Servers have gotten better as of 10/4/2021. Queue times are way down/ non existent in low population realms. They are more lively than you think. Don't follow the big streamers to their worlds unless you want to wait in the queues.

This game is very very fun and entertaining as well as being a breath of fresh air in the Massive Multiplayer Online genre. This game is not time wasted. There are bugs, but the game is very playable. Updates coming every week for the indefinite future.
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If you like/love any or all the following games: You will like/love New World.
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-World of Warcraft
-Elder Scrolls Online
-Guild Wars 1 or 2
-Runescape
-Valheim
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COMBAT:
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-Very satisfying. Swords and Axes slash and bash. Spells and muskets slap.
-Well done action combat imo. (learning to swap between weapon sets effectively/efficiently is the name of the game.)
-Skills and leveling is satisfying as well being able to feel your character becoming stronger.
-Magic is real and in this game. It's fun. It's very practical in world pvp as well as early game dungeons as far as I can tell.
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PVE/PVP
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-Cant speak to much on the topic as I am not max level.
-Join a company and meet up with them. No voice chat needed. Very fun to fight against the other factions in your territory as well as theirs.
-Dungeons are a little buggy at the moment but are still very playable.
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SOCIAL
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-Very friendly player base as far as I can tell.
-World pvp, people will whisper "gf" or "gg" if you win or lose. and ask for tips on how my build countered theirs or vise versa.
-You really get back what you put in. If you're toxic (which i havent even really seen in the most common forms in mmo's) you just get ignored or no one plays with you.
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GRAPHICS:
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*NVIDIA 3070.2080.3090 users. Update drivers before playing*
-Buy the game and see for yourself. You wont be dissapointed, as long as you have a mid tier PC ($800-1500) (pre covid GPU prices)
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...plus at only 40 bones. Come on. That's a generous price for how much work went into this.

***I just want to say how awesome of a job the developers have done on this game. They're working their butts off. Things will get fixed. There are some things that just have to be played and done by "us" the players to figure out what will go wrong.

Servers have gotten better as of 10/4/2021. Queue times are way down/ non existent in low population realms. They are more lively than you think. Don't follow the big streamers to their worlds unless you want to wait in the queues. This game is very very fun and entertaining as well as being a breath of fresh air in the Massive Multiplayer Online genre. This game is not time wasted. There are bugs, but the game is very playable. Updates coming every week for the indefinite future. ------------------------------------------------- If you like/love any or all the following games: You will like/love New World. ------------------------------------------------- -World of Warcraft -Elder Scrolls Online -Guild Wars 1 or 2 -Runescape -Valheim ------------------------------------------------- COMBAT: ------------------------------------------------- -Very satisfying. Swords and Axes slash and bash. Spells and muskets slap. -Well done action combat imo. (learning to swap between weapon sets effectively/efficiently is the name of the game.) -Skills and leveling is satisfying as well being able to feel your character becoming stronger. -Magic is real and in this game. It's fun. It's very practical in world pvp as well as early game dungeons as far as I can tell. ------------------------------------------------- PVE/PVP ------------------------------------------------- -Cant speak to much on the topic as I am not max level. -Join a company and meet up with them. No voice chat needed. Very fun to fight against the other factions in your territory as well as theirs. -Dungeons are a little buggy at the moment but are still very playable. ------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL ------------------------------------------------- -Very friendly player base as far as I can tell. -World pvp, people will whisper "gf" or "gg" if you win or lose. and ask for tips on how my build countered theirs or vise versa. -You really get back what you put in. If you're toxic (which i havent even really seen in the most common forms in mmo's) you just get ignored or no one plays with you. ------------------------------------------------- GRAPHICS: ------------------------------------------------- *NVIDIA 3070.2080.3090 users. Update drivers before playing* -Buy the game and see for yourself. You wont be dissapointed, as long as you have a mid tier PC ($800-1500) (pre covid GPU prices) ------------------------------------------------- ...plus at only 40 bones. Come on. That's a generous price for how much work went into this. ***I just want to say how awesome of a job the developers have done on this game. They're working their butts off. Things will get fixed. There are some things that just have to be played and done by "us" the players to figure out what will go wrong.