need to cater to the people who are playing. The game is a good game to play... but if you can't play it, then it sucks. The Queue's are terrible and their response to handle the queue's are just as bad. They can't even make it playable. I get home from work to play the game and wait 2-3 hours for a queue and they want to lie to the public that it's not that long of a queue. Ridiculous! Can't play the game due to queue's because I need to log out as I finally get to get in. Another horrible thing, there is no stopping the other players from griefing the other players from getting land. All the land is taken! No spots available, even to the ones who paid. This is due to the horrible design in allowing people to place their plots in just the right places so that other people can't fit their plots in. Horrible game design on that part. For those who say it's all apart of the game, your right... I'm just saying it's stupid. An I was stupid to think that Trion would actually do a good job of releasing this game. The release was a complete waste of money and time. Never playing another Trion game. Not worth it anymore.… Expand
  56. stormgnoef
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    The game was fun on beta till launch in eu.5k queue time and 8 hours wait time just to get on server is not acceptable.And trion is doing nothing to fix it seems.
  57. ekif
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Inadequate beta testing period resulted in poorly tested and buggy servers. The game also suffers from ineffective communication from Trion about servers and bugs. This game could have been great in NA if it was properly tested and not shoved out the door. Due to the failures of the Publisher, Trion, I can not give the game a favorable review.
  58. Prfct
    Sep 17, 2014
    3
    If you could play this game (being for 5 hours on queue as a f2p player is not fun) you would realize this game isn't really f2p anyway... you can't even use the auction house without paying some money and yes you can buy patron status through ingame gold but with severe limitations to make gold (low labour points and only while online and can't sell items on the auction house) making theIf you could play this game (being for 5 hours on queue as a f2p player is not fun) you would realize this game isn't really f2p anyway... you can't even use the auction house without paying some money and yes you can buy patron status through ingame gold but with severe limitations to make gold (low labour points and only while online and can't sell items on the auction house) making the money for TWO apex (gives 1250 credits each and patron status costs 2300 credits) at 50g/each is really not possible without help.

    The real problem is you CAN'T buy the auction licence with gold... so you're totally gimped and excluded from the economy... tried shouting my goods for hours undercutting the auction house and no one was interested.

    This game may not be pay to win but it surely is pay to play... at least a minimum... you can't have everything just playing... you can't even complete the scarecrow quest ffs. This + 5 hours queues and motivation to afk ingame is what breaks completely the experience and is what they should have changed to make it more appealing to a west audience. Maybe on korea a lot of people can't afk because they go to cafés but here we all have pcs... so give me a break and fix this **** refund all money or just scrap it all and re launch it.    … Expand
  59. axeoth
    Sep 17, 2014
    8
    There is a lot of people saying this game is " pay to win " , Honestly having played on the Korean server ( before the blocked western ip's ). I had never felt that way. I would like to see these major advantages that patrons get

    Land ownership - Great anyone can own land start a freaken family system. Labor bonus - Buy yourself some labor pots 3-4 Gold in AH ( thats dirt cheap you    There is a lot of people saying this game is " pay to win " , Honestly having played on the Korean server ( before the blocked western ip's ). I had never felt that way. I would like to see these major advantages that patrons get

    Land ownership - Great anyone can own land start a freaken family system.
    Labor bonus - Buy yourself some labor pots 3-4 Gold in AH ( thats dirt cheap you should have 400+ gold ____________at lvl 50 )
    Increase max labor - you should never cap your labor in this game EVER.
    Post auctions - Stops gold farming, buy a apex not to hard to do and buy AH powers.
    10% bonus to experience gains - oooo a steroid that wont matter in 5-6 months when people are
    _________________________ are end game anyways.

    Im giving this a 8 mostly because of how trion handles things. its not uncommon for them to be this way. we have seen this through rift. their server handling isnt the best. knowing that people were going to have 3+ hour login ques in open beta they should have done major upgrades to accommodate this unless they expect the game to die in the next 3-4 months which it will more then likely wont considering in Korea this games been public for almost 3 years.

    the best way i have to describe this is a very PvP based economy and a pretty decent skill cap being that macros are not a thing. End game oriented until people hit end game things wont settle down. You will always have something to do.

    Building Gallions / Pearls
    farming mats for buildings/ castles / boats / cars / gear ( best gear is crafted )
    trade runs
    trying to gain land on the PVP continent with a guild
    large scale PvP
    Blood lusting
    pirating
    Arenas

    The game may not have been launched in the US as well as everyone hoped but things will slowly get better.

    That being said this game is very very group oriented dont expect to be able to win 1 v 2's or anything in end game. No classes are specifically better then the rest. they have tons of different comboing effects. if you're a solo player dont expect to get a gallion let alone be able to use one in PvP they take 12 + people to effectively use.

    Cons to this game

    long que times
    about 1/8th of the community screaming " PAY TO WIN " because they cant just go make their own house and cry in it alone.    … Expand
  60. Lexor
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    Great game, run by a brilliant provider. Don't listen to the kids. If you're truly an mmo player and want the nostalgia of playing Star Wars Galaxies again with a true sandbox mmo then this is the game. I have played 39 mmos, and I will be playing this one for many years to come.
  61. Elrath
    Sep 17, 2014
    4
    If you like a mmo that does not reinvent the wheel and plays like a pc mmo and not a console then this is something that will feel familiar to you. The crafting is in depth, the trade is interesting, pvp is ok. Not great but is ok. As far as end game content I have yet to see that. From what I can tell it's pvp, trade, and make money. Sometimes feels like a pretty Farmville on theIf you like a mmo that does not reinvent the wheel and plays like a pc mmo and not a console then this is something that will feel familiar to you. The crafting is in depth, the trade is interesting, pvp is ok. Not great but is ok. As far as end game content I have yet to see that. From what I can tell it's pvp, trade, and make money. Sometimes feels like a pretty Farmville on the watching your farms grow. The BIGGEST problem is the lack of planning and the ridiculous queue lines. IF you have paid them money or free to play you can expect to see queue lines from 500-4k depending on when you try to log in. The game is worth trying, but until the can figure out how to deal with the log in problems I would wait. Your time is better spent watching paint dry in stead of the queue count down.… Expand
  62. Raresh
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Ok i understand that the game is having difficulties at launch but, THE DEVS DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH US! The only things that we've heard from the staff in the last 24 hours is just that they don't see it a problem waiting in queue, because they say it's only 60-120 minutes. Actually the queues are so big they can't even estimate (even the estimation sucks) when you will be able to play.Ok i understand that the game is having difficulties at launch but, THE DEVS DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH US! The only things that we've heard from the staff in the last 24 hours is just that they don't see it a problem waiting in queue, because they say it's only 60-120 minutes. Actually the queues are so big they can't even estimate (even the estimation sucks) when you will be able to play. 5500 in queue > 1 hour, my friend 1000 in queue > 1 hour. SEEMS LEGIT.

    NO COMMUNICATION = SUCCESSFUL MONEYGRAB FROM DEVS    … Expand
  63. sonicblue
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    This is a great game. Many of the people saying negative things are upset about the wait in the server line. Most are just F2P players upset they might actually have to pay for something. Some of the others thought it was a theme park, and not a sandbox and are completely befuddled with what to do. This is a great game if you want to play a sand box. Ignore the low scores on here, itsThis is a great game. Many of the people saying negative things are upset about the wait in the server line. Most are just F2P players upset they might actually have to pay for something. Some of the others thought it was a theme park, and not a sandbox and are completely befuddled with what to do. This is a great game if you want to play a sand box. Ignore the low scores on here, its just people QQ'ing about the long line to get into the server since the game is actually rather popular.… Expand
  64. Athy
    Sep 17, 2014
    4
    The game has the capacity to be AMAZING 10/10 hit. However the publisher TRION WORLDS is killing the game. HORRID login queues, where paying PATRONS are in queue for 3-5 hours and Trion post only 60 mins queues in prime time... It is P2GA and not P2W, you can get ahead quickly by spending cash in the Marketplace, almost a pay to win... Then allowing the land grab where you can block landThe game has the capacity to be AMAZING 10/10 hit. However the publisher TRION WORLDS is killing the game. HORRID login queues, where paying PATRONS are in queue for 3-5 hours and Trion post only 60 mins queues in prime time... It is P2GA and not P2W, you can get ahead quickly by spending cash in the Marketplace, almost a pay to win... Then allowing the land grab where you can block land forever is not right. So many people got screwed over lack of land. Then closing the norther island before launch, etc. They even are in their forums saying that they know Population is going down in a couple weeks, as justification NOT to open more servers.

    They knew how many people were pre-ordering, how many servers, and they have added 3 to the US since launch (LAUNCH MIND YOU) and still every server has hours of queues for thousands of players. Yeah folks going to go find something else to do while waiting on these queues.    … Expand
  65. Aikuchi
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    Meh, most of the bad reviews are mad entitled kids. The game is perfectly fine, and just cause they can't play immediately they have to take out their anger.

    Anyways the game is great, I would recommend it to all my friends.
  66. Machineman87
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    ArcheAge is a really strong game with sandbox elements and interesting combat mechacis. It's probably the most solid "virtual world MMO out there.

    Don't pay any attention to the retards reviewing here because they don't understand MMO launches - they're not even scoring the game.
  67. Ekeza
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    This is not pay to win.. ppl (kids) don't know what is pay to win.. i love this game i don't need to spend money here to be best.. only ppl with brain and skill will be best here don't need to spend money for that :)..
    Good luck and cya in game... !!!

    Ekeze --->> Dahuta
  68. aetherfyre
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Totally screwed over the founders by offering better rewards and clean servers after the launch was over. Launch + has been plagued by excessive queues, excessive disconnects, and no response from Trion despite over 2,000 angry founders. Trust is non-existent at this point. Could be a fun game if you can get on, stay on, and play for free... if I had it to do over I would not have givenTotally screwed over the founders by offering better rewards and clean servers after the launch was over. Launch + has been plagued by excessive queues, excessive disconnects, and no response from Trion despite over 2,000 angry founders. Trust is non-existent at this point. Could be a fun game if you can get on, stay on, and play for free... if I had it to do over I would not have given them my money.… Expand
  69. Lemontimes
    Sep 17, 2014
    3
    The game itself is great and has the potential to attract and retain a strong player base on the merits of a lot of its design. Other parts of the design contain glaring flaws but nothing is perfect. It is the way that it has been managed that is the real issue here. A monumental failure of a launch, from a company experienced with MMOs, and cash shop systems that scream 'we care moreThe game itself is great and has the potential to attract and retain a strong player base on the merits of a lot of its design. Other parts of the design contain glaring flaws but nothing is perfect. It is the way that it has been managed that is the real issue here. A monumental failure of a launch, from a company experienced with MMOs, and cash shop systems that scream 'we care more about your money than we do about you.' Obviously a business has to profit, but if they lose their customers then where does that leave them? Nowhere is where.

    The time between head start and launch simply wasn't enough time to come up with and execute a suitable solution to the problems that they faced. What they needed to do was have a longer open beta with a larger gap between it and launch to sort themselves out. I was unable to play during open beta and I'm sure I wasn't the only one, they needed a longer period to get a more accurate figure of a likely player base and more time to react to that figure. Poor management on their part entirely.

    I strongly recommend people to try the game in a few weeks/months when this fiasco has been rectified, in the meantime I can only advise you stay away unless you are determined and patient.    … Expand
  70. Jezzirok
    Sep 17, 2014
    4
    The game of Archeage is quite amazing, vast open world with large seas for ship battles, claimable, persistent land and a really great crafting system and potential for a very deep economy. XLGames did an amazing job with it's development.

    The reason I give it a 4, is because XLGames trusted Trion with it's North American and European release. Trion did a terrible job. Queue times of up    The game of Archeage is quite amazing, vast open world with large seas for ship battles, claimable, persistent land and a really great crafting system and potential for a very deep economy. XLGames did an amazing job with it's development.

    The reason I give it a 4, is because XLGames trusted Trion with it's North American and European release. Trion did a terrible job. Queue times of up to 6 hours long to get into a server, crashes, terrible lag, broken subscription system, and absolutely no communication to either paid players or free to play players. They essentially tarnished XLGames' name with their management of the release. They have potentially ruined the opinion of thousands of players when it comes to Archeage... when the game itself is quite impressive.

    I would be extremely delighted if XLGames decides to sue Trion for damages to their brand.    … Expand
  71. Ralathar44
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    Amazing game and so detailed. 90% of people having issues with the game clustered onto a few servers, tried to screw each other over, and are now paying the price for their selfishness.

    There is also a misunderstanding on the new Starter Pack.. It gives you more credit value overall than the Founder Packs, but alot of it is wasted and the Founder's packs additionally give you    Amazing game and so detailed. 90% of people having issues with the game clustered onto a few servers, tried to screw each other over, and are now paying the price for their selfishness.

    There is also a misunderstanding on the new Starter Pack.. It gives you more credit value overall than the Founder Packs, but alot of it is wasted and the Founder's packs additionally give you exclusives. Founders packs were still better hands down.    … Expand
  72. Reihert
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    Ok looking game without any voice overs (when they have it, you wish they didnt), almost as bad voice over as FFXIV. Game has a lot of potential, speciall because of their trade/crafting system.

    However, kill 10 rats quests and awfull handling by Trion makes this game a big no no. Long queues (8 hours + ), people playing for stuff and not getting it (dont spend any money, there is a big    Ok looking game without any voice overs (when they have it, you wish they didnt), almost as bad voice over as FFXIV. Game has a lot of potential, speciall because of their trade/crafting system.

    However, kill 10 rats quests and awfull handling by Trion makes this game a big no no. Long queues (8 hours + ), people playing for stuff and not getting it (dont spend any money, there is a big chance you'll just get robbed), no communication with community and complete lack of disrespect. They even got their founders (people that played during beta) scammed by adding "starter packs" better than founders.    … Expand
  73. Jodizzle
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    8 Total NA servers, 8 servers constantly queued. Been in queue for over an hour now and have only moved up 500 slots in the queue and still have 2300 folks ahead of me.

    Housing is gone. It's been gone since the first day of head start. If you are planning on dropping a farm or a house, you'll be sorely upset upon your first login as most likely you'll be forced to drop your farms in    8 Total NA servers, 8 servers constantly queued. Been in queue for over an hour now and have only moved up 500 slots in the queue and still have 2300 folks ahead of me.

    Housing is gone. It's been gone since the first day of head start. If you are planning on dropping a farm or a house, you'll be sorely upset upon your first login as most likely you'll be forced to drop your farms in temporary housing(only lasts 7 days). I'm one of the lucky ones that managed to get some properties planted early on Friday of headstart. If you're wondering why i'm complaining even though I have a house, 3 farms, and a thatched farmhouse down it's because of the 4-5 hour queues that prevent me from actually using them.

    Don't do it!    … Expand
  74. EvoXander
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Queue Simulator 2014, If anyone is a fan of queue waiting games, this one is for you. 14.99 a month to wait in a queue. If and when you get in, the lag, bugs, missing characters, missing founder items are a bonus if you enjoy not having anything you paid for.
  75. Aserghui
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    Positive:
    -- Sandbox skills you can mix and match 3 styles of abilities (melee, archer, healer, caster, etc...)
    -- Interactive world: hunt, gather, fight, piracy, build a home, farm, etc... -- The game world is huge... or so I've been told -- YOU CAN BE A PIRATE WITH A SHIP Negative: -- A ridiculously long log-in queue, 4 hours for me so far, others have experienced 6-8 hours --    Positive:
    -- Sandbox skills you can mix and match 3 styles of abilities (melee, archer, healer, caster, etc...)
    -- Interactive world: hunt, gather, fight, piracy, build a home, farm, etc...
    -- The game world is huge... or so I've been told
    -- YOU CAN BE A PIRATE WITH A SHIP

    Negative:
    -- A ridiculously long log-in queue, 4 hours for me so far, others have experienced 6-8 hours
    -- (in my opinion) A rediculously poor server plan, a lot of money was generated by the alpha stage buy-in.... but with millions of dollars, Trion failed to secure enough servers to handle the mass influx of players. The MMORPG genre is a huge community of people (look at WoW), when releasing a game that looks as epic as ArcheAge... you should expect to be required to host a game for Millions of people, not half a million (best guess).
    -- 24 hours since installing Archeage: (2 hours trying to authenticate account) (1 hour of game play) (6 hours of maintance downtime) (7 hours total of ridiculous queue time with a fluctuating queue number)

    I'm not holding my breath, but IF they fix their queue issues, I wil be a happier gamer.    … Expand
  76. Lyrocide
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    I would love to be able to review the gameplay for Archeage. However as I've never seen anything outside of the Queue and Disconnection Notices I am forced to write about that. The screenshots and forum speculations gave me high hopes for this game and I hope that should I ever manage to get in and get a chance to play the game it will live up to some of those expectations. Trion'sI would love to be able to review the gameplay for Archeage. However as I've never seen anything outside of the Queue and Disconnection Notices I am forced to write about that. The screenshots and forum speculations gave me high hopes for this game and I hope that should I ever manage to get in and get a chance to play the game it will live up to some of those expectations. Trion's handling of the server queue, patron status (from forum notes), and the reports of AFK players running in place leads me to believe that only a game of the most extraordinary nature could survive under the management provided by Trion as they scramble to collect as much cash as they can from "founders", subscribers to the patron status and micro-transactions.

    Maybe a game to check out in a month or two when the hordes have thinned down.    … Expand
  77. Aricus
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    ArcheAge is a great game but it's being ran by a horrible company that won't listen to it's customers and won't even acknowledge there is anything wrong. I'm having a blast playing AA but I can't log out of the game because I'm afraid of being stuck in a queue for 3-4 hours to get back in. I decided yesterday I wanted to support Trion and subscribed but even that system is broken and theyArcheAge is a great game but it's being ran by a horrible company that won't listen to it's customers and won't even acknowledge there is anything wrong. I'm having a blast playing AA but I can't log out of the game because I'm afraid of being stuck in a queue for 3-4 hours to get back in. I decided yesterday I wanted to support Trion and subscribed but even that system is broken and they won't give me the subscription I paid for.

    The game in itself is quite fun. I'd give it an 8. But the cash grab Trion is doing, the amount of support they have given and info they have given about what they are doing to fix the issues have been nill. And that is enough to drop my rating to a 2.

    I CAN NOT recommend this game to anyone even though I like it.    … Expand
  78. Quental
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    Trion completely botched launch of this game. With any new release issues are to be expected, but lets face it, this isn't the early days of MMOs, and Trion isn't new to the genre. Unacceptable queue times, random disconnects, subscriptions not working, the list goes on and on.
  79. solmark
    Sep 17, 2014
    7
    A great looking game packed with great stuff but ruined by a truly awful launch. Tremendous potential but the worst launch of a game I've witness in many many years.
  80. Sanada
    Sep 17, 2014
    3
    From a Patron player the company hosting this game has done a horrendous job. 2+ hour queues and so far they have barely done anything to address it beside giving cliche responses. As far as the game goes if your here for a good storyline I suggest other games as this one only lasts until you get to the Two Crowns zone. After that it's mainly a bunch of side quests that lead you from oneFrom a Patron player the company hosting this game has done a horrendous job. 2+ hour queues and so far they have barely done anything to address it beside giving cliche responses. As far as the game goes if your here for a good storyline I suggest other games as this one only lasts until you get to the Two Crowns zone. After that it's mainly a bunch of side quests that lead you from one pvp zone to another. For those here for the Dungeons and Raids again I would suggest another game. The dungeons are poorly planned and NPCs have horrible and predictable mechanics. The raids on the next hand are too few and were barely covered in alpha/beta but more than likely the same as dungeons. As a game that focuses mainly on PVP and Trading it will get stale rather quickly for those that are only interested in doing either one at a casual or your own pace. From past experience with games that focused on one aspect over the other too much they tend to get boring and repetitive rather quickly. For those PVP fanatics or people who play games solely to dominate a market this may be the game for you.… Expand
  81. Seaspite
    Sep 17, 2014
    4
    My impressions are from beta, as I have been unable to log in since launch; unwilling to wait hours in a queue. Given we are several generations in on MMOs now this really isn't acceptable.

    Combat is tab-targeted. Quests are uninspiring. The attractiveness of the game is the open world "sandbox" - ish environment. Most of these tasks are parsed by labor tokens that are earned while    My impressions are from beta, as I have been unable to log in since launch; unwilling to wait hours in a queue. Given we are several generations in on MMOs now this really isn't acceptable.

    Combat is tab-targeted. Quests are uninspiring. The attractiveness of the game is the open world "sandbox" - ish environment. Most of these tasks are parsed by labor tokens that are earned while logged in (or offline for patrons) Land and crafting have huge significance for this game and most of the land has already been snatched up by those with early access.

    As I mentioned - big launch problems. Save yourself the frustration and pass on this one. It might be worth visiting a few months from now but honestly, given my beta impressions, I'm not really all that disappointed to wait.    … Expand
  82. sys64738
    Sep 17, 2014
    3
    What I have played was all right; yet another pretty looking grinder. However, the complete fail of execution that the 4-6 hour queues for paying customers represent and the near-total lack of communication about the issue does not make me hopeful about how the game will be managed in the future.
  83. FeliciaDay
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Took customers money.... even if you paid them $150+ for best founders pack you have to wait 3+hours to get into the game.... and then you get DC after few minutes and all of that again... Also devs doesnt communicate at all with customers...

    After launch they put for sale starter pack that practically made founders packs looks terrible... starter pack for everyone that are better! than    Took customers money.... even if you paid them $150+ for best founders pack you have to wait 3+hours to get into the game.... and then you get DC after few minutes and all of that again... Also devs doesnt communicate at all with customers...

    After launch they put for sale starter pack that practically made founders packs looks terrible... starter pack for everyone that are better! than founders??? uhm....

    If you prepaid your 4-day headstart after server crashes and queues and everything you got maybe like 2 days.....

    All the housing plots are full on all servers... people owning 7,10, 27 houses... (why not limit one house one person so everyone can get house?)    … Expand
  84. AmonSavag
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Have fun waiting in 6 hr long queu. This company is begging players to not play their game. It also advertizes as a sandbox game but it's far from sandbox. If you're looking for a true sandbox feeling, play Mortal Online.
  85. MetalAggression
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    The game looks and feel very dated, everything is clunky and the dungeons.. compare the dungeons to a Asian browser game that should say enough.

    What makes this make interesting and worth the try is the features, of course if you were thinking of owning a house.. or a farm chances are you can't why? Well the game is very limited when it comes to land that's why the only people who can    The game looks and feel very dated, everything is clunky and the dungeons.. compare the dungeons to a Asian browser game that should say enough.

    What makes this make interesting and worth the try is the features, of course if you were thinking of owning a house.. or a farm chances are you can't why? Well the game is very limited when it comes to land that's why the only people who can own property in the game are paying customers (patron status 15 bucks a month) that being said you can already assume that all the land in the game is gone, I was not kidding when I said the land was limited... about 30% of the patrons that got into the head start managed to get some land. So even if you become a patron..(15 bucks a month) there really won't be any benefit from it.

    There will be farming available for free members in public farms but these farms are over populated even by patrons.. and they only protect your stuff for 24 hours, so planting anything that requires more than that (and everything pretty much does) well most likely be stolen.    … Expand
  86. MKJoker
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    This will be a Dual Review, one on the game itself and one on the Publishers.

    Archeage A sandbox RPG where you can pretty much do anything you want from building houses, boats, trading to making your own little empire with friends and guilds and going to war with the big name factions of the game. Gameplay : 8/10. Fluid controls, hit to connection is very good, typical of a PvP    This will be a Dual Review, one on the game itself and one on the Publishers.

    Archeage

    A sandbox RPG where you can pretty much do anything you want from building houses, boats, trading to making your own little empire with friends and guilds and going to war with the big name factions of the game.

    Gameplay : 8/10. Fluid controls, hit to connection is very good, typical of a PvP focused game. You pretty much have everything at your disposal as long as you're a paying customer. Farming, decorating your house you name it. It's really all about you in this game.

    Story: 6/10. I did not find the about the character very good. I played a Harani, each race has it's own story to tell maybe I was just unlucky. The overall Lore of the game though would be rated at an 8-9/10, very indepth.

    Music: 7/10. Okay I know some people might like the music too this game, but I came from FFXIV:ARR and the music there was absolutely amazing. In terms of adrenaline rush in pvp the music does get you pumping. Just not as much as fighting Titan in FFXIV.

    Graphics: 9/10. Fantastic graphics, running the game doesn't take much of a machine and compliments high end machines as well. DX9 and DX11 support, the lighting in DX11 is mesmerizing. Also when you see the Ocean for the first time in the game truly is a beauty to behold. The Water Graphics in the game Rival a fully modded Skyrim in my opinion which is great in itself.

    Replayability: 1/10. It's an MMO where one character can be anything you want. I don't see a reason to ever have to start over from the beginning unless you're twinking or making a bank alt so I'll add another rating for this.

    Longevity: 10/10. It's a Sandbox MMO where you can do everything you want with one character and go anywhere you want pretty much. It's an experience that I think anyone with the patience to grind out will enjoy.

    Overall: 8/10. This game is simply amazing, it has tons of potential and a bright future if the Devs play the cards right.

    Now that I got the game out of the way I'd like to rate the Producers of this game for the EU and NA region: Trion.

    Some of you might know Trion from Rift, I personally was playing WoW at the time and seeing the "You're not in Azeroth anymore" banners posted all over the web made me laugh sometimes. Rift had a relatively successful life, not nearly as long as it's acclaimed Rival World of Warcraft, but it was relatively successful for an MMO this day and age.

    Now Rift aside I'll get to how poorly Trion has done with the Archeage Launch for the NA/EU region. Having no experience the the KR/RU versions of this game I don't have any clue if their launches were a mess or not because they have different Producers.

    Let's get to the point, the Launch of this game was an utter mess. Launched with 8 servers for each region there was a back queue for about 4-5 hours. They released 1 additional server during launch and 1 server during the head start which was 4 days of queue timer for people that spent $50-$150 for the founders pack on the game.

    I'm going to go ahead and tell the story from my experience. This company neglected all of their paying customers from the start of Head Start, went and blind sided the people that invested in them "founders" with more extravagant offers via the Starter packs and continues to try to sale on the Cash Shop when their subscriptions don't even give the people who paid for the benefits of being a subscriber.

    Unfortunately, I fall under the category of someone who had paid for their service and haven't received it yet. It has been 24 hours from the review that I have received what I paid for and the company remains silent on the issue.

    Their customer support is abysmal . 6-7 hour wait times in live chats. Tickets going unanswered for days at a time and hardly any clarification on what they're going to do about the issues with the current state of the game. When I did finally get to the Representative (they were very kind I'll give them that) they didn't know how to fix the issue and had to push my problem onto someone else.

    Here's the rating I'd give Trion from an Archeage players perspective at this point.

    Launch Management: 0/10, I was able to get in during easily on the new server, but they didn't let any of the newer F2P players download the game UNTIL an hour before the servers even went live. So if you didn't have fast internet you were destined to sit in queue for hours on end.

    Customer support: 5/10, The only saving grace here was simply because the people are nice when they talk to you, which should be a common business practice in itself. They however had not nearly enough people on staff to help out with the volume of problems they were having. I didn't get out of my live chat until 10pm (PST) after initiating the queue 6-7 hours prior.

    TL;DR. Archeage is a great game managed by terrible producers. Either the Producers get their act together or this wonderful game will fall in fire.    … Expand
  87. Chowder
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Haven't been able to play for 2 days. Game disconnects you after waiting hours and hours to play in a que. Not to mention the ability to purchase your sucess.
  88. Brodde
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    Looked really nice on paper. New cool sandbox features, rewarding player interaction and free economy.

    Is probably OK in Korea. Does not live up to international standards. Full of game breaking bugs. Lots of standard features missing. The server problems at launch are just minor compared to the game design problems. Having the game available outside Korea seems like a spontaneous    Looked really nice on paper. New cool sandbox features, rewarding player interaction and free economy.

    Is probably OK in Korea. Does not live up to international standards. Full of game breaking bugs. Lots of standard features missing. The server problems at launch are just minor compared to the game design problems. Having the game available outside Korea seems like a spontaneous decision to just get some quick cash from the hype. I suggest waiting at least a year before even trying it.    … Expand
  89. Reblerts
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    TRION scammed everyone, making the game pay to win and not giving items people bought.

    servers are broken, and the customer service is horrible.

    TRION should not have gotten rights to this game, they are the worst company ever.
  90. Wrz77
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    No other game has immersed me more than ArcheAge in my 25 years of gaming. Truly a breathe of fresh air for the MMORPG genre. Naval battles, housing, an open crafting system without restriction. Beautifully designed zones. Tasteful day-night system. Absolutely stunning CryEngine 3 based graphics engine. Plenty of guilds and wonderful community. A true sandbox MMORPG promoting the freedomNo other game has immersed me more than ArcheAge in my 25 years of gaming. Truly a breathe of fresh air for the MMORPG genre. Naval battles, housing, an open crafting system without restriction. Beautifully designed zones. Tasteful day-night system. Absolutely stunning CryEngine 3 based graphics engine. Plenty of guilds and wonderful community. A true sandbox MMORPG promoting the freedom to forge numerous paths.… Expand
  91. moccoo
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    It is a great game, great world pvp and economy. the game has only been out for less than 24 hours and everyone is freaking out about the queue time. Hence the bad reviews. It is not pay to win in anyway...

    I played in the Alpha, this game is worth the wait... and by wait i mean to wait for all the wanna win cry babies to leave and go find the next flavor of the month MMO and clear up    It is a great game, great world pvp and economy. the game has only been out for less than 24 hours and everyone is freaking out about the queue time. Hence the bad reviews. It is not pay to win in anyway...

    I played in the Alpha, this game is worth the wait... and by wait i mean to wait for all the wanna win cry babies to leave and go find the next flavor of the month MMO and clear up the server queue issues.    … Expand
  92. Vareba
    Sep 17, 2014
    5
    It is important to understand one thing: Archeage is a game by XLGames, which happened to be launched by Trion Worlds, Inc. for the NA/EU market. Archeage itself is an amazing game, without doubt. Therefore, critiquing it here on MetaCritic is somewhat of a misnomer, as it's very broadly labeling the game, not the company managing the localized launch.

    That being said, the Trion launch    It is important to understand one thing: Archeage is a game by XLGames, which happened to be launched by Trion Worlds, Inc. for the NA/EU market. Archeage itself is an amazing game, without doubt. Therefore, critiquing it here on MetaCritic is somewhat of a misnomer, as it's very broadly labeling the game, not the company managing the localized launch.

    That being said, the Trion launch has been an absolute disaster and a farce.

    "All launches have problems", "QQ your tears are delicious", etc. is irrelevant. The problems that have been exhibited are huge, and the response has been completely vacant. They have not only failed to address urgent issues, but they have not reflected any desire nor attempt to solve them in the future. their failure to manage this launch, compounded by their immoral service practices is inexcusable, and would easily garner a 0 rating.

    However, as previously mentioned, Archeage is a fantastic game, and itself would deserve a 10.

    #ThanksObama360noscope    … Expand
  93. Kailizard
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    Best MMO sandbox in existence, the initial DDOS attacks on the head start made the servers down every 5 minutes which definitely hurt those who had paid for that extra time in-game but overall the recover made by trion was decent although lacking
  94. S0T0
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    This is one of the games that could of been great if it wasn't completely ruined by there lack of ability to actually handle the systems. The major changes that Trion has come up has in the end cost them the game for the majority of the player base once the hype is gone.
  95. moscheto
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Servers collapsing, founders are not getting the stuff they paid for, there are people out there that for some reason have founders pack items/patron status they shouldn't have. There's a bug that makes your characters disappear at the character selection. 4k players 3'5h queues. And all that the Trion Staff cares about is about banning people who complains on the forums. Wow, that management...
  96. Sayura
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Don't play this game with any expectation of owning a house or more than maybe an 8x8 farm. They have turned a major feature and selling point of the game into a scarcity and fiasco for everyone. Wait for Camelot Unchained.
  97. Shoridan
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    As a founder who played in alpha, closed and open beta, and was there for both the headstart and launch I would like to give my opinion. I will split it into two, as this game deserves two different aspects:

    The game itself - An amazing game with a lot of potential, and even now it has some qualities that might not be completely innovative for the genre, but the developer truly invested    As a founder who played in alpha, closed and open beta, and was there for both the headstart and launch I would like to give my opinion. I will split it into two, as this game deserves two different aspects:

    The game itself - An amazing game with a lot of potential, and even now it has some qualities that might not be completely innovative for the genre, but the developer truly invested and gave it thought.
    The graphics - Very well made for a MMO (especially a few years old, it is only newly published in EU and NA now). There are some quirks and glitches, especially when switching characters and the occasional choppy fps on heavier settings, but all in all I have very few complaints. 8/10

    Sound - Nothing special, some background music that changes when you go into combat mode, sounds are quite nice and ok. Nothing fancy, but not lacking in my opinion. 8/10

    Gameplay - The game itself does not have any "unique" new and unseen features, but it combines many that have not been combined before. The character progression is extremely varied and feels almost like a game by itself. You can choose 3 out of 10 skill sets, and then use skill points to unlock skills within them. You can easily change between the sets, and reset skill points to respec at any point you want. This leads to amazing flexibility, only limited by what items you have. That leaves you with amazing number of "classes" to go for, not all of them viable - but a lot are, and allows your creativity of what you REALLY want to play. The combat is very tradition target skill oriented, but nothing bad about it and it is done very smoothly (although if you lag you are at a disadvantage - but that is true for many MMO's).

    End game - The PVE content is not as awesome or amazing as you might find in other MMO's, but the other aspects are great. You can decide you want to be a trader and utilize special haulers or ships, you can be a pirate, you can glide on your enemies as they approach your shores. What you can really do is truly only limited by your dedication and imagination.

    That leads me to the sore spot that makes me give Archeage a low score - the publisher.
    Trion was given (or they bought, it doesn't matter much) a game of vast potential that can only grow with further patches and good community - and they have made every mistake in the book. Hell, they probably invented new ones.

    The alpha was quite good, the closed betas were also going fine (they are alpha and betas, so for testing purposes) and by the open beta it seemed like they mostly know what they are doing.
    When head start happened there were crashes, lag, bugs, and the thing that ruined the whole appeal of the game - queue. As head start progressed so did the queue. After 3-4pm you had to wait at least 30 minutes, if you only logged later at rush hours it was at least 2 hours. Many, and me among them, could hardly play the game during head start.
    At the end of the head start they released more servers (making the head start completely pointless), and then more on release (further mocking the founder community). As of today, after release, the queues stand on 2-4 hours, depending on server, during rush hours. On earlier times that used to be free of queue you still need to wait for 1 hour.

    Another horrible aspect - the publisher - Trion, has been ignoring the community all this time. Barely any announcements, no forum discussions - nothing.

    This, my fellow gamers, is an example of a very good MMO that will disappear very quickly, unless something will be done. The game in the current state is unplayable (unless you consider a 2-4 hour wait in the evening when you can actually play decent).
    When the publisher will get a grip, or players will leave the game to the point where there are no queues, or tolerable ones, I will change my score. This is a 8.5-9/10 game that is dropped to 2-3 simply because of horrible management. If you want to play follow the state and join when you can play, you won't be disappointed.    … Expand
  98. Piscolabits
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Waiting HOURS in a queue after paid for this game, the admins don't said nothing about and we are losing our suscription for a bad administration.

    A good game, the worst company behind.
  99. Savvy09
    Sep 17, 2014
    8
    It pains me to see people giving this game such a horrible review only 2 days after it's release cause of long queue's or the fact that there has been some bugs with patron status etc. that are being fixed with todays update/patch.

    For the servers running at maximum capacity I was impressed with how little lag there was, and my computer is 6-7 years old. I feel the majority of    It pains me to see people giving this game such a horrible review only 2 days after it's release cause of long queue's or the fact that there has been some bugs with patron status etc. that are being fixed with todays update/patch.

    For the servers running at maximum capacity I was impressed with how little lag there was, and my computer is 6-7 years old.

    I feel the majority of complaints come from people that paid the $50-150 to get into headstart and met long queue's cause everyone had the same idea, that and the fact they are not treated like gods in a f2p game for playing.

    The quest line is good, the variety of class roles are endless and the farming/crafting/housing is new and unique, definitely a new addition to an mmo -- It's far to early to be giving reviews on games like this, wait a few more weeks..    … Expand
  100. Starnes
    Sep 17, 2014
    10
    I Haven't enjoyed an MMO this much since UO! Headstart has its problems... we're talking queues here, but the gameplay is an absolute delight once you actually get onto a server!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. SpazioGames
    Jan 5, 2015
    80
    What ArcheAge presents, past the horror of the chilling launch, is an open world full of opportunities and challenges as we have not seen for a too-long time demonstrating that the real MMORPG, those based on persistence and interaction, have not disappeared.
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  2. CD-Action
    Dec 13, 2014
    85
    Don’t let your judgment be clouded by other people’s opinions influenced by terrible server problems they encountered when ArcheAge was launched. It’s a really good, beautiful game. [Dec 2014, p.76]
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Nov 18, 2014
    88
    ArcheAge is one of the best free-to-play games to be released this year, with a near endless amount of content awaiting eager adventurers.
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