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Day One of Head Start

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited June 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageDay One of Head Start

I’ve said before that Riders of Icarus from Nexon and WeMade is a solid, if standard, MMORPG. I’ve spent some more time with the game since it hit Open Beta Head Start, and I can’t help feeling that I’m starting to really enjoy myself. Read on for our early impressions of the “release build” for Nexon’s latest imported MMO.

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  • AlomarAlomar Member RarePosts: 1,299
    While mounted combat, especially aerial combat sounds interesting, having it in a theme park just seems so limiting and almost counter-productive to the strengths of such an idea. After checking out multiple "first impressions" feedback samples it's safe to say I'd rather just return to WoW for my first time in years for Legion. I'd get pretty much the same thing from it, with a bit more polish and a larger community.
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  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,779
    I can confirm, I did not buy head start and had beta access, and I just logged in and am making a character.
  • Scott_JeslisScott_Jeslis Member RarePosts: 637
    It's been fun trying to get to the point of starting our guild. There are some annoyances thus far. I've had issues where I log in using Action Mode and my cursor is stuck in "target mode". I usually flip the game settings to "Standard Mode" -> "Action Mode" to get out of that. I also have issue that in Action Mode I need to tilt the camera to get the "F" key guide to come up for a chat target. And of course the chat filter issue was killer yesterday, which they supposedly patched last night.
  • SamhaelSamhael Member RarePosts: 1,534
    The weirdness of the prohibited names is troublesome. About half the names I tried to make (which were perfectly acceptable in other MMOs and probably even in polite company), were rejected.
  • HeraseHerase Member RarePosts: 993
    Panther2103 said:
    I can confirm, I did not buy head start and had beta access, and I just logged in and am making a character.
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    Yeah a few bugs from beta seem to have made their way into head start, but my main issue with the game has always been the pacing. Take a good while to get to say level 10 and solo questing for hours on end while not getting decent enough levels per time early on would put alot of people off.
  • ScaldisectScaldisect Member UncommonPosts: 7
    they fix the cpu perfomance issues?
  • Sector13Sector13 Member UncommonPosts: 784

    Albatroes said:

    Yeah a few bugs from beta seem to have made their way into head start, but my main issue with the game has always been the pacing. Take a good while to get to say level 10 and solo questing for hours on end while not getting decent enough levels per time early on would put alot of people off.



    Well, there are only 25 levels in the game right now. 35 at the end of July. So, it should take a while just to get to 10.
  • G4NK3DG4NK3D Member UncommonPosts: 97
    I can confirm too, I had beta access and did NOT buy an EA package and can still log in and create a character.
  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,101

    Scaldisect said:

    they fix the cpu perfomance issues?



    I was running BDO in the background while playing and had zero issues. I would say it is fixed.
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  • spidiispidii Member UncommonPosts: 143
    Game has been a pleasant surprise for me. Very fun and can enjoy it casual. Pretty for how technically old it is.
  • cyriciancyrician Member UncommonPosts: 189
    Took 3 hours play to get to level 10 .First tier crafting is completely waisted. You can't craft til 10 and the first gear you make is level 8 . Teir 2 is level 20...

    Current games;
    Star treck online
    Rift
    Eve online
    Firefall

  • dekkion1dekkion1 Member UncommonPosts: 152
    I actually like this game it can only get better cuz it cant get any worse
    gammer 4 life
  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,779
    dekkion1 said:
    I actually like this game it can only get better cuz it cant get any worse
    That makes no sense though you like the game, but it can't get any worse? That means you like something you dont think is good at all.
  • Tiamat64Tiamat64 Member RarePosts: 1,545
    edited July 2016
    Honeymoon period exists even for bad games a lot of the time, really.  In my own experience, playing a new game that's terrible is often more fun than playing an old game that's great for the hundredth time.  The fact that so many games are purposefully frontloaded (unless you're just there for the raids, which are almost always at the back) helps, I suppose.
  • SqueeekiiSqueeekii Member UncommonPosts: 15

    Herase said:


    Panther2103 said:

    I can confirm, I did not buy head start and had beta access, and I just logged in and am making a character.






    they fixed it and now i got a "REDEEM" button on launcher
  • cyriciancyrician Member UncommonPosts: 189
    Took me 2 x 4 hour play sessions to get to level 20. Crafting is completely useless teir 1-2.

    Lots of filler items to weigh you down so you have to buy bag space.

    42 or so critters to capture ok mount system for mounted combat the laggy combat gets in the way though reasonably enjoyable but story is the usual mmo nonsense not up to par compared to Rift or Lotro story writing.

    Games a 7.5 out of 10 lots of good ideas but fails to execute.

    Games pretty to play if you have a half decent Rig.

    Graphics. 8/10
    Audio. 7/10
    Gameplay 8/10
    Storyline 6.5/10 very generic
    Replays 6.5 / 10
    Crafting 7 / 10

    I now have 3 toons 2 level 25 one level 20.

    Current games;
    Star treck online
    Rift
    Eve online
    Firefall

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