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worst game ever
fugue14
Member Posts: 59
half assed review for a half assed game ~
After being snowed in from work and having watched everything worthwhile on hulu I decided to try this gem. After all diablo 3 didn't show any signs of being released before I die of boredom and my Hello Kitty Online subscription had already expired. The patcher download froze on me halfway through but I happened to find a eu client torrent. The installation went easy enough, which is probably the best thing I can say about the game.
The pvp server was the obvious choice since there's no point in playing mmo's these days aside from "wtfbbqpwn'ing" each other. I spent a few seconds at the race selection screen trying to decide between the two races, "man" and "man-donkey". I always thought a game with only humans conveys a realistic world and a game with man-donkey thrown in comes off as a game that was too cheap to come up with any other races or too creatively stunted to come up with something better than man-donkey. So I started customizing my human, starting with the body. My four choices for human are as follows, "heroin addict", "normal", "morbidly obese", and "laughable, overly characterized brute". I think they ran out of time to disproportion the other race and left it be with a slew of angry expressions and tattoos.
Included in the customization is a full set of armor with the choice to dye it any color. Naturally I painted my armor "rainbow" to remind people of the horrors that will ensue when mmo player's are entrusted with the ability to design things. The armor itself is plentiful and pretty well done. After picking out my choice of boar killing device and shield I was ready for the tutorial.
The tutorial assumes you only use your computer for explicit streaming video and makes you go through a series of wasd movements across the deck of a floating ship. Followed by the usual instructions of jumping, sitting, standing etc., all for the lack of a "yes I've played warcraft" button. Once I learned all forms of dummy mutilation, The captain of the ship informs me that we're being attacked by some seemingly uninteresting mob resembling a 30ft tall winged louie anderson hellspawn abomination. After you kill all his minions in a not-so-epic one by one battle, the abomination is hit by a meteor and the cinematic introduction kicks in leaving me confused and slightly annoyed thinking "Wtf was that".
The loading screen spits me out onto the docks of a small hut in the forest with several npc's scattered about. I suddenly realize I'm surrounded by boars and wolves. In a panic I rush towards the nearest npc with the warcraft quest indicator above his head in hopes of him doing something interesting. I skim passed whatever boring crap pops up on the dialog window and spot "kill 10 boars" below it. I frantically mash my keyboard in any attempt to exit the game before I actually get suckered into fighting farm animals for god knows how many levels. Yes despite any redeeming qualities, the fact they released this game with "boar quests" makes it just...awful.
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Sorry you did not like it, but im sure you will find your purpose in your gaming life. Im enjoying the game and im sure a few other are as well.
MAGA
Nearly peed myself laughing at that.
lol, well I love the game, but it's true.
Spellborn closely follows the WoW formula for character progression. (that is, "christmas tree" quest hubs with short quests and a linear zone advancement).
That said, Spellborn has many redeeming qualities which, in my opinion, put it higher that WoW or LOTRA (another big game that follows the WoW progression formula).
First, I like the combat system. I think it takes skill and planning to make a good skill bar.
Second, the PvP is cool, and Arena battles will actually be more fun than vanilla Call of Duty or the other generic FPSs for me.
Third, I love the lore and the world, I'm actually drawn to reading the text. The quests are actually really well written.
Fourth, "potential". yes yes, I know all games claim "potential", but the company behind Spellborn has nice plans like Shard conquest and as of now looks to be on track with reaching its goals.
A revolutionary MMO? Hell no. An evolutionary MMO which I'd personally rather play that WoW, LOTRO, or EQ2? Yes.
(my other game is eve, I need me some boar killing every once in a while)
lol, hate to say i have to agree, i played the game to level 7 and was convinced by the chat window that the game got better in the later levels, well i got to level 17 and it was still shit, not sure where the rating for this game is coming from.
I had high hopes for this game, it seemed to have originality but after 30 mins you realize other than the half assed Lore everything is pretty much the same, sure it has a cool combat interface but the lack of weapons/gear IMO really hurts the game as it provides a huge lack of character individuality.
IMO this game should have a rating somewhere between 6-7/10, its just not that good, very slow very boring and graphics are already dated. Its really too bad, it seems they cut alot of content in order to push it out, when i first started to follow TCOS, i believe there were more races/classes etc.
For me it was hard to understand why they chose to be so different in skills/gear etc but then ask you to go kill 10 boars, then 10 wolves and then 10 dear to please some asshole NPC that has been fucking with us since MMOS hit the market.
So basically, you didn't make it to the point where you fight something outside of the (short) tutorial and haven't the slightest clue what comes beyond that in the game? I could write a better review than that for a game I've never actually played.
rofl even the worst trolls play a game longer then trash it. I tip my hat too you for being bad at not only trolling but also reviewing a game.
Meh its just not that good, i bought i think it was 1600 coins (stupid payment method) i needed 1500 i think for the month, i palyed until lvl 17 and quit, just wasnt my deal, already played enough MMO's that are slow paced and dont really have much to offer in the lines of fun....For me anyways.
TCOS should be a completely F2P game.
The biggest buzz kill for me was the typical go fucknig hunt 10 of quests or then typical go deliver this to so and so and repeat the above 10 times until you level, IMO game was bland.
You call that a review! You only played like ten minutes and...no...wait...ah who am I kidding...kill boar quests(even the number-10-is the same as the other MMOs-OP your right, what were they thinking.
lol i love this game but i really liked the review! no one will take it seriously and it was well written and hilarious. gj
better then "lolz the gamez suxors cause ders no mad lootzzzz lolcakes pwn!?!?!"
Currently Playing: Fallen Earth
Played and liked: TCOS, Vanguard, Guild Wars, DDO
Played and didn't like: CO, MO, STO, DF, AoC, WAR, WoW, EQ2, EVE, most f2p
Waiting for: Earthrise, Guild Wars 2, Secret World
This review set us up the bomb, Donkeyman! WTFCHOPPERS!
I remember when the majority of messages weren't spoofs intended to garner attention.
Those were good times, good times.
I enjoyed the game. Not enough to keep playing, as LotRO stole me away. But I'm an advocate. I think this game has a lot to offer. It feels different than WoW and a lot of other MMOs out there. To some that's a good thing, to others that's a bad thing. *shrug*
To The OP:
You just made me laugh hysterically - good stuff. You should write more reviews - in fact, this website should put you on staff!
I look forward to your next installment.
Lucky for the OP he could spot a bad, repedative, one trick pony (skill deck) before he invested more time into it like i have. Got to lvl 15 thinking it would get better but its just a big waste of time.....thank christ they had a 2 week free sub or id be writing a lot @$#@ing more.
Hey great! another review by some wannabe twenty year old, who couldn't even be bothered to play, thank you Op for wasting my time reading this dribble, here's a big," L " to stick on your forehead as a reward!
Which mmo have you played that wasn't a waste of time? Each and every one of them is a waste of time. They have no use other than entertainment. The value that comes from entertainment derived from any game or activity is personal opinion. I'm perplexed that you say one of these games ultimately is less of a waste over another.
YAY!!
Another multi post without merit!!
And another person who can't form a sentence...YAY!!!
"This may hurt a little, but it's something you'll get used to. Relax....."
Haha great review. I'm glad I didn't make a donkeyman :P
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Ethion
This review mirrors my own impressions... Except I made a Man Donkey.
The sooner developers realize how pointless kill quests are, the better.
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The captain of the ship informs me that we're being attacked by some seemingly uninteresting mob resembling a 30ft tall winged louie anderson hellspawn abomination
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Best part of the review.
Ya I'm personally waiting for tickle quests. Those will be just awesome.
Where do you morons come from? Certainly not gamerland where gamers have been killing stuff that moves since stuff learned to move.
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Hehehe, "man-donkey" would get rep points from me regardless of anything else.
Ok genius... what do you suppose they should do instead? 100% Errand Boy quest? To Level you must kill monsters... kill quest allows you to receive the exp from the kills in addition to a reward at the end of the quest. You're just an extremely lazy person and probably want the first quest in the game to be a person standing in front of you who instantly levels you to max level.
BTW I think this is a horrible thread, some people find it funny however when people are browsing these forums and see threads titled "worst game ever" they may not realize the OP forgot to take his ritalin the day he was trying the game out. I for one am enjoying very much.
Shit review because he didn't even play the game. But the describing of character customisation was gold.
O_o o_O
lol i hate people......seriouslly though........i wish this game had more kill quests, they are easy to find and complete. This games quest lines are extensive and content rich....if u reading this and thinkin bout tryin it. Do me one favor and don't listen to these boards for any game. They are pointless just give it a shot, you will love it.
Ya I'm personally waiting for tickle quests. Those will be just awesome.
Where do you morons come from? Certainly not gamerland where gamers have been killing stuff that moves since stuff learned to move.
Maybe you can explain to me why we need some dipshit with an exclamation mark coming out of his head to tell us to go kill wild life? How about they, I don't know, put some THOUGHT into how the game plays. Warhammer Online did this decently (one of the few things it did well). WAR allowed you to kill local wild life at your leisure, and whenever you felt like it, you returned to the hub's NPC for a bulk exp reward depending on how much you killed.
Where do YOU morons come from?
Ok genius... what do you suppose they should do instead? 100% Errand Boy quest? To Level you must kill monsters... kill quest allows you to receive the exp from the kills in addition to a reward at the end of the quest. You're just an extremely lazy person and probably want the first quest in the game to be a person standing in front of you who instantly levels you to max level.
BTW I think this is a horrible thread, some people find it funny however when people are browsing these forums and see threads titled "worst game ever" they may not realize the OP forgot to take his ritalin the day he was trying the game out. I for one am enjoying very much.
How about a game without leveled progression? It's not my job to come up with these ideas, it's theirs.
You're enjoying it very much? Outstanding. But he disagrees with you? RAGEEEEE. Why do you people get so defensive when somebody disagrees with you? It's all very confusing. I have a theory; though! Maybe deep down; you know this game is shabbily put together, but you don't want to admit it to yourself, or to others! Maybe you think you're doing your part defending "YOUR" game, but here's a revelation for you : the devs don't need or want your "help". So do everyone a favor and can it, ok? The both of you. People will disagree with you, in life and on the internet.
GET. OVER. IT.