I enjoy helping my daughters during some of the harder fighting levels. And I even enjoyed maxing out a few classes I was fond of. The tower defense games were also a nice distraction when bored. =P They do need to add more content however, and possibly beef up the battle classes for a little more customization.
This open non NDA test is going to make or break TERA's chances over here in North America. With RIFT coming up, and a handful of other anticipated releases due late this year TERA has its work cut out trying to get a foothold. I REALLY hope it blows people away, as I am on the fence myself in regards to RIFT.
I think the graphics look fine / although I agree about the mass effect 2 statements. I am sure they have their reasons on why they used this engine over any other? Not like these guys are amateurs, and know a hell of a lot more than any of us do on game design.
Having kids who love gaming this idea is brilliant! Stockings, a little extra in their other holiday cards, etc. No risk for me as a parent either using my CC on their games. =D
I have to say all the pure choices is one of the unique and interesting aspects of EQ2 that set it apart from the pack. Its also really nice to have plenty of race options and classes to choose from. Not everyone raids, I did very sparsely over the games life and now don't have the time or the will to stay up all night doing so anymore. Hence having multiple fighter options does not effect me, unless again you like to have plenty of options at your disposal. Yes class balancing has always been a pain, and some of the classes just aren't liked, or needed much. But why consolidate all these options to make the game more vanilla?
Server mergers YES! No problem with that, its hard to find a group on half the servers these days. Otherwise taking out features seems to be a bad idea.
Rise and Shiny recap: Free Realms
Feb 14th 2011 11:55AM (Massively)New RIFT trailer shows off dynamic invasions
Feb 14th 2011 11:47AM (Massively)Been playing in Beta for months, I have to say the game is quickly loosing its momentum for me. Its gone from a must play to a distraction.
TERA community play event coming in March
Feb 8th 2011 3:24PM (Massively)The Game Archaeologist goes PlanetSide: The highlights
Feb 8th 2011 3:21PM (Massively)See the first two minutes of Dragon Age 2
Feb 8th 2011 2:09PM (Joystiq)Nexon America's pre-paid card empire
Feb 7th 2011 11:48AM (Joystiq)Massively revisits Bloodline Champions and gets pwned
Feb 4th 2011 10:24AM (Massively)Two Worlds 2 review: One world of difference
Jan 25th 2011 2:59PM (Joystiq)You can put a price on Love, and that price is now 10 euros
Jan 25th 2011 10:51AM (Joystiq)The Tattered Notebook: Merge this!
Nov 16th 2010 9:06AM (Massively)Server mergers YES! No problem with that, its hard to find a group on half the servers these days. Otherwise taking out features seems to be a bad idea.