New world, Amazon’s MMO is getting a makeover and hitting consoles with the clear intention of attracting more players and keeping the game afloat. The question is: will it succeed?
We had access to closed demo of New World: Eternal and we have mixed feelings about what we thought of the game.
The story he proposes would fall into the group of things we loved and this makes the game interesting: explorers reach unknown lands, encountering mysteries, magic and other things typical of a fantasy story, it becomes quite entertaining. The fact, besides the fact that the title comes dubbed in englishadds a very important plus because the story and dialogues become much more immersive.
The map is quite large and it has different environments and biomes that make it feel fresh every time you enter a new region to explore. However, from this point on, the game begins to falter a bit in several ways, which, perhaps due to lack of experience or a desire to innovate in things that did not need to be changed, causes many stumbles.
New World: Aeternum has outdated and limited gameplay
Right in the middle of 2024, with a long list of action RPGs they could look at… Amazon decides to take the plunge 10 or maybe even 15 years ago, leaving an adventure very difficult.
In New World: Eternal, you can start with various character archetypes (as if they were already predefined classes), but at any time you can equip any weapon you wantoffering freedom in this regard. In total, you can carry a maximum of 2 equipped weapons, and each weapon has a maximum of 3 skills (6 total with both weapons).
What is the problem? Each skill of each weapon has a cooldownabout 20 seconds or so. Which leaves you a good chunk of time to attack enemies with basic moves, which aren’t the best. The movements of some of these skills are very, and we mean VERY brutal.compared to the current, more agile and frenetic combat system in today’s games.
Imagine fighting a boss or a group of enemies, casting all your skills, and being in a blocking timeout (spoiler, you don’t have a great blocking system either) and attacking with basic hits, waiting for one of your skills to be ready to cast again. And taking damage from different sides, since the target The objective can leave you very exposed to groups of enemies.
Fast travel: yes, but no
Can you fast travel around the map? Yes, but… you have to explore it completely first. As we said before, the map of New world It’s quite big; that’s good, but it’s also a problem if you’re using a fast travel system that also seems a bit outdated.
There are several fast travel stones scattered throughout each region/zone from the menubut to be able to use them you first have to discover them. So far, you could say that this is good, because many games work this way. So what’s the problem? It turns out that these stones are not abundant and are widely scattered throughout the area.and sometimes there are none near where you have to go to do a mission, and in the end you have to do a good walk.
And you also need “coins” to do them! In other words, there is a unique type of material, like a currency, that is used to complete these journeys. During our test of the demo, we did not have any problems with the lack of this material because we assume that when you complete the first missions, they give you quite a few as rewards, but… what if that time comes when you run out of this material? It is unlikely that it will happen, yes, but… what if it does? Well, you know, it is time to go.
New World: Aeternum Graphics
In this section there is little to say: It doesn’t have the best graphicseven for our time. To us, they reminded us of a mix halfway between World of Warcraft and maybe Bordersbecause it looks more like the style cartoon than the real one.
Don’t get me wrong: the game looks pretty.There are some really beautiful areas where you want to stop and contemplate. But it’s not even close to a game with the current graphics level of the industry. That shouldn’t be a problem since there are people who still like pixel art style games, for example. But for those for whom graphics are important… this game is not going to catch your attention.
summary
It’s an entertaining game to pass the time, especially if you’re in the company of friends, but nothing else.. If you are looking for a more demanding MMO experience, we think this game is not for you. The story looks interesting, exploration is always a good factor spend a few hours and come dubbed in english This is a very positive point even if it is to test the first hours. In our case, it is not the game to which we will dedicate hundreds of hours.
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