ArcheAge

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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 775 Ratings

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  1. Xhamatos
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Great beginning in alpha(1.0), then went to pot for release. Horrible customer service and catering to F2P players while sinking a knife into the backs of the actual paying customers. They have no idea which way they are even going with the game anymore as the first initial trailers and write up are no longer valid.
    One guild can dominate a server and even prevent you from leveling as    Great beginning in alpha(1.0), then went to pot for release. Horrible customer service and catering to F2P players while sinking a knife into the backs of the actual paying customers. They have no idea which way they are even going with the game anymore as the first initial trailers and write up are no longer valid.
    One guild can dominate a server and even prevent you from leveling as open pvp are where you have to level after 30.    … Expand
  2. Pinkconnors
    Sep 21, 2014
    0
    While this is offered as a "free-to-play" game, the crafting/gathering system is broken at its core, the servers are unstable, the queues are horrendous, and their accounts and services are essentially inactive.

    The common staples for crafting (such as wood and cloth) cannot be planted in the F2P's public farms, so you are forced to create farms out in the world. This may come as a    While this is offered as a "free-to-play" game, the crafting/gathering system is broken at its core, the servers are unstable, the queues are horrendous, and their accounts and services are essentially inactive.

    The common staples for crafting (such as wood and cloth) cannot be planted in the F2P's public farms, so you are forced to create farms out in the world. This may come as a challenge to find secret locations, but players scour the far reaches of the world and atop the mountains outside of the map. They will sit there to either uproot (destroy) your crops or to steal them right after the timer shows when they're done growing. Crafting and everything else requires "Labor Points" AKA LP. LP is gained by playing over time (P2P can generate some while offline) and makes people try to find ways to idle but not get kicked, further filling up the server.

    The server instabilities can range wildly depending on your case. Some players are permanently banned from chat and get instantly kicked upon login for doing things like guild recruiting in previous sessions. Some players get kicked because their character's name looks suspicious. Others chain-disconnect for no reason, even while in queue to get into the game (there's no saving your spot in line.) If you do get disconnected, there is sometimes a 10-minute grace period to get back in, to include load times.

    Let's talk about the queue system. People AFKing on the server are taking up server slots. Bots are taking up server slots. F2P players are waiting 12-24 hours to get in to play, with it sometimes resetting their spot in queue from random disconnects. P2P players get priority, but still need to wait 30 minutes to a few hours to get in, again with random disconnects mixed in there. The headstart that they promised was a few-day event which had these queues, of which it was a varied outcome of 100% of the server's land being taken, some people getting 0 hours of play time due to no fault of their own, and others not even able to log in due to the poor accounts system. The queues have caused people to lose their houses, their land, and their farms due to not being able to log in to pay their taxes. Land is a finite item on a server, of which is more valuable than gold.

    The accounts system is broken to the point of which people who have paid for a service have still not received their service. A large portion of players who are founders have yet received their founder items. Patrons who paid their monthly subscription have not received Patron status in-game, but are still billed for it. "Patron" status is a major issue, where it was given and taken away from random players, to include F2P players. So, F2P players were able to buy land illegally, P2P players lost their land, and everything reeks of incompetence on part of the developers.

    Additional issues exist throughout the game. Since this is a KR/RU port to EN/EU, there are already hacks right after release to include instant teleporting for trade runs. Inflation has already skyrocketed. None of the NPC voiceacting is in English, so I hope you're Korean. Class viability is a minor issue, since you'll be farmed in PvP starting around 30 by level 50's. There is no questing after around level 30. You are thrown out into the world to do farming, crafting, or grinding.    … Expand
  3. Starsaligned
    Sep 19, 2014
    0
    Well this game not only has a pay to win stamp on it, it's also now being called "Queage" instead. Anywhere from 2hrs to 1 week in the que. Keep in mind, this isn't because they don't have enough servers, it's because Trion failed to implement a system to stop people from AFK'ing in the character screen, and the useless labor system. The labor system encourages people sit in the gameWell this game not only has a pay to win stamp on it, it's also now being called "Queage" instead. Anywhere from 2hrs to 1 week in the que. Keep in mind, this isn't because they don't have enough servers, it's because Trion failed to implement a system to stop people from AFK'ing in the character screen, and the useless labor system. The labor system encourages people sit in the game AFK.

    Trion was told about this months ago, and even all their sympathizes were told this as well. Get on their case and don't encourage them. Nope wouldn't listen.

    Unfortunately offline labor regeneration is going to have to be equal to online if they want people to stop AFK'ing in game, there is no way around it. If they want to keep the labor system, they will just have to suffer the consequences with exploits.

    Then the issue of staying logged in the character select screen all day while your at work. Why could the company not foresee this?

    Anyways, your money is better spent elsewhere. This game is not F2P, it's basically a trial version until you drop cash. The more cash you drop, the more dominating you'll be in game.    … Expand
  4. Sir-Peter
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Great Game,but bad Company,who cheated all us Founders at headstart,on a new server Aires i became 26 and farm and house in 1/2 day
    on Eanna in 4 days HS a 8x8 farm and L 23,that was it
    many hours in Qs and less then 10 hrs Ingame,therefore we paide 150€???
    No Sir,u failed BIG
  5. Goeegoanna
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    I must say this whole event has been a great letdown. The game it's self is rather fun, when one can actually get in to play. However, every aspect of it's supposed uniqueness is not available to the masses. There are no houses or farms available, therefore the average person can not really craft or farm anything, the market will be filled with the products made by the few people andI must say this whole event has been a great letdown. The game it's self is rather fun, when one can actually get in to play. However, every aspect of it's supposed uniqueness is not available to the masses. There are no houses or farms available, therefore the average person can not really craft or farm anything, the market will be filled with the products made by the few people and guilds that were lucky enough to log in and get their founders packs....along with the few who got far more than they should.

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

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

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

    My whole experience so far feels tainted, my opinion of Trion is that they are criminal. they made many promises but failed to fulfill those obligations, yet off no solution, only a big middle finger to those that they scammed.    … Expand
  6. Maekir
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    Warning: Pay-to-Win

    A MMO with great potential ruined by cooperate greed and pay-to-win model. Atrocious management and execution of a game with great potential.
  7. Aricus
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    ArcheAge is a great game but it's being ran by a horrible company that won't listen to it's customers and won't even acknowledge there is anything wrong. I'm having a blast playing AA but I can't log out of the game because I'm afraid of being stuck in a queue for 3-4 hours to get back in. I decided yesterday I wanted to support Trion and subscribed but even that system is broken and theyArcheAge is a great game but it's being ran by a horrible company that won't listen to it's customers and won't even acknowledge there is anything wrong. I'm having a blast playing AA but I can't log out of the game because I'm afraid of being stuck in a queue for 3-4 hours to get back in. I decided yesterday I wanted to support Trion and subscribed but even that system is broken and they won't give me the subscription I paid for.

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

    I CAN NOT recommend this game to anyone even though I like it.    … Expand
  8. 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.
  9. Pinhedd
    Sep 18, 2014
    3
    ArcheAge is what happens when incompetence collides. Halfway decent game concept put together by an incompetent Korean developer (XLGames) and published by an even more incompetent incompetent North American publisher (Trion).

    The level of ineptitude in handling the pre-launch, launch, and post-launch troubles is astounding. The simple fact that the game is up and running at all is a miracle.
  10. Deniswriter
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    I have played Beta, Alpha, and now the mess that is the launch of Archeage. This game had the potential to be the best MMO I ever played and I've played these types of games for 17 years since the days of Ultima Online. The pirate aspect is amazing and really gets your heart pumping like no other MMO I've ever seen. To spot the enemy approaching and knowing they are going to try and boardI have played Beta, Alpha, and now the mess that is the launch of Archeage. This game had the potential to be the best MMO I ever played and I've played these types of games for 17 years since the days of Ultima Online. The pirate aspect is amazing and really gets your heart pumping like no other MMO I've ever seen. To spot the enemy approaching and knowing they are going to try and board you and take stuff you spent hours fabricating is what makes this so intense. The other positive aspect is running around the world looking for secret farms and then stealing from them...if you get caught and you eventually will, you are sent to court, and get this....the jury is real players! You get sentenced to jail if found guilty. My personal sentence after raiding several player owned illegal tree farms was 12 minutes in the brig. Classes are extremely fun and varied with over 100 different classes! Combat was fun as heck. So why won't I play this game? The developers suck! They urged us to buy a $150.00 founders pack months ago and then days before launch they give a much better $150 package as an option and long time supporters get screwed. Queues are usually 3000+ during primetime and over 5-8 hours long. I've been waiting 5 hours as we speak and still have 900 in front of me and I'm a paying patron. The developers decided that paying customers should be lumped together with those who don't support the game at all with their wallets. The cash store is exactly...IT IS PAY TO WIN...don't let anyone tell you different. You need labor points to do EVERYTHING in the game and they run out quickly. Want to craft? You need labor points. Want to farm? You need labor points. Want a house? Yada, yada, yada. You can use up your daily allotment of points in just one session of crafting and then you have to wait or buy some from the cash store. The primary means of income is from making packs and turning them in. You can only set a pack down safely in your player owned home and good luck with that. Safe homes were taken in the first few hours of the game and homes in PVP territory means you can lose your pack on the way there to another player 30 levels higher than you. So housing is a bust...the developers allowed some toons that managed to log on quickly to accumulate as many houses as they could as placeholders and the rest of the gaming community is screwed. Not the it matters...unless you're unemployed, I don't see you surviving the 7 hour queues....it's not like you can get things done quickly in game and there are only so many hours of playtime in a day. It sucks because housing plays such an integral part of making money in this game. You basically need to grow trees because wood is such a valuable commodity and you can only do that on your own farm or in a limited way on public farms which were filled to capacity from day one. The developers opened two more servers since yesterday and those are already hours long queued also. The bad thing is if you add too many servers, they become ghost towns when the hype goes away, especially when people get fed up and that is happening A LOT! Just read some archegae forums...99.9% negative maiing this one of the least succesfull launches in history from a players perspective, but quite successful for the developers as players purchased the $150 pack in great numbers with promises of a great playable game. It's not happening...we had months of beta and alpha to figure this out and the official launch was even worst than beta. Server merges will be impossible unless you want to lose your home which is what the majority of the player base wants out of this game and is a huge effort to build and maintain if you're building anything of quality. This game could have been great, but it's not. Maybe a few weeks down the road when all the unhappy players have gone on to greener pastures this game will be playable. If you can stomach the queues and play it for free, try it. Just don't use the cash shop or buy a patron package....it's just not worth it and the developers will screw you down the road. Use it as free to play game until the next hot game comes along because there are developers that can do much better overall.… Expand
  11. wolfpax181
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    This could be the greatest game ever made. It could have the most responsive controls, the best FPS, the most intuitive UI.

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

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

    Actually, I have to give them at least a 1 for managing to launch better than Diablo 3. Not that that's setting the bar high or anything.    … Expand
  12. moarsi
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    So I have been a founder of the game since Alpha, and I can attest that the game is a lot of fun with a guild or friends. Me and my guildies planned for weeks for headstart for land rush and come head start what do we get... almost NOBODY in our guild was able to log in due to disconnection issues or being shown a looping scene of the intro or worse of all, the hours long ques. End result,So I have been a founder of the game since Alpha, and I can attest that the game is a lot of fun with a guild or friends. Me and my guildies planned for weeks for headstart for land rush and come head start what do we get... almost NOBODY in our guild was able to log in due to disconnection issues or being shown a looping scene of the intro or worse of all, the hours long ques. End result, our entire strategy was flushed down the toilet, because by the time we got in the lucky few who were able to get in and the luck few who got multiple founder awards from the bug had grabbed almost all the good spots and we were left scavenging for leftovers. Naturally, the guild was unable to get our farms/houses together like we had planned. Apart from the land rush, the entire headstart has been a disaster owing to the hourly long ques and the constant disconnections only to be put back in hourly long ques. Extremely bad performance on Trions end and I will not be spending another dime on the game.… Expand
  13. 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
  14. 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...
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. edubkn
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    This game is not even pay2win. It's slave2win. Either be a slave of the game and stay logged in 24/7 or face the terrible 2 hours minimum queues. It is a fun game though and would lure people if it had a decent publisher that could handle it. In South Korea it has 25 servers. Trion had 8 in NA in headstart. Thanks to them people are actually massively asking for refunds and running awayThis game is not even pay2win. It's slave2win. Either be a slave of the game and stay logged in 24/7 or face the terrible 2 hours minimum queues. It is a fun game though and would lure people if it had a decent publisher that could handle it. In South Korea it has 25 servers. Trion had 8 in NA in headstart. Thanks to them people are actually massively asking for refunds and running away from the game. It's really an achievement how they are able to screw it.… Expand
  18. laminblake
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Automatic 0/10
    Reasoning:
    The launch day "founders pack" purchasers got more for their money than the people who preordered the game! Never have I seen such BS from an MMO in my life! I don't care about big queues, that's part of the experience, but to troll the people that supported this game before release and not even be apologetic about it is beyond insulting. Considering a    Automatic 0/10
    Reasoning:
    The launch day "founders pack" purchasers got more for their money than the people who preordered the game! Never have I seen such BS from an MMO in my life! I don't care about big queues, that's part of the experience, but to troll the people that supported this game before release and not even be apologetic about it is beyond insulting. Considering a chargeback because of this.    … Expand
  19. FeliciaDay
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Took customers money.... even if you paid them $150+ for best founders pack you have to wait 3+hours to get into the game.... and then you get DC after few minutes and all of that again... Also devs doesnt communicate at all with customers...

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

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

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

    All the housing plots are full on all servers... people owning 7,10, 27 houses... (why not limit one house one person so everyone can get house?)    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. Lyrocide
    Sep 17, 2014
    1
    I would love to be able to review the gameplay for Archeage. However as I've never seen anything outside of the Queue and Disconnection Notices I am forced to write about that. The screenshots and forum speculations gave me high hopes for this game and I hope that should I ever manage to get in and get a chance to play the game it will live up to some of those expectations. Trion'sI would love to be able to review the gameplay for Archeage. However as I've never seen anything outside of the Queue and Disconnection Notices I am forced to write about that. The screenshots and forum speculations gave me high hopes for this game and I hope that should I ever manage to get in and get a chance to play the game it will live up to some of those expectations. Trion's handling of the server queue, patron status (from forum notes), and the reports of AFK players running in place leads me to believe that only a game of the most extraordinary nature could survive under the management provided by Trion as they scramble to collect as much cash as they can from "founders", subscribers to the patron status and micro-transactions.

    Maybe a game to check out in a month or two when the hordes have thinned down.    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. TheChiaroscuris
    Sep 20, 2014
    0
    I bought the Founder's Pack about two months before launch, to play in the Alpha and Beta stages. Never did get to play more than 10 or so minutes before I would be randomly disconnected.

    The actual launch has been even worse. Can only sit in que for an hour or two, finally get logged in, and then get disconnected almost immediately. I don't recommend buying this game. Atleast not    I bought the Founder's Pack about two months before launch, to play in the Alpha and Beta stages. Never did get to play more than 10 or so minutes before I would be randomly disconnected.

    The actual launch has been even worse. Can only sit in que for an hour or two, finally get logged in, and then get disconnected almost immediately.

    I don't recommend buying this game. Atleast not until they address the lack servers and the game's instability. It's just a waste of money at this point.    … Expand
  24. 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.
  25. ekif
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    Inadequate beta testing period resulted in poorly tested and buggy servers. The game also suffers from ineffective communication from Trion about servers and bugs. This game could have been great in NA if it was properly tested and not shoved out the door. Due to the failures of the Publisher, Trion, I can not give the game a favorable review.
  26. rappool
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    I really don't care if it's Pay to Play or Free to Play. When you have people who buy a package to play a game, then you need to cater to the people who are playing. The game is a good game to play... but if you can't play it, then it sucks. The Queue's are terrible and their response to handle the queue's are just as bad. They can't even make it playable. I get home from work to play theI really don't care if it's Pay to Play or Free to Play. When you have people who buy a package to play a game, then you need to cater to the people who are playing. The game is a good game to play... but if you can't play it, then it sucks. The Queue's are terrible and their response to handle the queue's are just as bad. They can't even make it playable. I get home from work to play the game and wait 2-3 hours for a queue and they want to lie to the public that it's not that long of a queue. Ridiculous! Can't play the game due to queue's because I need to log out as I finally get to get in. Another horrible thing, there is no stopping the other players from griefing the other players from getting land. All the land is taken! No spots available, even to the ones who paid. This is due to the horrible design in allowing people to place their plots in just the right places so that other people can't fit their plots in. Horrible game design on that part. For those who say it's all apart of the game, your right... I'm just saying it's stupid. An I was stupid to think that Trion would actually do a good job of releasing this game. The release was a complete waste of money and time. Never playing another Trion game. Not worth it anymore.… Expand
  27. bcollins
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    This was one of the worst if not worst game launches. Unacceptable queue times (5+ hours) for patrons (paid memberships). I purchased the $150 pack on one account and purchased several $50 packs because the game had so much potential and fantastic design concepts, but Trion ruined the game with this horrible botched launch. I will never purchase another Trion game.
  28. EvilLink
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    HORRIBLE. I played in RU, a nice experience, but Trion is the worst company i've ever saw in the world, dont cara about the players, systems bugged, gave Patron status to player that didn't bought, my friend bought the patron in 16/09 at 3pm, today is 17/09 11:17pm and he didn't received yet the subscription, so much lag, and other thing that i could spend my entire night writing......
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
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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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