New World

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  1. Chad_Xavieh
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Pre-alpha released for 40€ with so many bugs. I hold ingame while my mates kept leaving the game because I had hope in its potential.
    I got banned for no reason, appealed the ban and a machine answered back 4 following times. After appealing through Amazon directly supported by an Amazon employee that re-directed me to a New World's employee, they reviewed my case and lifted my ban:    Pre-alpha released for 40€ with so many bugs. I hold ingame while my mates kept leaving the game because I had hope in its potential.
    I got banned for no reason, appealed the ban and a machine answered back 4 following times. After appealing through Amazon directly supported by an Amazon employee that re-directed me to a New World's employee, they reviewed my case and lifted my ban: aparently I was gathering nodes too fast.

    One of my friends got banned after spending like 200$ in skins just because he used the Tradepost to buy stuff. He doesn't have an answer on his request yet.

    I had hope in this game; I am afraid of playing it as I have seen so many people getting falsely banned; farming too fast, using the outpost or just getting randomly reported.

    A nonsense. I'm just quitting this and I don't recommend you to spend a single minute nor $ on this game.    … Expand
  2. Vinxek
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    This game should be free to play and not buy to play. The game is generic at best, same enemies, same quests. NPC are dull nothing special. It's not worth the money. Play anything else instead.
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. jarvitom
    Nov 15, 2021
    6
    I expected something more from Amazon, graphics and design are 10/10 but the gameplay is lacking much, quests are very repetitive, combat could be OK but it gets repetitive because of few skills.
  6. pjfry
    Nov 14, 2021
    9
    I like New World. I have played many MMOs that are available but also returned to WoW, until now. After starting with New World I had the same Feeling years ago with WoW. Now I have quit WoW and only play New World. There i so much potential in this game and I hope the devs will continue to make this game even more great!
  7. SuperGandolf
    Nov 14, 2021
    10
    Frequent patches, responsive developers in the forums. Games not perfect but I got 200 hours in, and I am looking foreword to more.
  8. darkhole96
    Nov 13, 2021
    5
    was fun for like 2 weeks, but everything quickly gets repetitive with no fun content to keep you going once you hit around level 40. needed more work before being released
  9. GabriMH19
    Nov 13, 2021
    7
    - NEW WORLD -

    Ambientación --> 8 Escenarios --> 8 Narrativa --> 6 Personajes --> 5 Dificultad --> 5 Jugabilidad --> 7 Mecánicas --> 7 Gráficos --> 6 Innovación --> 6 Contenido --> 8 Errores o bugs --> 8 Plano artístico --> 7 - TIPS - Habiendo dedicado en torno a las 40 horas al juego. He de decir que he dejado de jugar por falta de interés en la progresión del mismo y por    - NEW WORLD -

    Ambientación --> 8 Escenarios --> 8
    Narrativa --> 6 Personajes --> 5
    Dificultad --> 5 Jugabilidad --> 7
    Mecánicas --> 7 Gráficos --> 6
    Innovación --> 6 Contenido --> 8
    Errores o bugs --> 8 Plano artístico --> 7

    - TIPS -
    Habiendo dedicado en torno a las 40 horas al juego. He de decir que he dejado de jugar por falta de interés en la progresión del mismo y por una sensación abrumadora de repetición constante en torno a la actividades y misiones que el juego te plantea. Le falta muchísima variedad sobre todo a las misiones principales y secundarias que se dan. Y creo que Amazon Games no esta intentando mejorar y procurar que los jugadores de New World prosperen en el juego. Mas bien se vuelve un videojuego aburrido y en el cual te notas con pocas ganas de seguir subiendo nivel e intentar progresar en el mismo. Creo que con un poco mas de mimo y escuchando a la comunidad podrían haber conseguido que tanto la comunidad como en mi caso no abandonásemos el juego. Pero al parecer no ha sido el caso a pesar que el tiempo que he dedicado lo he disfrutado.    … Expand
  10. JinxterMeta
    Nov 12, 2021
    4
    Beautiful, but untimely shallow, and boring copy/paste of various assets and quests.
  11. 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
  12. WandererTheLost
    Nov 10, 2021
    2
    In this PvP game, you will find that you have to sink about 100 hours in to try their unbalanced PvP. You can't really play it in any meaningful way until level 60 (the max level) and even then unless you want to sign up with a company plan on only doing half of it as the wars are only for them. Enjoy a game that they say is not client side but up until recently allowed duping andIn this PvP game, you will find that you have to sink about 100 hours in to try their unbalanced PvP. You can't really play it in any meaningful way until level 60 (the max level) and even then unless you want to sign up with a company plan on only doing half of it as the wars are only for them. Enjoy a game that they say is not client side but up until recently allowed duping and invulnerability by putting the game into windowed mode and just slightly moving the screen. Have fun cutting down literally tens of thousands of trees to level your lumber jacking skill to have a crafting system that is only important end game. There is no reasonable way to make any gear as you level up as the materials are so rare the the skills level so slowly in comparison to your rate of growth that you will just buy gear or find it off mobs. Take a look through all the different armors and builds you can choose from and then only use heavy armor because the damage buff you get from light armor doesn't scale faster then the armor growth. The healing buff from light armor actually just doesn't work either. Play through the story with any character you want but know if you choose anything but the high DPS weapons you will do it way slower. Still not a problem till you get to a story mission that is a boss locked behind a wall that no one but people with the quest can pass. Once again not a problem except that he constantly heals. I hope you are not playing solo healer as you physically can't deal enough damage to kill him.

    TLDR: So if a game where you can't play the unbalanced PvP until you get to max level, there is no armors viable except heavy, and you want to spend literally hundreds of hours doing menial gathering to get to the point it is usable, then this is the game for you.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. XramLC
    Nov 9, 2021
    5
    I've played all the betas and pre ordered the game but I'm kinda disappointed. There is no weather system, character creation is a joke, you can't start the game with your friends (and even if you meet with them, you can't do the initial quests on other starting areas...), the grind starts real soon. There are good things, graphics are awesome (not the characters tho), combat is nice, theI've played all the betas and pre ordered the game but I'm kinda disappointed. There is no weather system, character creation is a joke, you can't start the game with your friends (and even if you meet with them, you can't do the initial quests on other starting areas...), the grind starts real soon. There are good things, graphics are awesome (not the characters tho), combat is nice, the classless system. The only real advantage is that you only pay once (there are microtransactions, but mostly cosmetic), there's no subscription, but I would wait for a sale to buy it.

    Edit: I have now reached lvl 60 and I have to say... it's not worth it. Craft is a huge GRIND, leveling is boring because all you do is run around, doing the same quests, at the same places, full of bugs (some of them gamebreaking), almost no PvE content (I don't know about PvP as I don't care about it), ugly gear (even the skins sold at the store) and the population has dropped 70% or more from day one. I am only giving it a five because I still think the combat is innovative and the graphics are awesome.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. GrosBof
    Nov 8, 2021
    2
    Alright gameplay at first and solid graphics. Advanced gameplay is broken.
    Pvp is broken. Quests are broken. Cities are broken. Story is broken. Groups are broken. Weapons are broken. Skills are broken. Interactions with the world are broken. Areas are broken. Dungeons are broken. The economy is broken. Crafting is broken. Housing is broken. Stuffing is broken. Gathering is broken.    Alright gameplay at first and solid graphics. Advanced gameplay is broken.
    Pvp is broken. Quests are broken. Cities are broken. Story is broken. Groups are broken. Weapons are broken. Skills are broken. Interactions with the world are broken. Areas are broken. Dungeons are broken. The economy is broken. Crafting is broken. Housing is broken. Stuffing is broken. Gathering is broken. Playing with friends is broken.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. Yozbick
    Nov 6, 2021
    8
    The distinct lack of new MMOs makes New World one of the better massively multiplayer games to come online in recent years.

    That's not to say it's a great game. But it's good enough to be diverting for a while. And in this environment, that's enough to give it an 8 instead of a 5 or 6 that it would earn in direct competition with MMOs that have been out for a decade or more. What's    The distinct lack of new MMOs makes New World one of the better massively multiplayer games to come online in recent years.

    That's not to say it's a great game. But it's good enough to be diverting for a while. And in this environment, that's enough to give it an 8 instead of a 5 or 6 that it would earn in direct competition with MMOs that have been out for a decade or more.

    What's good about New World?

    First, it has a top notch gathering/craft system that makes travel/exploration worthwhile. New World is one of the few MMOs where you can walk out of town, chop down a forest, cut it into lumber, then craft some weapons or furniture from it. Overall, I've found this part of the game to be quite enjoyable and probably the only genuinely unique thing about New World.

    The weapons/combat system is solidly engaging. Actives/passives are based off of the type of weapons you use and your choices of specialization. It's got a lot of room for expansion and fine-tuning, but it's pretty good as is.

    Travel is slow. A lot of folks complain about the lack of mounts and the Azoth (resource) cost of fast travel. As I said before though, the gathering aspect of the game makes this palatable. If you're picky on your gathering, you're not going to enjoy the travel though. If you gather, make sure you have the +Azoth chance perk on your tools and, combined with your Inn and a house or two, Fast Travel won't be so bad,

    The quests are typical. Go kill mobs and/or loot their chests for quest items. Nothing new or surprising the whole way through. Stay in your level range +/- 3 and it's all fairly easy to solo without reading the text or really having to think about anything other than efficient travel.

    For me, the biggest flaw of the game is that it doesn't really change. From your first 10 levels to your last 10 levels, you're fighting the same few NPCs -- boars, bears, wolves, bobcats, cougars, crocodiles and a surprisingly limited variety of undead pirates.

    I guess you could toss in rabbits, buffalo, goats, sheep, elk and turkeys too. But all those are really just there to be hunted as they wander around. Rabbits and turkeys are one-shot kills at every level, so you can't even really count them at all.

    I'd say the game has roughly a dozen distinct fighting enemies from beginning to end. Only the names and levels change. That was a problem with Dark Age of Camelot when it released in 2002. But New World makes that game seem like a living Monster Manual by comparison.

    At Level 1 you're killing boars and undead pirates with your wooden sword. At high levels, you're killing boars and undead pirates with a legendary weapon that doesn't look or feel much different. Your armor has improved, but it's probably not all that striking either. You can dye it, but the colors don't really pop enough to make that exciting. And no matter what you do to look good, you'll be outdone by a low level who just paid for the visuals

    In the end, we're left with a leveling trip that was fun enough, especially when no one seems interested in launching big MMOs anymore. But it's not the kind of fun that really makes players excited to do it all again.    … Expand
  20. Orrinshire
    Nov 6, 2021
    7
    The world-building of this game has a lot of potential and I'm very excited to see it being fulfilled over the course of this game's existence. However, the game has various QoL issues that needs to be addressed and a proper goal to be set for the players to work upon. Right now it is mostly about simply levelling our characters, preferred weapons, farming for resources and making gears orThe world-building of this game has a lot of potential and I'm very excited to see it being fulfilled over the course of this game's existence. However, the game has various QoL issues that needs to be addressed and a proper goal to be set for the players to work upon. Right now it is mostly about simply levelling our characters, preferred weapons, farming for resources and making gears or other craft-able items (including house items) for general purposes. In terms of PVE, there's expeditions and corrupted enemy in the open world and in PVP there's territory control for faction vs faction and guild or opt-in duelling. As of yet; there's no proper endgame activity in sight. Hopefully, that will change soon.… Expand
  21. 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.
  22. 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
  23. 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 ...
  24. 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
  25. 2random
    Nov 3, 2021
    1
    The game is perfect for those who like writing cheats, hacking around network code, finding exploits and abusing bugs.
    People were cheating for weeks, getting like 1bln coins, maxing out all their skills, getting the best gear, obliterating everyone in pvp and capturing all the cities. And all of this resulted in getting a temporary 24h ban.
    There are exploits for everything: duping    The game is perfect for those who like writing cheats, hacking around network code, finding exploits and abusing bugs.
    People were cheating for weeks, getting like 1bln coins, maxing out all their skills, getting the best gear, obliterating everyone in pvp and capturing all the cities. And all of this resulted in getting a temporary 24h ban.
    There are exploits for everything: duping gold, invulnerability, enormous weapon damage, instant skill cooldowns, instant healing, etc.
    If you're into cheating, this game is for you. If you're extremely unlucky, in the worst case scenario (you run a twitch stream while using an exploit), you might get banned... for a day or two, just to come back and continue to abuse exploits.
    Anyway, let's get to the gameplay.
    - Character creator. It's just non existent. There are like 2 body types, 10 faces and 10 hair styles to choose from. And that's it! There's no way to change race, height, hair length, voice or boob size. To be fair you'll be wearing armor and helmets so you wouldn't even see your character that much.
    - Hair animations are not there. The hair is just stuck to the head. It will go right through theirs helmet and body, so the bolder- the better.
    - No swimming. There is none. The character will just walk under water until they die.
    - No mounts. Lets say, there's a quest on the other side of the map. You'll have to run there on foot for like 20 minutes of real time. It's good for pvp- there is no way a raid would just warp behind your back, and you can just control all roads to the city. I'd totally love to have some kind of mount just to move faster.
    - Fast travel is... weird. You can warp to any city once per hour. You can also walk into the teleport and warp anywhere by spending a specific type of currency that's also needed to improve crafting results. It's either you teleport once a day, or you craft like 10 great items.
    - PVP factions system. It feels rather dated. There are like 6 repetitive quests u can do to get some gear and ranks. You can also fight for castles... but u can't unless you're in top 50 pvp in your faction. So, most likely, you will never get to play huge scale pvp. Oh, and there is no equalizing of factions. So, everyone just joins 1 faction and the other two are outnumbered like 10 to 1. Anyway, I've cooperated with random guys, joined a group and did get some frags.
    - Guilds. There seems to be no way to apply for a guild unless you create your own, or yell in chat and get invited... They didn't let me join, so there's not much I can say about it.
    - Crafting. I like it. You got to spend hours running around chopping wood, fishing, hunting and collecting herbs. Then you just come back into town and craft the hell out of it. Lotsa components are interchangeable, so you will be able to craft a ton of stuff at once.
    - Classes. There are no classes, and that's great! You can pick up any weapon you want and just use it. The more enemies you kill- the better you get. You unlock skills and perks of a specific weapon. There are 2 sets of weapons you can carry simultaneously. So, you can shoot enemies with a gun, and switch to shield and sword when they get close. Oh, and armor is fully independent. One can create a heavy armored close combat healer. Skill cooldowns are rather long (about 20s), so you can switch between weapons and use skills from both. There are only 3 skill slots per weapon, but it's not a big deal. Combat is still fun- you have to aim, block and evade, not just press LMB to win.
    - Optimization. The game is running at around 144fps on a 3080, all settings maxed out. In towns, when there are like 100 players running around on screen, it drops to about 80fps. And the game looks absolutely awesome!
    - There seems to be no way to sell stuff to NPCs, only to players.

    All in all, New World is fun to play. It might not have the best character creator or the best quests, but the gameplay is good. It offers a ton of stuff to do. You wouldn't be running around talking to NPCs and reading some boring dialogues for 3 months like in FF14. Though I hope they'll add some stuff to polish the game here and there. And once you beat the game and get bored of pointless farming (took me about 3 weeks), you can just turn on one of hundreds exploits out there and start hacking with no risk of getting banned. Just cause that's what everyone does.    … Expand
  26. 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.
  27. VeryCriticUser
    Nov 2, 2021
    5
    I spent 300 hours more o less and i can say the game is full of game breaking bugs,items dupe exploits,gold dupe exploits,PVP invincibility exploit,half of the spell/abilities for the weapons aren't working properly,equip stats are a joke,animation cancels make you deal 4 times the damage,what else? Overall decent graphics,gathering is well made and addictive but besides that there is lotsI spent 300 hours more o less and i can say the game is full of game breaking bugs,items dupe exploits,gold dupe exploits,PVP invincibility exploit,half of the spell/abilities for the weapons aren't working properly,equip stats are a joke,animation cancels make you deal 4 times the damage,what else? Overall decent graphics,gathering is well made and addictive but besides that there is lots of work to do.It has potential but as the "new" industry standard is an unfinished product released with tons of issues.… Expand
  28. Adenila
    Nov 2, 2021
    10
    So many things done right in this game. Huge variation in things to do when leveling up. PvE and crafting (2 things i swore never to grind again in an mmo) is actually quite enjoyable. Time will tell if endgame PvP can sustain the game longterm.
  29. Lavick
    Nov 1, 2021
    0
    This game has so many bugs and exploits. AGS fixes one bug and 3 more pop up. Right now all trading, including the market place is closed down due to ANOTHER gold duping bug.
  30. CallOfTheVoid88
    Nov 1, 2021
    5
    The game is ok, it doesn't really do much new. MMO with a more traditional RPG combat system
  31. Ximaloc
    Nov 1, 2021
    8
    It ist the MMO i Ask for. The Combatsystem ist smooth and challenging and Not that generic "Log in Tltarget and press your 238 Keys and macros".
    Te world is coherent. The game only lags in variety in Monster and Questdesign.
  32. 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.
  33. Turpino
    Oct 30, 2021
    0
    This game is a joke. I would call it almost a fraud. It's unfinished and super buged. Boring as hell. Where is the story? No story. Nothing in there, what was promised before release. Watch out, don't buy this. And what is that you people giving a 10? Do they pay you? Ridicolous.
  34. Jrdp
    Oct 29, 2021
    0
    Broken mmo with cheatable client mechanics (invulnerability cheat im looking to you), almost zero working end game content and horrendous development team that broke 5x more things on path that they solve.
  35. 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
  36. SnackingSlizzy
    Oct 29, 2021
    5
    New world has a great foundation but feels like it was made with no heart or maybe by someone who has never put real time into an mmo?

    PROS: Game looks great. The environment is pretty cool most of the time. The gathering/crafting is excellent and the combat (when it works) is "good". The structured pvp is decent but the open world pvp leaves much to be desired. Thats about all I have    New world has a great foundation but feels like it was made with no heart or maybe by someone who has never put real time into an mmo?

    PROS:
    Game looks great. The environment is pretty cool most of the time. The gathering/crafting is excellent and the combat (when it works) is "good". The structured pvp is decent but the open world pvp leaves much to be desired. Thats about all I have to say about the good stuff....

    CONS:
    The questing is AWFUL and padded as all hell. ZERO writing effort. Again, ZERO heart into the questing and story!!! The enemies almost all look the same and there are a billion reused assets. Most of the towns look they same but the unique ones are pretty cool. Open world pvp is spotty. Its just people toggling it for 10% exp and constantly getting 1 shot or one shotting others. I wont complain about the bugs because they seem to be slowly ironing those out.

    overall the game feels like it has a good base. The things they did right are good. However, they really missed the mark on world building, lore/story, any semblance of uniqueness at all etc. It just doesn't feel like the game has any heart. 286.6 hours in according to steam and Ive really just been forcing myself to play the last 150+ hours. Im just not having a good time.    … Expand
  37. 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
  38. ZeroNova
    Oct 24, 2021
    1
    It's severely lacking in content, it's completely lacking in optimization, there's too many glitches to list (and when they try to fix them they tend to break things in the process), promises are not being kept by the developers, the quest design is archaic and formulaic, and overall the game is way too heavy on the grind for its own good.

    Simply put, it's a broken, unoptimized, boring,    It's severely lacking in content, it's completely lacking in optimization, there's too many glitches to list (and when they try to fix them they tend to break things in the process), promises are not being kept by the developers, the quest design is archaic and formulaic, and overall the game is way too heavy on the grind for its own good.

    Simply put, it's a broken, unoptimized, boring, and grindy game.    … Expand
  39. Maou6
    Oct 24, 2021
    3
    - TL;DR - New World (right now) is like living with a girlfriend that looks very hot (great graphic) but cheats on you and even tells you sometimes (broken, buggy, exploitable) not to see your reaction but just because it's too obvious for her to try to hide anymore.

    Been putting in more than a 100hrs, not gonna say I didn't had fun for a while but MMOs are about constant progression,    - TL;DR - New World (right now) is like living with a girlfriend that looks very hot (great graphic) but cheats on you and even tells you sometimes (broken, buggy, exploitable) not to see your reaction but just because it's too obvious for her to try to hide anymore.

    Been putting in more than a 100hrs, not gonna say I didn't had fun for a while but MMOs are about constant progression, sense of purpose and growth in a digital world, but right now there's none of those things.

    Economy (and with it all that concerns gathering because all materials are procured by the players) in itself should be at the basis of New World, as well as gathering, doesn't matter tho when there's a Gold exploit that makes it irrelevant.
    PvP would be another pillar of New World if it wasn't for another exploits that Everyone that wants to win uses (not gonna go into details you can pick that up for yourself) and I'm not talking about duels and stuff, altho you could use it there too, but mainly the big guild vs guild wars in the endgame. And I believe up till now AGS haven't even addressed it.

    This is just the tip of the iceberg btw, not gonna bother list all the problems this game has right now, and besides 5k characters would probably not be enough.

    Before I said I had fun, where was the fun had you ask? When you put some music or podcast in the background and go gathering and questing and you're none the wiser to these problems, but what would that make people? Mindless drones that AGS is all too happy to squeeze dry to boost the game popularity and their wallets. I've been there and I regret it. And I genuinely wanted this game to be good and to have fun but this is insulting.

    If you want to turn your brain off and go up to Lv 60 be it via questing, gathering or whatever it's perfectly fine, get back your moneys worth, but Right Now, it would be pointless. Because the economy and the game itself is so broken that only a rollback to the servers would fix things But, there's a lot of servers and a loot of people playing in all of them right now and I don't think they'd ever bother with it, they made their money already.

    Maybe changes will come, maybe not, maybe the game will survive, maybe not, but RN, maybe just get to Lv 60 as I did and uninstall and Hopefully, one day it'll make sense to play it.    … Expand
  40. Decawliss
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    This game is soooo boring. You have 3 skills which you unlock at level 3, fight the same monsters over and over, the grinding is horrible (coming from someone who played wow for years and used to have fun mining and gathering mats) The fighting is clunky. When you die your item break even the items that are in your inventory, unequipped, and even in PVP. Save your money don't buy thisThis game is soooo boring. You have 3 skills which you unlock at level 3, fight the same monsters over and over, the grinding is horrible (coming from someone who played wow for years and used to have fun mining and gathering mats) The fighting is clunky. When you die your item break even the items that are in your inventory, unequipped, and even in PVP. Save your money don't buy this garbage. It will be fun for 5 hours then you realize you just wasted your time and money. Screw Amazon Games. They should keep to selling cheap made in china products, Oh wait that's exactly what this game feels like.… Expand
  41. FreyaStoneee
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    WRC 10 Game Review
    WRC 10 was released several days earlier and is the latest in the long-running gathering series. That is never exceptionally sorted out some way to fight with more reasonable games like Dirt Rally, atleast as yet.
  42. asES
    Oct 23, 2021
    10
    Nice new world worth playing. Having a blast so far in this gorgeous enviorment.
  43. Fleshharrower
    Oct 23, 2021
    3
    New World is fun for about your first ten hours as you gain new abilities and start to discover the world. However, you quickly realize that they are hiding a lack of content by sending you out on quests that both have a faraway goal and a faraway turn in point. Combat also quickly devolves to using the same rotation for all of the enemies.
  44. WAew
    Oct 23, 2021
    10
    Nice game. Like others said, it needs some more content and things players can collect, like mounts for example, but it has a good foundation.
  45. Francofv
    Oct 22, 2021
    9
    New World esta a otro nivel, Uno de los mejores MMORPG de los últimos tiempos
  46. 2425
    Oct 21, 2021
    1
    This game has absolutely no direction.
    People still playing this must be on copium.
  47. 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.
  48. Doomka
    Oct 21, 2021
    0
    Game has auto ban system. If you think people get banned for bad behavior in chat, you are compelely wrong. You will get banned just for passing by someone who is from opposite fraction, or gathering a resource before someone else. Anyone can report you without any avidence and you will receive a ban for days. Please throw away your 40$ and get banned after 2 days of playing.

    Yes, you    Game has auto ban system. If you think people get banned for bad behavior in chat, you are compelely wrong. You will get banned just for passing by someone who is from opposite fraction, or gathering a resource before someone else. Anyone can report you without any avidence and you will receive a ban for days. Please throw away your 40$ and get banned after 2 days of playing.

    Yes, you can try to appeal your ban, to which you will receive an asnwer: "We understand that you realize your mistake and will not repeat it in future". When you have given all details for doing nothing wrong.    … Expand
  49. 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.
  50. 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
  51. 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.
  52. Sintax
    Oct 20, 2021
    3
    In short the game is shallow, boring and unenjoyable.

    Lets put New World into comparison with WoW when it was released ~17 years ago. WoW came with 14 playable races, 6 classes with each having around 30-45 abilities (Not counting the talent tree active abilities). Meanwhile New World is released with 1 race, 6 weapons (what you could count as classes) what each comes with ~ 6    In short the game is shallow, boring and unenjoyable.

    Lets put New World into comparison with WoW when it was released ~17 years ago. WoW came with 14 playable races, 6 classes with each having around 30-45 abilities (Not counting the talent tree active abilities). Meanwhile New World is released with 1 race, 6 weapons (what you could count as classes) what each comes with ~ 6 abilities. So basically in 2004 they released MMORPG with ~180 abilities and in 2021 they release game with 36 abilities in total.

    One could argue that more abilities doesn't nececeraly mean better game. In League of Legends (Ofc it is not a MMORPG) each character come with 4 abilities and still it is one of the most popular games. So you can see game doesn't need 36 abilities per character, but what it need is to abilities make game enjoyable and New World fails.

    There are few things that New World gets right- There is no timegating, no layering or instancing in zones. You actually have to aim with bows. You are stuck with one server, means people you see are there "forever" (obviously they can quit or buy server transfer). But these few thing aren't enough to outweigh something like boring gameplay or missing endgame. And these are big problems. More you play more you notice smaller problems like missing images, generic monsters that you see even after playing 100 hours.

    And as you play more you start to also see major flaws in concept. LIke if you joined later and you server is mostly done with leveling part it is hard to find players for dungeons. Because there is no need for alts, new players are more scarce and when there ain't much of a new players means there is lack of your level players to play with. Most people are running with PVP mode off, means you aren't going to get spontaneous PVP action in the world. Markets item prices are at minimum, because everyone can craft everything and those why most of the items lose their value.

    Fallout 76 was criticized for having no NPC. New World NPC's aren't anything special either. They act as just static points on map that just give you quests. Fallout 76 story was all on audiotapes and voiceacted, while New World story is in text. Fallout 76 had atleast one friendly NPC (wandering super mutant) that actually interacted with it's surrounding by attacking enemies. Meanwhile New World NPC's do nothing. Yet Fallout 76 called crap because of missing NPC, while New World, that has even worse NPC, get called "A good game".    … Expand
  53. 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.
  54. Manstrik
    Oct 20, 2021
    0
    If you ask me how to release a game which is gonna be worse I'll tell you that it's impossible because New world can't beat anyone. I'm 60 level and I tried kind of everything and I got 60 within 4 days due to a lot of time I had during my vacation. Lets move to my review. Everything you can imagine is broken and it isn't just combat system in general but each weapon and each stat likeIf you ask me how to release a game which is gonna be worse I'll tell you that it's impossible because New world can't beat anyone. I'm 60 level and I tried kind of everything and I got 60 within 4 days due to a lot of time I had during my vacation. Lets move to my review. Everything you can imagine is broken and it isn't just combat system in general but each weapon and each stat like strength that breaks your animations and you just can't play the game.. Same thing goes to anything(crafting, gathering). Immortal players on sieges, broken timers on sieges that prevent anyone to declare war on your city, interface that just lives on its own. I don't know.. this list of bugs is endless but you get the idea I assume. And moreover developers don't communicate with their community at all! They secretly fix some bugs and you just don't know which exactly were fixed. Europeans just over and over again ask amazon to not launch their maintenance during daytime but they don't listen to us and even don't give any respond!… Expand
  55. 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
  56. WRdssw
    Oct 19, 2021
    10
    Awesome game with an incredible epic world design. I'm looking forward for future content in new world.
  57. Zukias
    Oct 19, 2021
    4
    This game had me hooked to begin with. The graphics and hit-boxes are incredible. There are certainly some wow factors to this game, but in the end, that's all stuff that gets boring after a while. Once the honeymoon period of the game had ended for me, I started becoming really bored because there's very little to do, and everything is so repetitive. It's not a game that makes me want toThis game had me hooked to begin with. The graphics and hit-boxes are incredible. There are certainly some wow factors to this game, but in the end, that's all stuff that gets boring after a while. Once the honeymoon period of the game had ended for me, I started becoming really bored because there's very little to do, and everything is so repetitive. It's not a game that makes me want to come back for more.

    In summary, this game is great from a technical perspective, but below average in just about every other way. I believe it has potential, but right now it has a severe lack of variety and content.    … Expand
  58. PHDIKOULAS
    Oct 19, 2021
    0
    A game which you pay taxes made by a company that skips paying taxes xD

    That said keep your 40 bucks, it will be the best decision of your life. when it goes f2p you will see why and thank me

    Heres a 0 Jeff you earned it :D
  59. erenfrid
    Oct 19, 2021
    0
    We are not going to lie to each other this game looks like leaderprice albion.

    -graphically, it's pretty my no more. -pve quests is nothing, all the quests are alike will recover objects in the chests or kill X mobs and search the chests, the guy who did the quests must have been in depression in my opinion. -Dungeon you are given 3 keys per dungeon one via the main quest, which    We are not going to lie to each other this game looks like leaderprice albion.

    -graphically, it's pretty my no more.

    -pve quests is nothing, all the quests are alike will recover objects in the chests or kill X mobs and search the chests, the guy who did the quests must have been in depression in my opinion.

    -Dungeon you are given 3 keys per dungeon one via the main quest, which makes you want to open your veins and the other two via sidequest or farm the faults on the world map to farm resources and craft them.
    Level contained in the dungeons the void 10 see 15 min grand max, let's not talk about bosses a big joke.

    -PVP 50 with random selection of registered players except if a guild and tag it can kick registered players and choose its members.

    -The skills amazon did not look very far 3 skills max, two talent trees per weapon if you want a perfect build out of the ordinary forget everyone is playing the same thing.

    -Server bah that lag the servers are in total pick-up.
    Have you just purchased the game and your friends are on a locked server for new players? too bad you're going to have to play a solo mmo on your own, isn't it cool?

    -Bestiaire everything is similar even their attacks by their damage a bear that you will kill quite easily bah the second goes oneshoot limit ...
    -vocal system in play the worst system ever you enter a city either you go between a guy telling this thrilling life or hear the children crying you can turn it off and I highly recommend you.
    -Chat ingame you want by to a person next to you impossible there is no chat / say so everyone sees what you are saying.
    Or his flood as not possible and insults them from everywhere for nothing cat cancer ...

    I expected a lot from new world but frankly it should have stayed in beta and listened to the players a little more
    Okay, why does it attract a lot of players? Well the streamer and influencer in 1 or 2 months that he will leave you all for another game there will be more people.    … Expand
  60. McFlanders
    Oct 18, 2021
    3
    Fried a perfectly good Radon RX5700. have always been able to play graphic intense games on my pc. however after playing this game for 144 hrs. started with periodically crashs once every 2-4 hrs. then gaps tightened. reduced all settings. no over clocks no enhancements. only undervolting the gup. Due to New worlds insane power spikes 30-60 volt +. card can no longer run any games nowFried a perfectly good Radon RX5700. have always been able to play graphic intense games on my pc. however after playing this game for 144 hrs. started with periodically crashs once every 2-4 hrs. then gaps tightened. reduced all settings. no over clocks no enhancements. only undervolting the gup. Due to New worlds insane power spikes 30-60 volt +. card can no longer run any games now PERIOD. have plenty of pictures of the main board of the GPU.

    Now I Don't want everything in this review to be me just bashing the game, Because the time i did get in the game was really good. Really liked the game play, the grinding,combat system, graphics, as well as the over all the feel of the game. Made it to level 45 with a loads of skills. and nothing but excitement for high level expeditions, skull zones, and areas.
    i obviously liked the game or else i wouldn't have had 144hrs into the game..

    HOWEVER: Now if you asked if i would recommend this game i would have to say NO. Due to the fact that i cant guarantee anyone is safe to play this game without the risk of compromising/breaking their hardware. In a time that computer components are near impossible to come by and if you do find parts you are forced to pay double if not triple msrp. Due to scalpers.

    IN CONCLUSION: YES i enjoyed the game. just super frustrated to be forced to stop playing cold turkey. with no chance to even play other games on my computer anymore now.. so no i cant i clear conscience recommend a game that has claimed many number of cards. be it software from the game, or caused by the hardware. wherever the fingers get pointed. Unless we get a hook up on another GPU or find one at msrp. My time in NEW WORLD has come to an unfortunate abrupt close.

    Hardware Specs: Msi B450 tomahawk, Ryzen 5 3600x , Radeon Rx 5700, 32Gigs corsair Dominator platinum Ram 3600MHz, RMx Series™ RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Certified PSU,    … Expand
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. Petahmillo
    Oct 17, 2021
    3
    Very bland and generic. The combat is extremely bland, the world is boring, quests are boring, This game is bad.
  64. 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.
  65. Deaden
    Oct 16, 2021
    1
    Personally I didn't play the game but it left long enough impression on me by reading reviews an watching some streaming videos. Let's clear, It's kind of Sandbox PvP game. Yes, this game is build on sandbox for PvP purpose. Personally I look for feeling, deep story behind for a game. How we say.. is it a feeling? if it's no, the game is an impassive void. If there is not having anyPersonally I didn't play the game but it left long enough impression on me by reading reviews an watching some streaming videos. Let's clear, It's kind of Sandbox PvP game. Yes, this game is build on sandbox for PvP purpose. Personally I look for feeling, deep story behind for a game. How we say.. is it a feeling? if it's no, the game is an impassive void. If there is not having any bondable story, it's not an enthrallment but delusion.… Expand
  66. 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.
  67. stanleekubrick
    Oct 16, 2021
    0
    Absolutely boring, the pve system, quests, enemies, is repeat, repeat, repeat the same, walk and walk, and walk, same enviroment, same mobs, same 3d models recycled, very dissapointed.... uninstall
  68. 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.
  69. Dronnian
    Oct 15, 2021
    1
    Same thing over and over again. Same mobs. When you get aggro of'em they follow you like across the map. . Same quests. Even maps are similar. Example of how to ruin a promising game. It's like they forced a trainee to make this game.
  70. 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.
  71. D4vid
    Oct 15, 2021
    0
    Is this a mobile game? Customization is ridiculous, movements look like from 2010. Quests are repetitive and boring. Crafting is annoying and based on excessive farming
  72. 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.
  73. INUn
    Oct 14, 2021
    10
    Awesome game so far. I hope they will bring us a lot more to explore with new content.
  74. 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.
  75. Cumbuca
    Oct 14, 2021
    0
    Another 2021 generic MMORPG, nothing new.
    Poor fight mechanics, repetitive quests and content.
    Money and time waste, for free is expensive.
  76. 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.
  77. zenjorako
    Oct 14, 2021
    0
    does not have Russian localization
    There are languages Portuguese, French, Polish, but wait ... the Russian-speaking community has more than 300 million people and there is no Russian localization. Thank you, bought, looked, returned.
  78. 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.
  79. GREYLANCER
    Oct 13, 2021
    3
    This is not a good game . plain and simple. Its simply just not worth your time when there are so many better games in the genre out there . So first off i am not coming at this review from another games fanboy rage standpoint. In fact I was really excited to try a new modern MMO. Surely with the budget that Amazon has and decades of watching other MMO's succeed and fail to learn from,This is not a good game . plain and simple. Its simply just not worth your time when there are so many better games in the genre out there . So first off i am not coming at this review from another games fanboy rage standpoint. In fact I was really excited to try a new modern MMO. Surely with the budget that Amazon has and decades of watching other MMO's succeed and fail to learn from, this game should really advance the genre and add a bunch of new exciting features and gameplay mechanics. The answer is a solid no....it does none of that .

    New World is an empty shell of a game built by a committee fueled by hype and advertising and nothing more.

    Graphics- People always talk about how good this game looks, and as a 40 year old pc gaming veteran i can tell you its just ugly. Its a case of sprinkling glitter on a turd. Sadly i think that works for most people.
    The textures are boring ,blurry and low res. the poly models are decent at best and the environments are uninspired with zero diversity . I hope you like looking at forests for 300 hours. In all honesty it looks like an XBOX 360 game but with modern lighting and effects , and i think those lighting and effects tricks are what fool people into thinking the game looks good when it doesnt.

    Animations - The animations are maybe the worst offender here. They are so amature and laughably bad. Why does my character look like she is running at 30 miles and hour but only moving 7 miles and hour ? This is some loony toons level of nonsense. Jumping animations are terrible, combat animations are stiff and horrible , no swimming animations. I guess they just gave up at that point. Its all just Terrible.

    Music - Music is good.

    Story and Questing - This is more or less just non existent . So there isn't really any thing to say about it . If you like Extremely repetitive fetch quests and kill X and bring back X amount of something then you will love it . I think for most. Its another fail. Zero innovation here, and extremely boring.

    Combat - I dont even know what to say , Its just a floaty , un-impactful ,boring mess. Especially as a caster.

    PVP - Here we go something the game is good at finally right ? No. Its broken, and is plagued with exploits.

    Crafting - you know .... crafting is decent. Not groundbreaking or innovative. Just par for the course for a game like this .

    This game is terrible. I would have given it a lower score than a 3 but because of the fact that its a 40 dollar budget title with no sub, i felt i should at least give it a higher score. At the end of the day though i think for what you get 40 is still a bit steep when there are games out there that are much better for much cheaper or free. Wait for a massive sale this game will eventually have to have to retain some player base or just avoid it all together . Maybe in a year or two They can turn this broken mess of an application into something worth playing.    … Expand
  80. Pyrok
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    first long queues so you cant play a game, cant get a refund becaouse queue time was too long for steam to get a refund

    now 10h maintanence in eu prime time

    it would be acceptable for small indie comapany with like 1-10devs not multimilion company with thousents of servers, new tehnologies and other stuff amazon is doing
  81. malefo666
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    Queues, all-day patches (~100MB patch took ~10h), small world, nothing special, game will die in few months.
  82. 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
  83. Malgarios
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    The game is empty of content
    no races
    no tool to search group
    not assorted enemies
    no mounts
    no raids
    no world enemies
    simple story the game is unfinished wait at least 2 years to be playable
  84. inqus
    Oct 13, 2021
    1
    Провал года. По всем тестам было видно и понятно что будут огромные очереди ибо 2000 человек на сервер это очень мало. И за год НИЧЕГО не сделали с этим... А могли бы сделал сразу больше серверов и систему удержания места при вылете с сервера или из очереди.
    Обещали сделать трансферы, прошло 3 недели и ничего. Да и очереди уже пропали почти, люди массово бросают играть.
    Квесты так же    Провал года. По всем тестам было видно и понятно что будут огромные очереди ибо 2000 человек на сервер это очень мало. И за год НИЧЕГО не сделали с этим... А могли бы сделал сразу больше серверов и систему удержания места при вылете с сервера или из очереди.
    Обещали сделать трансферы, прошло 3 недели и ничего. Да и очереди уже пропали почти, люди массово бросают играть.
    Квесты так же рандомно разбросаны, в одно место можно по 5-6 раз сбегать и это очень сильно бесит.    … Expand
  85. Fallenlive
    Oct 12, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good day. I was playing everything was fine, there was a queue, I was happy. But suddenly the game stopped working "refreshed credentials already expired". I contacted the support service, where you need to wait 90 minutes to get help. After the recommendations of the "helper", I had to reboot. After that, wait again for up to 90 minutes to say what did not work and explain the problem again. This has been going on for a week now. The second time my problem is passed on to the developers. Nothing changes.… Expand
  86. jclink
    Oct 12, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really wanted to love this game- but ultimately I can't. I'm going to tell you what's good first so that I can get to my issues:

    GOOD:
    The world itself is absolutely stunning.
    The sound design is out of this world incredible.
    Gathering utilities and combat feels like it has weight behind it. (Actual impact)

    BAD:
    Questing is terribly repetitive and grindy
    What in the hell even is the character creator in this game? 2021 -- there is no excuse for this. Not only is the character creator bad- my character doesn't even look like the (One not hideous) face I selected when in game.
    Questing takes you back to the same locations over and over again.
    By level 20(ish) you've really seen everything the game has to offer for leveling PVE
    Toxic crowd- more than any MMO I've ever seen. Amazon Studios allows players to abuse the reporting system to target enemy factions before wars causing players to get banned right before a fwar.
    Craft grind is wildly inconsistent depending on where you spawn.
    Questing takes you a 20 minute run to a location to kill a group of mobs, to have you return, to have you go right back out to the same place and repeat the quest. Over. And. Over. And. Over. I've mentioned the quest repetition already, but this is more geared to the 20 minutes there and back that is required to do the questing.
    PVP: There is no real pvp outside of a war which most won't participate in. Open world is 100% opportunism on lower levels. Not fun, especially when... it's tied to a quest you're doing and PVP death automatically fails the mission causing you to have respawn, run 20 minutes back to get the quest, run back to the pvp quest location and try again. Not fun.

    Overall, this game is sloppy. Just not fun. And after two weeks of playing- I an honestly say I'm done.    … Expand
  87. Arcee7321
    Oct 12, 2021
    0
    Bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs and 0 content.

    Bugs from alpha, graphic bugs, translation bugs, animation bugs, no swimming animation (who the fck released this game in this state?). Bugs in quests.

    Zero content, you will farm materials and same mobs over and over and over again until you realise there is no real end game.
  88. disy94
    Oct 12, 2021
    0
    I can’t play with my friend in a mmo Coop game. Worst mmo right now, server with 2000 people
  89. 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.
  90. Dobermann917
    Oct 8, 2021
    5
    I found it a fun, rnjoyable, relaxing experience exploring the zones. Yes there are repeat rep quests that you encounter straight away. however it has some bonuses, it has more of a skill cap to killing monsters and players compsred to FFXIV and WoW as there is dodge/block + 2 wep and weapon ability. I look foward to the future of this MMO Reviews way too harsh, it is early days and II found it a fun, rnjoyable, relaxing experience exploring the zones. Yes there are repeat rep quests that you encounter straight away. however it has some bonuses, it has more of a skill cap to killing monsters and players compsred to FFXIV and WoW as there is dodge/block + 2 wep and weapon ability. I look foward to the future of this MMO Reviews way too harsh, it is early days and I think at its current state with updates coming in the future it is worth the £35. Do not rate a game 0 because of load queues on launch day I have played WoW and FFXIV to max level and have done endgame content.… Expand
  91. Nyel
    Oct 12, 2021
    0
    This game is a rushed copy & paste job from start to finish. The developers have no clue how to create and build an exciting and enticing game. All they did was copy and paste the same locations, enemies and quests over and over again and call it a day. PvE content in this game is laughably bad and lacking later on, PvP is completely unbalanced and makes no sense in lower levels, craftingThis game is a rushed copy & paste job from start to finish. The developers have no clue how to create and build an exciting and enticing game. All they did was copy and paste the same locations, enemies and quests over and over again and call it a day. PvE content in this game is laughably bad and lacking later on, PvP is completely unbalanced and makes no sense in lower levels, crafting is incredibly grindy. This game, even released in 2010, would feel outdated.… Expand
  92. Generalgameman
    Oct 11, 2021
    1
    One point! And that's being kind and only because it looks good and crafting is quite good. The gameplay is boring, the story is worse ("We've found an island, it's cursed, now go kill each other over who controls the towns!" ...yup, makes perfect sense!).
    Crafting is well done, and some gathering is very nicely made (Tree chopping & Fishing).
    PvE feels very rushed out the door, PvP is    One point! And that's being kind and only because it looks good and crafting is quite good. The gameplay is boring, the story is worse ("We've found an island, it's cursed, now go kill each other over who controls the towns!" ...yup, makes perfect sense!).
    Crafting is well done, and some gathering is very nicely made (Tree chopping & Fishing).
    PvE feels very rushed out the door, PvP is boring with no real drive/goal, dungeons are awful, and forget it if you liked playing as a healer in any other MMO as this game has the worst healing/targetting in any MMO I've ever seen.
    Add to this the total mess of a launch with mental queue times, players using other regions just to end up messing them up once their own opened. and a mountain of login issues.
    If this game (term used loosely) is still alive in 6 months time, then there is no hope for humanity (or future MMOs).
    [Link omitted per site rules]    … Expand
  93. Dragonfire14
    Oct 11, 2021
    6
    116 Hours in the game at the time of writing this review.

    New World came out for me during a time where I really needed a game to sink time into. It was almost the perfect game to come out for me. That being said I am not blind to it's flaws. New World is at it's core a very simple PVP focused MMO. It's gathering and crafting elements work fine enough to get the job done. It's combat    116 Hours in the game at the time of writing this review.

    New World came out for me during a time where I really needed a game to sink time into. It was almost the perfect game to come out for me. That being said I am not blind to it's flaws.

    New World is at it's core a very simple PVP focused MMO. It's gathering and crafting elements work fine enough to get the job done. It's combat system scratches the build crafting itch, but doesn't fulfill it. It's questing system is more or less just a way to dump XP and Gold on the player. But in the end I find it to be an alright game.

    First let's dive into the gathering and crafting system. The max level for both systems is 200, with gathering getting new things to gather and gathering speeds/luck with it's levels, and crafting getting new recipes, additional materials added when crafting, and item level boosts with it's levels. The gathering system is fine, although some of it's features like luck are not explained in game well enough. On the other hand the crafting system has it's flaws. Crafted gear while leveling is easily replaced by random drops or even PVP gear, and it just doesn't hold it's own. Each new material requires the previous material and a refining material. Meaning that say you want to craft Starmetal (tier 3 ingot) you need to farm Iron and Flux to make Steel, then farm Starmetal and Flux to make Starmetal. The last basic ingot (Orichalcum) needs 21 Iron Ingots and 9 Flux to make 1 ingot. Crafting is just one giant grind with lack of a pay off. I hope they revamp it, but I have little hopes.

    Combat in the game is very simple. You have 2 weapons each with 3 skills. Weapon skills that create buffs do not last when you swap weapons. Other than those 6 skills you have various passives and enhancements to those skills both in the skill tree and perks on equipment. There is also a dodge, light attack, heavy attack, and a block. That is your entire tool kit when it comes to combat. You can also use potions for healing, or special effects. There is food that can buff stats or heal. And finally there are combat items that serve basically no purpose since they last so little that you get almost no benefit from them. For example there is an item that buffs your attack for 3 seconds, but there is a consume time. So trying to use it would go something like this: Block incoming attack, consume item, block the incoming attack, item wears off. In PVE the simple combat and mechanics take away from the enjoyment making it essentially a hack and slash with less combos. In PVP however the simple kits work very well making feel almost more like For Honor (much less though) than usual MMO PVP.

    I'll touch on the story here...there's basically none. There is the shell of a story, but it isn't interesting and you'll most likely skip through it like everyone else. Sums up into this: Aeternum is a mysterious island with vast power, island is dangerous can corrupts all life it touches, you fight the corruption. This game was obviously design to be a PVP only game, but was turned into a mixture of PVP and PVE mid to late way through development. The PVP is flushed out miles a head of the none PVP elements.

    Finally I will touch on bugs and errors. The server issues that most negative reviews touch on were never a problem with me. I started on launch day making sure to choose a low population server. During peak times I maybe have a 100 person queue that lasts 5 minutes tops. This game is heavily pushed on Twitch, so if you are expecting to play on a server with your favourite streamer expect a queue. The game isn't missing a swimming animation, it just doesn't have swimming. Your character sinks to the bottom of water and you have about 10 seconds to get out or else you die. There is server desynch which causes some gathering nodes to not despawn after harvesting, so when you try to harvest those you the game doesn't let you. Some equipment have the wrong models so they appear different than their icons. Climbing on mountains not intended to be climbed on can result in you clipping through the world. In the end all the bugs I encountered didn't make the game unplayable and are by far better than some other AAA games that we have gotten recently.

    In the end I would give New World a 6.5. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it provides a fun experience without a monthly fee, or outlandish microtransactions. It isn't perfect by any means, and there are much better MMOs out there, but if you are looking for a taste of MMO this can fill your need.    … Expand
  94. 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
  95. 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.
  96. EevieRoseAmalee
    Oct 10, 2021
    0
    Terrible MMO. This has to be one of the worst MMO experiences I have played. The game is trying to copy the addictive formula that many love about Runescape but it fails on all levels.
  97. Texasterror
    Oct 10, 2021
    3
    This game is unfinished and lacks PVE end game content. This is a rock, paper, scissors clone of guild wars 2 and lacks innovation. Players will be done with this game in 3 to 6 months.
  98. Wretchedknave
    Oct 10, 2021
    1
    This game is massively overhyped. The worst part of it is the clunky and erratic combat system. How people can say its smooth have obviously never played ESO or Guild Wars 2. Mobs occasionally 'teleport' around you, almost like their dodge/attack animation is glitchy which makes it frustrating to land hits especially when using more precise weapons like the rapier. Your character willThis game is massively overhyped. The worst part of it is the clunky and erratic combat system. How people can say its smooth have obviously never played ESO or Guild Wars 2. Mobs occasionally 'teleport' around you, almost like their dodge/attack animation is glitchy which makes it frustrating to land hits especially when using more precise weapons like the rapier. Your character will also occasionally do the same when attacking, enough to be noticeable. Some people will say oh it because of high latency. This is nonsense because other games I play like the aforementioned I don't have these issues. When moving, your character also seems occasionally 'stutter' around/over the terrain. This is the most basic component of any action type RPG/MMO that should be waxed before anything else in the game is focused on. I switched between New World, ESO and Guild Wars 2 and both latter games have smooth, realistic and much more satisfying combat. New World sadly to say feels like the combat is still in development and this is the deal breaker for me.

    The visuals are ok but are lacking for a MMO released in 2021. The only way I can describe it is that the objects in game seem 'blurry' and lack that sharpness we see in other games like I mentioned earlier. The only really nice thing about the visuals is the UI. I have a very high end gaming PC which I recently even overclocked and ran through a myriad of performance fine tunes from you tube videos to try get better FPS but sadly it seems New World is poorly optimized I don't see any improvements at all.

    It is sad because although I like PvE as much as the next person, PvP is what keeps me coming back to a game and this game is designed first and foremost with PvP in mind. I won't even bother to grind to the point where I am feel I am ready to flag myself and try out the PvP as the general mechanics of the game are broken. Even when you switch between running and walking your character will stutter.

    Also lacking is character creation options. Its just not enough. The only things you can change are body type (male or female), hair style and color and skin tone. There are like a handful of badly designed tattoos thrown in to the mix to add more 'depth.' You cannot change the height, weight, or any advanced face options. You expect this from a game launched in 2005 not in 2021.

    The idea behind this game was good, but just very poorly executed. Honestly I want a refund. With the financial clout Amazon games has, this is shockingly bad.    … Expand
  99. 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
  100. jin_air
    Oct 9, 2021
    1
    why release it, you still need to work on it. in a month everyone will forget about this game
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 35
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  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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