VERY DISSAPOINTED!!... THIS GAME DOESN'T PLAY WELL....

User Rating: 4 | Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning PC
By larrywong | Review Date:
I was very excited about this game when it was released, i didn't take part of the beta's / pre-releases.... in other words, i never saw the game until i recently went to the video store, got the game and after a HUGE patch started playing. I'm also not a big fan of warhammer so i basically bought this game based on the players review that i saw online... i wanted to try something new and i was curious as well :-).

Well, let me try to explain.... when i started the game i couldn't believe what i was seeing... this game LOOKS TERRIBLE... i mean, i'm not just talking about comparing it with any other game or anything like that... it just looks BAD. I went to the settings to try to see what was going on, and to my surprise the setting were set to "very high", couldn't believe it!!. Initially i tought that it was my video card or computer that was wrong or outdated (i have a 8800GTX), but then i started to watch videos and screenshots and i realized that THIS was the real game.... couldn't believe it.

Then i started playing.... and to my dismay i found that the combat feels horrible... the timing between the spells is just not right..... it's simply NOT FUN... slow... tedious.. etc...

Then running around... doing quests... the pvp stuff.... after several hours of PAIN... i decided to delete this game from my computer and play something else. I just cancelled my account and i'm not looking bad =)

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE. This game is not very good. If you compare to other titles it looks very mediocre. I have the feeling that all the people that wrote this "great" reviews of this game are either:

1- Fanboys of the genere "warhammer"
2- Game enthusiasts that have been looking forward for this game and REALLY want this game to succeed. These people are willing to forgive technical issues with the same like: smoothness of gameplay, animations issues, overall graphics atmosfere, poor sound etc....

When i play a computer game i want to have a great experience... i want to like what i see and the controls are key for that, this game has none of those. The only good thing that i can say about this game is that it's about a interesting universe and that it has a lot of potential. Now, in regards to comparing this game with any other, well it "looks" like WOW but i just doesn't come close in terms of gameplay, graphics and overall immersion factor.. it's something totally different... i just feels so UNFINISHED... UNPOLISHED... .

If you want to play a good MMO, look somewhere else.

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