Recent reviews by Kibli

This game dissapointed me the most out of all early access games I am following. The first playable version was barebones, but fun. The starting village had a few quests, the dungeons were unforgiving and too long, but satisfying to clear as they were filled with treasure. The combat had many choices between weapons or three schools of magic, some better than others, but all fun to try out. There was nothing to do after you got to the second location on foot though, but that's alright because the game is in early access. Surely the team will flesh out the content of the game, right? Four years later and the game is in the same spot. Yeah the combat is fun, Yeah the dungeons and items in them are cool. But there is nothing new to do in the game!

After finishing the first location I get to travel in the caravan, yay. Wait, what is this, we are skipping every town on the road? Oh, alright, perhaps the game wants me to go to the city as the quests for my level are there, and I can always travel back to those towns!Wrong, the city is full of nice visuals but nothing else. The NPCs? Terrible. 90% of the town has two dialogue options, "Heard anything interesting?" or "What do you have for sale?". And then if they have empty inventory for sale, why even bother adding that option to them? There are so many simple quest ideas that would make the NPCs feel like they are actually alive and not robots. How about "Help cook the soup to the poor", "Can you steal the diamond from that noble's house for me", "The winery stopped sending supply carts to the tavern, go check what the problem is"?

When I entered starting village in 15 minutes I had 5 quests. After looking around Brynn for 45 minutes I have no new quests and no new equipment. I'm feeling like the game doesn't want me to be there, but that is literally where it railroaded me to. I am really saddened that development time went to adding new equipment variants, reworking skill trees and adding bigger map. Those things sounded like they would improve the experience, but the neglected RPG part of this RPG game is very visible now.

If you need something for that indie RPG itch, I suggest you look at a game called "Drova", It is sadly not turn based, but the difficulty is very forgiving. The map is small but filled to the brim with places worth exploring. The NPCs actually have human emotions and wants. The many quests that are there always give you few ways of solving them. Highly recommended!

To all the people giving New World a negative review because of queue times: I know it is painfully hard to log in in peak hours, but trust me it is worth it. The game runs smooth as butter, no lag on PvE and PvP.

The game is fantastic, coming from Black Desert Online I love how simple yet challenging combat is in this game, it doesn't feel like you're fighting your own character but the actual enemy, and you know what they are using in PvP as soon as they start ability animation! Being good at fighting in this game doesn't mean knowing all skills, combos and matchups, but being good at positioning and managing your stamina.

Collecting resources is simple and relaxing. Need to get some wood? Go chop some trees around the town. Need some iron or stone? Go near mountains. The sound of every tool pleases something deep within me, it's like some sort of ASMR. I have not touched fishing yet, but I have heard it feels like simplified Stardew Valley fishing minigame.

First dungeon was a blast too, finally my party met opponents who we couldn't have just bruteforced through. Rewards are random yet fair, everyone gets a drop from boss, but it's a random item, so you may need to run the instance few times to get that sword you really like. However there is an entrance fee, you need to gather some materials in overworld to craft a tuning orb, one needed per party.

All in all, highly recomended from a mmo fan that is tired of complicated mechanics and endless fruitless grind, this game is the most relaxing mmo I have played yet.