After a furious start with sometimes more than 800,000 players, the MMO New World quickly sank into insignificance. Also because of numerous problems with glitches and exploits for the release, many players turned away, which caused strange phenomena such as aggressive NPCs that destroyed the game world.
So it looked like the game was going to die. But New World has been on the up again since September, and in the last few days the number of players has even multiplied at times almost 140,000 simultaneously active players. You can find out what is behind this development here.
Important updates
Instead of giving up the online role-playing game, the developers tried to stop the loss of players with updates and improvements. This was successful and the big sulfur sand desert update, which brought the area of the same name into play in mid-October, was well received by the community. This video shows you what the desert, reminiscent of ancient Egypt, looks like:
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New World: The new Egypt area looks so beautiful
There are also additional expeditions and dungeons in the new area, as well as the great sword as a new weapon class. Several starting areas have also been extensively reworked, and many walkways in quests have been reduced. The extensive update was reason enough for us to test the MMO again:
New World in the night test
Well on the way to finally becoming a good MMO
Since November 2nd, new servers have opened their doors to which players cannot translate with their existing characters. So these worlds offer the opportunity to start from scratch in the MMO – and without all the problems that plagued New World at launch. These worlds are doing pretty well too, like a View the current server load
Big twitch campaign
The launch of the new servers was then accompanied by a large Twitch campaign. Several groups of streamers will be followed as they try to progress the fastest in the new worlds. Spectators can join in per Twitch-Drop Secure various sets of armor, clothing, and more.
The success of the update strategy seems to have breathed new life into New World. Also the latest Steam-Reviews are clearly more positive. While the game has only 68 percent positive reviews overall Balanced
81 percent of recent reviewers are satisfied with New World. In addition to the great opportunities of this development, our expert for the MMO also sees some risks:
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New World’s second spring brings opportunity and danger
What do you think of the latest updates for New World? Will you give online roleplaying another chance or have you already returned to Aeternum? Have you perhaps already found an alternative that you enjoy a lot more? Write your opinion in the comments!
