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Re: TERA Free Trial |
Jun 14, 2012, 20:42 |
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Nothing is stopping any character from "dodging" enemy attacks (as in, the enemies, ALL enemies, DO telegraph attacks and you CAN move out of the way of them). Certain classes get actual dodge skills that render the user invulnerable during the duration of the dodge, and later in the game the warrior gets two dodges. This lets non-tanks effectively tank if they know their enemy and they know how to dodge.
That Kotaku review was right; TERA's combat is literally the only fresh idea in the game. It's just my opinion that one fresh idea alone in a sea of rotten ones isn't enough to elevate the game.
And I did say the presentation is stellar. I've only seen videos of Guild Wars and it looks more like an "art direction" game as opposed to a "visual flair" game like TERA. TERA has your run-of-the-mill wild boars and wolves, sure, but it has a lot of crazy enemies as well that only Asian artists could come up with, and the animations are all very slick (especially the BAMs). |
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| News Comments > TERA Free Trial |
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Re: TERA Free Trial |
Jun 14, 2012, 14:09 |
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Zones being linear is enough to make me not want to play. Im not a big WoW fan but least they had a bunch of options of zones to go to for leveling. Linear game play is why I left Rift and one of the 20 reasons I left SWtOR.
Wasn't WoW basically the only game to actually have alternate world progression (one for horde, one for alliance)? For products calling themselves "massive" and "role-playing games", seldom is either title justified. |
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| News Comments > TERA Free Trial |
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Re: TERA Free Trial |
Jun 14, 2012, 12:09 |
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Settle down guys. After I sent my post, I thought I should have mentioned I created an account yesterday JUST to help this person with their decision because I believe Tera is a great game.
Yeaahhhh but it isn't. Melee combat being uniquely active (though still a far, far cry from something like Devil May Cry or even Kingdom of Amalur) doesn't excuse the fact the game is a hopeless fucking slog otherwise. Every level is spent doing literally nothing but "kill x of enemy y". EVERY level. Zones are completely linear, and there is only one path of progression through the entire game. There are instanced dungeons for a very few level ranges, but it's faster to level up outside of them by doing the afformentioned endless slog of kill quests. BAMs offer a distraction. Loot is pointless because quest rewards are always better than everything you can find at current level. The crafting is not only worthless but is as grindy as crafting can manage to be in an MMO, and that's saying something.
Seriously, I'm so fucking tired of playing all these identical MMORPGs, games whose worlds are populated by faceless NPCs sending me off on endless pointless, boring errands to kill pointless enemies sitting around pointlessly in nice little groups in a tiny little cordoned-off zone populated by other players pointlessly doing exactly what I'm doing and then doing the whole fucking thing over again until I reach some pointlessly arbitrary level cap so the "real" game can begin wherein I can go do some pointless dungeon over and over and over again while min/maxing my equipment.
It's fucking disgusting that people equate this formula with entertainment, and fucking disgusting that nobody is capable or willing to develop something better. Everybody can extol the virtues of Guild Wars 2 all they want, but I know better than to hold my breath. |
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| News Comments > TERA Free Trial |
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Re: TERA Free Trial |
Jun 13, 2012, 21:31 |
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The melee combat is the only thing different from any other MMO. Game is a hopeless grind otherwise.
Presentation is nice, though. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Jun 12, 2012, 12:57 |
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| Didn't need Wii to play Zelda, just bought it for GCN instead. And as for Skyward Sword... well, after TP, SS just looked like fucking shit. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Jun 11, 2012, 15:21 |
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Oh hey thanks for the DD recommendation btw, been enjoying it. I wish the RPG stuff and town depth went a bit further but its a definitely a step in the right direction for Capcom. I really like the Pawn system despite thinking it sounded really gimmicky on the surface.
I platinumed it a few days ago thinking that'd be the end of it...
... and then promptly started a brand new character, which is now lvl 45 -_- |
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| News Comments > DayZ Interview |
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Re: DayZ Interview |
Jun 10, 2012, 11:18 |
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You know what I liked about DayZ? Proof of concept. Now, get that gameplay in the hands of a serious developer
That's what I concluded from my experience as well. Or at the very least... get a new engine. |
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| News Comments > Diablo III Hotfixes and More |
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Re: Diablo III Hotfixes and More |
Jun 9, 2012, 19:04 |
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| I just thought of something else... in D2, a lot of people highly disliked certain changes Blizzard made over the years and saw fit not to use "the latest and greatest" version put forth by Blizzard. I suppose D3's system means players have to use what Blizzard tells them to, whether they like it or not. |
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| News Comments > Unreal Engine 4 Videos |
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Re: Unreal Engine 4 Videos |
Jun 9, 2012, 01:25 |
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As good as it does look, I find it hard to believe that this is what Mark Rein is claiming next-gen consoles will have trouble running.
Never underestimate Microsoft's ability to sell a console with shit specs. |
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| News Comments > Unreal Engine 4 Videos |
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Re: Unreal Engine 4 Videos |
Jun 8, 2012, 23:46 |
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if you're such a fan of the latest technology and latest effects, why dont you have a 3d mario avatar at least?
That is Paper Mario... a 3D game. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Jun 8, 2012, 11:29 |
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| wwoooaahhh page scrolling in firefox is all craazzzzyyy now. I feel like I'm under the sea! |
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