Secret World Legends

1. flappycat55

   Jul 17, 2017

   10

   just try the game out for yourself, it's free. All the 0's are just people on the hate train or disgruntled old TSW players. Some seem likejust try the game out for yourself, it's free. All the 0's are just people on the hate train or disgruntled old TSW players. Some seem like they didn't play the game past 30 minutes with some of the statements they made. Or are just pissed that a F2P game has microtransactions - shocker. The only legit thing I've seen is that the customer service was bad for the first week but now it's fine and a week after launch they had a huge patch addressing 90% of the concerns of the playerbase.… Expand

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2. Iindie

   Aug 13, 2017

   10

   I for one find the reboot interesting and the economic way more viable for Funcom. You can only go so far in the failing F2P model withoutI for one find the reboot interesting and the economic way more viable for Funcom. You can only go so far in the failing F2P model without hitting hard limitations and since a large percentage of gamers do not want to participate in either real life economical models or ,god forbid , virtual ones they end up fuming and spewing, well at some point ,in all socialist economies, you eventually run out of other's people money and F2P illustrates just that. Now I agree the subscription benefit is negligible but previous inception was way too indie economically and F2P and moderate P2W might be enough to save the title.… Expand

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4. Corvwyn

   Aug 31, 2017

   9

   Story:
   If you're interested in story, this certainly is the MMO for you. You will get to explore different kinds of settings and mythologies,Story:
   If you're interested in story, this certainly is the MMO for you. You will get to explore different kinds of settings and mythologies, in a zombie-infested New England, Egypt, Transylvania and Tokyo. You can play solo for most of this content, except dungeons and some select areas. The story is certainly a large part of why I give TSW such a high score. If this was
   
   Combat:
   It does have MMORPG combat with a hotbar, with a slight twist. You use two weapons, and can combine active and passive abilities from these. Each weapon has a weapon speciality, which works pretty well and adds a bit of variation.
   
   Monetization :
   This is a free to play game, so naturally it has monetization features, like loot boxes and patron status. As far as I've seen you don't have to pay to enjoy the game, unless you want to get better gear faster, or pay for patron status each month to get more xp and ability points.
   
   Disclaimer: Since I bought the lifetime subscription of the old game I'm a lifetime patron in SWL, which gives me more xp and ability points. This may influence my opinion of the monetization.
   
   This is a free to play game, so you can easily find out yourself by just playing it.
   
   TSW -> SWL:
   I played through most content in the old version, so here's some info. You can play through the story much faster, since the beginning zones have been made much easier, which is a good idea. Combat is more fun with the added specialities, and more focused. I like the change. Even though I liked the old ability wheel, it had too many abilities with minimal bonuses. You can also transfer some of your cosmetic items with a transfer service, although this expires September 4th. Most of the story content from the old game is now back, and came trickling regularly when SWL was launched.… Expand

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5. jseph1234

   Nov 3, 2018

   2

   This is the worse version of The Secret World. The Secret World didn't give you any chance to influence the world at ALL!! Just kill stuff,This is the worse version of The Secret World. The Secret World didn't give you any chance to influence the world at ALL!! Just kill stuff, investigate stuff, solve puzzles and report back to some unknown person for a reward.....THAT'S IT!!
   
   Very sad that it took me $30, a lot of questions and about 100 hours of playing that that is all you will get with it.
   
   Secret World Legends just adds a cash shop and rng loot boxes to make it even more shallow.… Expand

   • 1 of 1 users found this helpful
6. tjohobbit

   Jul 7, 2017

   2

   They dont answer support issues so now even though I bought the orinigal I cant make a accaount so I did not get the downtime bonus as manyThey dont answer support issues so now even though I bought the orinigal I cant make a accaount so I did not get the downtime bonus as many other becaseu it was impossible to make a accaount.
   
   They dont answer any of all the players that had issues on any forum I have looked like steam and their FB page.
   
   I have bought it but now they screw me over because they want to milk new ppl.
   
   Resetted all chars so everything you have done is worth almost nothing.
   
   its a big scam and probably they will put a end to it as soon as they have gotten some mroe money in their pockets.
   
   Worst thing for me is the non support so last time I buy anything from funcom.
   Yes I should have learned but could not resist becasue they had intressting worlds with this and Conan.… Expand

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7. EldrithDubwa

   Mar 1, 2021

   0

   'The secret world' was an awesome game until they used the cash generated from it to start a lego game that flopped. They took a lone from'The secret world' was an awesome game until they used the cash generated from it to start a lego game that flopped. They took a lone from someone that wanted some changes (from my understanding) and one of the changes was to fresh start every one. If they are willing to do this to their loyal players base then I'm not chancing the loss of time and cash to this co. again.… Expand

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8. runqz

   Jul 5, 2017

   0

   The original secret world was an ok game that suffered from outdated, bad performing engine that didn't look that awesome. Regardless of that,The original secret world was an ok game that suffered from outdated, bad performing engine that didn't look that awesome. Regardless of that, the storytelling and voice acting was really nice and also the combat system was nice and had a lot of configuration to do to get the most of it.
   
   Apparently, it was too "confusing" and "difficult" to some people, even if the official forums were full of help regarding the matter. Also the game didn't make enough money and the updates were always very late.
   
   To combat these "issues" and to fix the game, Funcom decided to reboot the game. In order to get better graphics (only faces and animations are revamped) and to gain more revenue they went for F2P model, where you "can" use real life money to get more things that you would normally get just by playing. Funnily enough, the engine remains the same so all the problems it had are still there. Also worth nothing that the issues (that were not fixed) reported on the testlive forums, were completely wiped just before announcing The Secret World "Legends" so those bugs never got fixed and they are in the "Legends" for obvious reasons.
   
   The combat system was revamped or one could say massively dumbed down as well, so instead of really configuring your stats, actives and passives you have your usual ADHD can't concentrate action rpg controls instead, with mouse reticule targetting. Gone are the days when you could just tab-target an enemy and keep firing and/or hitting it.
   
   The funniest thing of all of this is, that the original game had 15 issues. It consisted of 8 classic dungeons and 2 kaidan dungeons with aegis, or 3 if you count the first kaidan mini dungeon. The game also had 3 different raids, that were later released also as "nightmare" difficulty.
   
   At the moment you have access to elite dungeons, nightmare dungeons are nowhere to be seen. Neither are the raids, let alone the nightmare raids. Also Kaidan content is also completely missing from the game. Apparently there are promises that these things will make into "Legends" at some point, but seeing Funcom's track record on being able to deliver, these might be the things you have to wait for a long time. Also there is the fact that they promised continuation to the story, IF the game succeeds, which I highly doubt.
   
   This is not all I have to say about the game, but there is one more thing. This re-release basically almost completely resetted the progression of the characters that were in the original TSW, excluding some outfits that they so genorously let you carry onto the "Legends". All this in order to give players 1) improved face graphics 2) less "confusing" abilities and passives and 3) action rpg combat system with new animations.
   
   None of these things make the game better, it is still tech from 2012 with the clunky engine that was broken and had performance issues and you have only partially the same content as you had with the old game and now you have the micro transactions on top of that to boost you up.… Expand

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