New World

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5.6

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  1. Obadiah_Jenkins
    Sep 6, 2023
    4
    This game could have been good, but it just didn't make it. It was fun at first, until you started to see through the veil. It feels like an unfinished cash grab, very repetitive endgame, not very innovative for a new MMO. It's sad as it had such a cool concept.
  2. Lufia
    Jul 7, 2023
    0
    This could be a great game but the inventory mechanics and the issue with gold is just bothering me to much. I am constantly full and can not store my items. Not sure why realy every game is using the same annoying mechanic. ( small inventory / storage / weight ) Systems. Also the balancing is just like every mobile game is. Easy at the beginning and you get one shot at the end.
  3. wolfaust
    Feb 6, 2023
    4
    New World is attractive as an immersive and player-driven economy MMORPG that can be playable as open-world PvP and where players can be in constant conflict. However, the failure of Amazon Games in Crucible is also can be seen here, too.

    First of all, I'm pretty sure they didn't consider any of the feedback from players in the Closed Beta and Open Beta. They may have read it, they may    New World is attractive as an immersive and player-driven economy MMORPG that can be playable as open-world PvP and where players can be in constant conflict. However, the failure of Amazon Games in Crucible is also can be seen here, too.

    First of all, I'm pretty sure they didn't consider any of the feedback from players in the Closed Beta and Open Beta. They may have read it, they may have reviewed it, but they did not find it worth applying it to the game. Because, instead of many features given feedback, they continued to progress on the roadmap that the company designed in-house. However, as a game developer company, you are offering this game to players, not stakeholders. To the players!

    It made almost all players happy with the PvP Scaling System in the Closed Beta. Not Level, but just using skills wisely and wise character builds were important. However, they changed PvP Scaling due to a few narrow-minded players who think that MMORPG games are only level-oriented. Now that there is no PvP Scaling or reduced illogically, these narrow-minded fellows, thanks to their high level, are looking forward to taking away the pleasure of players who activate PvP for low-level-only Faction Missions. This is a very sad situation; Imagine it.

    The launch was not as grand as promised; Amazon Games has flooded EU servers from all over the world because (maybe) of the vulnerabilities in their servers and because they didn't release the game all over the world at the same time. Currently (September 28th, 2021), as EU players, we have been waiting for more than 5000 or more people (sometimes less) in the queue for hours... Sometimes the queue never changes! We need bigger servers, not new ones.

    Last laugh combat mechanics... PvE combat mechanics fail incredibly. I’ve been playing MMORPG for centuries (irony), and I’ve never come across such a failed combat mechanic. Stagger does not work properly, some creatures and animals do ridiculously large and irrelevant damage. Bears, for example, are neither staggered nor stunned. After one attack, they make the third and fourth attacks in a row on the second line. These are bears, not boxers.

    First, you should have looked at how animals and creatures in other MMOs work. It was very interesting that you developed such a mechanic, which I can’t even name, while there are tons of successful and unsuccessful examples around. Like Last Laugh, every creature strikes the final blow even as they die.

    Quest designs are constantly repetitive. Extremely illogical and not at all creative. Especially after 24+ missions, you understand this lack of creativity and irrationality more clearly. You interact with the same NPC to do the quest in the same region at least 5 times. The reward is not satisfactory at all.

    There are 4-5 different creatures in the whole game, and all of them were poured into the game by Amazon Games by copy-pasting the whole map, just by changing their stats, as if they were pouring salt on the food. The interior design of the buildings, the interior design of the forts, in fact, everything in the game is copied-pasted everywhere in the same way. I have never seen this much laziness! It's a shame!

    The game is in its first phase of extended open beta, not the full version. Almost everything is broken!

    Now, on the bright side, players who want to "just" enjoy the PvE content of the game can still do so. The balance of the game's content, world, story and builds against PvE looks very good. However, don't do PvP Faction quests alone or even with five friends! Join a Company and do it with teams of over 20-30 people.

    Am I still playing the game? Yes. Mostly, PvE.

    Good luck to you all true, dear and understanding PvP - PvE players!    … Expand
  4. Dethstarr
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Terrible design and gameplay choices killed off a promising game with a great world and nice engine.

    You can spend days trying to get a group together and it is likely they will be trying something they have no chance of doing because the competent tanks quit out of frustration or boredom. Those that can dps stay quiet and instead go dps. Being a tank is boring and thankless. It is one    Terrible design and gameplay choices killed off a promising game with a great world and nice engine.

    You can spend days trying to get a group together and it is likely they will be trying something they have no chance of doing because the competent tanks quit out of frustration or boredom. Those that can dps stay quiet and instead go dps. Being a tank is boring and thankless. It is one of 2 classes that cant participate in PVP effectively because pvp has become so divergent that it is a separate game and dps, in comparison with tanks and healers are massively out of balance with them. So they become largely pve classes. But with no tanks, there is no pve and no groups. You can spend days waiting for nothing. Everyone is so bored with minute amount of end game content and the cheap and low effort repetitiveness of the same dungeons over and over and none more so than tanks (in particular) and healers. You could make other characters but the way they made the game is so badly designed that you need banks and banks full of equipment for equip one (Angry Earth Ward, Corruption Ward, Ancient Ward, Lost Ward and PVP if you aren't a tank or healer or just want to do it anyway. Trying managing that lot. It is bad enough for one, let alone two or three classes. So they managed to push enough tanks out that it is no longer viable at all and nothing left to do. It has been talked about for a year and they did nothing to stop it even as more and more left or respecced.

    Not region locking is huge. When you don't have any ability to communicate with anyone else it is making it feel like you are basically playing with bots. That is the number one flaw and it effects everything else.

    I love the world they created. It is amazing. I played a lot of hours but a lot of it I am just farming while watching netflix or amazon to be honest. Though it is nice to have it open and craft etc while doing something else. To be honest, it badly lacks content otherwise.

    On a gaming level. I have literally played almost every online MMO since everquest 1 beta onward and this is the most obviously class delineated pvp game since then. There are pvp classes, and those that are nerfed into oblivion. Unfortunately, several classes are really tedious to play because they are at a disadvantage in pvp (healer/tanks). Yet the game needs more healers and tanks to survive. Because they didn't fix this, getting groups is a real nightmare and I have been through three servers now because they merged following a server population crash. Every one of them you lose friends and concentrates the bot population and off service sellers.

    Massive amounts of different armour sets for each role you play. It is sheer hell and very quickly becomes unwieldy and boring to manage switching and endless managing of your various banks.

    Fortunately, though it takes a huge amount of time and grind, you could respec. ( Most just leave ). It is just generally a massively repetitive grinding experience.

    I do like the style and the graphics, big time. It is beautiful. The crafting is also very broad yet in some ways just not worth it for some skills (armourer). But the content was designed by folk without seemingly understanding how normal people might engage with it or appreciate a forced and tedious grind without new things to do in the end.

    PvP is a stun locking affair and in the main, it is as much down to which class you are and whether you kept up to date with the youtube and so on sites telling you what the current meta is. The focus on ranged is an obvious one and it is disappointing that they don't seem to get that this is a problem as old as Everquest 1!.
    It begins with creating the right sort of build and gear and understanding the skills and builds you are likely to be fighting. But it is not very rewarding in practical terms either, so pvp feels a bit pointless half the time as it is a side show and limited by class and the very repetitive and unrewarding battlegrounds. It's almost like 2 separate games.    … Expand
  5. brokencinho
    Dec 21, 2022
    0
    Literalmente el peor MMORPG que probe mas de 50hs jugando, aclanzas el max lv, fue monotono los pesonajes no pueden "nadar" wtf? No lo recomiendo.
  6. Samfortal14
    Nov 18, 2022
    1
    Game is good but the game is suffering with hacks and bots since release and they keep ignoring the issues. They have money but they don't hire a security Dev to fix the game.
  7. JaredRex
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    It's Oct 2022. The game still has server queue issues DAILY.
    I now have to wait 3-4 hours just to play it.
    And they don't provide you with a free token to move your character to a less populated server.
    So if you buy this you might not be able to enjoy it
  8. Spaceisfake
    Sep 24, 2022
    1
    This game is a wonky coded bad joke, don't expect much from their customer support either.

    A couple of days ago they literally permabanned my girlfriend and she asked me for help to resolve it with their customer support. This issue seemed simple enough... All she did was trade a friend a small unimportant amount of gold and because of this games janky amateur code it got duped, Their    This game is a wonky coded bad joke, don't expect much from their customer support either.

    A couple of days ago they literally permabanned my girlfriend and she asked me for help to resolve it with their customer support. This issue seemed simple enough... All she did was trade a friend a small unimportant amount of gold and because of this games janky amateur code it got duped, Their customer support is either a bot or a halfwit who refuse to watch the gamelog , or do even the simplest form of investigation whatsoever and just throws standard form messages back to a player who invested more than 4000 hours in the game and had to audacity to run into a random bug.

    Now, because they refuse to watch the gamelog, which would show this is a case of two people making a minor one time trade and then writing each other about their confusion. They decided to lump her into the group of exploiters who make economy crashing amounts of currency as a continuous strategy.

    GG, save yourself some headache and play something different.    … Expand
  9. R3volTzZ
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Filas enormes na America do Sul....
    COMO QUE A AMAZON NÃO TEM IDEIA DO TAMANHO DA AMERICA DO SUL?????
    Crash, Falhas de conexão e dentre outros são comuns durante o jogo... Você entra no game e tem que esperar na fila ai quando finalmente esta no jogo ele da algum problema e te desloga, ai tu volta pra fila novamente e CADA VEZ MAIS LONGA.... É um ótimo jogo, pena estar nas mãos da    Filas enormes na America do Sul....
    COMO QUE A AMAZON NÃO TEM IDEIA DO TAMANHO DA AMERICA DO SUL?????
    Crash, Falhas de conexão e dentre outros são comuns durante o jogo...
    Você entra no game e tem que esperar na fila ai quando finalmente esta no jogo ele da algum problema e te desloga, ai tu volta pra fila novamente e CADA VEZ MAIS LONGA....
    É um ótimo jogo, pena estar nas mãos da Amazon....    … Expand
  10. gamgam
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    Bad PvP. Bad PvE. Broken bans. Also, come on, it's Amazon trying to break into the gaming arena. GL after this Amazon; the public no longer trusts you.
  11. Thorgon
    Jun 11, 2022
    0
    Game in on death bed, bugs, lag, desync, item and money duplication, weapon balance keeps getting worse with every patch, they say they fixed thousands of bugs but with each patch, thousands more are added... I have uninstalled and the game and will never touch it again.
  12. Drama1337
    May 25, 2022
    1
    This game is completely copy of albion online
    the fight system is stolen from TESO
    I got banned just for being Russian
    awful experience
  13. 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.
  14. Ukmanimal
    Apr 19, 2022
    2
    Fate has summoned you to the shores of Aeternum, the Eternal Isle. Overcome the brutal legions of The Corrupted and draw battle lines with competing players in this land of danger and opportunity. JUST SAVE YOUR MONEY GUYS DONT BOTHER DEAD GAME ALREADY !!
  15. Hayhaka
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    In testing most of us realized the game would get a lot of sales because of the name Amazon. Most folks would get bored quickly though.

    The game is beautiful. It lacks content, variety, anything novel or any real story. I got the impression the big decisions were made for money reasons by business people who never were gamers. Very little variety of mobs. Very little variety of quests.    In testing most of us realized the game would get a lot of sales because of the name Amazon. Most folks would get bored quickly though.

    The game is beautiful. It lacks content, variety, anything novel or any real story. I got the impression the big decisions were made for money reasons by business people who never were gamers. Very little variety of mobs. Very little variety of quests. Very limited story. Other than looks it has nothing to recommend it. If the game had been made by a less woke and more experienced game making company the idea may have turned into something decent. Amazon should stick to delivering products to consumers and especially it's Kindle books. Books are it's roots and what it is good at if it keeps it's political views out of it. Consumer items to deliver is an extension of the expertise delivering books prior to Kindle. Gaming is a whole different business and their corporate business folks know nothing about how to do that well and don't seem to care. All they care about is extracting money and pushing far left politics.    … Expand
  16. nervbold
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    It's a scam! It really is that simple. They released a game that was not ready to be released
  17. dafunkk
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    If you look at the majority of the negative reviews, they're from people complaining *ON LAUNCH DAY* about long queue times. Smh... I'm not sure what people expected.

    Great graphics, fun combat, some room for improvement in the enemy variety and A.I. but bear in mind, the game has been out about a week. The gathering and crafting is incredibly addictive. The PvP is a BLAST. The ability    If you look at the majority of the negative reviews, they're from people complaining *ON LAUNCH DAY* about long queue times. Smh... I'm not sure what people expected.

    Great graphics, fun combat, some room for improvement in the enemy variety and A.I. but bear in mind, the game has been out about a week. The gathering and crafting is incredibly addictive. The PvP is a BLAST. The ability to truly build your own character is second to none in the MMO market. A bit lacking in endgame content from what I've heard (that's what you get for racing to endgame in a new MMO...) and the leveling content is a bit too repetitive. While this is a drawback, it's hardly noticeable if you let yourself explore, gather, craft, fight over territory in PvP and spend time making some friends.

    Not the greatest game of all time, definitely the best looking MMO since FF14 1.0, best combat in an MMO for sure (unless you like Korean MMOs in which case you may prefer BDO). If you've ever played Albion, this is a lot like a beautiful, improved and more fun version of that, played from a 3rd person perspective rather than isometric.

    Several months later: This game sucks, every update breaks stuff, the economy is ruined, the crafting is pointless, the gathering is ruined (thank you bots and thank you AGS for not caring at all)... This game is awful. I did get about 80 hours out of it, but it's an MMO. I don't feel like I got 80 hours of fun for $40, I feel like I wasted 80 hours *and* $40.

    1/10, horrible awful game with great graphics and amazing sound design. An absolute joke. AGS should never, ever make another game. Ever.    … Expand
  18. Sneedjik
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    I play many hours in this game, i hope that bugs will be fixed, that they will add new content MUCH MORE OFTEN. They will make rewarding open world pvp. They will ban cheaters and bots and dupers forever.

    BUT NO!
  19. honellal
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    Shocking game. Not playing is the way to save time.
    There are so many alternatives.
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. caemenium
    Dec 31, 2021
    1
    I'm afraid one of the worst game engines you can even see is going to be end of this game. Unbelievable exploits, high latency, zero weapon/gear balance etc.
  25. urieaal
    Dec 30, 2021
    3
    game is alright till you want to craft or really do end game.

    the time sinks are just too many and too much. crafting is my biggest gripe and the lack of end game pvp and pve.

    i dont like how they did crafting. need t1 to make t2 and t1 and t2 to make t3 stuff f-ing lazy and stupid.
    its like a farming sim instead of an actual mmo.
  26. 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
  27. Dan9el99
    Dec 27, 2021
    4
    Dieses MMORPG sieht zwar schön aus und hat ein spannendes Konzept, aber das Gameplay und die Missionen sind mittelmäßig. Viele Quests sind repetitive und bleiben auf Dauer langweilig. Es wird das Grundkonzept eines MMOs verfehlt, da die Langzeitmotivation außen vor bleibt (4/10).
  28. electric555
    Dec 26, 2021
    3
    Худшая ММОРПГ в которую я играл! Столько хайпа было а игре буквально все плохо. Оптимизация стала чуть лучше но на релизе было отвратительно! Я мучался от синих экранов и 30 фпс с учетом того что у меня хороший компьютер! Скучные квесты (убей 10, открой 5, собери 5) и это все квесты в игре! Сюжета нет вообще! Лор где-то там в записках, я что в соулсы играю?? Геймплей 3 кнопки в ММО!Худшая ММОРПГ в которую я играл! Столько хайпа было а игре буквально все плохо. Оптимизация стала чуть лучше но на релизе было отвратительно! Я мучался от синих экранов и 30 фпс с учетом того что у меня хороший компьютер! Скучные квесты (убей 10, открой 5, собери 5) и это все квесты в игре! Сюжета нет вообще! Лор где-то там в записках, я что в соулсы играю?? Геймплей 3 кнопки в ММО! серьезно? Нет хайэнда! Но это еще все припудрено кучей багов, эксплоитов и дюперов! Разрабы вообще не понимают как развивать игру и как ее починить! Профы просто забей, не ведитесь на ревью тех кто хвалит профы... Они бесполезны. Я закрыл весь контент без проф… Expand
  29. 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
  30. 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.
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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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