I like this game. Gets better score than New World, need to see why. The difference between Elyon and New World is huge, I mean, New World made by amazon, no money limit, extremly high hype it has and you got a bugy, boring mess.
Elyon is like an indie compared to new world. Look like an average mobil game on pc but I dont know why I like it. Cant play with it for 18 hours a day, sometimes not logging in for days but like it overall for a reason. I like to collect many little things, farm everything to get something better I have, etc. The characters, the fight, skills I like better. Playerbase is low, I know it will die so actually I waste my time but while I having fun I dont care, I am not trying to be a hardcore player like 22 years ago, just want to have fun while I playing in my free time and in Elyon at the moment I have.
I think you missed few things in your review but I agree overall.
I played and finally uninstalled when my entire body couldn't handle the slime.
Game starts movement locked until you read dialog and do what told by equiping stuff. You are in this rediculous over high fantasy setting that is mega epic, and speaks to interdimensional story plot presentation...but then...
You click continue, and you 1 shot everything. And then you instantly go from level 1 to 25 (the new starting area) Where you are in a new fantasy land (unlaod the generic asset tool box of forest and beasts etc.) And the story runs flat. Suddenly you are in this "bad guys here, you need to help the cause" generic total flop .... I really don't get it other than they really bet we have chicken brains that get hooked on the first 15 seconds of game to justify the rest of your depressing experience LOL .So yeah, the problem is, Theres been games that do this even better. This is worse than a generic MMORPG at every fiber...Even 4story is more developped than this...
So if you are here just for asthetics the feels are not original, there is a 1 on 1 total rip off of a class and combat style from Blade and Soul, you know the mystic with his dandylion flower seed float dash? This game rips it off down to the effect, guess the took a risk on that knowing niether company ready for court LOL. It also has very AION moments. All wrapped in mobile game vibes. I don't feel anything similar to tera much other than certain glowy assets like snake skin walls etc, but even then its more in line with Blade and Soul, even certain room lay outs...it is pretty crazy how much was a 1 to 1 copy.
The TERA popori class, (which I liked), are horribly animated, everything looks like a cheap childs costume where you can see the SEAMS of where the head attaches to body. TERA managed a very fluid nice look where this feels so rushed.
Then the game goes on. So ok you are level 25, as your brain melts slowly trying to justify this, you figure why not, shoot. But then... every single map and quest progression from here on out is very round up kill X, and then open up next part, and the story so far? well, there is none, everyone repeats the same thing: "kill the vilepire (or whatever dook name they are given)". You get a small taste of the PvP open maps parts, and this is where I admitedly enjoying trolling the other player camp and ganking a few low levels doing kill quests, and getting killed by them. It was some ol fun reminding me of some moments in WoW back in day.
But then thats over quickly, after they show you what that is like, they put you back on safe zones to epxplore and two heart crushing things happen: 1) You gain 5 levels, for no reason (you really see how rushed and fake this all feels when you DING and oooh look, 25 to 30 ... jsut for killing 10 mobs).
2) The zones are all level capped restricted. The content is all item level gated. EVerything slowly starts to appear out of the wood work of "do you have THIS ITEM AND THIS REQUIREMENT?) Almost every aspect from here on out.
The deal closer: At level 30-35 you now start running around and stilla re "learning" the game... that is, "You liked the little tiny story of "bad guys there go kill", well, don't ask for any more lore, it's time to learn the cash shop":! So from 30-35 I was tasked to run to villages and speak to an
Item enhancer.
GEm enhancer.
Gem slotter.
Enhance the gem.
Collect x5 different gems, very similar, even same icons, but little description says "collect 10 of me, condense me, slot me, then enhance, me, get me to 50%, this is a 2% PWR boost. What is pwr? Well what is your class? Where are the stats? See that long list of stats, that little 10pwr, will now be around 10.5 and now, that will chain with another stats, but before that, lets enahnce gear." and my limit was reached. Before I gave up at 35 I toughed it out.
Level 40. I moved to a new zone. BIg main hub. Still no game bank and your inventory filling fast and everything is a "enhance. Boost, Collect", and I have no idea what to trash , don't want fatal errors. Well, I guess I can handle this and get to the end game every one raves is "where the game starts"...Poof. A giant in game tutorial like screen pops up and this level 40 is where we learn A WHOLE NEW ENHANCING guide, with new items and new stats boosts and: *insert massive mobile game P2W slime feels. Insert restarting a tutorial scenario at LEVEL 40!!! Insert unisntall).
No point for lore. No point for fashion. Your mission is clear. Pay your % and empty thy wallet. At least in TERA we get some sexy risky models. Here it is like straight edge dull basic fashion. No soul, no feel. Even tera added little sound bits to make things feel alive. This just is plastic clicker garbage. 1/10 but since we are in a clown world and you menchildren need hand holding, I will give you a few points out of courtesy, 3/10, don't shoot the messenger.
On my personal scale (we're in a nutshell because apparently it's almost everyone's scale), this game deserves a 4/10! Look @Splattr, you must consider the accumulated trauma that people have with RNG and other s* generic mechanics this game has (it's almost 2022, come on bro!). Let's make a simple analogy: BDO is like cheap cocaine, and Elyon is like crack. Do you understand what I'm saying? It came later, it's worse, cheaper and wants to copy something that wasn't so good. Come on... besides that, Elyon is already dead. How to give 7/10 to something that is already dead?! It smells of pro-life speech to me. Pardon my french, but I don't buy this s*. My homies and I deserve something better. I can't do this anymore.
It for one - works.
What I don't like is pretty much all korean MMOs look the same nowadays, holy shit, if you put this game's UI next to Black Desert you'd be looking at the same game.
But I really wonder why do you feel like New World should score higher? Because of the 2k/server population limits? Or the extremely janky AI? Or the lack of mob variety? Or the rampant dupe hacks/client godmoes? The traveling system (LOL)? Or you feel like the game would blossom in some 10 years when they finally finish it?
I honestly am not defending Elyon, nor play it. I played some beta and uninstalled it after half an hour. It did seem a lot more complete than New World.
The only thing that New World has going for it is ... the UI is not clustered with F2P bullshit "PLS CLICK HERE" notifications. Other than that it's a much more simpler game that is far more broken in just about every way.
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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This trash is better than NW has more content than NW now andwhat NW will have in 5 years.
NW is a PvE Game while Elyon is a PvP game with PK dungeons, RvR fights. Elyon is not your consensual pvp game. You enter that dungeon, you are PK that means, you kill or you will be killed.
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Elyon is like an indie compared to new world. Look like an average mobil game on pc but I dont know why I like it. Cant play with it for 18 hours a day, sometimes not logging in for days but like it overall for a reason. I like to collect many little things, farm everything to get something better I have, etc. The characters, the fight, skills I like better. Playerbase is low, I know it will die so actually I waste my time but while I having fun I dont care, I am not trying to be a hardcore player like 22 years ago, just want to have fun while I playing in my free time and in Elyon at the moment I have.
I think you missed few things in your review but I agree overall.
Game starts movement locked until you read dialog and do what told by equiping stuff. You are in this rediculous over high fantasy setting that is mega epic, and speaks to interdimensional story plot presentation...but then...
You click continue, and you 1 shot everything. And then you instantly go from level 1 to 25 (the new starting area) Where you are in a new fantasy land (unlaod the generic asset tool box of forest and beasts etc.) And the story runs flat. Suddenly you are in this "bad guys here, you need to help the cause" generic total flop .... I really don't get it other than they really bet we have chicken brains that get hooked on the first 15 seconds of game to justify the rest of your depressing experience LOL .So yeah, the problem is, Theres been games that do this even better. This is worse than a generic MMORPG at every fiber...Even 4story is more developped than this...
So if you are here just for asthetics the feels are not original, there is a 1 on 1 total rip off of a class and combat style from Blade and Soul, you know the mystic with his dandylion flower seed float dash? This game rips it off down to the effect, guess the took a risk on that knowing niether company ready for court LOL. It also has very AION moments. All wrapped in mobile game vibes. I don't feel anything similar to tera much other than certain glowy assets like snake skin walls etc, but even then its more in line with Blade and Soul, even certain room lay outs...it is pretty crazy how much was a 1 to 1 copy.
The TERA popori class, (which I liked), are horribly animated, everything looks like a cheap childs costume where you can see the SEAMS of where the head attaches to body. TERA managed a very fluid nice look where this feels so rushed.
Then the game goes on. So ok you are level 25, as your brain melts slowly trying to justify this, you figure why not, shoot. But then... every single map and quest progression from here on out is very round up kill X, and then open up next part, and the story so far? well, there is none, everyone repeats the same thing: "kill the vilepire (or whatever dook name they are given)". You get a small taste of the PvP open maps parts, and this is where I admitedly enjoying trolling the other player camp and ganking a few low levels doing kill quests, and getting killed by them. It was some ol fun reminding me of some moments in WoW back in day.
But then thats over quickly, after they show you what that is like, they put you back on safe zones to epxplore and two heart crushing things happen: 1) You gain 5 levels, for no reason (you really see how rushed and fake this all feels when you DING and oooh look, 25 to 30 ... jsut for killing 10 mobs).
2) The zones are all level capped restricted. The content is all item level gated. EVerything slowly starts to appear out of the wood work of "do you have THIS ITEM AND THIS REQUIREMENT?) Almost every aspect from here on out.
The deal closer: At level 30-35 you now start running around and stilla re "learning" the game... that is, "You liked the little tiny story of "bad guys there go kill", well, don't ask for any more lore, it's time to learn the cash shop":! So from 30-35 I was tasked to run to villages and speak to an
Item enhancer.
GEm enhancer.
Gem slotter.
Enhance the gem.
Collect x5 different gems, very similar, even same icons, but little description says "collect 10 of me, condense me, slot me, then enhance, me, get me to 50%, this is a 2% PWR boost. What is pwr? Well what is your class? Where are the stats? See that long list of stats, that little 10pwr, will now be around 10.5 and now, that will chain with another stats, but before that, lets enahnce gear." and my limit was reached. Before I gave up at 35 I toughed it out.
Level 40. I moved to a new zone. BIg main hub. Still no game bank and your inventory filling fast and everything is a "enhance. Boost, Collect", and I have no idea what to trash , don't want fatal errors. Well, I guess I can handle this and get to the end game every one raves is "where the game starts"...Poof. A giant in game tutorial like screen pops up and this level 40 is where we learn A WHOLE NEW ENHANCING guide, with new items and new stats boosts and: *insert massive mobile game P2W slime feels. Insert restarting a tutorial scenario at LEVEL 40!!! Insert unisntall).
No point for lore. No point for fashion. Your mission is clear. Pay your % and empty thy wallet. At least in TERA we get some sexy risky models. Here it is like straight edge dull basic fashion. No soul, no feel. Even tera added little sound bits to make things feel alive. This just is plastic clicker garbage. 1/10 but since we are in a clown world and you menchildren need hand holding, I will give you a few points out of courtesy, 3/10, don't shoot the messenger.
5 is an overstatement. 3.5 is the best I could give this game. In such a saturated market, to bring something so mediocre and P2W is just heresy.
Sorry I didn't hear you over the sound of the Skyrim decade remaster or whatever it's at right now. It for one - works. What I don't like is pretty much all korean MMOs look the same nowadays, holy shit, if you put this game's UI next to Black Desert you'd be looking at the same game.
But I really wonder why do you feel like New World should score higher? Because of the 2k/server population limits? Or the extremely janky AI? Or the lack of mob variety? Or the rampant dupe hacks/client godmoes? The traveling system (LOL)? Or you feel like the game would blossom in some 10 years when they finally finish it?
I honestly am not defending Elyon, nor play it. I played some beta and uninstalled it after half an hour. It did seem a lot more complete than New World.
The only thing that New World has going for it is ... the UI is not clustered with F2P bullshit "PLS CLICK HERE" notifications. Other than that it's a much more simpler game that is far more broken in just about every way.
They are supposed to be a blend of objective and subjective.
Reading the many negatives in this review I was surprised how high the final score ended up at.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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NW is a PvE Game while Elyon is a PvP game with PK dungeons, RvR fights. Elyon is not your consensual pvp game. You enter that dungeon, you are PK that means, you kill or you will be killed.
Its a compeition between two trash games. Its a tough one. In the end boh are garbage games. There are no winners here.