Night Goat
The Immovable Autism
For years now, I've seen eager fans gushing over the upcoming Korean MMORPG, Archeage. They say it's really a living world, instead of the static theme parks we're used to. So when DashiDMV alerted me to a beta key givaway, I thought I'd give it a try.
The first thing you do is choose a race. Archeage only as four: humans and elves form one faction, while furries and Asians form the other. We all hate elves and rightfully so, but against furries they're the lesser evil, so I went with a human in hopes that I might purge the unclean.
Oh god no.
Character creation is disappointing. There are few good options for creating your waifu, and far too many ugly ones that no one will ever choose. So, there's little variety possible if you don't want to look like an Oblivion character.
The first thing you'll notice is the intrusive interface. The mini-map covers almost have of your field of vision, and there doesn't seem to be a way to resize it. Immershun status: ruined.
On the left of the screen, you'll notice that there's a trial in progress. Apparently players who commit crimes can be judged by a jury of their peers, and if found guilty can be sentenced to a few minutes in jail. No one seems to take these too seriously, and watching the proceedings can be occasionally amusing.
Anyway, the gameplay is...not good. If you've played an MMO in the last decade, it will be painfully familiar. Get a quest from an NPC with an arrow over his or her head - it will probably involve killing x of a specific type of creature. Go up to it, tab to target, go through your rotation until it dies, rinse, repeat. This is where my expectations for the game really sunk. You get a horse very early, which is nice. You also get this:
Intense rowing action! Can you do this in WoW?
I rapidly lost interest in the game, with the same banalshitboring combat and quests that I've done a million times in other games. Maybe the game gets more interesting later, but fuck if I'm going to put up with so much boredom before I get there.
Verdict: it's shit.
So long, waifu.
The first thing you do is choose a race. Archeage only as four: humans and elves form one faction, while furries and Asians form the other. We all hate elves and rightfully so, but against furries they're the lesser evil, so I went with a human in hopes that I might purge the unclean.
Oh god no.
Character creation is disappointing. There are few good options for creating your waifu, and far too many ugly ones that no one will ever choose. So, there's little variety possible if you don't want to look like an Oblivion character.
The first thing you'll notice is the intrusive interface. The mini-map covers almost have of your field of vision, and there doesn't seem to be a way to resize it. Immershun status: ruined.
On the left of the screen, you'll notice that there's a trial in progress. Apparently players who commit crimes can be judged by a jury of their peers, and if found guilty can be sentenced to a few minutes in jail. No one seems to take these too seriously, and watching the proceedings can be occasionally amusing.
Anyway, the gameplay is...not good. If you've played an MMO in the last decade, it will be painfully familiar. Get a quest from an NPC with an arrow over his or her head - it will probably involve killing x of a specific type of creature. Go up to it, tab to target, go through your rotation until it dies, rinse, repeat. This is where my expectations for the game really sunk. You get a horse very early, which is nice. You also get this:
Intense rowing action! Can you do this in WoW?
I rapidly lost interest in the game, with the same banalshitboring combat and quests that I've done a million times in other games. Maybe the game gets more interesting later, but fuck if I'm going to put up with so much boredom before I get there.
Verdict: it's shit.
So long, waifu.