New World

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 929 Ratings

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  1. Xvatch
    Oct 16, 2021
    0
    Game's population has greatly diminished now in Nov 2021, more than half of the playerbase. This game needs the very minimum of six months to a year of further development time if the developers aren't intentionally sinking it via very strange counter-productive patches, but I'm now not doubting that this is due to become a repeat of Elder Scrolls Online. The severity of the condition ofGame's population has greatly diminished now in Nov 2021, more than half of the playerbase. This game needs the very minimum of six months to a year of further development time if the developers aren't intentionally sinking it via very strange counter-productive patches, but I'm now not doubting that this is due to become a repeat of Elder Scrolls Online. The severity of the condition of this game is without question in disaster territory despite the initial popularity and huge promise it had. I genuinely don't think there will be permanent meaningful changes to this game as many of the issues seem to be fundamentally ingrained like copy/paste maps and areas, all enemies are replicated models. It is one extreme game-breaking problem after another, either being discovered or formed. The invulnerability problem and the development circumstances surrounding it is really bad on AGS' behalf as there is a proven inability to foresee a client-based problem that is reportedly very basic in game development and it seems similar problems will occur in the future. There is no meaningful objective to the game or reason to level and build your character like a normal MMO. Questing is an absolute dire experience throughout all progress. Cross the whole map with normal movement speed > kill under-levelled enemies or collect things > cross the map > repeat. The mechanically good crafting system feels nearly completely pointless. You can spend several hours gathering materials and levelling the various crafting skills to create something yourself only for it to be peanuts in the auction house equivalent (trading station). This system is now completely rebroken as of 27th October and has worsened. I spent hours attempting to be skilled enough in level to make a tool myself, never to reach it with such low material yield and then find that you can purchase it for next to nothing.… Expand
  2. JeremiahJohnson
    Nov 8, 2021
    1
    In the 5-6 hours I have played so far: the game emulates an ax murderer fantasy.

    The combat system in this game seems weak. I'm only at the start so maybe it picks up. The game was advertised as having one class. I was thinking path of exile sort of combat skills. As an example in New World you get to drop one lousy totem on a 10 second cooldown that shoots woopty-de-do frost bolts    In the 5-6 hours I have played so far: the game emulates an ax murderer fantasy.

    The combat system in this game seems weak. I'm only at the start so maybe it picks up.

    The game was advertised as having one class. I was thinking path of exile sort of combat skills. As an example in New World you get to drop one lousy totem on a 10 second cooldown that shoots woopty-de-do frost bolts and you have to have a certain weapon equipped to do this. In PoE you can use all sorts of totems that do all sorts of stuff. Maybe later in the game you get gems or something that modify effects and add more depth to theory crafting? Right now it(combat) is super basic. Some of the skills on cooldown are normal attacks that do more damage?

    The aimed throw hatchet passive imo gives enough mid-range combat dynamic with resource management to make the game's combat fun.

    MMO progression? At this stage I couldn't tell you what my character level is. I can say I have enough points in spear & hatchet to use all their activation skills. I think I have two active skills unlocked in swords and shield. I couldn't say what my crafting levels are. I can say I have yet to find a plant that gives me fibers to craft clothes(even though I go to the areas indicated on the map under resource area locations (turns out the starting level area consists of 3 territories and the one you begin in is resource scarce)). I don't know when progression kicks in but it is typically a thing in mmos to unlock new environs or skills or something that one would look forward to.

    It doesn't look like "battlegrounds" begin until the level cap. And I imagine if I get there I will have to go even further to get passable gear. In most theme park mmos it is a part of leveling progression and in GW2 you can go into battlegrounds with a level capped/gear capped character right away.

    27 hours in: wayyyyyy to much farming. If I want a better pointy stick I have to farm for my life.

    48 hours in: this game feels like a court-martial simulation. This notion is premised on the poor integration between the different parts of the game.

    You go to this designated area to pound rocks for a while to level rock pounding and what you use the pounded rocks for. You go to the designated area to thresh plants for a while to level plant threshing and whatever use the threshed plants for. You can go pretty much anywhere to level tree pounding and whatever you used the pounded trees for. Only skinning makes sense since you do it anyway while questing.

    To quest you go forced march to designated quest area and perform solo combat maneuvers then force march back to quest drop off location(this is pretty common in mmos except for the forced march part).

    To dungeon delve you have to solicit in chat instead of queueing in a dungeon finder while reading a book or whatever else it is you do. This doesn't so much follow the court-martial theme but it's still pretty shoddy.

    And this is a court-martial themed game at least until you hit the level cap and do real combat?

    The game dies at around level 30. Crafting levels are out of sync with drops. Questing becomes laborious. Crafting gatherables become background stuff. If this game were shampoo your scalp would probably look like Jeff Bezos's. This is worse than many Korean mmos.    … Expand
  3. Cfdee
    Oct 15, 2021
    9
    Really enjoying New World. Sure, it isn't perfect, but I don't get why the rating is so low. Looking forward seeing new stuff being added to this game. At the moment I'm really happy with playing New World.
  4. dogboy
    Oct 6, 2021
    5
    I will not address the launch issues with this game as they are/were temporary in nature.
    My assessment of the game:
    - Graphics - 9/10. This game looks simply stunning. Too bad they didn't invest more in the character designs though. - Combat - 6/10. It is ok but don't expect dark souls like gameplay. I find it quite laggy in this game. - Quests - 2/10. They are all pretty boring    I will not address the launch issues with this game as they are/were temporary in nature.
    My assessment of the game:
    - Graphics - 9/10. This game looks simply stunning. Too bad they didn't invest more in the character designs though.
    - Combat - 6/10. It is ok but don't expect dark souls like gameplay. I find it quite laggy in this game.
    - Quests - 2/10. They are all pretty boring quests that are repeated in every province.
    - Gathering/Crafting - 1/10. This is where the game fails for me. The amount of grinding needed to get your gathering skills up can be summarised in one word - painful. The crafting looks pretty cool but becomes quite boring after a while as you are just doing the same things over and over.    … Expand
  5. UTZb
    Oct 14, 2021
    8
    Cool game.
    It still needs more depth when it comes to quests and the lore, but overall a really nice start.
  6. Uhhi
    Oct 15, 2021
    9
    New world has a very good foundation and a beautiful enviroment.
    I had a lot of fun playing it so far, but it still needs more work when it comes to quests and making them more interesting.
  7. lionel69
    Oct 14, 2021
    9
    No more queues, a game with few bugs at release, very rare to report it...
    It is a sandbox, not a wow or ffIV, nearly all you'll found will come from players.
  8. Amohn
    Oct 16, 2021
    10
    It's a beautiful game with lots of potential. It has "good bones" to build upon. It's a traditional MMO where you kill X and fetch Y. The atmosphere is simply amazing, it's like running aroind inside a painting. Take your time with this game, don't rush, there is no need fornit.
  9. garygl
    Oct 18, 2021
    10
    After comparison with price+quality with current world of warcraft and playing it a bit more ~35 hours can surely say we were hungry for the new mmo products. It isn't perfect with version 1.1, it's less then month after release.
    Setting 10 just to support the developer if non-biased i'd rank it around 7 but lets get shortly to pros and cons:
    cons: little diversity of mobs/questlines,    After comparison with price+quality with current world of warcraft and playing it a bit more ~35 hours can surely say we were hungry for the new mmo products. It isn't perfect with version 1.1, it's less then month after release.
    Setting 10 just to support the developer if non-biased i'd rank it around 7 but lets get shortly to pros and cons:

    cons: little diversity of mobs/questlines, wish there was quite more of that, but if you're BDO/lineage player you won't feel that much difference in terms of questing, it's rather con for ex-WoW players.

    Needs better optimising the settings. 16 ggb ram is recommended, 8 ggb ram, even with a good videocard will be only possible to play with medium settings. Well, if that possible of course, i've never seen personally MMO's with such beatiful pictures but in the same time system requirements yet :)

    pros: great combat system and non-target is made much better then it was in asian setting game "Tera" back then.

    One of the few "Western" stylish MMO's, since most mmo's are asian-style.
    way better crafting system then wow has, crafting is very important here for your character, it's surely one of the main activities of the game

    Very good pvp-wise. Only here you can shoot with musket as it feels you're wielding AWP in CS. It's totally unique for an MMO.

    No limitations due to classes. Basicly your character may be any spec you want depending on gear. Respec is very cheap(stat respec), respec with weapon skills is free any time in the city. And yes about weapon specs. Basicly you choose 2 weapons to combine, which use some common stat to empower and you max stat to the one you need with your gear + talent points. If you want to go from for example sword+hammer to fire staff/frost gauntlet - you can store your streight gear in the bank, respec everything to intellect/focus/const, get cloth gear with these stats and go level your weps to unlock weapon talents in the open world on mobs or in pvp after you got some skills. PvP gives much more experience in weapon skill then PvE. TLDR; your character can be any class, you don't need to level alts as you do for example in WoW.

    Hope that helped!

    P.S. most hate is from wow players about quests/mobs, people think all mmo's are same as wow and should be done as wow, when in lineage2/GW it's quite similar to new world. Jeez please just go buy your Vanilla 3rd time a row or return to your Scammerlands and let people play the new game, thank you    … Expand
  10. Hack
    Oct 13, 2021
    8
    After putting in 60 hours into the beta and 150 into live I feel I can finally give an honest review.

    The developers have created a fantastic foundation, the world is brimming with life and feels lived in, the audio is incredible, visually it's by far the best-looking MMO on the market and while not perfect the combat is a refreshing change of pace from the more dated TAB target system.    After putting in 60 hours into the beta and 150 into live I feel I can finally give an honest review.

    The developers have created a fantastic foundation, the world is brimming with life and feels lived in, the audio is incredible, visually it's by far the best-looking MMO on the market and while not perfect the combat is a refreshing change of pace from the more dated TAB target system. But as with any new MMO, it's not perfect and for the most part that's OK, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with New World that can't be fixed with time, something every MMO needs to fully mature.

    First I'll take about the elephant in the room and the reason for the majority of the bad reviews which are the servers. Now the servers themselves are almost perfect, once you're in there's no lag whatsoever. However, there are queues on certain servers, at the time of writing this not many servers have queues and if you're a new player there are tons of populated servers without queues so this will never be an issue for you. AGS are working on offering free transfers to everyone which should be available in a week or so, making it possible to join friends. As an MMO veteran, I can honestly say this is one of the best MMO launches I've experienced, queues do not make a bad launch, WoW Classic had queues and suffered from horrible lag even once you finally made it in, which is not the case with New World.

    After reaching the max level I will say this, it's not for everyone, this is a grindy, often difficult MMO that requires some level of skill and commitment, it will come as quite a shock to some people who are only used to easier MMOs. And that's OK, not everything needs to be spoonfed to the player, but just be aware this isn't retail WoW before you jump in.

    New World currently feels very much barebones, what's there is enjoyable but there's not that much of it, which is often the case with a new MMO, they generally need 1-2 years to mature. The later levels are extremely difficult to earn because the quests start to dry up, you can tell they ran out of time. And once you hit max level pretty much everything requires a group. The basic gameplay loop at max level is to farm outdoor 5 man dungeons, Expeditions (instanced dungeons) and slowly build your gear score, which works very similarly to the Division and Destiny 2. Obviously, this isn’t everything New World has to offer, it also has an incredible gathering and crafting system and a wealth of PvP modes.

    Speaking of the PvP, you might not get to do it as Company/Guild leaders get to pick who they want in their Wars and Invasions, this is a sore spot for me as I do not believe paying customers should be able to gate content from other paying customers. The whole system needs to be reworked IMO.

    As a new MMO New World is also missing a ton of QoL features, and some larger features, for example, a transmog system which is completely absent. There are 1001 QoL issues that I won’t go into, but you will often be left wondering “Why can’t I do that?” “Why doesn’t it work like this”?. Several features feel like they’re still in beta, most notably the chat system and auction house which are both woefully inadequate.

    Overall New World is a solid MMO and I’m very excited to see where it is in a years time.    … Expand
  11. Ewke
    Oct 15, 2021
    8
    I love how beautiful the world looks. Even small things like looking at the sunset is fun.
    However they need to add more customization options, maybe even more races and in general more rewards. Other than that I had an awesome start in New World.
  12. kjm1986
    Oct 17, 2021
    10
    Loving this game. Even with familiar mmo tropes, the game and community are awesome! Highly recommended for newbies as well.
  13. Moersel
    Oct 14, 2021
    10
    Definitely better rated than here. The game is good and everyone complains about the waiting. Choosing another world is probably out of the question for many, although Amazon wants to offer free transfers.
  14. w0415252
    Oct 20, 2021
    10
    It used to be that I had my reservations over the paid critics, I still do, but I used to also. That being said, the vast majority of the gaming community's reviews have become the thoughtless diatribes of 15 year Olds sperglords. Never take a 0 seriously, guys. These kids ratings this are clearly morons. It's a solid game. Not without its problems. Nor the perfect 10 that I gave it, butIt used to be that I had my reservations over the paid critics, I still do, but I used to also. That being said, the vast majority of the gaming community's reviews have become the thoughtless diatribes of 15 year Olds sperglords. Never take a 0 seriously, guys. These kids ratings this are clearly morons. It's a solid game. Not without its problems. Nor the perfect 10 that I gave it, but someone has to balance this out at least to some extent.… Expand
  15. IGBsisa
    Oct 21, 2021
    10
    Great game! Finally a good mmo with awesome graphics. It's nice to wander arround and to look at this beautiful new world.
  16. Ibbiio
    Oct 20, 2021
    10
    Gotta love how beautiful the world in new world looks. Also crafting feels really nice too, while in other games it oftens feels rather dull. Not so in new world. It's really a fun game.
  17. Abnoth
    Oct 18, 2021
    10
    On peut dire ce qu'on veut, mais Amazon a quand même bien géré son coup, New world est une putain de bouffée d'air pure. Ça faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas pris mon pied comme ça.

    - vaste map etendue. - Le pvp présent, ainsi que du RvR comme je le souhaitais - Les joueurs ont un impact sur l'economie et les diverses politiques et prises de pouvoirs de territoires. - Différentes    On peut dire ce qu'on veut, mais Amazon a quand même bien géré son coup, New world est une putain de bouffée d'air pure. Ça faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas pris mon pied comme ça.

    - vaste map etendue.

    - Le pvp présent, ainsi que du RvR comme je le souhaitais

    - Les joueurs ont un impact sur l'economie et les diverses politiques et prises de pouvoirs de territoires.

    - Différentes manières de pexx. Que ce soit des quetes standards au craft recolte etc.

    - Une ambiance calme et sereine. Je prend énormément plaisir a voyager de zone en zone tout en regardant le paysage proposé ici.

    - Pas de MONTURES. Parce que oui. Pour moi, quelles soient terrestres ou volante, on perd l'aspect rencontre et entraide. Y a suffisament de zone de tp pour aller rapidement d'un point A à un point B

    - Les développeurs ECOUTENT sa communauté. Et ça fait PLAISIR. Même durant les alphas et les betas, ils ont ajustés, supprimés et renforcés des mécaniques au sein du jeu.

    Pour ce qui est des points negatifs, les files d'attentes de 3 siècles n'ont pas arrangées les choses. De même pour la partie PVE qui n'a pour l'instant pas encore sa place en jeu. Les bugs graphiques, et le respawn beaucoup trop court denature le jeu. En espérant que tout ça soit corrigés.


    En bref, pour moi le jeu mérite un 7.5/10. Je met ma note à 10 pour relever le review bombing qui certe est dû aux premiers jours de la release qui ont été catastrophique, mais clairement pas mérité.


    Note: Ce jeu ne vous tient pas la main. Vous arrivez, et vous vous démerdez. Et c'est très bien comme ça.


    Bisous.    … Expand
  18. Unnu
    Oct 20, 2021
    10
    Great expierence with New World. It needs more things to collect, like pets and mounts etc. but overall I'm having fun.
  19. ONWn
    Oct 21, 2021
    10
    Loving this game so far. A really solid concept. The game sure needs some more content to keep players interested, but overall it is really good.
  20. WRdssw
    Oct 19, 2021
    10
    Awesome game with an incredible epic world design. I'm looking forward for future content in new world.
  21. KZF
    Oct 19, 2021
    8
    Honestly was kind of on the fence about buying this game because It got reviewed bombed during launch due to the long queue times and people calling the game "running simulator". Luckily, I was gifted the game so I got to try it out for free. I think after playing for about 10 hours and seeing all the content this game has to offer so far, I felt like I wouldn't have been upset aboutHonestly was kind of on the fence about buying this game because It got reviewed bombed during launch due to the long queue times and people calling the game "running simulator". Luckily, I was gifted the game so I got to try it out for free. I think after playing for about 10 hours and seeing all the content this game has to offer so far, I felt like I wouldn't have been upset about purchasing it if I did. If you're one of those people who were worried about getting this game because of the long queue times then don't worry. I've played this game everyday for about a week now and I have never had to wait to get into a server.

    This game is an MMORPG and has all the core basic mechanics that every MMO has. Although the quest are simple, routine, and nothing really special, I'm still really enjoying the story so far. I can say the same for the all the side quests. This is an MMO so if you're expecting for mind blowing quest then you probably shouldn't be playing this game or an MMO. Leveling in this game is a huge grind so I'm actually kind of thankful that a lot of these quest are simple because I can just blow through them, get some XP/gear, and move onto to the next. I've never been one for really grindy games like this one, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm excited to get to level 50 so I can participate in some of the end game PvP stuff.

    I really enjoy the combat in this game. It's not hot bar based and I like that a lot. I love being able to dodge, block, attack, and use my weapons special abilities. I love switching between weapons and creating my own style of play. A lot of MMOs are classed based, but there's no classes in this game. I love how I can be Melee DPS/Ranged DPS at the same time. I'm not limited to just one class per character. Depending on the weapons I use, I can be DPS, tank, or heals. I can work on those weapons and level those weapons up so I can unlock more abilities that I can use with that weapon. I can work on attributes and work on the specs i need to work on for whatever two weapons I want to main for whatever role I would like to play as. If i wanted to switch from DPS to healer then all I have to do is re-spec and set my attributes up for a healer and so on. I think it's a great system because everyone can be whatever they want with just one character.

    Running around everywhere in this game does really suck at first, but you can always fast travel if you have enough azoth. I see a lot of people complaining about the azoth system, but i have not run out of azoth yet. I try to be smart with my fast travels so i don't run out. If i have a quest to go to or turn in that's 500M away, then i'm better off just leaving auto run on and heading straight there. Now, If i have a quest that's 1000 plus meters away then I'm going to use some of my azoth to fast travel as close as possible. If you fast travel everywhere all the time then i can see how it's really easy to run out eventually. I think the reason why there's no mounts yet is so that people actually explore the game. Also I feel like a lot of people wouldn't work on any skills(logging, mining, tracking/skin, harvesting, and etc) if there were mounts this early in the game.

    The best part about this game Is that it has a lot of potential and room to grow. I'm really excited to see what Amazon Games adds to New World in the future. Things like new weapons, the addition of mounts, new zones, new dungeons, new PVP modes, and so on and so on. The future is really bright in Aeternum.    … Expand
  22. Kranz
    Sep 27, 2022
    8
    Really enjoying New World.
    I play along with some friends, and we take our time... no rush. And when we reach the "endgame" the game will be even better than it is now.
    It's always the same with the need to be max level in one week, players out there complaining "oh no no content!!!". Every time the same thing...
  23. Itsapaul
    Oct 12, 2021
    10
    Great game that breaks the mold of just copying WoW as closely as you can. Negative reviewers mostly just lie about there not being an end game (they probably haven't even done invasions or the outdoor elite areas) or combat being bad when it's solidly the best combat in an mmo thus far.
  24. IronEarth
    Oct 8, 2021
    9
    New World is a well-made MMO with a huge amount of potential and the backing of an industry giant. The sound design, lighting, crafting and weapon systems are best on the mmo market. The servers are stable, the combat is fun and exploring is great. Questing is lacklustre, but if you're looking for a game with a deep story, rich lore and straight-forward (theme park) progression I insteadNew World is a well-made MMO with a huge amount of potential and the backing of an industry giant. The sound design, lighting, crafting and weapon systems are best on the mmo market. The servers are stable, the combat is fun and exploring is great. Questing is lacklustre, but if you're looking for a game with a deep story, rich lore and straight-forward (theme park) progression I instead suggest playing Final Fantasy XIV. PvP & dungeons are fun also, but hopefully will be further developed.

    Queue times are fixed now (less than a week after launch). Most of the negative Metacritic User Reviews come from an extremely small minority of angsty WoW players and should be ignored. Whether you want a tranquil 'Stardue Valley' experience or a sweaty constant state of War experience, New World has you covered. The majority of us (almost 1 million concurrent players) are having a great time in game.    … Expand
  25. Zebra_Albinos
    Oct 3, 2021
    8
    На данный момент играть невозможно. Обычный человек с работы нормально только в выходные может играть, так как есть время ждать очереди. Но игра затягивает, как и любое ммо. Проблема в том, что в пвп режиме бегать нереальн опри прокачке, так как на одной территории бегают и лоу лвл и хай лвл челы. Лоу лвл страдает.На данный момент играть невозможно. Обычный человек с работы нормально только в выходные может играть, так как есть время ждать очереди. Но игра затягивает, как и любое ммо. Проблема в том, что в пвп режиме бегать нереальн опри прокачке, так как на одной территории бегают и лоу лвл и хай лвл челы. Лоу лвл страдает.
  26. INUn
    Oct 14, 2021
    10
    Awesome game so far. I hope they will bring us a lot more to explore with new content.
  27. awsgf
    Sep 30, 2021
    2
    You can't really make a build video from this game, because there are only 6 skills per weapon and you basically HAVE to run certain ones in order to play the game, so youtube monetization is shot.

    There's a lot of land and very little to do. But you'll say: "what about all the crafting progression?" Yes, such progression. You can either set your character up to waste a minute at a time    You can't really make a build video from this game, because there are only 6 skills per weapon and you basically HAVE to run certain ones in order to play the game, so youtube monetization is shot.

    There's a lot of land and very little to do. But you'll say: "what about all the crafting progression?" Yes, such progression. You can either set your character up to waste a minute at a time banging on rocks, or banging on trees, or standing in front of plants.

    There is no strategy whatsoever in dungeon play. You have a healer, you have a tank, and you have DPS. Sort of. The healer kites things everyone else just spams whatever moves they have available at the boss. You can't even have a rotation because you only have 3 skills per weapon and they're all on 10+ second cooldowns.

    The game advertises siege combat, but out of a 2000 player server, only 100 can play per day per territory, and participants are chosen by other players. So basically, thanks for the money suckers, and also **** you.

    The storyline is non-existent on multiple levels. First, there's no real storyline. Like, at all. NPCs don't speak to you, (because they largely do not exist outside of major towns), and you can't speak to them unless they have a quest marker above their heads. It's as immersive as an empty tub. You get a new "storyline" mission every 5 levels to unlock a new gear slot and otherwise just wander from town to town to acquire quests to visit villages which have no human life and kill poop-flinging zombies.

    Oh, and you will spend the vast majority of your time gathering resources for the purpose of throwing it down a ****ing hole at the town bounty board to gather a smidgen of XP.

    Want to play that dungeon? You have to grind just to create the key to enter it. Because a game with no storyline centered around the mindless gathering of materials for the purpose of throwing it away needs MORE grinding.    … Expand
  28. Rethar
    Oct 4, 2021
    0
    Ok so i have like 26h of gameplay on steam. But it really looks like this. 6 hours of active game and the rest is waiting in huge queues. The game itself is enjoyable, at least for the first hour. Later, a lot of grind awaits us, a lot of monstrous and boring quests as well as bugs and crashes that make us return to the beautiful queue.
    Edit. 30h on steam with 7h of gameplay. 23h in queue    Ok so i have like 26h of gameplay on steam. But it really looks like this. 6 hours of active game and the rest is waiting in huge queues. The game itself is enjoyable, at least for the first hour. Later, a lot of grind awaits us, a lot of monstrous and boring quests as well as bugs and crashes that make us return to the beautiful queue.
    Edit. 30h on steam with 7h of gameplay. 23h in queue gosh!
    1st dunegon - nothing happends. Same mobs, new map.    … Expand
  29. FrutaBomba
    Oct 11, 2021
    9
    People are upset because New World, being produced by Amazon, had bad servers so they quit the game and wrote a poor review ranting that they couldn't be in the same world as Shroud or Asmon. Play in a regular server for literally no wait time. People complaining that all there is for quests are fetch and kill have never played an MMO because every single MMO has the same questing idea.People are upset because New World, being produced by Amazon, had bad servers so they quit the game and wrote a poor review ranting that they couldn't be in the same world as Shroud or Asmon. Play in a regular server for literally no wait time. People complaining that all there is for quests are fetch and kill have never played an MMO because every single MMO has the same questing idea. The people that say it needs better questing need to stop coping and forget about their dinosaur era game that has graphics either the same or worse than Minecraft. Is it revolutionary, no. is it way better looking and more addicting than every MMO i've played, hell yeah.… Expand
  30. esvator
    Oct 10, 2021
    9
    Lets bei honest. It's some kind of weird tradition, that MMOs don't have great launches. Apparently also Amazon Servers couldn't change anything about that. But beside the annoying waiting times in the firstcouple of days, that made me restart a fresh character on a empty server, I have to say that NW has great potential. It looks beautiful and brings this "Exploration Feeling" you expectLets bei honest. It's some kind of weird tradition, that MMOs don't have great launches. Apparently also Amazon Servers couldn't change anything about that. But beside the annoying waiting times in the firstcouple of days, that made me restart a fresh character on a empty server, I have to say that NW has great potential. It looks beautiful and brings this "Exploration Feeling" you expect from a good mmo. The sounds are great. The Combat system is awesome and gives a good hitting Feedback. It feels like a interesting open world you want to explore.

    What do I mean by "great potential"? Well I can see both, depending on how they'll support this game in the upcoming month and what they change.

    If they fix some bugs, the sometimes not relateable npc KI, bring new content like e.g. 10 man raids, seasonal competitive ranking lists, new dungeons and countries, it might actually be an great long term star in the MMO sky.

    If they don't fix any of the few little problems it has, but rather start to milk the players by making it an p2w or p2skip game, it might end up as nothing more than another MMO that HAD great potential.    … Expand
  31. ig0tfish
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Quite possibly the worst game to come out this year. Do yourself a favor and save your money
  32. Siavashaleahmad
    Oct 1, 2021
    1
    It doesn't deliver any interesting features... Rust and vallheim did it better
  33. Callstack
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    BE WARNED, if you wait in the queue for more than 2h, you cannot return it, cause it counts as playing!!!!!
    The best simulator of staying in queue. $1 would be expensive for this sh**!
  34. Jakertsk
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Disgusting start. I never expected this from Amazon. The game has been in development for 5 years, a lot of money has been invested in it. And what did we get at the end of the release?
    Huge queues, the limit of players on the server is 2 thousand people - are you serious ?! The company, which has huge funds, whose field of activity is directly related to network access, shows us at the    Disgusting start. I never expected this from Amazon. The game has been in development for 5 years, a lot of money has been invested in it. And what did we get at the end of the release?
    Huge queues, the limit of players on the server is 2 thousand people - are you serious ?! The company, which has huge funds, whose field of activity is directly related to network access, shows us at the release such modest capabilities of its servers. A shame.
    Lack of Russian localization. There is not so much textual information in the game, but nevertheless we do not have at least a Russian translation on release. God, the game doesn't even support the Cyrillic alphabet in the game chat! Russian-speaking players are forced to communicate in transliteration.
    Very poor character editor. Okay, in general I don't mind creating a character using pre-made face and body presets. But how terrible they are in this game ... How miserable are the face presets, hair textures .. What can we say, when the hair textures do not always fit the character model correctly. It all looks like in some cheap Korean MMORPG. Amazon, is this okay? You certainly don't expect this from a European project in this genre, especially from a renowned company.
    Bad, very bad. What we got at the release still looks damp, and I can't call it any other way than "hack-work". At this point in time, I do not recommend buying this game.    … Expand
  35. Tulros
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Very bland and not up to par for a modern MMO. Dungeons and quests are very boring.
  36. TheMiff
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    So I got home early from work and log on, 2100 I que so nice I think! Start doing stuff at home! Comes back 400 left! Than 200! Than 60! Then BOOOOM! FILDE TO JOIN LOGIN QUE!
  37. arestch124s
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    These queues are a complete disrespect for their players, and the game itself is a running simulator, refunded
  38. Blackfoot
    Oct 1, 2021
    2
    I gave this 20 hours and got to just before lvl 20.

    PROS: It looks pretty. CONS: What an amateur game. There is nothing interesting, new, or well done in New World. It is a generic MMO with a generic name. You will fight skeletons and boars. There is less than nothing to character creation, the armor is boring, and everyone looks the same. The skill trees are laughably small with    I gave this 20 hours and got to just before lvl 20.

    PROS: It looks pretty.

    CONS:

    What an amateur game. There is nothing interesting, new, or well done in New World. It is a generic MMO with a generic name. You will fight skeletons and boars. There is less than nothing to character creation, the armor is boring, and everyone looks the same. The skill trees are laughably small with a handful of usable abilities and a few mostly useless passives.

    Movement feels like you are standing in taffy. There is a dodge button you are supposed to use, but it only hops you like two inches and half the time you are locked into some animation and cant even use it.

    Ranged is a joke right now as enemy AI pathing is broken for many mobs standing at the top of stairs, and hitting moving targets is subject to lag jank.

    Also, The community IS TOXIC.
    There is this quest to kill this tough bear and skin it. I managed to solo it with a bow and some rando ran right past me and skinned my kill the moment I fired the last shot. Now I couldn’t finish the quest and the mob would take who knows how long to respawn.
    This isn’t fun. That type of helpless griefing with no possible way to prevent it is horrible game design.

    This whole generic mess has one purpose. Greif you. Your bank is unique per city. The auction house is the only way to make money and it is also unique per city. If everyone is in a different town, none of your hard work matters as no one buys your crafted wares. And it costs money to list items. Fast travel is discouraged as it costs a ton of a rare resource and there are no mounts in the game. All of this exacerbates the unique bank and auction house problems.

    It is staggering how badly designed and just uncreative “New World” is.
    Bland, boring, and soulless. Your time, sanity, and money is better spent elsewhere.    … Expand
  39. christiangoett
    Sep 30, 2021
    4
    This Game really gives me a challenge to rate it.
    On one side, if you can manage to join a server and play it, then it is a good MMORPG.
    On the other side, there are waiting queues of up to 20k people for servers with max. 2k players. Right now, when I write this, the average waiting time for some servers are up to 50h+. So: How should I rate this? But first here some points from the    This Game really gives me a challenge to rate it.
    On one side, if you can manage to join a server and play it, then it is a good MMORPG.
    On the other side, there are waiting queues of up to 20k people for servers with max. 2k players. Right now, when I write this, the average waiting time for some servers are up to 50h+.
    So: How should I rate this?
    But first here some points from the time I played it approx. 20h and 21 Levels:
    + Really good graphics for a MMORPG
    + Good skill system w/o classes. You can skill and reskill however you want.
    + Skilling also uses Armor, which changes specific Stats. This gives more flexibility
    + Good variety of weapons for different playstyles.

    - In the beginning really repetitive
    - a few types of quest which are always the same
    - Loot chests
    - Kill x Mobs
    - Harvest Materials
    That's mostly it.
    - In your faction, you can select between 3 PvE and 3 PvP Quests. After completion, you get new PvE Quest but not new PVP Quest. They stay the same. Since release, it's the same 3 quests. I did these around 15 times now and this gets really boring.

    I can't say anything about the Faction-War-Aspect and the battles over the areas.

    So, how to rate this? Without the Server problems, I would give this game 6-7 for being a good but repetitive MMORPG which makes fun when played with other people. But even when I'm in the lucky position to have the possibility to login in the early morning when the queues are empty, I really can't keep this out. And seeing people who took vacation for release-week and only wait for many hours just to not even being able to join in the end is absolute **** At the actual state of the game, I can't give it more than a 4.    … Expand
  40. eliavn
    Sep 30, 2021
    4
    Was about to give t a round 0, but changed it to 4, since I am now able to play.
    But 2 days in a raw, 2000 queue... this cannot be forgiven. Best queue simulator I have ever played
  41. moondee
    Sep 29, 2021
    2
    Queues, long long long long waiting times to get onto the server. Imagine you wait 1,5-2 hours to get into the server, you play for 2 hours and then go to walk the dog. You get disconnected for inactivity. You come back to another 3 hours!! waiting time. Anticipated the game so much, but it just seems unnecessary unfair.
  42. ismentis
    Sep 29, 2021
    3
    New world succeeded in attracting attention, but the gameplay is actually monotonous and somewhat boring. Lack of endgame content is also worrying. Overall disappointment.
  43. Snozzle
    Oct 9, 2021
    9
    When will Metacritic stop allowing people to post 0 score reviews which are totally miss leading and likely knee jerk reactions which are clearly totally unfair and not indicative of the actual product?

    Anyway, in response to this (and looking at you Steam Reviews as well) I decided to create a Metacritic account to post my review which up to level 36 is a strong 8 which I upgraded to a    When will Metacritic stop allowing people to post 0 score reviews which are totally miss leading and likely knee jerk reactions which are clearly totally unfair and not indicative of the actual product?

    Anyway, in response to this (and looking at you Steam Reviews as well) I decided to create a Metacritic account to post my review which up to level 36 is a strong 8 which I upgraded to a strong 9 in response to all the obvious trolls here. Frankly I wanted to give it a 10 but there are a few small flaws which mean this game is yet a Masterpiece, and unlike the 150 Negative reviews at the time of writing I want to be somewhat objective.

    Rant over. Let the review begin.

    Once you beat the queue which we all acknowledge was/is an issue, the server I played on was rock solid until a few lag issues in dungeons materialised over the last few days. Really, for an MMO launch I thought this was very smooth in general and the polish of New World is immediately apparent and the onboarding is great.

    On my RX580 with a Ryzen 5 2600 and 16 gig of ram I enjoyed a rock steady 30-40 FPS on my 1440p monitor and I am still blown away by the beauty of this game. Similarly to Vanaheim earlier this year the hues and ocres provide a visual feast. My one complaint is a lack of a weather system as each zone has its own unique biome. I would have preferred dynamic weather effects.

    It feels apparent this game took many design ques from the brilliant and under appreciated Conan: Exiles, and I find the world similar in some of their design aesthetics and concepts. The more commonly referred to combat system of Dark Souls is oft mentioned but I felt at home here as my last PvP MMO/Survival game was Conan.

    The story line if you bother is actually reasonable. Very ironic as you read the threads on blue tinted notes and feels as though you have seen it all before (in a good way) with very similar troupes used in our favourite games to date.

    You wake on a beach and head towards the First Light encampment, along the way fighting Lost, Undead and Pirates, steadily moving forward with a multitude of interesting distractions as you unravel the mystery's of Aeternum and become more powerful.

    I wont say much more, but if you love crafting, exploration, PvE questing (which serves to showcase the beautiful world and engaging combat) you become ready for the Expeditions (PvE Dungeons), PvP, Housing and general casual chill of this game or all out PvP if thats your thing too.

    No complaints what so ever for the price of entry and what a beautiful canvass to build on.    … Expand
  44. Zeiser
    Oct 11, 2021
    8
    Best game I've played in a long time. It has its flaws but that is over shadowed by the fantastic art direction and fun and engaging gameplay. This game will change the future of MMOs. Btw. No more q time. Which was a interesting problem. It was bad because people couldn't play but fantastic to se so many people wanted to play.
  45. Dabz00
    Sep 30, 2021
    1
    I just played one hour, and asked for a refund. I didn't have a queue issue, but I just found the game bland and not really fun.
  46. pinnyskenis
    Oct 1, 2021
    1
    Probably the worst purchase of the year for me, its for sure not worth the $50.

    Questing is just the worst to date for any mmo ive ever played and has you running from 1 end of the map to another for a few wolves then you have to make that slog back again. The Elite named quests are just as bad. The combat is clunky old and poorly executed its a very poor cousin to GW2's combat    Probably the worst purchase of the year for me, its for sure not worth the $50.

    Questing is just the worst to date for any mmo ive ever played and has you running from 1 end of the map to another for a few wolves then you have to make that slog back again. The Elite named quests are just as bad.

    The combat is clunky old and poorly executed its a very poor cousin to GW2's combat system. The active skills feel very unimpactful and just press whenever coz who cares.

    Crafting was very basic and not that indepth was lead to believe it would rival ffxiv's it was nothing like that system at all. The random stat generation felt super bad.

    Overall for the money spent on development this fell far short of what it was stating it would deliver it doesnt feel or play like an mmo at all and would find it hard to play this any longer than a month tops it offers little to no pve content and that is quite evident in how it plays. This is a game id wait till is on sale for $5 because thats about all they spent on the servers.    … Expand
  47. Serenityinaz12
    Sep 30, 2021
    3
    They couldn't even bother to add sliders to a ONE RACE character creator. Then, when you get in the pretty world, you realize they couldn't even be bothered to add a swimming animation. What a pathetic joke and the fact that gamers make excuses for this crap goes to show how absolutely desperate some people are for a new MMO to escape their miserable lives with.
  48. Szczurzasty
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Unplayable due to capped servers, long waiting queues, and terrible support. I spent more time in a queue than playing the game (which seemed monotonous and without interesting content).
  49. vansickx
    Sep 30, 2021
    2
    A weak project by a small indie studio Amazon.
    Qeues, lag, bugs, other errors.
    This game lokks like a joke. Bad joke.
    30+ hours i played, but only 120 minutes in-game.
    About game...i don't know, is don't works.
  50. Nakatomi_Cowboy
    Sep 30, 2021
    2
    a score of 2 is generous. it is an under$tandably overhyped running simulator once you defeat the ridiculous queue time with less than mediocre graphics for 2021; anyone that says the graphics are good for an MMO is probably being paid or has some sort of incentive for doing so. MAYBE a score of 4/5 IF the queue's weren't completely ludicrous.
  51. off3nc3
    Oct 3, 2021
    10
    This game is unique and probably the freshest MMORPG this decade , it's an action combat MMORPG so take that into account if you want to get this game for the PVP aspect , game is stunning and feels like a survival sandbox where everyone is equal.

    Try it before you KNOCK it , i know i jumped on that hate bandwagon and man I was wrong.
  52. frodoswagginz69
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    "This game is worth $9." - some neckbeard streamer
    All jokes aside, it's worth less in my honest opinion.
    The game tries to branch out and fails miserably, landing at mediocre to weak content one would expect from 2003. The AI is dull, the Skinner-box crafting is insulting to intelligence, most quests devolve into long distance fetch or kill quests. They are all the same in one way or    "This game is worth $9." - some neckbeard streamer
    All jokes aside, it's worth less in my honest opinion.
    The game tries to branch out and fails miserably, landing at mediocre to weak content one would expect from 2003. The AI is dull, the Skinner-box crafting is insulting to intelligence, most quests devolve into long distance fetch or kill quests. They are all the same in one way or the other. Downtime is the king of your experience, as the game actively seeks to make you waste your time going from one side of the map to the other. Now, games are meant to pass the time, but not by running around getting nothing done in them.
    The servers have no reason to be so miserably capped or have such insane weight times. this is Amazon, the owner of the largest server farm in the world.
    Amazon also failed to deliver on polish. There are games made by indie companies with more depth, polish and overall value to be had, and they don't cost $40. They don't even cost more than $15 in most cases
    I give it a Thinly veiled cashgrab with planned monetization after 2021/10 don't try again, Amazon.    … Expand
  53. Zer0TheHer0
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Stupid camera position. Why isn't the character on the center of the screen?
  54. Manoman13
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    J'ai essayer, j'ai forcer pour aimer ce jeux, j'ai jouer jusqu'au LVL 60 j'ai test le PVP le PVE dans tout les compartiment de ceux MMO tout est intéressant, mais malheureusement très mal exploiter ou peu exploiter et je ne vais même pas parler des bug qui infecte le jeux de partout, ceci s'explique par la personne qui dirige Amazon game studio, un businessman est pas du tout un gamers unJ'ai essayer, j'ai forcer pour aimer ce jeux, j'ai jouer jusqu'au LVL 60 j'ai test le PVP le PVE dans tout les compartiment de ceux MMO tout est intéressant, mais malheureusement très mal exploiter ou peu exploiter et je ne vais même pas parler des bug qui infecte le jeux de partout, ceci s'explique par la personne qui dirige Amazon game studio, un businessman est pas du tout un gamers un gars qui va réduire les coup pour un minimum d'effort et un maximum de profit, comme si les plus grand jeux qui on eu du succès ne demande pas des efforts.
    Bref ce jeux est sortie le 28 septembre, mais ne vous faite pas avoir en faite il est toujours en ALPHA. va t'il passer 2021? avec moin de 100k joueurs dans le monde a l'heure ou je vous parle...compliquer.    … Expand
  55. Icingdeath
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    Laden with bugs and broken game play. No meaningful balance or end game and has the worse gearing system of all.

    Questing is impossible solo past level 40 and quest designs revolve the same repeatable and dull running simulator design Each time they patch, they introduce new game breaking bugs Feedback is ignored and inspire of a test server, the team proceeds with releases regardless    Laden with bugs and broken game play. No meaningful balance or end game and has the worse gearing system of all.

    Questing is impossible solo past level 40 and quest designs revolve the same repeatable and dull running simulator design

    Each time they patch, they introduce new game breaking bugs

    Feedback is ignored and inspire of a test server, the team proceeds with releases regardless of bugs and problems reported. In addition, there are unannounced punishing stealth nerfs that are left for the community to discover.

    Stay away from this heaping pile of trash    … Expand
  56. TomasLacerda
    Nov 12, 2021
    2
    - There's no swim animation, you just walk in the water.
    - Streamers cheat and exploit abuse, they don't get ban.
    - Economy in all servers is destroyed because it's that easy to dupe gold. - They don't balance classes, Heavy Armor is still the only logic path. - Inumerable exploits that are let unfixed for weeks which makes people abuse and achieve things they shouldn't. - This game    - There's no swim animation, you just walk in the water.
    - Streamers cheat and exploit abuse, they don't get ban.
    - Economy in all servers is destroyed because it's that easy to dupe gold.
    - They don't balance classes, Heavy Armor is still the only logic path.
    - Inumerable exploits that are let unfixed for weeks which makes people abuse and achieve things they shouldn't.
    - This game is still in Alpha.

    + It's pretty

    I don't recommend it. At all.    … Expand
  57. KFSBest
    Dec 5, 2021
    0
    The game starts fun, but as soon as you hit endgame. It becomes a bug fest and one of the worst games I have ever played. They do alot of things client side, which is ridiculous for an online game. They were asking for hackers. This is what they got.

    Game is in a very bad spot, even tho the start of the game was fun.
  58. HHQQ
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    900+ Часов в этом говнище, стабильно работают только дюпы, баги и эксплойты. После каждого патча, нужен еще один патч, потому что предыдущий все сломал. С тех поддержкой общаться невозможно, каждую неделю стабильно вылезает новый дюп и вся игровая экономика отправляется в ад, на что амазон разводит руками и говорит, мы накажем этих игроков, но с рынком мы ничего делать не будем. В этой900+ Часов в этом говнище, стабильно работают только дюпы, баги и эксплойты. После каждого патча, нужен еще один патч, потому что предыдущий все сломал. С тех поддержкой общаться невозможно, каждую неделю стабильно вылезает новый дюп и вся игровая экономика отправляется в ад, на что амазон разводит руками и говорит, мы накажем этих игроков, но с рынком мы ничего делать не будем. В этой игре НИЧЕГО не работает, даже бег, застреваешь в текстурах по 30 раз за день.… Expand
  59. cbe
    Nov 22, 2021
    2
    I've wasted about 300 hours on this game. It looks and sounds great but is effectively still in beta mode with tons of bugs and Amazon Game Studios making huge changes without any notice. I don't know what the dev's issues are, but as someone else already eloquently pointed out.. "the game isn't finished and you're already late to the party. Save your money." It's true. If you likeI've wasted about 300 hours on this game. It looks and sounds great but is effectively still in beta mode with tons of bugs and Amazon Game Studios making huge changes without any notice. I don't know what the dev's issues are, but as someone else already eloquently pointed out.. "the game isn't finished and you're already late to the party. Save your money." It's true. If you like exploring and crafting, you will probably get your $40 worth but eventually the game will grind and frustrate you until you quit.… Expand
  60. MusclePig
    Nov 2, 2021
    3
    Login queues and such aside, this is the most boring MMO I have played. It's just so... mediocre. It's well made, though, just so boring. 95% of the time is spent on autorun, and the 2-3 different mob types get boring fast.
  61. mclt
    Oct 27, 2021
    0
    Total garbage shame on amazon this game should’nt even get releasef at this stage bugs, exploits, all markets will collapse so much things not even works most of skills shows wrong infos that is misleading devs are really slow about fixing stuffs you have to kill same mobs at 1-60 there is only 10 type of enemy everything is grind based game is most about pvp but doing pvp after 60 isTotal garbage shame on amazon this game should’nt even get releasef at this stage bugs, exploits, all markets will collapse so much things not even works most of skills shows wrong infos that is misleading devs are really slow about fixing stuffs you have to kill same mobs at 1-60 there is only 10 type of enemy everything is grind based game is most about pvp but doing pvp after 60 is useless no point doing that economy will collapse soooooo much garbage item drops when you see epic drop you act like oh which garbage this time idiotic attrivutes ın drops like str dex for fire staff int focus for axe etc useless perks game is destroying itself… Expand
  62. McSquareHole
    Oct 29, 2021
    0
    Just like SWTOR at launch; More game-breaking bugs with every release. Multiple duplication bugs, invincibility, and much much more.

    You can see a dude using an aimbot on youtube, these inject code, and it wasn't detected by the Easy Anti-Cheat. Sad to say this game has a TON on client-side files that make all the exploits and hacks possible. It's super sad because I almost thought this    Just like SWTOR at launch; More game-breaking bugs with every release. Multiple duplication bugs, invincibility, and much much more.

    You can see a dude using an aimbot on youtube, these inject code, and it wasn't detected by the Easy Anti-Cheat.

    Sad to say this game has a TON on client-side files that make all the exploits and hacks possible. It's super sad because I almost thought this would be my next UO    … Expand
  63. moebatt
    Dec 7, 2021
    0
    unfinished, dev's wont respond to major issues more than bullying and punishing players. **** game, **** game company
  64. ChaosMonkey76
    Nov 20, 2021
    3
    Fun in the beginning but gets very grindy. Made it to level 58 with 244 hours played. Wars are neat but they need a lot of work and exploit protection. Crafting needs a little work at the high scores, once you get into the 175s it gets a little rough. Lot of bugs and glitches need to still be ironed out. I plan on coming back if the fix all the problems. It's going to take some workFun in the beginning but gets very grindy. Made it to level 58 with 244 hours played. Wars are neat but they need a lot of work and exploit protection. Crafting needs a little work at the high scores, once you get into the 175s it gets a little rough. Lot of bugs and glitches need to still be ironed out. I plan on coming back if the fix all the problems. It's going to take some work though, lots of exploiters have destroyed a lot of the market.… Expand
  65. Nathuriel
    Nov 25, 2021
    1
    Since the alpha the game had plenty of performance issues and gamebreaking bugs. At the beta some performance issues were fixed but the bugs remained. So Amazon decided to release and like many other greedy companies in 2020 and 2021 they released an unfinished game. The game never had pve content and because of the backlash in the alpha and beta they decided to put some repetitive kill 10Since the alpha the game had plenty of performance issues and gamebreaking bugs. At the beta some performance issues were fixed but the bugs remained. So Amazon decided to release and like many other greedy companies in 2020 and 2021 they released an unfinished game. The game never had pve content and because of the backlash in the alpha and beta they decided to put some repetitive kill 10 wolfs quests. So ok their focus was pvp which was broken since you could mass report the enemy and they would lose territories and wars. The whole community has been pointing out various gamebreaking bugs and exploits and basic things that an mmorpg should have. All in all the game needed at least 6 more months in development, proper alpha and beta testing aswel as the management/development team of amazon to actually listen to the community. Now because they dont test patches before release they will rollback servers in europe cause of some bug. This game is pretty much doomed.… Expand
  66. grilledkeese
    Nov 22, 2021
    1
    Deleting now as we speak... game is broken hacks a plenty can be found in pvp which is the only real end game to do in the game and even that is based on a lottery unless your mobbing with pvp trains, lack of swimming animation and other quality of life features is pretty laughable for the price, quests are beyond boring and samey, barely any world events, nothing really to do with guildsDeleting now as we speak... game is broken hacks a plenty can be found in pvp which is the only real end game to do in the game and even that is based on a lottery unless your mobbing with pvp trains, lack of swimming animation and other quality of life features is pretty laughable for the price, quests are beyond boring and samey, barely any world events, nothing really to do with guilds besides pvp trains. Can't help but feel ripped off by the experience found in the game, after you put in more than 5-10 hours you're not really seeing anything new which is a shame because the game definitely has potential but at this point ill uninstall and return after 6 months or so or if I hear about worthwhile additions.… Expand
  67. Madvedo
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    2 months have passed. Servers are cut down 3 times a day. "Game of the Year" ...
  68. asavah
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    This game has promise and potential.
    However total incompetence of the development team and their management are destroying this game with untested buggy and botched patches.
  69. Mekceg
    Nov 24, 2021
    1
    This game had great potential, but it is now all put to waste by terrible mistakes and decision making of Amazon Games.
    1) the game is filled with bugs to the extent that some parts of the game (or the whole game) is unavailable longer and longer. Outpost Rush was disabled for a month, Wars now are completely unplayable cause of lag. Servers are offline almost everyday (sometimes twice a    This game had great potential, but it is now all put to waste by terrible mistakes and decision making of Amazon Games.
    1) the game is filled with bugs to the extent that some parts of the game (or the whole game) is unavailable longer and longer. Outpost Rush was disabled for a month, Wars now are completely unplayable cause of lag. Servers are offline almost everyday (sometimes twice a day for a long periods of time). Wealth transfer (as well as trading post, the auctuion house) is disabled more and more often. AGS showed they are absolutely incompetent.

    Imagine this:
    - while trying to fix the dupe exploit (gold and items multiplication), they created another bug for duping gold and had to shut everything down;
    - while trying to refund players for losing money because of AGS incompetence (a good deed), they made a mistake in database and gave everyone 1000x refund about, thus breaking the whole economy. They had to backup from 10 hours earlier, wasting everyones time. But this is not all. They broke auction house - people who sold anything did not receive any gold. They also bugged all players who did a transfer that day - characters are completely stuck. So all in all, while trying to compensate players for losing gold, they made players lose even more gold.
    - they did a PTR for their big 1.1 patch. They did not change a single thing from feedback. Moreover, they added stealth changes to live servers that people absolutely hate (making the grind for watermark like x3 longer, like it wasn't already stupid and bad), as well as buff Myrkgard mobs and portals to the extent that 1 mob can now kill 40 people with 1 charge, including heavy HP tanks.

    They don't test 99% of things and screw up. And even when they test (1.1 ptr was the only thing), they do not listen to feedback, they usually don't fix bugs, and when they do, they usually make things worse and create new bugs.

    Pathetic.    … Expand
  70. jdother
    Dec 13, 2021
    0
    I was really hooked for a while but this game is intent on beating any fun you have out of you. It's so disappointing. The world is beautiful and pastoral. The colonial aesthetic is a cool change. But everything after Level 30 just falls apart. I can say that I went from love to hate since the beta. PVE experience is garbage. Mobs don't stay dead long enough for you to explore and as youI was really hooked for a while but this game is intent on beating any fun you have out of you. It's so disappointing. The world is beautiful and pastoral. The colonial aesthetic is a cool change. But everything after Level 30 just falls apart. I can say that I went from love to hate since the beta. PVE experience is garbage. Mobs don't stay dead long enough for you to explore and as you level up they can just stun/stagger lock you until you're dead. Weapon meta renders most of them utterly useless. Again, you won't know this until you get past level 30. There's no incentive to group up for PVE quests so you can forget about 30 to 40 percent of the quests because they're simply too difficult solo. Even dungeons are tough because people are paying in game gold to buy a slot in a dungeon group, and won't take anyone that can't carry them. I don't buy the positive reviews here because surely Amazon has the money to pay people to write these cookie cutter reviews. Game is bad and they don't know how to fix.… Expand
  71. JayRebirth
    Nov 4, 2021
    2
    Extremely buggy that people are cheating and exploiting left right and center. Amazon is incompetent at making MMOs, they fix one bug creating 5 other bugs that can be exploited. It's a shame the game could of been really good. And it runs poorly on a RTX 3080 OC and Ryzen 7 5800X barely gets over 60 frames and that's even using GeForce recommended setting.
  72. Sehirone
    Nov 3, 2021
    0
    Sadly it doesn't deserve more than a 0 as this isn't a realase ready version. This is more lika an early Alpha version.
    Lots of stuff not working at all or working incorrectly.
    Game economy is 100% broken due to exploits. Any achievements you might get playing the game feel 100% pointless due to to the fact that almost everything that can be achieved was already achieved by exploiters    Sadly it doesn't deserve more than a 0 as this isn't a realase ready version. This is more lika an early Alpha version.
    Lots of stuff not working at all or working incorrectly.
    Game economy is 100% broken due to exploits.
    Any achievements you might get playing the game feel 100% pointless due to to the fact that almost everything that can be achieved was already achieved by exploiters in 5 minutes after the game was 'released'.

    There is no excuse for realisng such an unfinished project and it should not be tolerated.    … Expand
  73. EvaXIV
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Это говно из жопы мамонта! Игра где сломано все, что могло и не могло сломаться! Аукцион - в Еврпопе его нет, мы ж все в пещерах живем! Зачем нам экономика, пффф, мы в чатике будем торговлю вести! Починить бешенно стреляющее магическое оружие?! Ни слова больше, теперь вы не можете из сумки надевать два одинаковых оружия... Вот только со склада можете. Такое чувство, что в амазоне работаютЭто говно из жопы мамонта! Игра где сломано все, что могло и не могло сломаться! Аукцион - в Еврпопе его нет, мы ж все в пещерах живем! Зачем нам экономика, пффф, мы в чатике будем торговлю вести! Починить бешенно стреляющее магическое оружие?! Ни слова больше, теперь вы не можете из сумки надевать два одинаковых оружия... Вот только со склада можете. Такое чувство, что в амазоне работают люди с деменцией. Сервера лагают как только они что-то добавляют в игру. Игрокам слишком просто в хай лвл локациях? Усложним крипов там и за одно поломаем нахрен лут из сундуков! Смотрите, мы сделали для вас войд перчатку, но наши сервера не способны ее выдерживать, поэтому поиграйте в слайд шоу на осадах. Ах да, еще она будет стакаться... Мы же сделали фикс на стак аое способностей старых оружий, новых он касаться не должен! Хмм, мы решили сделать вам компенсацию за то, что мы дауны, но мы и этого не смогли и налажи по полной! Эти парни просто пиздец. Ей богу, игра могла быть хорошей, но с такой командой разработчиков - это пиздец. 600ч в этой игре, и я знаю о чем говорю.… Expand
  74. LanceScott
    Nov 9, 2021
    1
    It's pretty.

    Well now that I have the Pros out of the way. Time for the Cons Server size is based on ~2000 players. In a map of a given size with Companies (guilds/clans) containing about 50 players. What's continuing to happen is a server basically gets controlled by a meta company (a loosely affiliated group of players that organize on something like guilded or discord) Because    It's pretty.

    Well now that I have the Pros out of the way. Time for the Cons

    Server size is based on ~2000 players. In a map of a given size with Companies (guilds/clans) containing about 50 players. What's continuing to happen is a server basically gets controlled by a meta company (a loosely affiliated group of players that organize on something like guilded or discord)

    Because Governor's can select who goes on into battle its a popularity contest with vast swaths of players being effectively locked out. So slowly one team gains an overwhelming advantage on the server as lowbies and the like flock to them.

    Fast forward three weeks and 3/4 of players quit.

    All in all a decent enough game that is so laughably flawed at it's core given how group dynamics work. AGS should have seen this coming. I saw this coming. They should be better than this given the amount of money on the line. In typical fashion the premium currency and skin store are seemingly free of all bugs.. seems like not every system failed to be tested.    … Expand
  75. lizardm
    Nov 25, 2021
    1
    Lots of bugs. The game breaks down all the time. Servers are shut down without warning. The character's belongings disappear. Grind is tight and boring. To pump the maximum level you need 300 hours. The quests are the same. There is no transport. There are no teleports. There are no private chats in the window. It is not clear how to join the guild. The game looks like a demo version. TheLots of bugs. The game breaks down all the time. Servers are shut down without warning. The character's belongings disappear. Grind is tight and boring. To pump the maximum level you need 300 hours. The quests are the same. There is no transport. There are no teleports. There are no private chats in the window. It is not clear how to join the guild. The game looks like a demo version. The game isn't worth your money. I was deceived by an advertising company.… Expand
  76. Blinksplink
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    Game it utter garbage. Too many bugs to count. Designed to make you grind indefinitely to give the illusion of content. The grind aspect of the game is intentional, they will soon be adding experience bonus's for leveling and crafting to the store. Its an mmo mobile game. Grind or pay to win. Take your pic.
  77. Bodkins_uk
    Nov 27, 2021
    1
    Game is broken, rushed and poorly supported.

    AG really showing their inexperience on this title.

    NW could have been great
  78. dragonzom
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    I got to the endgame and then they changed the system with a patch that made everything more difficult and grindy. Each patch feels worse than the last. Moved it down to 0 simply because I noticed that a lot of accounts are creating 1 review with a 9 or 10 to try and pull this rating up.
  79. Heimdallr12148
    Dec 3, 2021
    0
    I think Amazon by default is an evil, people abusing company, we seen that everywhere else and we see it even in their game...

    Game appeared to be a shiny diamond they promised, but at the end they just took money and screwed people multiple times. We were promised a product we wanted, while we received totally different one From a stable PVP game, that could later expand into PVE, we    I think Amazon by default is an evil, people abusing company, we seen that everywhere else and we see it even in their game...

    Game appeared to be a shiny diamond they promised, but at the end they just took money and screwed people multiple times.
    We were promised a product we wanted, while we received totally different one
    From a stable PVP game, that could later expand into PVE, we received just another copy of other games
    in the worst possible scenario. Frankly speaking, "Old World" not only was a lie, but it still follows it's auto destruction path.

    From skill demanding, pretty balanced game(not perfect, but that was a good core to start), they took away most of good PVP mechanics, to please casual players they wanted to bring and use them to get money. PVP players started to quit and it was only worse. When You create a game around PVP systems, and you take them away, you are left with nothing - Unfinished details that were supposed to supplement the PVP part.
    They thought it will be a good idea to put those unfinished tiny details in the center of the game, to get more money from PVE players, which allowed it? Not sure who is worse.

    Many people warned Amazon that their ideas to destroy world will have consequences, and many offered solutions - They did the total opposite and online from nearly one million, landed on something between 120-150k depending on day. Economy is a disaster, game has no purpose and it's boring. It brings no challenge, nothing interesting, no immersion as all the flavors were wiped out. Many systems aren't working and are built to make you grind tons of your time to achieve...what exactly? Better gear? They introduced lately another grind system to that...so your grind will be more grindy now. Each patch the game is getting worse and people are praying for it to have a turn like UO or WoW did, with private servers doing the right thing.

    I strongly recommend to stop supporting company that promises you one, you stick to it for years and then they just wipe the floor with you and take your money. It shows total disrespect to players.

    I can say good things about game of course, Graphic looks nice, sounds of surroundings are nice, but game was a PVP centric, engaging and unique thing with all the flavors built around them. They destroyed it completely so if you are looking for:

    - Smashing your keyboard in PVP to spam what you can in Cooldown+LMB based combat where nothing you do feels anyhow impactful
    - See the same enemies for 90% of your time, with boring attacks, being 0 challenge
    - Grind up to 55 level to find first engaging boss in a dungeon that becomes easy after 1-3 tries
    - Have close to useless crafting with tons of items you need to do to just grind to few usable
    - Extremely boring world after few weeks
    - Team that doesn't give a damn about you and avoid speaking regarding their hypocrisy and players they literally milked out of money and dumped (this should be taken into court...)
    - Multiple tries to see where they can milk you more
    - Typical modern game that isn't about the art, but rather about objectives you need to do to play it(so you grind, grind, grind grind and they will add more grinds so you can play more and eventually buy that skin or two...)

    Then this is your game!

    Old World - Where everything that was fked up in games for past 5+ years, was tossed to an island called Aeternum. where you have landed by accident and need to survive this and get out!

    Generally, it's a disappointment, just read their forums, game is a mess and team doesn't even bother of talking to people, they use PR type of statements. It's comparable to movies - You can for sure make your oscar winning LOTR...But you want to play political or get money and you kinda fk up that GoT or Witcher...

    I want to point out - I was there nearly since start and I was playing till last month, I had nearly everything and explored nearly all. I didn't talk about bugs, or tons of problems they had from start till now on purpose, because if the game would be good, people would be with them anyway, despite those issues...but they are not.
    Demanding player opinion.    … Expand
  80. iamspagett
    Dec 29, 2021
    0
    To think that anyone would charge even a medium-tier price for this unfinished, uninspired, lazy "RPG" is yet another testament to the depravity of video game companies and their modern practices. Calling this game an RPG is an insult to RPG lovers; there's about as much story to this game as there are drinking fountains in the Atacama desert. A fitting comparison, because the world isTo think that anyone would charge even a medium-tier price for this unfinished, uninspired, lazy "RPG" is yet another testament to the depravity of video game companies and their modern practices. Calling this game an RPG is an insult to RPG lovers; there's about as much story to this game as there are drinking fountains in the Atacama desert. A fitting comparison, because the world is just about as barren and empty, and expensive fast travel means threadbare, annoyingly protracted journeys throughout the world.

    This game is worthless.    … Expand
  81. Dokki
    Jan 7, 2022
    0
    It is probably the worse MMORPG i have ever played. Don't seem that it was released in 2021. There are no enoght content, the quest are ALL the same, mobs are all similar, only color and name changes from region to region. And there are SO MANY BUGS, people already have duped end game items and gears, so not worth.
  82. LordFaidal
    Jan 13, 2022
    3
    This game does nothing new. It failed to draw me in at all. There are plenty of other MMOs out there that offer better experiences. I wouldn't even bother trying this.
  83. honellal
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Shocking game. Not playing is the way to save time.
    There are so many alternatives.
  84. cylentstorm
    Oct 31, 2021
    1
    Amazon-promoted, self-destructive, wack AF-looking, F2P Massively-Masochistic Not-So-Online client-side HACK ME PLEASE, MOMMY HTML exploit sandbox. Ignore the schills. RUN, you fools. FFS.
  85. Chund3r
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    In short: There's absolutely no content in this game, no end game, same 5 missions from level 0-60. Everything is a grind fest to slow you down, but even if/when you max something out, there's nothing to do with it. Game launched with 970k players, averages 150k now and they merging servers less than a month in.
  86. Zoorax
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Кусок дюпов, патч и новые ошибки. закрывают дроп на гс. Патч плевок в игроков и русификация ее нет.600 часов выброшенные.… Expand
  87. JinxterMeta
    Nov 12, 2021
    4
    Beautiful, but untimely shallow, and boring copy/paste of various assets and quests.
  88. Shirojv
    Nov 4, 2021
    0
    Позорно говенный баланс в пвп. Такой мусор, без 60го лвла и минимум фракионного шмота ты ничего никому не сделаешь. Не важно как ты хорош в плане ротаций, скила, и прочего. Уравниловка в пвп работает через жопу (никак)

    Два 59 лвл персонажа не могли убить 60го 15 минут. При этом кайтили, и он просто принимал урон. А потом кританул, и танк умер. Кайф. Я понимаю, что это ммо и нужно    Позорно говенный баланс в пвп. Такой мусор, без 60го лвла и минимум фракионного шмота ты ничего никому не сделаешь. Не важно как ты хорош в плане ротаций, скила, и прочего. Уравниловка в пвп работает через жопу (никак)

    Два 59 лвл персонажа не могли убить 60го 15 минут. При этом кайтили, и он просто принимал урон. А потом кританул, и танк умер. Кайф.

    Я понимаю, что это ммо и нужно продать жизнь и мать, чтобы быть лучшим. Но в ней нет нормального контента, убогие сундуки и одинаковые мобы в пве. Играл 160 часов, полностью разочаровался в проекте.    … Expand
  89. MrRusskiy1
    May 10, 2022
    0
    They sell the game and ban it on a national basis without any explanation or refund.Money from Russia suits them, but the people themselves do not. A company of thieves and Nazis.
  90. zaal1989
    Nov 4, 2021
    0
    patching game in peak time. Switching off servers every hot fix ..... for 5-8 hours (they are saying 180 minutes but they extend that time ....) No ...
  91. TIOLOUCO
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    Não gaste seu dinheiro se não tiver um PC de no mínimo 80 mil reais, jogo MUITO mal otimizado, cheio de bugs e com mecânicas dentro do próprio jogo para "aliviar" os bugs, o dinheiro mais mal gasto de 2021 foi nisso, estou extremamente arrependido, fiquei 2,4 horas tentando resolver problemas do jogo e ai perdi o tempo para poder extonar e pegar meu dinheiro e passar longe desse MMO, NÃONão gaste seu dinheiro se não tiver um PC de no mínimo 80 mil reais, jogo MUITO mal otimizado, cheio de bugs e com mecânicas dentro do próprio jogo para "aliviar" os bugs, o dinheiro mais mal gasto de 2021 foi nisso, estou extremamente arrependido, fiquei 2,4 horas tentando resolver problemas do jogo e ai perdi o tempo para poder extonar e pegar meu dinheiro e passar longe desse MMO, NÃO gaste seu dinheiro nisso, não esta pronto.… Expand
  92. Hacktr0n
    Nov 8, 2021
    4
    This game gets an 'D+' grade from me.

    A good technical demonstration of the underlying Lumberyard game engine; however, the game itself has no soul. It is clear that the game was not developed by or for MMORPG players, and whatever goals it originally had for PVP are largely inaccessible to most. Those who are able to take part in large scale PVP will find it ripe for abuse, due to the    This game gets an 'D+' grade from me.

    A good technical demonstration of the underlying Lumberyard game engine; however, the game itself has no soul. It is clear that the game was not developed by or for MMORPG players, and whatever goals it originally had for PVP are largely inaccessible to most. Those who are able to take part in large scale PVP will find it ripe for abuse, due to the client-side coding. You'll get your $40 back, but you will also realize your time is better spent supporting better products/companies when you begin to see the shiny veneer is covering layers upon layers of particle board.

    For those who will say, it is "early" in the game's life. Your character could swim (and fish) in EverQuest (1) when it released in March 1999. "Early" in the case of New World is more akin to Agile/Scrum development's "Minimum Viable Product" concept. It is fast, it is profitable, it perhaps brings some joy, it is also a very very far cry from the quality standards by which products used to be judged "Ready to Ship".    … Expand
  93. SammyJ
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    PROS: Yes it's a New World. Honestly beautiful graphics. Love the real time combat. Some dungeons are well-made. I enjoyed gathering and crafting for a minute.

    CONS: NEW World gets real OLD real quick. You do all the EXACT same things all the way up until level 60. Then no end game. No real story line. Quests are horribly done. Lack of meaningful progression. CONCLUSION: Don't buy    PROS: Yes it's a New World. Honestly beautiful graphics. Love the real time combat. Some dungeons are well-made. I enjoyed gathering and crafting for a minute.

    CONS: NEW World gets real OLD real quick. You do all the EXACT same things all the way up until level 60. Then no end game. No real story line. Quests are horribly done. Lack of meaningful progression.

    CONCLUSION: Don't buy it. Just a waste of money and time unfortunately. You'll feel empty in the end. Nothing memorable at all. Really disappointed in Amazon. They may have all the money in the world, but definitely not all the talent in the world. They need developers at the helm, GAME DEVELOPERS, not money hungry greedy corporate thugs.    … Expand
  94. wildcards
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Les 3 mêmes quêtes en boucle tout le long du jeu:
    - Tuer X monstres pour récupérer X objets dessus.
    - Tuer X monstres et récupérer X coffres. - Ouvrir X coffres. Le pve est une catastrophe. Les mobs qui stunlock à l'infini et ne prennent aucun recul. Il n'y a même pas 10 mobs différents dans le jeu. Personne ne joue en PVP sauf pour 5v1. Certaines personnes farment les métiers en    Les 3 mêmes quêtes en boucle tout le long du jeu:
    - Tuer X monstres pour récupérer X objets dessus.
    - Tuer X monstres et récupérer X coffres.
    - Ouvrir X coffres.
    Le pve est une catastrophe.
    Les mobs qui stunlock à l'infini et ne prennent aucun recul.
    Il n'y a même pas 10 mobs différents dans le jeu.
    Personne ne joue en PVP sauf pour 5v1.
    Certaines personnes farment les métiers en boucle H24 donc l'économie s'écroule.
    La moitié des compétences bugs.
    Des nerfs à l'arrache.
    Des bugs exploit de partout.
    Les 6 donjons sont ridicules.
    une purge infame    … Expand
  95. IsYouWokeBoy
    Dec 12, 2021
    0
    Pros:
    Amazing sound - can hear echo's of mining pick across canyon walls
    Graphics - very nice looking game with great environments (when not unplayable or lagged out or crashed) Cons: Exploitable client Tons of new bugs and exploits every patch that is supposed to fix things Glitchy skills that don't work Gear & items that do not work as described Hard earned gear that just    Pros:
    Amazing sound - can hear echo's of mining pick across canyon walls
    Graphics - very nice looking game with great environments (when not unplayable or lagged out or crashed)

    Cons:
    Exploitable client
    Tons of new bugs and exploits every patch that is supposed to fix things
    Glitchy skills that don't work
    Gear & items that do not work as described
    Hard earned gear that just disappears from inventory
    Broken auction house bugged so it doesn't return bought items or gold for sold ones
    Auction house brought down several times to halt exploits
    Trade window dupes
    Server crashes
    All the mobs are recycled - very repetitive
    Heavy heavy nerfs to crafting and progression
    I could go on but you can watch numerous videos on the disastrous game for more info.
    In other news players are wanting developers to play through a high end area of the game that they heavily nerfed to be totally unplayable as players not in your group can easily grief your party.
    Hilarity will ensue if they actually play this on a live server.
    https://www.dexerto.com/new-world/new-world-players-start-petition-for-devs-to-play-their-own-game-live-1718335/    … Expand
  96. besmart
    Dec 23, 2021
    0
    The game itself is not bad, but damn the publisher AGS is a total trash. Treating playerbase just like puppies.
  97. aetheredge
    Dec 25, 2021
    0
    If you can think of something terrible about an MMO, this game has it. After the sounds and visuals, there is nothing redeeming this game. Constant bugs, exploits, and not just new ones. There are issues that were known since beta left unfixed still today. The devs impletemented a public test realm, then do not test things and ignore player feedback. The level of dev incompetence isIf you can think of something terrible about an MMO, this game has it. After the sounds and visuals, there is nothing redeeming this game. Constant bugs, exploits, and not just new ones. There are issues that were known since beta left unfixed still today. The devs impletemented a public test realm, then do not test things and ignore player feedback. The level of dev incompetence is laughably horrible. They are hemorrhaging players and thought the solution was to make the game take 6-10x longer than on release to grind out endgame content. So have fun spending months futilely working to achieve what the first wave of players got in a couple of weeks. Also, a destroyed economy from one duping issue after another. This game is a dumpster fire from end to end.… Expand
  98. nxfarhang
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    [h1]Delusion[/h1]
    This game was sold as fully released(at 2022), however, there is no differences between Early Access version (open-beta) and it. All bugs are existed and it is not accepted as fully released version.
    In fact, this company enticed gamers by exaggerating this fake game on twitch platform. All bugs are existed even on the latest version and the number of gamers has left    [h1]Delusion[/h1]
    This game was sold as fully released(at 2022), however, there is no differences between Early Access version (open-beta) and it. All bugs are existed and it is not accepted as fully released version.
    In fact, this company enticed gamers by exaggerating this fake game on twitch platform.
    All bugs are existed even on the latest version and the number of gamers has left the game because of the mentioned reason.
    look at the steam chart:
    https://steamcharts.com/app/1063730    … Expand
  99. theirrelephants
    Sep 2, 2022
    5
    You know, I played this for maybe 15 hours, and I will never touch it again. A total waste of $50. So you're probably wondering why I'm giving it a 5. It's pretty simple -

    The game itself is incredibly polished, I didn't see a single bug. Had no server problems on release. It hits all boxes on the MMO checklist. Yet for all of that, it's incredibly boring. It has nothing going    You know, I played this for maybe 15 hours, and I will never touch it again. A total waste of $50. So you're probably wondering why I'm giving it a 5. It's pretty simple -

    The game itself is incredibly polished, I didn't see a single bug. Had no server problems on release. It hits all boxes on the MMO checklist.

    Yet for all of that, it's incredibly boring. It has nothing going on for it, is totally unoriginal, and once you've spent a dozen or so hours playing, you've probably seen everything there is to be seen. In fact, I can confidently say if you have EVER played another MMO in your life - you have no reason to play this game. It is as generic as generic gets. If you you looked up 'generic mmo' in the dictionary, it would be a picture of New World.

    All in all, a very well made game with no glaring issues aside from the fact that it is a total snooze fest. A 5 for effort, if nothing else.    … Expand
  100. VendonJura
    Jan 6, 2022
    0
    The game was fun at the beginning but then as soon as I've seen the crafting system of this game and the inventory issue, I started to see it's issues. About crafting, it is the most idiotic mechanic I've seen in years. You need lvl 1 and lvl 2 materials to make lvl 2 stuff. How dumb is that? That dumb mechanic is almost on every crafting in the game. To make lvl 5 items, you needThe game was fun at the beginning but then as soon as I've seen the crafting system of this game and the inventory issue, I started to see it's issues. About crafting, it is the most idiotic mechanic I've seen in years. You need lvl 1 and lvl 2 materials to make lvl 2 stuff. How dumb is that? That dumb mechanic is almost on every crafting in the game. To make lvl 5 items, you need thousands lvl 1 items to be able make it.

    About the inventory. The Inventory system in this game is based on weight which is just bad. Everything I start the game and try to loot or store my loot, I just can't because all my storage has reached the weight limit. I immediatly get frustrated and disconnect from the game. Amazon also gives random bans for no reason at all. You wrote a word someone didn't like it? he reports you and you get the ban. You are standing in the city and someone just is bored and reports people for fun ? Yes you get banned. I am not sure if this is still a thing but it WAS a thing as I Played this trash of a game.

    Bugs are not getting fixed. Bugs day one are still in the game. You have only 2 Character slots. Inflation in the game is just unreal. Why MMOs suffer from the same illness. Why devs never set a cap to prices of items. Like Long Sword min. price 10 gold and max price a player can set 50. This way you can not grow inflation in the game but not even 1 game has that mechanic.

    Ballancing is just a joke, there are Light, Medium and Heavy armor. If you don't play Heavy, you won't survive for long. Even as a tank I received damage that I felt wearing Light armor. Also an illness in all MMOs, the Tank class. It's just another joke. I don't know why they keep calling it a tank class when it just can survive 1-2 more hits.

    Dungeons are a joke. I don't understand why dungeons have to be trash in EVERY MMO. The lvl 24 Dungeon is fine but after that one, any other dungeon is trash. You are even forced to do them since there are main quests with dungeons. You even need keys to be able to make a dungeon. People with ideas like that should not be allowed to make games.

    Walking Simulator, this game does not have mounts. You are forced to walk all over the map. There are teleports but they are crazy overpriced. You can get 1000 Azoth but 1 teleport with full inventory can kost around 500+ What kind of idio.... made this system. I've tried almost 300 hours to play the game and lvld as slow as possible because the repair cost of items is also totally overpriced which is another an illness of MMOs. My repair cost was higher than I got gold back from quests. 1 Quest gave around 30-110 gold and repairing my whole gear which is 10-30% damage, repair cost 180 gold. This game could be the best MMO but all these negative things, just made me uninstall the game. It's just to frustrating and stressfull. Also this game is focused on PvP like all MMO games are. There are no PvE MMOs out there which is sad.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Games.cz
    Nov 30, 2021
    60
    An MMORPG with great potential - but there’s so much work to be done. It is, however, already highly addictive for those who are patient and forgiving.
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  2. Gamer.nl
    Nov 22, 2021
    65
    New World is an mmo that could be straight out of 2010. It hardly adds any new ideas to the genre and therefore feels dated in content. The faction system offers interesting possibilities for wars between players, but is not yet balanced. New World demands a lot of time from its players, but does not actually give anything in return that we have not seen before. Graphically, everything is fine, and although the game has microtransactions, they are only of a cosmetic nature. There is no subscription: for the entrance fee, the entire base game is open to you.
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  3. MGG Spain
    Nov 22, 2021
    80
    New World is such a large MMO that we will have to spend our time in the vast world of Aethernum. While some mechanics or functionalities don't have much of a place nowadays, it has other things that seem to me to be genuine and cutting edge in terms of massively multiplayer online development.
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