ArcheAge

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3.7

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  1. Lightbringer11
    Sep 23, 2014
    0
    A rushed product that Trion is buying 10/10 reviews for. Textures don't load, memory leaks, BSODs and they are giving 10/10 reviews to it? You can tell they are fake.

    Gameplay is stale, and pay2win. The developer is handling it so poorly when they made millions off Alpha and Beta, then they act like they can't afford another server. NA/EU launched with 5 servers each, South Korea /    A rushed product that Trion is buying 10/10 reviews for. Textures don't load, memory leaks, BSODs and they are giving 10/10 reviews to it? You can tell they are fake.

    Gameplay is stale, and pay2win. The developer is handling it so poorly when they made millions off Alpha and Beta, then they act like they can't afford another server. NA/EU launched with 5 servers each, South Korea / Russia launched with 20+ servers each. Brilliant.    … Expand
  2. bullymays
    Sep 25, 2014
    0
    The first critic review is a joke. Read the article, the guy didnt even play it. He states it offers "Full blown loose some of your items/gain some of your fallen foes loot PvP" ... That is incorrect, you do not lose anything items and do not gain fallen foes items. The PvP in this game is terrible 1. If you raid another continent, they can attack each of you one by one because they allThe first critic review is a joke. Read the article, the guy didnt even play it. He states it offers "Full blown loose some of your items/gain some of your fallen foes loot PvP" ... That is incorrect, you do not lose anything items and do not gain fallen foes items. The PvP in this game is terrible 1. If you raid another continent, they can attack each of you one by one because they all flag for PvP while only the person getting tagged flags in your raid (worst PvP mechanic I've seen in any game) 2. Even in war zones, you can kite people to guards and insta kill them. 3. 7 sec stuns chainable. 3 seconds is an eternity in PvP, 7 and can chain them, lulz. 4. No honor points for killing enemy unless its in a state of war.… Expand
  3. Vidicus
    Nov 8, 2014
    0
    At first glance Archeage seems like a fresh take on MMOs. Digging deeper you find out it is a huge cash grab by the company that made it. Even paying subscribers are limited by earning labor. Of course you can get more labor by spending cash in their shop. Getting land is also a joke. The land is snagged the second it appears by bots, so having any land is near impossible. CraftingAt first glance Archeage seems like a fresh take on MMOs. Digging deeper you find out it is a huge cash grab by the company that made it. Even paying subscribers are limited by earning labor. Of course you can get more labor by spending cash in their shop. Getting land is also a joke. The land is snagged the second it appears by bots, so having any land is near impossible. Crafting has been made obsolete by the farming of drops for loot in one area that is camped by all players at the same time. it is total chaos and bad planning by the developers.

    Want to customize your character? That will cost cash... a lot of it. Want to sell your land... that will cost cash. This game is a total mess and a huge disappointment.    … Expand
  4. k0to
    Sep 23, 2014
    5
    While the game is entertaining and satisfying when it works as intended, its greatly overshadowed by its frustrations and inefficiencies. A list of gripes are, no land available as one guy with 4 or 6 accounts has grabbed land at the very start of the game release is is extorting the player base to pay for unfinished houses (not complete houses mind you) or zones and having thisWhile the game is entertaining and satisfying when it works as intended, its greatly overshadowed by its frustrations and inefficiencies. A list of gripes are, no land available as one guy with 4 or 6 accounts has grabbed land at the very start of the game release is is extorting the player base to pay for unfinished houses (not complete houses mind you) or zones and having this multiplied by 10 fold makes for inefficient land hogging and extortion. Land which is probably the main reason why people purchase patron status have to wait 1-3 weeks which is half a month to even consider the prospect of owning property should they find that someone has stopped paying tax; which makes for an unhappy customer. Next up is the game's poor optimization, when you have tons of people fighting in one area especially in the ocean the game gets extremely laggy with invisible characters spawning 20 seconds too late only to find yourself dead and unable to control your character because of it with frame rates jumping from 4 to 40 at random even with a decently powerful GPU. Queue times still seem to plague the game, especially for free players (as if they haven't had it bad enough with no labor points to do anything) wait from 3 - 6 hours which eliminates the prospect of new players wanting to subscribe as it just leaves a bad taste in the player's mouth knowing that 70% of the game's features are locked out and you can't try them unless you take the risk and shell out the money to find out there is not land available. And lastly the game's focus is on interaction with fellow players, trading, and fighting which is no where near complete. Wanna hire a farmhand to pick your crops? He just made off with both your money and your plants. Wanna hire someone to convert your logs into chopped lumber? He just made off with your lumber. The trade function has not been tweaked to allow players to trade goods and have them trade back the refined product and yet another game *cough (WoW) allows you to trade an item for enchant without him swiping it away. Now is it a horrible game? No, no it is not however the lack of "love" and effort from the devs to polish the game has made the game much more frustrating than it has to be. One feature that could ease the pain of patrons with no land would probably be the guarantee of ONE house plot, as houses do not effect the market demand / goods in fluctuation (and mainly so we have a roof over our heads as we cry about how we do not have farmland) Come back in about few months and check back with the community, otherwise please do not god forbid try the game with patron or free otherwise.… Expand
  5. AnthonyBRobert
    Oct 2, 2014
    3
    ArcheAge is not for kids or the faint of heart. The ESRB rated AA Mature 17+ and is not a solo-friendly MMO especially if you are playing via free-to-play and were hoping to experience all aspects of the game. Even as a paying Patron you will have no choice but to either join a guild, a Family, work in groups like a pack of lions or all three. At about level ten to twelve, though, youArcheAge is not for kids or the faint of heart. The ESRB rated AA Mature 17+ and is not a solo-friendly MMO especially if you are playing via free-to-play and were hoping to experience all aspects of the game. Even as a paying Patron you will have no choice but to either join a guild, a Family, work in groups like a pack of lions or all three. At about level ten to twelve, though, you start to feel the sharp teeth of this game. You may want to be aware of a few built-in game mechanics before you press that buy now button. First, players have an ability called Bloodlust allowing them to attack members of their own faction for any reason. Yes, you read that correctly. Pirates, another faction or occupation, are among us! These players can organize Pirate Guilds and generally have the goal of stealing your possessions to accumulate Infamy, a type of status. Second, only paying players can own land. On the Lucius server, all the land has been claimed, so even if you were a paying Patron, you have a limited number of possibilities. In an incompetent attempt to justify his thievery, Krowe on the Lucius server propounded that I should have planted my small garden of Turmeric herb for a quest on Protected land. You may plant on any of the land and need to do so in order to complete your first low-level farming quests. However, because all of the plots used to create Protected land are occupied, you have no choice but to try Public Protected land. These are small plots that are also completely covered with other players crops. At this point you could try to join a guild or become part of a game Family, an arrangement that allows you to plant crops on a family members land. However, everyone has their land filled to the brim with their stuff right now. You are down to one choice, plant on public land. The catch is, any player can uproot your plants, stealing them from you even though the game labels it a crime. Want-a-be Pirates like Krowe simply make you their enemy even when we are on the same side. I have noticed a disturbing growing trend among AA players. My plants were clearly marked as my property when Krowe stole them. But his justification was because I had planted them on Public land. So misinformed players assume the role of a self-appointed Public-land Sheriff removing what they call an illegal garden. However, there is no such thing as an illegal garden in AA. It's clearly just a plant on Public land. I have scratched my head numerous times as I read the Trial chat channel. If a person takes something that isn't his in real life, he knows he's stealing. How is it that he feels it's different and justified in a game like AA? Petty theft is still just greediness, the taking of something that doesn't belong to you, in a game or not. What happens after the theft is absolutely ludicrous in my opinion. After being reported, the game's legal system puts the thief on trial where you will witness the most bizarre display of human lunacy and degradation. Defendants like my nemesis Krowe defend themselves in the most bizarre extremes from childishly offering a "cookie" to their victim to sounding like a sinner in confession on Sunday. Then the player jury sentences the defendant to varying amounts of time in jail. Although it may seem like a deterrent, the sentences lack any real meaning or weight. A player may murder, steal and uproot affecting multiple players and only get 15 minutes in jail. And even if sentenced to jail time, the thief has the ability to break out. No, you never get your stuff back. There is also a darker side to AA. Before our eyes is a cleverly cloaked system that prevents free to play. How? If you as a free-to-play player plant on Public land, it gets uprooted and stolen by so called Pirates who receive lenient sentences. Thus you have no choice but to become a Patron so you can own Protected land. But don't forget, all the land is taken! So, you're back to square one…or you can wait till more land is made available by Trion. You could also wait until another player can't pay the taxes on their land. Either way, if you're a Patron, you're paying while you wait. Damn. Secondly, when players of the same faction can attack and steal from each other, it forces them to join a guild or Family simply for protection. Joining, though, reduces your personal wealth because the guild leader is the person who can exact taxes and ultimately benefits from you, the guild raids and Trade Runs. Not everyone can run a guild. In fact, the factions of the game are NOT the Nuian Alliance against the Haranya Alliance. It's really the Patrons against the Pirates. The Patrons craft or farm and the Pirates steal it from them, anywhere and at any time. In a game where it may take several hundred hours to seriously farm, the only players having fun are the Pirates. The victims certainly don't enjoy having hours of work stolen by a member of their own faction, Pirate or opportunist. Playing AA comes at a price. The cost is either your time, your money or your possessions. You'll have to decide which one you can part with at different points throughout the game. But really, once all the rival castles have been destroyed and all the Pirates control all the wealth, then what?… Expand
  6. Xabu
    Nov 6, 2014
    4
    Although many of the MMO aspects of AA are nothing new, the crafting/farming/trading aspect makes the game intriguing. The graphics are outstanding and there are many well done nuances to the world to allow for full game emersion. Building fast clipper ships, merchant trading vessels (or warships) and braving the high (PvP) seas as a merchant, mercenary or pirate all make the game uniqueAlthough many of the MMO aspects of AA are nothing new, the crafting/farming/trading aspect makes the game intriguing. The graphics are outstanding and there are many well done nuances to the world to allow for full game emersion. Building fast clipper ships, merchant trading vessels (or warships) and braving the high (PvP) seas as a merchant, mercenary or pirate all make the game unique and fun to play, but the heart of the game is crafting, trade and commerce. In order to get the full functionality and enjoyment out the game, you need at least a small plot of land (8x8) where you can safely farm the materials you need to craft, trade, and sell a ton of stuff. Here’s the catch: THERE IS NO LAND LEFT IN ARCHEAGE!! I was on a relatively new server with a relatively low population, and after hours and days of hunting for an available plot of land, I found nothing (I’m not unique; this sad song has been sung by many a player). Apparently during the Beta and early days of the release, there was a huge land grab; some players/guilds own several plots of land creating a land monopoly, which essentially shuts out new players. If you can’t find land you have to use either a public farm (which is very restrictive and subject to player theft) or rely on a guild or friend to let you use theirs. Trion will happily charge you the $15/month patron fee, but they do not guarantee you full game functionality, so they’re essentially perpetrating fraud. It’s kind of like paying full price for a car and only getting two wheels. As such, I’d recommend staying with a free-to-play account, which unlocks about 70% of the game content. That said, that’s about all you get with a paid (“Patron”) account since there is no land left to new players, so why pay real money?

    Perhaps if Trion develops a queue that eventually allowed one to at least get a 16x16 farm, then it might be worth sticking with a patron account. It would make more sense, however, to open up more land to new players (there appears to be broad expanses of land not being used for anything). I would be willing to (dare I say) use instanced zones for housing and farms just so I could get full game functionality.

    I queried Trion about these issues and ideas, and never received a reply on my ticket. The only advice I’ve received recommended I search and wait for a land plot to default due to a lapse in taxes…Gee, thanks Trion. I guess spending 90% of your “game” time randomly searching the entire world for hours on end waiting for another player’s plot of land to default is what passes for a good time? Sound like tons-o-fun! I think I’ll give my money to Blizzard.    … Expand
  7. Zebad
    Nov 18, 2014
    0
    First of all i played since june 2014 with founder pack (135E) :
    Pay 2 win, random injust ban, false promises, the game is poor at end game, and the worst part : Trion....is clearly incompetent to manage a mmorpg. i just deleted 3 account, i dont want to hear about them again. My bank consider Trion as frauder due to the numerous refund etc Don't give them a single dollar or euro it is no    First of all i played since june 2014 with founder pack (135E) :
    Pay 2 win, random injust ban, false promises, the game is poor at end game, and the worst part : Trion....is clearly incompetent to manage a mmorpg. i just deleted 3 account, i dont want to hear about them again. My bank consider Trion as frauder due to the numerous refund etc Don't give them a single dollar or euro it is no worth. That sad because this game should ave been great. But it is not.    … Expand
  8. SenselessNoise
    Jun 29, 2015
    0
    Just another pay-to-win KMMO. I really enjoyed the game (max leveled one, had 3 others in the 40's), but it's plagued by hackers, a new exploit comes out almost every week, and the RNG is just awful. Buying a box from the store is like playing roulette - you may get lucky once, but you'll always lose.

    I came into the game pretty excited for an MMO with "sandbox housing," only to    Just another pay-to-win KMMO. I really enjoyed the game (max leveled one, had 3 others in the 40's), but it's plagued by hackers, a new exploit comes out almost every week, and the RNG is just awful. Buying a box from the store is like playing roulette - you may get lucky once, but you'll always lose.

    I came into the game pretty excited for an MMO with "sandbox housing," only to realize that it was neither sandbox, nor was there housing. I camped expiring lots for 2 weeks before logging in at 6am with a friend to pick up a spot, only to make an enemy out of the guy that had 7 houses nearby and wanted mine for his 8th. When I wanted to upgrade from a 16x16 to a 24x24 farmhouse, I couldn't find a spot outside of the farmhouse-only plots thanks to cutthroat housing practices, while farmhouse-only areas had people that placed their houses square in the middle of multiple plots, taking 2x,3x, sometimes even 4x as much space as they needed, and screwing everyone else. Never mind the stupid labor system, the TS tree debacle, the coin purse exploit, the 3k gold I had taken away because someone bought items I listed on the AH with stolen/farmed/exploited gold.

    Seriously, this game is so bad. The story is boring, the pay2win aspect runs incredibly deep, and the biggest thing going in the game (player housing) is impossible to find. When they released Auroria, it was full within an hour or 2. It's just an overall terrible game.    … Expand
  9. TNichols2012
    Feb 22, 2016
    2
    Toxic community of players. Game encourages bad behavior to other players. I regret paying to play and would like my money back. I would not recommend this game. I've played WoW, Guild Wars 1/2, and many minor MMOs. This one has really bad people in it. Great game, not great community.
  10. HELLruler
    Sep 22, 2014
    3
    Could be an awesome game, with the best class system (combine 3 archetypes whenever you want). But labor point system forces players to afk, making the servers full and queues unbearable
  11. Habya
    Oct 5, 2014
    1
    Pay to Win, anyone that says otherwise hasn't really played the game. Folks dropping tons of real $ for Apex etc to get ahead. F2P folks (ps I'm a patron) get left behind with labor points.

    The crafting system is very complex which is a positive and negative. If you're really into that kind of world you'll enjoy it. It's fun at times but also frustrating. Land space...not enough. If    Pay to Win, anyone that says otherwise hasn't really played the game. Folks dropping tons of real $ for Apex etc to get ahead. F2P folks (ps I'm a patron) get left behind with labor points.

    The crafting system is very complex which is a positive and negative. If you're really into that kind of world you'll enjoy it. It's fun at times but also frustrating.

    Land space...not enough. If you weren't there when server was first out, good luck getting land you want. And without that it can take a while to make enough gold to buy good spots.

    PvP, it just plain sucks. Running support, even in a group, you won't get crap honor points while DPS rakes them in. Level 50 can gank a level 30 and rob them of their honor points -- should be some limit to it to avoid that. And yes, zergs zergs and more zergs - but what's new it's an MMO. Either way the PvP is horrible, unbalanced, and encouraging ganking folks; also you're forced into PvP zones for long periods so if you don't want to PvP might as well stop at level 30 or plan to take long breaks when it decides it is time for you to get killed.    … Expand
  12. Viconnia
    Sep 25, 2014
    0
    I had created a character from the beginning of the game, but I had never been able to play thanks to the endless queues. Today finally I connect, I try to redo it and, surprise, character creation is blocked on my server as a solution to the queues.
    I have not had the chance to play it and I already hate it.
  13. Qstosh
    Oct 11, 2014
    0
    Playing this game is pointless, bots rules in that game. Ruining the economy and pleasure of playing. Shame cos so many scum and Trion does not care any more.
  14. postermaserco
    Sep 21, 2014
    1
    This game is not free to play. It's free to queue and pay to play. If you don't pay you will spent over 8 eight hours on queue without be able to play. And your pc will be consuming a lot of resources and watts for nothing. Those who pay don't have to queue and just can log in and log out when they want.
  15. alowercasename
    Sep 24, 2014
    0
    Pay to win? I think not, Pay to queue. Welcome to FartAge, where you get banned while in queue for supposed goldselling even when you can't even play the game. Now that i'm not gonna play FartAge, like many other thousands, should we be worried all of your queuers are going to queue up all other games? or will you finally realize the amount of servers and client slots you provided was farPay to win? I think not, Pay to queue. Welcome to FartAge, where you get banned while in queue for supposed goldselling even when you can't even play the game. Now that i'm not gonna play FartAge, like many other thousands, should we be worried all of your queuers are going to queue up all other games? or will you finally realize the amount of servers and client slots you provided was far below the minimum you had to provide to kick off your **** game launch, that btw had an emergency maintenance after like the first release day, thanks for that, I saved myself the trouble by not downloading the 28 GB that apparently represents this **** people dare to call ArcheAge.
    More like ArcheAged, the game is dead before your queue ends. I wonder how many hours the devs will be roaming the streets to be able to pay back all the founder packs that were so disgustingly overpriced.
    I can pay less for runescape and have the same fun, dont even have to download it.
    Anyway enough about decaying fetuses, Crash the grey is a great guy and you should call him at night when he's sleeping or playing with his mandingo 06whatever123, hi crash
    What am i even doing here    … Expand
  16. nollington
    Sep 26, 2014
    0
    I dont know what the so called "mmo vets" have played before to claim Archeage is the best mmo for decades, or that its innovating or a breath of fresh air.
    There is nothing new in Archeage, the graphics are out dated, the pvp is not open pvp as claimed as its restricted to zones, the questing just like every other mmo.
    Cobat is a button spam fest with no dodge or avoidance. Crafting    I dont know what the so called "mmo vets" have played before to claim Archeage is the best mmo for decades, or that its innovating or a breath of fresh air.
    There is nothing new in Archeage, the graphics are out dated, the pvp is not open pvp as claimed as its restricted to zones, the questing just like every other mmo.
    Cobat is a button spam fest with no dodge or avoidance.
    Crafting has been done better in other games.
    Housing is ok but also done in other games.
    Ok so you have gliders.... but Aion had wings and alot of games have flight mechanics.
    Top all that off with Trions poor management and money grabbing techniques and Archeage will soon be dropping its rating faster than that glider will drop when its out of time.    … Expand
  17. Twitchz
    Oct 12, 2014
    0
    Worst MMO I've ever played.

    Don't even bother with this one. So many Bots, hacker and Gold spammers its unreal. The game play is terrible with 1-2 seconds of lag on abilities its almost impossible to play smoothly. Once you get to lvl 30 its a complete gank fest where you will be killed over and over and over in PVE areas by people 20 levels above you. Trade is useless as the    Worst MMO I've ever played.

    Don't even bother with this one. So many Bots, hacker and Gold spammers its unreal.

    The game play is terrible with 1-2 seconds of lag on abilities its almost impossible to play smoothly. Once you get to lvl 30 its a complete gank fest where you will be killed over and over and over in PVE areas by people 20 levels above you.

    Trade is useless as the guards will attack you for defending your own goods allowing other players to steal hours of your work.

    Simply put, don't waste your time on this there are far better F2P games around that wont leave a bitter taste in your mouth.    … Expand
  18. Mad-Gary
    Oct 12, 2014
    2
    Awful, just awful. From the outset, it's a disaster; from the queues that are mentioned here so many times, to the fact the game is just a griefer's paradise. It rewards camping and everything is on a first-come-first-served basis, so if you work or have a life, don't expect to get too far.

    I give this two points because the world is pretty, especially the water. Some of the music is    Awful, just awful. From the outset, it's a disaster; from the queues that are mentioned here so many times, to the fact the game is just a griefer's paradise. It rewards camping and everything is on a first-come-first-served basis, so if you work or have a life, don't expect to get too far.

    I give this two points because the world is pretty, especially the water. Some of the music is okay and there's some fairly nice game mechanics like playing on a jury or composing your own music, but expect to hear nothing but 80s theme tunes. None of these make up for the significantly mediocre combat, utter lack of voice overs for quests and utterly an utterly forgettable story.

    Oh and if you pay a subscription, good luck cancelling, because there's a neat bug that hides the button for some players in the account management screen, preventing you cancelling an automatically re-subbing game. You could of course file a ticket, but don't bother checking for a reply inside of 21 days.    … Expand
  19. OmegaXtc
    Oct 21, 2014
    2
    The game is overrun with hackers and botters. I pay for Patron status but still can't play on Tuesdays because 1 hr maintenance has become 7 hr maintenance EVERY week since I've started. With updates like "woops, looks like we broke the GM mainframe with that last patch. 4 more hours guys". I enjoyed what content I have been able to play up to the level cap, but I don't get to playThe game is overrun with hackers and botters. I pay for Patron status but still can't play on Tuesdays because 1 hr maintenance has become 7 hr maintenance EVERY week since I've started. With updates like "woops, looks like we broke the GM mainframe with that last patch. 4 more hours guys". I enjoyed what content I have been able to play up to the level cap, but I don't get to play much because it is always being maintenanced.… Expand
  20. cresoking
    Nov 20, 2014
    0
    You may realize it sooner or later (I did only after 2 months of playing) that this game is a maze meant for you to stay at the same place forever. No progression at all at the end-game due to the worst RNG possible.
    You can only progress if you toss A LOT OF MONEY at it. And i'm saying something like +10.000,00 dollars (I just did the math).
    Someday you will see that doing trade-runs    You may realize it sooner or later (I did only after 2 months of playing) that this game is a maze meant for you to stay at the same place forever. No progression at all at the end-game due to the worst RNG possible.
    You can only progress if you toss A LOT OF MONEY at it. And i'm saying something like +10.000,00 dollars (I just did the math).
    Someday you will see that doing trade-runs and farming gold is not fun, and the gold you make doesn't allows you to do nothing at all.
    Don't fall for this cash-grab game.    … Expand
  21. 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!
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Elderstealth
    Sep 22, 2014
    3
    The graphics in this game are current MMO Gen high quality. The combat, class system and skill trees are a lot of fun and very adaptable, some aspects of this look copied off Rift (a good game from Trion)

    This game is fantastic for griefers; goonswarm will love it.
    Most will find the mechanics very annoying and the justice system in the game is a joke.
  26. Genelegasse
    Sep 21, 2014
    2
    Played this game in the Beta and it wasnt bad... won't say it was great but not bad... run and gun is pretty fun on the archer however game runs pretty heavy.. doesnt look very good but it runs like a tractor asif it was 4k res or something i dont even know lol. Either way i'm giving this game a 2 because when the actual relase came it became impossible to log-in... even with patron statusPlayed this game in the Beta and it wasnt bad... won't say it was great but not bad... run and gun is pretty fun on the archer however game runs pretty heavy.. doesnt look very good but it runs like a tractor asif it was 4k res or something i dont even know lol. Either way i'm giving this game a 2 because when the actual relase came it became impossible to log-in... even with patron status the Queue is impossible... a week after release this game has not seen a server upgrade or an update to D/C afkers on the server... Poorly managed asif trion does not care at all.… Expand
  27. angamir
    Sep 20, 2014
    0
    8 hour queue for free to play players. Game is horribly optimized and crashes often. Queue drops again after a crash. Basically impossible to play unless you subscribe (it lets you avoid the queue). And even if you subscribe, chances of it working properly are slim, at least at the current state of the game. Giving it a zero because it’s the worst mmo launch I have seen in the past 5 years.
  28. Webern
    Sep 19, 2014
    2
    The game has some new content for an online multiplayer game. Some, but not a lot. It's mostly a sum of the best aspects already seen in other MMORPGs. So the game is not the BEST MMORPG ever with a very bad company behind. Is a decent MMORPG with no sensational ideas in it, with a very bad company behind.
    At the moment most players are spending their paid "patron" time waiting in queues,    The game has some new content for an online multiplayer game. Some, but not a lot. It's mostly a sum of the best aspects already seen in other MMORPGs. So the game is not the BEST MMORPG ever with a very bad company behind. Is a decent MMORPG with no sensational ideas in it, with a very bad company behind.
    At the moment most players are spending their paid "patron" time waiting in queues, and the "head start" was a terrible flop, with a ton of problems. Probably in a couple of months queue problems will calm down and the REAL problems will arise. And they will be the usual endgame problems of most "Free to Play" (?) MMORPGs.    … Expand
  29. 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.
  30. Truthful
    Sep 18, 2014
    2
    This game had huge potential, played in alpha and beta. However, it's becoming a complete failure in terms of the way it's been launched. I've been through multiple mmo launches and this ranks right up there with some of the worst. It's not THE worst, but it's definitely up there. I rated it a 2 out of 10 for a few reasons.

    Queue times are horrid. If you've paid or are F2P it won't    This game had huge potential, played in alpha and beta. However, it's becoming a complete failure in terms of the way it's been launched. I've been through multiple mmo launches and this ranks right up there with some of the worst. It's not THE worst, but it's definitely up there. I rated it a 2 out of 10 for a few reasons.

    Queue times are horrid. If you've paid or are F2P it won't matter. A majority of players are stuck in very lengthy que's. I've seen patrons, those that paid, stuck in 2hours or more on their ques. I myself, learning from prior disasters, chose F2P. I've had the last three days in consecutive 6+hour ques, and wasn't even able to play more than 2 hours total. Yesterday was a 3 hour que, a disconnect from their end, and put back into a que with 4500 people ahead of me.

    You will hear fanboy after fanboy speak of how great the game is, one of their major sticks was to allow player held land, but it's a majorly busted feature. The little bit of game time I have had, you cannot find available land anywhere. Now, they speak that not all people will be able to own land, this isn't a big feature to me, but I did look. I've even heard stories and seen some videos of massive amounts of land being owned by one person. They would have been better served by fixing que's and doing a land blitz a month down the road to make things just a bit more level on the playing field.

    They do have some saving features in distinct class combinations, the ability to make and use boats, and also utilize any sort of weapon and armor combinations you would like. The lack of concern and correspondence by this company in terms of how they are failing with the ability to open servers to the public is ludicrous at best.

    If they are truly vested in bringing forth a better gaming experience then they should truly listen to their community at large, and not hide from the public eye, nor turn a blind eye to their problems.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#74 Best PC Game of 2014
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#14 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#22 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  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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