tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post8489145069563909642..comments2024-01-02T23:18:18.412-08:00Comments on Yeebo Fernbottom's MMO Blog: Will Players "Get" The Secret World?Yeebohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-64076069577277767372012-07-03T17:27:22.995-07:002012-07-03T17:27:22.995-07:00My pleasure :-) Thanks for the correction, fixed.My pleasure :-) Thanks for the correction, fixed.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-31586278761567481982012-07-03T11:22:47.997-07:002012-07-03T11:22:47.997-07:00Thank you so much for the link love. XD
Just a qu...Thank you so much for the link love. XD<br /><br />Just a quick correction on your post, so people know: If you substitute one investigation quest for another (the red or pea-green ones), the first one will pause at the current tier of the quest (i.e., 3/5). You'll have to return to the original quest giver to pick it back up, but you'll be at the same tier. And it's available as soon as you'd like to pick it up again.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-75826228003286511102012-07-02T20:52:37.566-07:002012-07-02T20:52:37.566-07:00I tend to agree with you. It's not likely goi...I tend to agree with you. It's not likely going to hit millions of subs, but I think TSW will get a devoted set of followers.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-82229090395902507492012-07-02T20:50:14.983-07:002012-07-02T20:50:14.983-07:00I hate the term, but I do think "WoW tourists...I hate the term, but I do think "WoW tourists" are not going to dig TSW at all. If you are expecting a game that plays like WoW/ LoTRO/ Allod's Online/ ROM/ Rift/ SWTOR/ ect ... The Secret World is not it. <br /><br />I like all of those games, not bagging on them. But TSW is an outlier in ways that aren't obvious when you first start playing. I am finding it to be a breath of fresh air. However, I also imagine a lot of players that cut their teeth on modern theme-park MMOs will get frustrated and give up before they see what the game has on offer.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-53958472305095678052012-07-02T03:52:14.940-07:002012-07-02T03:52:14.940-07:00A large crowd will not get it, and probably declar...A large crowd will not get it, and probably declare Funcom the biggest losers in the market. But I think that that won't really matter. A significant big enough group will get it. And they will make TSW and Funcom a niche success. Funcom is counting on that. They know they are not catering for the majority of the MMO players. But if TSW can get as much a cult status as The Longest Journey they will forever have a huge (enough) following to let them continue to make high quality games that are actually worth playing.Phedrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563052105703506187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-28101166145441072792012-07-02T00:33:43.455-07:002012-07-02T00:33:43.455-07:00Having spent most of my gaming time this weekend i...Having spent most of my gaming time this weekend in the TSW headstart - much less time than a normal weekend due to RL things as well - I'm afraid that the answer will be 'a sufficiently large percentage of people who try TSW will not get it so that TSW gets labelled 'another Funcom fail'.<br /><br />I say this because of the specific choices TSW has made that break current MMO genre traditions - such that players think, when something doesn't work as expected, that it's 'bugged'.<br /><br />Some examples: <br />- points spent in your build are not resettable. Coming from games with some sort of build reset option - Rift being the most free game I can imagine in this respect - the fact that your Skill Points and Ability Points *cannot* be reset are causing players lots of issues.<br /><br />- investigation quests are hard. They require not just attention to quest info, but also lateral thinking: chat was filled with 'quest x is bugged!' when I had already completed it (having tried in the beta, or read online how to do them :p ). One of the investigation quests is flaky, but the rest are just *difficult* - but players equate difficult = broken. :( I saw that with Rift's questing, and although I really like Rift, I'd never claim it's questing was 'difficult'; TSW has *diffuclt* quests - you HAVE to look things up on the internet (the game has a built-in browser); you HAVE to do things you'd never do in other MMOs. <br /><br />You'd hope, in an idealistic kind of way, that players trying TSW would be open to it's way of doing things - but as Tobold's anti-review showed, that isn't the case. <br /><br />So I'm afraid that players will judge it against standard MMO conventions (questing is trivial and signposted; everything is given to you on a plate; mistakes are fogiven; mobs in the world won't hit hard; etc), find that TSW doesn't meet these conventions, and then conclude 'Funcom failed again' rather than 'wow, I didn't expect that'.seanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838144101254951127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-82354716683346487752012-06-30T09:51:18.803-07:002012-06-30T09:51:18.803-07:00I agree that the game will follow the normal trend...I agree that the game will follow the normal trend in all likelihood. Funcom seems to have also anticipated this, there are only four servers so far for NA. The few servers are crowded as hell currently, but long term that is way better than server merges.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-10118887566198657292012-06-30T09:45:02.911-07:002012-06-30T09:45:02.911-07:00The game is growing on me as well. It almost plays...The game is growing on me as well. It almost plays like an adventure game (ala the old Sierra games or Myst). The things that rock about the game (imo) are not items I expect most WoW trained MMO tourists to pick up on or appreciate. You really need to take your time and look for details.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-66422631454338889952012-06-30T09:05:26.803-07:002012-06-30T09:05:26.803-07:00Oh yes, the game will take quite the getting used ...Oh yes, the game will take quite the getting used to for some. Not just the new interface and all that (my RMC guild lead and I spent a long time trying to figure out how to make a cabal or even just to talk in chat, LOL -- but bugs were also to blame for some of our troubles) but the entire play style is different. <br /><br />I think patience is key. Definitely no more running from one place to another picking up quests and taking off without a second glance at the instructions. There will probably be people who will hit up the browser and straight up google solutions to some of the game puzzles, but then this game is probably not for them. <br /><br />This game is really growing on me. I don't feel the pressure to experience everything or feel rushed, because the whole game is about taking your time to explore and think things out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-90132761636298296002012-06-29T16:36:49.277-07:002012-06-29T16:36:49.277-07:00I could imagine that people might to a bit of extr...I could imagine that people might to a bit of extra play in a zone than "necessary" in order to collect more skill points to invest in other weapon types.<br /><br />In terms of game growth I think get a fair amount of players initially, then have a drop like most MMOs nowdays and then possibly a slow growth from there, unless there will be some significnt issues with the game.<br /><br />So far so good I think though. Played a bit tonight (Sente on Huldra) and enjoyed it quite a bit.Sentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570997712400769232noreply@blogger.com