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Posted by: Tiralee Aug 14 2011, 11:38 AM

Hoi Kids

Apart from being violently ill and everyone of my players off living their lives, have only lately heard of a 2012-release MMORPG that has (thankfully) harvested be worst of popular-culture horror, classical mythos, WOW, X-Files and modern firearms into what looks like a http://www.thesecretworld.com/.

Only doing one link as I don't want to sound like a shrill, but I'm liking the idea of the medic of a group armed with a flaming sword and an AK-47.

Pros: X-files & WoW + assault rifles x fire = Win, a classless system, magic, huuuuuge amount of creepy urban myth that's "cannon" (God help us if there's a http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Slender+Man as the human body can only go for so long without sleep/Long Haul) and a decent degree of customization.
Cons: Made by the people who did Conan Online (So us Aussies are going to have to love the Korean servers), it's another MMO, it's not Shadowrun.


Thoughts, discussion, etc?

-Tir


Posted by: Blade Aug 15 2011, 01:18 PM

Looks interesting, and a bit different from the typical MMO and it's made by Ragnar Tornquist who did a great job on other games. But I'd rather have the sequels to The Longuest Journey and Dreamfall than this.

Posted by: Adarael Aug 15 2011, 05:03 PM

I was completely pro The Secret World until I saw the gameplay videos. Then not so much. My reasoning is that the looks like it plays like WoW/LotRO type MMOs with the 8-10 skills, auto attack, standard stuff like that. At this point in my life if I'm gonna devote any time to an MMO, I want it to do something new and different for me beyond the setting.

That said, if you DON'T have that complaint about MMOs, it looks good.

Posted by: SinN Sep 6 2011, 10:33 AM

Im with Adarael. The idea sounded incredible to me. But then I saw the gameplay vids. Not too impressive. I s'pose if you aint picky about your gaming expeirence, you can enjoy it. I doubt ill pay money for it though.

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