Funcom's primary offense in this regard is not learning from WoW's incredibly good user interface system. AoC's UI is clunky, confusing at times, and especially ugly. It's really rough to have to say that a UI killed my game experience, but in this case I think it may very well have. To put this in perspective, this is despite wonderful 3D graphics that I spend much more time looking at in the course of a gaming session. I refuse to exaggerate any points made in this review, despite my strong feelings on this particular point, but this is the honest truth. The inventory/bag system and presentation is archaic and plain, which is in stark contrast to the rest of the screen. The item icons are really strange and primitive, and the spell icons are too busy and indistinct (many are not recognizable at a glance). There is a gross lack of on-screen buttons by level 20 for all of the skills and spells you want to try out, and no way to add more to the screen without resorting to potentially unstable UI mods.
Shamall - Sure, you can download the mods, but the basic UI should be more functionable is what the OP is saying.
At the time I quit AoC, there were about 3 UI Mods out there. Unfortunately they did Mods the same way WoW did Mods and you have to update them every patch. Even those Mods were very basic and you couldn't adjust from what the Mods did. AoC's interface simply isn't that adaptable. So you are kind of stuck with a clunky interface.
What do you know, a fair and honest review that actually gives sentiment on why you dislike the game. You're giving the haters of this game a good name for once... all other hate review I've seen so far have been crap, but I like yours.
Good stuff, agree with most of it and the other stuff I disagree with is just opinion-based.
But your writing skills are unwanted on these forums. This is for immature, blatant morons only. GTFO!
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Here is a good review : http://www.gamefocus.ca/?nav=reviewCard&fid=6040
Shamall - Sure, you can download the mods, but the basic UI should be more functionable is what the OP is saying.
At the time I quit AoC, there were about 3 UI Mods out there. Unfortunately they did Mods the same way WoW did Mods and you have to update them every patch. Even those Mods were very basic and you couldn't adjust from what the Mods did. AoC's interface simply isn't that adaptable. So you are kind of stuck with a clunky interface.
Waiting for the next thing
This needs bumping
Waiting for the next thing
What do you know, a fair and honest review that actually gives sentiment on why you dislike the game. You're giving the haters of this game a good name for once... all other hate review I've seen so far have been crap, but I like yours.
Good stuff, agree with most of it and the other stuff I disagree with is just opinion-based.
But your writing skills are unwanted on these forums. This is for immature, blatant morons only. GTFO!