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GF Rating
8.1

22 ratings

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GF Rating
8

Very Good

Fun unique mature-themed MMO

posted by Soldarith (WEST CHESTER, PA) Jul 6, 2012

Member since Apr 2009

6 out of 6 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

My spouse and I have been playing for about a week now and we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves.

There are a lot of new/uncommon features to this MMO: no character levels, no "classes", and a sandbox with borders approach to questing overall the game reqards you for exploring and experimenting with skills and abilities.

Probably what we love most is the unrestricted feeling we get from playing: ability mixing, exploring rhe world, and thinking outside of the box are all not only possible but strongly encouraged!

On the bad side: not enough character models for character creation, no auction house. These are promised to currently being worked on and released this summer. Other possible negativea are: lack of PVP focus and warzones (there are some but strong PVP players may not be satisfied), and a concern about higher end and end game content.

On the pro and positive list: voice acting and storylines are absolutely number one. The are very funny lines in the game and the humor takes shots at our modern day world. The graphics are stellar - if someone tella you otherwise, they don't have the rig to display them. Skill synergy is amazing to explore and play with - countless powerful combinations to discover here!

Overall I scored the game a solid 7-8 but near-future changes may sway that score higher or lower.

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GF Rating
10

Perfect

Amazing!!

posted by mike4fantasy11 (SAN DIEGO, CA) Jul 20, 2012

Member since Nov 2011

1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

I recommend you to try this game! It's way much different from other MMO gaming. It was pulled me off play from Final Fantasy XI and XIV ... they are too much common repeat same stuff ever since then. Nothing change. But this The Secret World OH MY GOODNESS! I couldn't eescription how it's great game I ever played since for long time! .... I'm not gonna spoil you unless you play them first :-)

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GF Rating
2

Really Bad

Don't fall for the fan hype...

posted by Fox_Marshall (LAFAYETTE, CO) Aug 14, 2012

Member since Aug 2012

This game would have been great 5 years ago... the controls are clunky, character developement pretends to give you options but you'll find most combinations of abilities to be too similar to be called "different". You are not unique in this game. The linear playfield leaves you grinding the same missions over and over until your bored enough to move on and do the same thing in the next part (which may as well be called chapter 2). This is a 95% single player game and 5% group content with no means of finding a group so if you want to complete the one dungeon in the area, be prepared to shout "DPS LFG" for an hour.
The PVP is a well known failure with meaningless objectives... All in all, I bought this game to hold me over for 1 month... I was bored after a week.

I give this a 2 because the concept and setting is awesome... too bad it was poorly executed.

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