Post by Office Ninja on Jul 6, 2008 8:16:27 GMT -5
Well I have to admit my views on this game have changed.
I was given the game for free, and a free month and a half to play. So I thought, what the hell.
After the 18.8 gig download I loaded the game. Took a while to get the graphics to my liking, and playable on my system, but once I found the sweet spot things were great. The overall performance of this game has improved greatly. I was surprised to see my computer running high settings with a few tweaks. In the major cities I still have slight issues, but I found a fix for that.
Gameplay is drawing me in. I started my MMO career with Everquest 1. This was like 8 years ago. The first time I logged in it was in awe. the world around me was amazing and I couldnt wait to see the next area. Its like that with Vanguard now. WoW drew me in but the world just didnt amaze me. Something about Vanguard is just superb I think. I love exploring and finding little caves full of treasures, or magical towers, or just whatever. The world is beautiful.
Age of Conan has amazing graphics, but when you look at the fact that the world is tiny, and every zone is square and not very big. it only takes me a few minutes to run from one end to another. Heck FFXI had bigger zones, as does WoW.
Vanguard has no zones. And I am level 14 now and have done a lot of exploring. I pulled up my maps to look at the land i have already covered and was amazed to see how little I had really seen. This makes me curious because there are only 50 levels in the game, and by level 14 I still havnt seen even 5% of the world. So I have lots of exploring to do.
When the game came out I hated it, but either I didnt really play it enough in beta, or they just made such great improvements, because this is the game for me. Once my free time is over I will most definately be subscribing. THis might change when the WoW expansion is released but for now this is my home.
I am currently playing a Gnome Cleric. I am a plate wearing Gnome who whacks things with a hammer and heals my allies. I have got so many spells already and again am only level 14. I have too many hotbars as it is.
So yeah, if your computer can handle it, i definately say try it out. Its a lot more challenging than your average MMO, FFXI might be the exception, but to me it is worth it. You feel like you are really accomplishing things.
I was given the game for free, and a free month and a half to play. So I thought, what the hell.
After the 18.8 gig download I loaded the game. Took a while to get the graphics to my liking, and playable on my system, but once I found the sweet spot things were great. The overall performance of this game has improved greatly. I was surprised to see my computer running high settings with a few tweaks. In the major cities I still have slight issues, but I found a fix for that.
Gameplay is drawing me in. I started my MMO career with Everquest 1. This was like 8 years ago. The first time I logged in it was in awe. the world around me was amazing and I couldnt wait to see the next area. Its like that with Vanguard now. WoW drew me in but the world just didnt amaze me. Something about Vanguard is just superb I think. I love exploring and finding little caves full of treasures, or magical towers, or just whatever. The world is beautiful.
Age of Conan has amazing graphics, but when you look at the fact that the world is tiny, and every zone is square and not very big. it only takes me a few minutes to run from one end to another. Heck FFXI had bigger zones, as does WoW.
Vanguard has no zones. And I am level 14 now and have done a lot of exploring. I pulled up my maps to look at the land i have already covered and was amazed to see how little I had really seen. This makes me curious because there are only 50 levels in the game, and by level 14 I still havnt seen even 5% of the world. So I have lots of exploring to do.
When the game came out I hated it, but either I didnt really play it enough in beta, or they just made such great improvements, because this is the game for me. Once my free time is over I will most definately be subscribing. THis might change when the WoW expansion is released but for now this is my home.
I am currently playing a Gnome Cleric. I am a plate wearing Gnome who whacks things with a hammer and heals my allies. I have got so many spells already and again am only level 14. I have too many hotbars as it is.
So yeah, if your computer can handle it, i definately say try it out. Its a lot more challenging than your average MMO, FFXI might be the exception, but to me it is worth it. You feel like you are really accomplishing things.