I bought The Secret World a few months ago and I'm still playing it, it's really not bad in fact I love it. The graphics are really crisp and new, sound effects and soundtrack is a pleasure to listen to, the story is great I bought this game purely because of the mystery and I was not disappointed! The Secret World has a lot of mystery and the overall story and writing is excellent, the gameplay is your average MMORPG fare it's not bad but it doesn't reinvent the wheel either, what Funcom does reinvent the wheel is that the game doesn't have levels, instead when you gain experience you get skill points to advance your character in a certain weapons specialty.
I can't find anything at fault with The Secret World and I've been playing it for a while, the more I play it the more I want to play it and I highly recommend it to any gamer.