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
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

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