The Secret World
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Ambiturner
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Haven't played in years, but i still believe The Secret World's dungeons are/were the best of any MMOs I've ever played.
Outside the broken Hell dungeons, of course
Outside the broken Hell dungeons, of course
Djevel Innenfor
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There are a few google to win, but I didnt find it that bad with the newer stuff. Me and my friend tried to go through solving shit ourselves and there was about 8-10 misions where it was like, WAT.jpg and we googled. This is still one of my favorite MMOs. Not geared towards kids, genuine build diversity (even at the min/max level) cool story/world and some neat stuff to do and achievements to hunt for. I just need to finish getting my monster hunter jacket...almost there...
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Fyff
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I enjoyed some of the mysteries but some of it was like holy hell, there's no way anyone figures that out on their own in less then 5 hours. I remember in the beta some of the quests took the forums working together to figure it out in like 2-3 days. Glad to hear they stopped that crap. I might resub after Legion wears off. I kind of miss this game and the new LCG by FFG reminded me how much I like Lovecraft stuff.
Kanglor
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Been a few years since I played also, but as someone that enjoys story/lore, this had my favorite MMO leveling experience. Agree with the comment above as well, the dungeons were top notch, I liked how it was mostly boss fights and the limited trash showcased up coming boss mechanics. As fun as they were though, running the same nightmare dungeons with no other real end game content got old after a couple months.
Would've liked to have seen what this game could've been had they had more funds. It had lots of potential.
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The best MMO I never bother to play anymore. Sad. The problem I have with it is that it's a real bitch to get back itno when you've quit. It's hard to know where new quests are that you might've missed from issues, and it's hard to figure out a viable build when you've got access to a huge chunk of the skills but not all the skills, making just googling it hard.
I agree the dungeons were fucking fantastic though, and I loved all the quest zones, even if by the later ones it was really solo-unfriendly in most places.
I agree the dungeons were fucking fantastic though, and I loved all the quest zones, even if by the later ones it was really solo-unfriendly in most places.
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Exactly what Yanger said. No one will take in their groups without gear and knowledge these days and there is absolutely no catchup mechanic. Sad. I would love to play this casually now and then for the story and the quests.
Qhue
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Of all MMO 'failures' over the years this is one that hit me most keenly as they genuinely had an amazing story and overall aesthetic AND hands-down the best skill system I have ever seen in a game MMO or otherwise. The Skill Wheel and all the ways in which your abilities could synergize yet not turn into cookie cutter clones was simply amazing. For the longest time I had hopes that Blizzard had stolen the Skill Wheel wholesale from FunCom to use in Titan.
Grim1
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'Failure' is a tough call to make in the MMO world. WoW fucked up the metric so badly that every other MMO is technically a 'Failure' using their metrics. Player opinions are so subjective that they really are useless, except when overwhelmingly on one side or another.
So the only true metric that can be objectively defined is whether or not the game makes money, and how much (personal atms for the investors.... WIN!!).
I really liked Secret World's beta and have been meaning to go back, Sooo may other new MMOs (and expacs for old ones) out now that I just haven't pulled the trigger. But if they are making money for the people who made it and it is enough to keep it going, then it it is successful imo. Money, World, Going Round, you know.
So the only true metric that can be objectively defined is whether or not the game makes money, and how much (personal atms for the investors.... WIN!!).
I really liked Secret World's beta and have been meaning to go back, Sooo may other new MMOs (and expacs for old ones) out now that I just haven't pulled the trigger. But if they are making money for the people who made it and it is enough to keep it going, then it it is successful imo. Money, World, Going Round, you know.
Eh, making money and being successful are two completely different things. The new Ghostbusters movie is making money, yet it's still a colossal failure. Financial success is usually more accurately defined by what the company is making vs. what it was projected to make. SWTOR is still making money, yet no one sees that game as being a success, compared to what the projections for that game were.
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Croetec
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Rise from the grave. They are offering the game right now till Jan 3 for $7.50 for the standard version and $17.50 for the entire game including the 15 episodes that have been released. Good way to get entire game with out having to drop the money for each episode especially if you were ever on the fence of trying it.
Dandai
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Thanks for the heads up. For $18 I'll definitely see what I've been missing out on.
Croetec
Lord Nagafen Raider
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Its on their site from what I read it wasn't updated on Steam, you were able to get it off their site and "add" it to an already made account if you had one.
Picked up The Blackwatchmen and all its DLC for under $20 on steam during the winter sale, the company that did a lot of the ARG and investigation missions in TSW made this game set in the same universe. Basically MMOARG if you enjoyed the puzzles in TSW. The game is active and they do live events to help push whatever story they have along.
Picked up The Blackwatchmen and all its DLC for under $20 on steam during the winter sale, the company that did a lot of the ARG and investigation missions in TSW made this game set in the same universe. Basically MMOARG if you enjoyed the puzzles in TSW. The game is active and they do live events to help push whatever story they have along.
Chersk
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I tried this last night. Got to mission three and quit. I didn't know if I was looking too much into things so I watched a howto for the mission and saw that I had already inputted the answer. For whatever reason the game won't accept my answer as correct even though I'm entering it exactly as it appears on the howto and its definitely the same mission (same photos, clues, etc).
Maybe they changed the answer because there is a howto video out there. If that is the case then they need to change the clues as well.