ArcheAge

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3.7

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  1. monnef
    Nov 5, 2014
    2
    All begins with untruthful hardware requirements (e.g. 2GB RAM is no way enough, even with 4gigs the game were forcing Windows to swap). I really liked the idea of sandbox with thousands of people cooperating, crafting and building. But all this is severely limited by labor system, as a free player you have no chance of doing any "sandboxy" things. Those things, which are only advantageAll begins with untruthful hardware requirements (e.g. 2GB RAM is no way enough, even with 4gigs the game were forcing Windows to swap). I really liked the idea of sandbox with thousands of people cooperating, crafting and building. But all this is severely limited by labor system, as a free player you have no chance of doing any "sandboxy" things. Those things, which are only advantage over other F2P MMORPGs. Without these elements it's just another MMORPG game with nothing new and a lot of standard PVE and PVP stuff missing (again, from a point of view of F2P players).

    Transporation is tedious - takes minutes/tens of minutes, in my opinion too much realistic. Dungeons don't seem too elaborate. I did miss a lot of group PVE features - like proper loot system (no greed option, just pass/need), no group finder for dungeons/quests. I also dislike the notion of "only world PVP". I kinda like instanced PVPs with some team objective(s) - capture the flag, domination and so on. Quests feel repetitive even on lower levels, only story quests were a bit better (probably because of short cutscenes).

    Queues were a big problem, but I assume it gets/got better. What is a problem (for me at least) is EU players being treated as second class citizens, for example restarts in prime time, US problems are always fixed first (in some cases days between fixing US and EU side) and prices of paid items.

    It's pure PAY TO WIN, unless you buy a patron status, you are nothing. If you aren't planning on tossing money away, then avoid even trying this game, it's not worth it.    … Expand
  2. KaienShiba
    Jun 10, 2015
    2
    This is not an rpg game, it is a FPS, also you can't change the keyboard set up. Had potential but that's had not have. You are also forced to team up, since there is no single player room.
  3. 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
  4. Saluko
    Sep 16, 2014
    2
    When this game was in Alpha ( patch 1.0 i think it was ) this game had potential to being a great hit. However, come future patches the direction of the game became very clear. Changing elements of the game shaped around their marketplace. Labor points became more restrictive and varied crafting elements became disciplined tailored around their marketplace. Labor Pots/crafting mats.When this game was in Alpha ( patch 1.0 i think it was ) this game had potential to being a great hit. However, come future patches the direction of the game became very clear. Changing elements of the game shaped around their marketplace. Labor points became more restrictive and varied crafting elements became disciplined tailored around their marketplace. Labor Pots/crafting mats.

    With the numerous issues with the launch and money grab-ish shenanigans Trion has portrayed with this game. I cannot recommend this game to anyone. I only wish I could of only got a refund on my $150 founders pack when i had the chance. :( . Never buying a trion game again    … Expand
  5. natpick
    Sep 16, 2014
    2
    bait and switch mmo,awefull customer service the game itself isnt too bad although alot changed from early access,its free to play but youll end up putting lots of cash into this game regardless,cant see this game holding a healthy population for more than 6 months to a year.
  6. Voldrune
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    Aside from spending 8 hours fighting with Glyph and finding a way to fix the countless errors that popped up during my two fruitless attempts to reinstall the game (Which both took 3 hours each.) The two hour+ long queue is fantastic. I could not be more satisfied.
    Oh, and the reports about paying to win seem lovely as well.
    Very good call on your part, Trion. You'd think they'd have    Aside from spending 8 hours fighting with Glyph and finding a way to fix the countless errors that popped up during my two fruitless attempts to reinstall the game (Which both took 3 hours each.) The two hour+ long queue is fantastic. I could not be more satisfied.
    Oh, and the reports about paying to win seem lovely as well.
    Very good call on your part, Trion.
    You'd think they'd have things sorted out BEFORE they released the game to the public.    … Expand
  7. Kyoo
    Sep 17, 2014
    2
    This game is not a sandbox, it's a "sandpark". Most people are just jaw-dropped by the features of being able to farm/own a house that this is "new" and "fresh" for them but in the end it's still technically the same outside some of those features.

    Unfortunately for NA/EU ArcheAge the game is published/ran from TRION Worlds who has, to be blunt, done a horrible job managing this game.    This game is not a sandbox, it's a "sandpark". Most people are just jaw-dropped by the features of being able to farm/own a house that this is "new" and "fresh" for them but in the end it's still technically the same outside some of those features.

    Unfortunately for NA/EU ArcheAge the game is published/ran from TRION Worlds who has, to be blunt, done a horrible job managing this game. From a terrible headstart to a very rough launch for many. Those who haven't been effected have had a great time, hence why you've seen some decent 10's around.

    Once all the smoke and mirrors drops I don't see this game lasting long, probably even shorter with how TRION is managing it.    … Expand
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Nearly_Diamond
    Sep 24, 2014
    2
    Ok so here's the thing - in the alpha and beta it wsa fun - everyone was messing around and the potential to 'do anything' was explored and was exciting.

    This game explodes the MMO grind like nothing else into some fun stuff, but it's a completely player based economy. At face value this is good, but what it means is the servers have to have decent numbers of people on them for the game    Ok so here's the thing - in the alpha and beta it wsa fun - everyone was messing around and the potential to 'do anything' was explored and was exciting.

    This game explodes the MMO grind like nothing else into some fun stuff, but it's a completely player based economy. At face value this is good, but what it means is the servers have to have decent numbers of people on them for the game to be viable, and so Trion deliberately don't have enough servers so as not to go through the surge and crash in player numbers - this means even if you paid over £100 for your founder's pack it's a 3 hour wait minimum just to get on.
    Additoinally all the servers are full - you need a strong guild to get anywhere in the game, and so if your friends are already established on another server - you won't get to play with them.

    Paying players can purchase land and build their own home there - which becomes a focus of one of the styles of play.
    Great! All the land went in the first week! This means if you're thinking of starting out now - you'll need to wait until thep layer populatoin crashes off for a bit to register on the server, once the game is dying.

    This Game has promise, but it is at heart a Korean grind fest with no shortcuts, and the ability to fully explore the game is precluded by having to log on to the servers (that don't let you alt-TAB out to do other things while you wait) and que fo 8 hours. As an online MMO Que simulator I would score this a 10. It's possible that somewhere in there, once the atrix has you there might be a game to play which could have a good score too. However, when developers have already given salient and unignorable lessons in how to set up ap layer economy usigng just one server, such as in EVE, to build a game arount this principle as a core tennet and then spread it out over a bunch of servers like WoW or that god-awful star wars MMO the old republic (apart from hutball... huttball was great..) is just a big mistake in my opinion.
    I intend not to play this any more.    … Expand
  16. Araushnee
    Sep 29, 2014
    2
    As a patron I am not seeing the benefits of subscribing. Today my heart sank when we finally got a tiny official response on the housing situation. My hopes had been that they would fix this issue with time like they did the queues, but that will not be the case. Land ownership is apparently "competitive." I bought the head-start packs and subscribed because I believed I could own landAs a patron I am not seeing the benefits of subscribing. Today my heart sank when we finally got a tiny official response on the housing situation. My hopes had been that they would fix this issue with time like they did the queues, but that will not be the case. Land ownership is apparently "competitive." I bought the head-start packs and subscribed because I believed I could own land and farm. I was hoping the PvP nature wouldn't be about bulling other players. I was hoping for a friendly community. Even on the unofficial RP server the community is toxic. Between the community and lack of land, I am just not seeing the point. I had dreams of building home, farms and crest creation. I guess I'll be waiting for Landmark to go to open beta. If you are thinking of buying patron to own land and a farm, don't bother. Those benefits do not exist. I just don't see myself staying as I'm not the competitive type. If you enjoy an open world PvP game though you may like it. It is a gankfest though. So if you want fair PvP, there is no such thing.… Expand
  17. 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
  18. ChantallicA
    Oct 19, 2014
    2
    At the start i was like omg this game is awsome! So i bought a patron buff, what never got active after 2 weeks!! I have been trying those whole 2 weeks to get in contact with trion/glymph but never got a respons... A friend of me who is a patron could join live chat and finaly after that i got my patron buff... After that month i payed again, guess what!! Patron buff gone and didn't get aAt the start i was like omg this game is awsome! So i bought a patron buff, what never got active after 2 weeks!! I have been trying those whole 2 weeks to get in contact with trion/glymph but never got a respons... A friend of me who is a patron could join live chat and finaly after that i got my patron buff... After that month i payed again, guess what!! Patron buff gone and didn't get a new one!! Couldn't enter live chat because they told me i never bought anything from them!! Like wtf?? So my friend had to queue up in live chat AGAIN for me to get it fixed... It got "fixed" again and told me i had my buff untill 04-11-2014 guess what, since today it shows me i have my buff untill 30-10-2014!!! Like come on!!

    Beside's that since i'm a paying player i would expect something, the only benefits i have atm is my +10 labor when im online and +5 when im offline, the rest is not worth it since there are to many bots and hackers taking land with clicking programs and what not, so more then 50% of the paying players DONT OWN A PIECE OF LAND!!! I have been in contact with support about this, he/she asked me what was the problem so i explained to him/her about the bots and the hackers and such. He/she asked me for name's so they could sort out if it was true... Then he/she asked me some more stuff so i told the rest to him/her. After that he/she asked me to wait so they could write it down, i told them sure no problem. The reaction i got on that was: "Hey i can feel your frustration true my monitor please stop this pushing behaviour of yours, because this isn't making my job any more easy!! So calm down!!" So i told him/her: I'm sorry if i sounded like that, i didn't mean it that way, i only wanna help you out with this bot/hack problem. Then he/she told me: Youre not the only one trying to help like this, so please stop your frustration on me!! So i stopped talking.. After 15 min he/she still didn't say anything, so i asked if he/she was still there. He/she said: I think i have all the info, is there anything else i can do for you? So i asked what was gonna happen with the reported bots/hackers. He/she said: Time will tell my friend. And disconnected.

    I was stuned... First my patron buff is broken like hell (and still is) and then i get somebody like this on support... Really trion... This is bad..

    After today 4 of my friends decided to quit ArcheAge because of the lack on support trion is giving towards the players.. And the bot/hack problems with land and gold sellers...

    I'm also thinking about quiting to be honest... Because this is not worth 13 euro's a month.. Not even 1 euro...

    Really trion get your facts straight and get your ass on all the problems that are going on, you are losing players day by day!!    … 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. Simongren
    Dec 1, 2014
    2
    Read a review of this in a Gaming magazine and decided to try it out based on that review.

    I like the look of the characters, I like the look of the game. That's why it gets a three. But; in the zone I started in, there are huge numbers of high lvl players fighting right next to three of the npcs needed for the starting quests. In a starting city area, mind you. The one time I was    Read a review of this in a Gaming magazine and decided to try it out based on that review.

    I like the look of the characters, I like the look of the game. That's why it gets a three.

    But; in the zone I started in, there are huge numbers of high lvl players fighting right next to three of the npcs needed for the starting quests. In a starting city area, mind you. The one time I was able to overcome the lag enough to target anything in the mob it said I had targeted a 'lvl40 practice dummy'.

    What this meant was after the 4 minute process of logging into the game I had to wait another 3 to 10 minutes for actual npc characters to load. Some of them became targetable before they appeared, but others didn't.

    Any quest involving a cutscene in the towns just kicks you out of the game due to the serious amount of lag. Once you get past the 4 minute login again, there is a better chance you will get to see the cutscene again.

    Of course, all this is moot anyway, since the game has been down for server maintenance for the last 16 hours.

    All in all, it's not something I see spending money on.    … Expand
  21. jlcnuke
    Dec 19, 2014
    2
    Would be a pretty good game, if the people in charge of making decisions weren't complete idiots.. test server not testing anything (bugs from Alpha still in the game, despite beta testing being long over and the game live for a while now, game offline during prime-time with little or no warning (for minor patches, not the game is screwed issues). The game will be lucky to survive anotherWould be a pretty good game, if the people in charge of making decisions weren't complete idiots.. test server not testing anything (bugs from Alpha still in the game, despite beta testing being long over and the game live for a while now, game offline during prime-time with little or no warning (for minor patches, not the game is screwed issues). The game will be lucky to survive another few months if they don't find someone who can take all decisions and run them through a "is this utterly stupid" test before letting those decisions get out.… Expand
  22. The_Existance
    Dec 27, 2014
    2
    The farming and housing are great, but are only really available if you are willing to pay for patron. Free to players have very limited options for earning money in game. Also, there are many pay to win aspects in the game, like the APEX system. The game tends to dry very quick if you can't put a large amount of cash into the game.

    What ultimately pushed me away from the game is the    The farming and housing are great, but are only really available if you are willing to pay for patron. Free to players have very limited options for earning money in game. Also, there are many pay to win aspects in the game, like the APEX system. The game tends to dry very quick if you can't put a large amount of cash into the game.

    What ultimately pushed me away from the game is the PvP. It is 100% gear based. Since the PvP affects many of the trade and other aspects, its really something that you can't get away from. You forced to spend all of your gold buying gear or risk being killed.

    The game is fun at first something, but it quickly goes down hill. It is not a game worth playing in the long run.    … Expand
  23. ugura
    Apr 13, 2016
    2
    pay to play
    catch us at times, which I hate so great at this game. looks great, has ne hammer animation, hammer wasserefect, not story so extremely great but runs smoothly. and now let's look at the shop at, armours, remuneration, all the trimmings, as it shows the trione in the direction ea's, which draws people, many thanks for my 15 hours should be enough how horrible her abzockt the people
  24. 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.
  25. Exfan
    Sep 19, 2014
    1
    Really company that published Rift has really failed miserably at the launch of ArcheAge. Horrible waiting simulator at logging screen. Crafting is pay to win loads of essential gameplay features require pay to win scenario. Crafting is just horrendous time consuming grindfest. Plant tree water it wait day or so to harvest. If not in land you own land anyone can take your harvest.
    To be    Really company that published Rift has really failed miserably at the launch of ArcheAge. Horrible waiting simulator at logging screen. Crafting is pay to win loads of essential gameplay features require pay to win scenario. Crafting is just horrendous time consuming grindfest. Plant tree water it wait day or so to harvest. If not in land you own land anyone can take your harvest.
    To be able to own any territory you need to be patron. Pre ordering gave patron status those that spended loads of money though i have heard that loads of players did not get what package promised to them. Lesson learned from here never participate payed beta testing and never pre order games because companies are really dodgy about keeping promises. Trion is just **** company.    … Expand
  26. Elco32
    Sep 28, 2014
    1
    Trion worlds started out with Rift and the best intentions for value for their customers. This game demonstrates that they have gone to the complete opposite end of the spectrum where value for their customers is their lowest priority. They know that the people who play this type of game don't respect themselves enough to walk away from being shamelessly fleeced.
  27. Luka4ever
    Sep 25, 2014
    1
    This game is a waste of time, its horribly optimized, pay to win, and the PVP elements in conjunction with the labor system means you can't get anything done, and if you should happen to carry a trade pack it will be stolen from you before you can turn it in. Worst game I've played this year.
  28. cellestron
    Oct 16, 2014
    1
    Game is fun and does have a lot of sandbox elements.

    Unfortunately all the cheating ruins it. Land hacks, pvp hacks, teleport hacks, you name it. Far more than I have experienced in any other mmo.

    I would steer clear until if/when the game is cleaned up.
  29. tollo555
    Sep 24, 2014
    1
    Typical Pay-To-Win game that doesn't bring anything new to table. Monotonic experience continues throughout the game. Only redeeming quality is that the game is free to play; not worth a penny.
  30. 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.
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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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