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.
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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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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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