ArcheAge

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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 775 Ratings

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  1. paddlerboarder
    Dec 22, 2014
    0
    Game has gone to @!#$%, another one bites the dust. The company (Trion) is giving preferential treatment to people and guilds in the game (The White order) for whatever reason. Maybe they know people at Trion, maybe they are bribing them, either way, it's destroying the play experience of everyone else. On top of that, Trion is now giving away items to some players that arent evenGame has gone to @!#$%, another one bites the dust. The company (Trion) is giving preferential treatment to people and guilds in the game (The White order) for whatever reason. Maybe they know people at Trion, maybe they are bribing them, either way, it's destroying the play experience of everyone else. On top of that, Trion is now giving away items to some players that arent even released in the game yet.

    Just go look at the forums and you'll have all your answers. You can't post though, not until your level 15 of course. Of course as a new player, good luck getting any help then on the forums as the actual game is write off. The chat is filled with gold spam while a good chunk of the players are absolute losers.

    The one positive thing to come out of all this though, the game is on track to die by Jan or Feb as predicted. Don't expect Trion to keep their servers up, not when they are losing money hand over fist due to their bad management.    … Expand
  2. WizardOgames
    Sep 16, 2014
    0
    There are basically 2 groups here, those that lucked out and got in and got land during the head start, then there is everybody else.

    Far too many problems to list, just visit the forums and i'll paint an accurate picture. Lets just say there are a lot of people screaming "refund" at the moment after buying founders packs. The game overall is filled with far too many greedy and    There are basically 2 groups here, those that lucked out and got in and got land during the head start, then there is everybody else.

    Far too many problems to list, just visit the forums and i'll paint an accurate picture. Lets just say there are a lot of people screaming "refund" at the moment after buying founders packs.

    The game overall is filled with far too many greedy and ignorant people.    … Expand
  3. realitycheckxer
    Dec 20, 2014
    0
    If there is one phrase to sum up this game, it's Murphy's Law; however, Archeage takes this to a whole other level. The developers seem to go out of their way to make bad decision after bad decision.

    To further add to the problems now, confirmed reports seem to point at Trion to either taking bribes or giving special treatment to users whom spend a lot of money on the game. Not that    If there is one phrase to sum up this game, it's Murphy's Law; however, Archeage takes this to a whole other level. The developers seem to go out of their way to make bad decision after bad decision.

    To further add to the problems now, confirmed reports seem to point at Trion to either taking bribes or giving special treatment to users whom spend a lot of money on the game. Not that this is a surprise.. catering to those who spend money; however, Trions behavior (yet again) takes this to a whole new level.

    Confirmed in-game (and out of game treatment) include:

    - Unbanning players for certain hacks whereas other players have been perma-banned for using the same hack. The player was unbanned as they were a friend of someone who spent thousands on the game. We know this because the player actually streamed their hack on twitch.

    - The player in question getting people's forum posts removed (that don't violate any rules) within minutes of complaining. Again we know this because the player bragged about it, and also bragging about "being close someone at Trion"

    - Same player getting accounts banned from the game within minutes because they simply had a problem with them. Yet again, the player bragging about it.

    The player or user in question? "Sorcerer" Naming and shaming is the best way to remove the cancers from the game before it has any hopes of getting better.

    Draw your own conclusions, but my advise, stay far away until the game gets a complete overhaul . This is about as poorly run game as you can get.    … Expand
  4. jdotjdot7
    Sep 22, 2014
    0
    So I've reviewed this before, but I'll be posting this to change it and reiterate the point of my first review.

    This is literally P2P right now, if you do not pay money you won't get placed into the priority queue and good freaking luck getting into the game. Combine this with what others are saying and it becomes a game that you spend 12+ hours to get into to be ganked by higher level    So I've reviewed this before, but I'll be posting this to change it and reiterate the point of my first review.

    This is literally P2P right now, if you do not pay money you won't get placed into the priority queue and good freaking luck getting into the game. Combine this with what others are saying and it becomes a game that you spend 12+ hours to get into to be ganked by higher level players and do poorly compared to people who have paid money. Oh wait, even if you wait 12 hours, GOOD LUCK GETTING IN!

    That's right, yesterday I just said, screw it, and waited 13 hours for a queue I started at 8:00 in the morning. I watched as the queue ticked down 3...2...1.......... "The gods have disconnected you." And that was the moment I decided this game didn't even deserve a second chance.    … Expand
  5. EvoXander
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Queue Simulator 2014, If anyone is a fan of queue waiting games, this one is for you. 14.99 a month to wait in a queue. If and when you get in, the lag, bugs, missing characters, missing founder items are a bonus if you enjoy not having anything you paid for.
  6. 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
  7. Dave-Champagne
    Mar 27, 2015
    0
    This game oblige you to play to pay your taxes in-game, and you need to take care of your field to be able to farm some gold. If you don't, you lose your field. It's a game that makes you addicted and it's a waste of time. Don't play this game.
  8. Jodizzle
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    8 Total NA servers, 8 servers constantly queued. Been in queue for over an hour now and have only moved up 500 slots in the queue and still have 2300 folks ahead of me.

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

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

    Don't do it!    … Expand
  9. Raresh
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Ok i understand that the game is having difficulties at launch but, THE DEVS DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH US! The only things that we've heard from the staff in the last 24 hours is just that they don't see it a problem waiting in queue, because they say it's only 60-120 minutes. Actually the queues are so big they can't even estimate (even the estimation sucks) when you will be able to play.Ok i understand that the game is having difficulties at launch but, THE DEVS DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH US! The only things that we've heard from the staff in the last 24 hours is just that they don't see it a problem waiting in queue, because they say it's only 60-120 minutes. Actually the queues are so big they can't even estimate (even the estimation sucks) when you will be able to play. 5500 in queue > 1 hour, my friend 1000 in queue > 1 hour. SEEMS LEGIT.

    NO COMMUNICATION = SUCCESSFUL MONEYGRAB FROM DEVS    … Expand
  10. DishBish
    Nov 18, 2014
    0
    Best Pay2Win simulator you can ever get. When you get in the game forces you to PAY. You can't craft, you can't farm, you can't build a house without subscribe. Don't pay any penny on this game unless you are Chinese gold farmer.
  11. Hillbillyassasn
    Sep 16, 2014
    0
    All I have to say is if you read the details about owning a house and such, do not get into this game. Land is very limited and though a very few say they have seen land open, many players have not. You will be required to wait a min. of 2 weeks to get land, at which point thousands of other players will be vying for that same piece of land, and since there is a time on when the landAll I have to say is if you read the details about owning a house and such, do not get into this game. Land is very limited and though a very few say they have seen land open, many players have not. You will be required to wait a min. of 2 weeks to get land, at which point thousands of other players will be vying for that same piece of land, and since there is a time on when the land dies out, everyone will know when to get ready, so it will be a luck shot if you grab a piece.

    Questing is questing. No good or bad.
    Trading..You will more than likely need a farm....Good luck, land as stated above is a problem.    … Expand
  12. 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!
  13. 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.
  14. Siegra
    Oct 18, 2014
    0
    Worst Game I've Played This Decade.
    1. bad queque (waited 15 hours of queque wonder why i waited)
    2. PVP is very boring and unrealistic. 3. labor farming simulator 4. bad economy (oh what a GREAT trial. 5. overrunned by BOTS 6. the races are always unequal (some servers have more haranis then nuias) 7. boring quests 8. boring PVP 9. quests are not rewarding 10. honor points    Worst Game I've Played This Decade.
    1. bad queque (waited 15 hours of queque wonder why i waited)
    2. PVP is very boring and unrealistic.
    3. labor farming simulator
    4. bad economy (oh what a GREAT trial.
    5. overrunned by BOTS
    6. the races are always unequal (some servers have more haranis then nuias)
    7. boring quests
    8. boring PVP
    9. quests are not rewarding
    10. honor points aren't even worth shi t. (hasla weapons are basically the best weapons)
    11. dont play it within a year its gonna become pay2win most likely.    … Expand
  15. Vollthar
    Sep 20, 2014
    0
    Trion World is the worst compagny ever ! I have paid patron membership and i c'ant play since there is no land and place left this game is the worst **** ever i have been stolen ! **** you trion world
  16. gathor
    Jun 3, 2015
    0
    Lots of potential ruined by greedy companies and pay 2 do anything model.
    This game requires you to play hundreds of hours to be competitive or pour money like the wallet warriors do.
    This is definitely a pay 2 win game full of hackers and bots
  17. 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.
  18. Anrothan
    Sep 16, 2014
    0
    All feelings aside, The game I gave a 9/10. Combat is fun, PvP is amazing, and best of all, do what you want.

    The devs themselves I give a 0/10. I am a $150 founder only to get a kick in the privits due to TRION wanting to rake in as much cash as possible. The original founders packs were nothing compared to the new starter packs, the server issues... well, that is just another story.    All feelings aside, The game I gave a 9/10. Combat is fun, PvP is amazing, and best of all, do what you want.

    The devs themselves I give a 0/10. I am a $150 founder only to get a kick in the privits due to TRION wanting to rake in as much cash as possible. The original founders packs were nothing compared to the new starter packs, the server issues... well, that is just another story.

    I will keep this short and simple, great game, bad dev company. I do not recommend you support these money hungry devs. D3 is still by far the worst launch I have ever experienced, but this one comes so close to it. 4-Day head start I only played for 1 day and BAM.. launch happened thanks to the "DDoS" excuse and the 9hr que.

    Overall, 0/10. Just wait for Soul Blade or something else. I won't even get started in the P2W market they have. Not as bad as Warframe, but like I said, they are trying hard.    … Expand
  19. crole33598
    Sep 16, 2014
    0
    The game is alright, the devs suck dick, they refused to listen to the subscribing playerbase and broke the TOS of their own sale of the "Founders package" during the headstart. We couldn't play due to their lack of servers and server stability, they blamed this on a "DDOS" attack (right before 6:00pm PDT *Clockout time*) and sure enough, no word at all until monday, when they added ONEThe game is alright, the devs suck dick, they refused to listen to the subscribing playerbase and broke the TOS of their own sale of the "Founders package" during the headstart. We couldn't play due to their lack of servers and server stability, they blamed this on a "DDOS" attack (right before 6:00pm PDT *Clockout time*) and sure enough, no word at all until monday, when they added ONE server *they needed at least 3, we warned them since the second closed beta, and they had an accurate count of how many founders would be in the CB*

    Next problem: Since only select people could get into the game and play without the constant disconnecting the guilds and gaming communities had an advantage on the land grab, they just alt farmed up some starting currency and 90% of the land in the game was gone within the first 30 hours. Some players were able to gloat on how they had 20+ houses, reserved for their **** guildmates.

    Next Problem: Founder pack and daru chest duping, the guild's knew they could duplicate items from the get go, this helped them grab the land fast, and was Trion's responsibility.

    Low and behold, Trion fixed their servers stability and increased them a lot (3 on US and a few on EU) RIGHT before the F2P open beta launched.

    Oh right, and they opened new servers, so the F2P community could patron up and have a better chance at land than we did due to the server fix. No transfers were allowed, and if your character is lvl 10 or so, it takes 24 hours to delete him so you can start on a new server (2 characters MAX in the entire game without a character expansion)

    No explanations or **** were given by Trion, refunds were denied, still no word on compensation for the time wasted.

    I spent 150 usd, I received 15 hours of what was supposed to be a 96 hour headstart, now I'm stuck with a house in a god damn pvp zone *As a healer* and no room for a med-large farm.

    Trion wasted my weekend, will I still play archeage? Yes, will I be going F2P? Yes if they don't compensate those who were sold a damaged good.

    0/10,

    Reason?

    If you can't play the game, how can you rate it well?    … Expand
  20. Archeage911
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    As many have said, Trion is doing it wrong. They are abusing their customer base and taking the easy way out. Responses to any problem have been generic and the fixes are a show of how little they care. Founders have gotten screwed. Just look on the forums. Launch day a poll came out asking if founders were screwed and in one day have 2k yes votes.

    Housing is going to be a joke. As a    As many have said, Trion is doing it wrong. They are abusing their customer base and taking the easy way out. Responses to any problem have been generic and the fixes are a show of how little they care. Founders have gotten screwed. Just look on the forums. Launch day a poll came out asking if founders were screwed and in one day have 2k yes votes.

    Housing is going to be a joke. As a patron on day one I've not been able to do much more than level as all of the land was already gone before the game launched.

    Wow so the founders really got what they deserved in a headstart? No. Quite a few founders were given more resources than others, while others had an almost impossible time logging in. Which lead to people hording land they didn't earn by ANY means, that includes in game and out of game currency... some people were basically handed land because of trion handing out too many resources to the wrong people.    … Expand
  21. Shoridan
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    As a founder who played in alpha, closed and open beta, and was there for both the headstart and launch I would like to give my opinion. I will split it into two, as this game deserves two different aspects:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    This, my fellow gamers, is an example of a very good MMO that will disappear very quickly, unless something will be done. The game in the current state is unplayable (unless you consider a 2-4 hour wait in the evening when you can actually play decent).
    When the publisher will get a grip, or players will leave the game to the point where there are no queues, or tolerable ones, I will change my score. This is a 8.5-9/10 game that is dropped to 2-3 simply because of horrible management. If you want to play follow the state and join when you can play, you won't be disappointed.    … Expand
  22. DRuins
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    The game itself is amazing... sadly however that isn't enough. Trions handling of it has been a total and utter failure. The que times vary between 45 minutes to 2 hours, Founders who have paid $150.00 have still not received their items, Random DCs are still a major issue (goes hand in hand with que times), Bugs that were known during alpha and beta are still present in game.

    All of    The game itself is amazing... sadly however that isn't enough. Trions handling of it has been a total and utter failure. The que times vary between 45 minutes to 2 hours, Founders who have paid $150.00 have still not received their items, Random DCs are still a major issue (goes hand in hand with que times), Bugs that were known during alpha and beta are still present in game.

    All of the listed above problems would be tolerable if Trion would communicate with it's player base but in true "Beginners Mistakes" they are not. Their large "paying" player base is left in the dark and the F2P players are getting tossed around.

    Have to say this is yet another amazing game being handled by an unqualified company.    … Expand
  23. teppic1
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Founders bought access to a 'head start', which Trion advertised as one of the main benefits. That meant 4 days of play on the launch servers before others. No, it was plagued with problems, people got 2 at best, and then Trion added extra servers on launch that completely negated it anyway. Biggest scam I've seen in any game. Be wary of this company.
  24. 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.
  25. Piscolabits
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Waiting HOURS in a queue after paid for this game, the admins don't said nothing about and we are losing our suscription for a bad administration.

    A good game, the worst company behind.
  26. Sayura
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Don't play this game with any expectation of owning a house or more than maybe an 8x8 farm. They have turned a major feature and selling point of the game into a scarcity and fiasco for everyone. Wait for Camelot Unchained.
  27. moscheto
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Servers collapsing, founders are not getting the stuff they paid for, there are people out there that for some reason have founders pack items/patron status they shouldn't have. There's a bug that makes your characters disappear at the character selection. 4k players 3'5h queues. And all that the Trion Staff cares about is about banning people who complains on the forums. Wow, that management...
  28. S0T0
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    This is one of the games that could of been great if it wasn't completely ruined by there lack of ability to actually handle the systems. The major changes that Trion has come up has in the end cost them the game for the majority of the player base once the hype is gone.
  29. Reblerts
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    TRION scammed everyone, making the game pay to win and not giving items people bought.

    servers are broken, and the customer service is horrible.

    TRION should not have gotten rights to this game, they are the worst company ever.
  30. Chowder
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Haven't been able to play for 2 days. Game disconnects you after waiting hours and hours to play in a que. Not to mention the ability to purchase your sucess.
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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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