Throne & Liberty is Ruining My Life

[@fiends001]

But does it respect your time? xD

[@bakterija3089]

No

[@tanatos1997]

xdding

[@gregorygreg000]

Absolutely not; the timegating is insane 🙃

[@liamnissanS2K]

If the game doesn't respect your time , the guild you join sure as fuck won't lol

[@nowhale]

Poor dude will get this question under every video he make till the end of his life)

[@duffno1]

This game has filled my mmo hunger for a real new MMO since GW2 lol.

[@typeluminanejoyer]

u'll get to the endgame dissapointed and u will go back to gw2 as everyone lol

[@duffno1]

@@typeluminanejoyer LOL. Never said I left GW2. Wasn’t this game in beta and just now officially released 10/1? How much content exactly was it supposed to have on day 3 Debbie?.

[@stringslinger91]

Gives me the gw2 combat feels

[@wtfvideos3264]

​@@stringslinger91gw2 is way more fluid when it comes to combat

[@tonecyphers9239]

I definitely understand, it scratches a different itch h because GW2 doesn’t have a real gear progression

[@Frothmeister]

Am i the only one that thinks this game has an overwhelming number of systems? Like upgrading skills, skill specialization, picking passives, upgrading gear, crafting gear, weapon specializations, picking your weird little healer pet guy, different shift forms, skill points, i feel like my menus are constantly telling me that i need to put some points somewhere

[@SaddBoi74]

You’re right it’s definitely a lot. I’m trying to get into it and understand it but man…it can feel pretty overwhelming. So much to read and process but I’ll stick it through for now and give myself a chance to hunker down and learn.

[@ogbreeze1081]

Yea I quit playing already. And I feel like the story is boring. I hit level 12 and just like yea nah

[@RaielGaming]

just watching the video drained me

[@Buccanneer502]

Typical Asian MMO bullshit.

[@Djr2699]

that was my problem, I deleted the game because theres so much going on. I really want to play but I have to know how everything works

[@Cogbyrn]

I had no idea this game existed until two days ago when it was released. Picked it up on PS5, and the more I play, the more I enjoy. Feels like an MMO player's MMO, packed with systems and paragraphs-long skill descriptions with obscure stats, but man am I having fun.

[@Too2Cold]

Wait is on ps5?

[@alirajani3901]

Yes!​@@Too2Cold

[@Too2Cold]

@@alirajani3901 tysm for the info I thought it was pc only and my pc is terrible 😂 I got a chance to enjoy the game with full graphics

[@jinx4729]

​@Too2Cold 20 a month for geforce cloud gaming, max settings every game lol

[@bkbstone]

I can't get over the silly anime stuffed toy that follows me around everywhere, had to uninstall.

[@fordie8music584]

I was ready to completely give up on this game until I watched your video and saw there was a setting for auto attack nearest enemy when attacking without a target. This was my biggest gripe the last couple days. I'm just not used to having to target enemies in melee range.

[@baddaysbasil5376]

This setting is literally a game-changer. See, "literally" can be used properly, people! ;P

[@nervosadustbolt9642]

Try looking through the setting next time on your own..

[@Matthew-ij3zm]

@@nervosadustbolt9642 try playing games with good combat systems, you'll end up forgetting all about "looking through the settings" too.

[@Matthew-ij3zm]

@@nervosadustbolt9642 try playing games with good combat systems, you'll end up forgetting all about "looking through the settings" too.

[@lunamerci7801]

@@nervosadustbolt9642 Try posting useful comments like OP

[@aesirgaming1014]

I have enjoyed the global release very much, just as I enjoyed playing in KR. However, I am afraid that the same issue will hit after a little while on global servers. On KR, the game really lost popularity when people realized that the biggest alliance on most servers (not all, but most) could simply gatekeep the best items at endgame. This meant that either players had to a.) be in the biggest alliance, b.) spend a bunch of real world cash or c.) spend a ton of time grinding less efficient items to make income to buy the best items on the AH. This caused the game to lose a lot of its casual fanbase and a lot of players that were hardcore, but just not into hardcore PvP. It also caused a lot of builds to become less viable. Basically, if a build wasn't powerful in PvP (usually large-scale PvP), it was a lesser build because the builds need to maintain/break a gatekeep pretty much had to fit this mold. Thus, if you wanted to take Option A and have access to top tier items, you pretty much had to be running a meta PvP build and be into PvP. I am a pretty hardcore PvPer and even I had a lot of issues with this model. After falling out with the leadership in a top KR guild (because I dared criticize the guild leader's little brother for not following instructions during large-scale PvP), I was basically blacklisted and progressing became either impossible or consisted of running in circles, killing the same mobs over and over and over again. This isn't fun for most people and so I left. I came back to the global release because I really, really want to like this game. It's a beautiful game with modern graphics, yet a throwback feel to gameplay. As someone who remembers the days when MMORPG's were a brand new genre, I absolutely love this feel. I am hoping against hope to find a server where the top alliance behaves responsibly and gives most on the server a chance to have access to top-tier gear so that everyone can push the endgame. To guild leaders out there, if you want to keep this game alive and healthy, I highly recommend that this is what you do. I'm not saying give people a free pass at stuff, but don't gatekeep it so hard that everyone but your alliance and a few RPers quit the game.

[@lunamerci7801]

Interesting

[@DragonSkyShadow]

Community issue and stupid system, if thats gonna affect playerbase.

[@light18pl]

I think by saying that running around killing mobs is not fun you just insulted the entire BD player base 🤣

[@real_ez8412]

Melee distance needs to be increased the fact ypu take 1 step back and it disconnects your combo is very bad. My biggest complaint by far.

[@Stoopzz]

Actually so true haha

[@Corusame]

I call these types of MMO's sunken cost fallacy traps. You go through the honey moon phase where everything seems great but when the real grind kicks in and you realise its essentially just a progression hamster wheel you've invested too much of your time or money to quit.

[@TheChrisLouis]

Perfectly stated. I also like to call it a pig with lipstick.

[@Dew-b8b]

Every mmo is ultimately a hamster wheel, this game isn't different.

[@marzoval9551]

And that is by design.

[@RavenCroftLoft]

Casino and psychological manipulations at its finest. Just stop it already.

[@allthatishere]

You can literally label every MMO a sunken cost fallacy, especially the ones with subscriptions in them.

[@KazaarLotha]

gaming was once an isolated plane of equality. now we have these people telling us how p2w is not a problem. it just removes the whole point.

[@Charlie-lx9mg]

Bruh just play if you wanna play or don’t play if you don’t wanna play. why do people making videos have that much influence over how YOU play or enjoy a game. Just let people play whatever the f k they want, however the f k they want, whenever the f k they want

[@alexsanchez1620]

Gaming was never equal , even with no p2w some people are just better. There is a reason most pros in games are kids and teens

[@B-...]

Why these replies so defensive. The person just gave their valid opinion.

[@thienkhainguyen1771]

​@@B-... you dont see the irony? The other 2 were giving there opinion as well.

[@nanashi4147]

I’m having loads of fun playing a game for FREE while you’re crying.

[@dyslexicape4249]

They really need to make attack nearest enemy when attacking without a target the default setting because I’m sure thousands of people have quit simply because of it

[@Deus_Te_Ama_Muito]

I like the joystick mode but it's such a pain in the ass you're I just the middle of an eye vent and you have to freaking press L3 to change target.

[@alexandruciordas4941]

what the heck are you even saying. The game literally sucks because of the auto attack and now you want even auto target like what?

[@dyslexicape4249]

@@alexandruciordas4941 what are you even saying bro. What do you mean game sucks because of auto attack do you want to spam e 100 times per enemy? The game already has the auto target I just think it should be default setting

[@alexandruciordas4941]

@@dyslexicape4249 of course the game sucks, I give it 2 months till it dies 😂

[@Deus_Te_Ama_Muito]

@@alexandruciordas4941 the problem is when you target lock enemies, the game will prior next enemy from your aim, not the ones closest hitting you, which makes very frustrating.

[@Tomi-sc7dv]

Thanks for not lying about P2W like so many other creators

[@australienski6687]

Who has said it's not pay to win? Literally everyone has said it's pay to win.

[@VaticanTop]

@@australienski6687 It's really not though, you will realize that a fully decked out blue f2p player can easily kill a full purple. The power difference is 5% at most and even then you can't p2w skill books.

[@australienski6687]

@@VaticanTop Well I can see why it failed in Korea, whales aren't going to stick around if paying a lot of money gives them a 5% boost over free players.

[@Razyel2340]

⁠@@australienski6687Lol Maplestory and Lost Ark are extremely popular in Korea. They don’t care about monetization.

[@vincentproud6589]

@@VaticanTop X to doubt.

[@doggodoggy]

this game seems fun, but i know for a fact if a game is around big groups of people, me as a casual will never be able to find these big groups

[@ThisGuy-up9nd]

There's matchmaking and it's quick. You can solo everything else

[@aaronchong2194]

@@ThisGuy-up9nd I can definitely solo GvG right, especially those big guild with ton of whales and alliances, I can solo them right?

[@ThisGuy-up9nd]

@@aaronchong2194 wasn't talking about GvG.

[@GkK-to3jr]

No one is going to speak about Throne & Liberty in a year I think.

[@Sinnersmight]

same frfr what i love most is the general RPG enjoyment of progressing your gear, stats, and feeling that difference in combat is great. excited to be able to enjoy m+ like content without having to pay for a sub and have the MMO gear progression along with it.

[@Deus_Te_Ama_Muito]

They had to do that with skills too, starting a game that feels MMO with 14 skills is just too much to our brain.

[@JamieR]

I have no de-sync issues in Norway/ EU. Feels super smooth. I have seen many in NA who stream with these issues. It's likely server overload.

[@ElderSign32]

my man is completely addicted to predatory monetization

[@DukesUp1]

It's easy AF to make the premium currency, you're literally just a loser if you buy it. It's so easy to get, you probably could get more, faster, than someone buying it lol

[@KnowNoLimit001]

P2P players fuming that a game is trying to make money and the F2P is either too poor or too cheap to buy Instead, they want to be on the same level as players who pay, yet they don't contribute anything aside being a body in the game. Poor monetization is a dead argument F2P runs to every time they see a Korean, Chinese,Japanese game. If you are playing something for free and you put more than 50 hours in, they deserve some money. A triple A game like Cod, or woke and DEI infested game would ask you for 40$, and you would say that is ok.

[@Outplayedqt]

@@KnowNoLimit001 I’d much rather pay a forced monthly sub with paid expansions than deal with this game’s $ system. After Lost Ark, I’ve learned my lesson.

[@denjii9]

u dont know predatory monetization, go play some archeage lost ark or bdo

[@shamanschlong]

@@denjii9 you're an idiot

[@EruRoraitoX]

New players don't know whom NCSoft is, but they will learn about it once they understand how much time they've waste on their games. Won't take long until they make this a literal slot machine, like they did with Blade and Soul [other MMOs too but I gave up before their greed reached me, sure I did waste some time thinking I could reach endgame until I realised that without spending time on alts and 8h per day or cash I wasn't gonna reach anywhere]

[@TheExperiment1337]

This happened with Aion as well. Even worse with Gameforge

[@DyonisX]

@@TheExperiment1337 I've only ever played private servers with Aion but I can tell how awfully monetised it's meant to be

[@australienski6687]

They own GW2 and it hasn't changed philosophy.

[@Gurgio]

They specifically held off from being too greedy in this game, and that's the main reason it failed in Korea, people there feel the need to pay to be better

[@australienski6687]

​@@Gurgio It's not that, games with P2W make all their money from whales, if whales can get beaten by free players they won't stay. Either make the game full P2W or don't have it in at all.

[@SungJinwoo666]

Now that is a title that wont be a problem in the future . Thanks for the video Stoopzz .

[@echo5827]

Definitely a consumable MMO not a forever game, but those don't come out anymore especially for MMOs

[@jorgetinoco3574]

Exactly my fucking point. Everyone is worry sick about the future, if you enjoy the game PLAY it, the future doesn't affect your current enjoyment. If it goes to shit, quit and play something else. Why is everyone so mentally ill about video games replacing their life purpose or something holy

[@chc2650]

@@jorgetinoco3574 Because they think every game is going to be like WoW, a pop culture phenomenon that has lasting 20 year legacy.

[@wetlettuce69420]

genuinely a good review. others feel like a copy paste based on a reddit post lol

[@CosyComfyDan]

At first I was thinking that transformation were really cool. But now I'm kind of missing mounts and seeing my character on it.. I don't really know why but when I run and transform then transform back to human then run again and transform... something break in my head, maybe my immersion ? I don't know. Am I the only one?

[@Onikrex]

I've played Maplestory too much. Its so quiet, but I instantly knew the background music was from it.

[@UnholyToastxd]

El Nath OST, an absolute peaceful classic.

[@brennenhernandez4830]

Orbis Tower

[@HoodrichShinobi]

MapleStory BGM is unmatched. The crimsonwood keep track goes so hard

[@xTreyray]

LITH HARBOR GOES HARRRRRRD

[@f8widescat392]

That’s what the stats reminded me of, this game was made for the real mmo players

[@sayseriously]

One of the better early reviews for Throne.

[@avirei98]

I am so happy you mentioned this because I thought it was just my steam deck over wifi. And I keep telling people this is a mobile game without the automation marketed towards PC players. They pulled a genshin impact, to PC players that game was new in revolutionary to people who played games on the phone before we recognized it for what it was. I am having a blast playing this but this is nothing new if you have played any phone mmo.

[@emmanuelblue1320]

I am sorry for the people who have any expectations from a game made by NCSOFT, this company would rather kill their own game for a quick cashgrab (Aion's tragic fall as top mmorpg +BnS...) than sustain a desent game and a healthy player base. Koreans dont play Throne and Liberty.....thats all you need to know about it. This game is a cashgrab and its clear as day, everything about it feels like its AI generated, the world and feel of the game is not better than any mobile trash you will find out there and thats BECAUSE it was meant to be a mobile game in the first place. Of course there are a ton of people trying it out now at launch, the mmo community is starving for anything new nowadays that however wont last and changes nothing.

[@Vandakai]

Yep, however they also have over 100s of mobile phone games that lead the world in P2W as well.. This is something else people should know.

[@rayrayz4667]

ArenaNet is owned by NCSOFT and they make Guild Wars 2 so you can imagine most of the player base is looking at Throne and Liberty and thinking- wtf...your MMO is right here but you haven't reinvested in us so were lacking in terms of marketing and features. It's a slap in the face to us so yeah I guess they'll get what they deserve at our expense.

[@cyradus]

This game is predatory trash to people with low impulse control. The problem with the MMO genre is that the people that still play MMOs accept this because the game is "free" to play.

[@KanonXO]

god tier content from a god tier creator

[@wienermerchant42]

not even subbed

[@Fiendai]

doing tricks on it

[@ElusiveClit]

get a life amoeba

[@jawetty3273]

doing flips on it

[@Belleslayer]

The leveling was so smooth and well paced, the world feels alive and the side quests are interesting, the navigation and exploration with the morphs are great. Been playing the end game for some 80h by now and I'm really pleased with the loop, the grind feels like a ARPG sometimes and I love it, the PvE content is fun and give enough challenge. I'm not that interested in the PvP, and I apreciate the fact it's totally optional.

[@Shyira1]

I'll be honest bro, I like stoopz, but I'm not gonna take his opinion on game reviews anymore, man's missed the mark everytime 😂 Not only that anytime I play a game and there are 4+ currency at the top of a menu, that's kap.

[@Corusame]

I thought he was pretty fair about tbh, much better than all the CC's that are shilling for it. This is a korean mmo end of the day, the standard business model is make things fun for F2P until they reach the endgame then you either open your wallet or no life for the whole day, every day for the rest of your life just to not get gatekept from raids.

[@ProvideR3301]

yeah i agree that 100 diffrenet currencies is a sign that the game is trash, but this is the world we living in, shit meta everywhere

[@Corusame]

@@ProvideR3301 luckily there's a lot of great games which don't use this kind of predatory monetisation bullshit

[@Tai182]

wow a socialist p2w system in guilds lol better hope your guild gets alot of whales. Gotta admit the game is beautiful and the combat is pretty good. The only thing that deters me from playing it long term are the gearing systems. They seem too complex to know what is optimal without having to find guides and I'm not a fan of having to rely on guides.

[@lupina29]

Too complex ? Try enhance system of black desert you'll cry 😂

[@yamahkogribbis6212]

How is it socialist?

[@luisespinoza3877]

@@yamahkogribbis6212example, doctor work hard in china but get paid the same as street worker. Aka you being the one farming and happen to get this op drop. Only for it to go to the guild “commie government” and then everyone gets the same bread😂😂

[@yamahkogribbis6212]

@luisespinoza3877 I think that's communism, but doctors in China do make more money than most jobs. Socialism is the means of production being controlled by the employees (as opposed to shareholders).

[@MrCarlWax]

​@@luisespinoza3877That's not even true in china nor socialism in theory lmao

[@andrewryan2237]

Any game that requires you to log in daily at specific hours sometimes to not miss out on content and lag behind is a slave machine and u are the slave. What you want is an MMO that respects your time but also rewards those who grind smarter and can do something in less time due to their player skill and not getting time gated and dictated by the game on what, how and when to do it.

[@Steve_R418]

Pay to win PVP focused MMO that is completely controlled by top guilds with clunky combat.....yeah think i'll pass

[@yousef.al-assaf]

What pay to win? There's nothing that money can get you in this game other than skins

[@MM97MM97]

@@yousef.al-assaf Are you playing the same game lol?

[@yousef.al-assaf]

@@MM97MM97 Sorry, bad wording. There is nothing in this game that you can get with real money and can't get by grinding for it, other than skins* Fixed it.

[@AmViR1]

Although I don't play wow anymore, it still has the crown for the best MMO.

[@sallverrhino6226]

Can someone explain to me why i would want to do a PVP world boss instead of a peacefull world boss? Are there any benefits from doing the PVP boss? Or is it just fun to kill other players?

[@gsofficial]

This game is great for people who haven't played any other MMOs.

[@Corusame]

Great to make them avoid all other MMO's in the future you mean lol. Once players start getting gatekept from raids it'll dawn on them all those many hours grinding were worthless when you're up against someone who opens their wallet.

[@youtoobz146]

Any pay to win is a hard stop for me. Period. I absolutely despise it.

[@ThirdSonSeth]

Why? It’s pve so it doesn’t make any difference, right?

[@youtoobz146]

@@ThirdSonSeth it's not just PVE? It's also PVP where the pay to win hits the most.

[@ThirdSonSeth]

@@youtoobz146 it’s mostly pve, though.

[@youtoobz146]

@@ThirdSonSeth it doesn't matter. Pay to win is always worst than not.

[@ThirdSonSeth]

@@youtoobz146 unless you’re playing pvp, it doesn’t affect you.

[@Fuz2yman]

I am the other way... I started with EA and I was in love, the visuals, the skills etc it felt amazing, but unfortunately it turned sour fast... Maybe i played too much, but at this point i think i got over the fluff and got bored. For me the combat is too automated and there is very low skill ceiling... everything is auto aim, auto turn, auto target, even targeted skills auto lock onto your target lol, it's just too much for me and it feels like the game is playing itself...

[@chc2650]

It was designed to play itself, they reverse engineered it to be a game from an autobattler mobile game.

[@Boretooth]

It's strange that so many say this game feels stale or too old, but then reference WoW with holy reverence... another tab-target, old, stare-feeling game...

[@chillidari-9392]

You clearly have never played wow, the game is buttery smooth.

[@rain3013]

@@chillidari-9392 not gonna try as i already puke from how it looks.

[@chillidari-9392]

@@rain3013 I did not ask little bro

[@MrCarlWax]

​@@chillidari-9392I have, it's stale and sterile

[@chc2650]

WoW classic is goated, but I dont want to play vanilla WoW on beast rig, I bought this gaming PC for a reason

[@Luc9Nine]

since tutorial i have this weird feeling about the camera/combat, it feels so clunky I hate it. i will try again with some of these setting changes and see how it feels.

[@liamnissanS2K]

This game Is a HUGE mixed bag. I dont even know how I feel about It yet. I do know I dont like the community very much.

[@chrisbrooks840]

It's the same as every new MMO at launch, trash.

[@PureTranceSoul]

it just feels like.. Lost Ark with a different skin. Rng upgrading systems.. So many different things to upgrade This will turn into Lost Ark. Can't join groups or raids unless you have XYZ

[@cnigth93]

lost ark has cool skins

[@Willias]

Nah, this feels more like Lineage 2, where Lost Ark feels more like Dungeon Fighter Online.

[@CTN404]

I thought this game was like if Lost Ark and Guild Wars 2 had a baby lol

[@bobthor9647]

Exactly. To me it's like everyone forgot Lost Ark is a game

[@dante58]

It feels weird to play. I don't know if I can even properly articulate what exactly I mean by that. The core of the combat and movement feels really strange like the design has been pulled in a dozen different directions before arriving at whatever it is now.

[@Xshifto]

i dont think you should be getting locked out of dungeon loot after, it should at least give you some less valuable by products or of sorts for reruns. what do you guys think?

[@diaboliquedia4300]

It can exclude you from the epics pool but allow you to get blue gear and mats would be fair?

[@Chu.mungus]

As long as the game doesn't create toxic gameplay, that in turn creates a toxic community... like lost ark, im all for it!

[@liquidcourage6414]

People were gatekeeping the first dungeon day one in this game, expecting group members to know the mechanics and be over geared. So not a good sign.

[@Corusame]

This is a korean mmo, Its going to be exactly like Lost Ark lol. That's the standard business model over there

[@agentmaine8126]

Apparently Korean players jumped over to the new early access servers so there's max level guilds already just going around killing players

[@nautilaz]

@@agentmaine8126 Damn that makes a lot of sense after playing and getting wiped with no clue.

[@yik3sy]

From KanonXO stream. Just hit subscribed. The in depth analysis you did here is so Gigachad. Thank you

[@Mohawx28]

I mean, its a free game. Why are people so surprised it is p2w? Been playing f2p and have been able to make atleast 20-30 usd worth of lucent without swiping. Dungeons actually have mechanics and isnt too bad. The open world pvp and pvp events are fun. If you actually put in a little effort instead of crying the game is enjoyable

[@Marco-929]

Really like the technical and artistic aspect of the game. Really impressiv but why is the combat (most important aspect of an MMO/ARPG) so bad compared to Lostark or BDO... Sad that they sticked to this old school tap target world of warcraft like combat system. Feels completly outdated to me.

[@SavageGameHawk]

@@Marco-929oh you mean the best mmo ever made? Tab targeting out dated? 😂 it’s the best form of targeting for an mmo

[@dragonquake]

League of legends is f2p😊

[@David-mg5jx]

Stop swiping bro!

[@Dreadspark_]

Heyo glad to see you reviewing. Hope you’re doing well too. Love that this one came with suggestions to help with issues. ❤

[@WyMustIGo]

Funny to watch all the clowns on Twitch who complain about P2W are now playing this game. I wonder how much they are PAID to promote T&L

[@saxman5122]

Great video mister man! From my experience playing the game, i agree with you 100%. Coming from LOA I love the way this game look and feels. From the UI elements to the graphical style and the art, it seems really polished. I'm expecting the combat to get better but so far it is fun enough to experiment with the different weapons and going to new zones

[@Afterhours.101]

Mmos should never cater to solos, ever. Thats not an mmo. Thats not why people play mmos. Period.

[@Riaining7]

The nighttime conflict pvp in the open world seems like a really cool idea. I wonder how long the day and night cycles are, could be oppressive, could be great, either way I don't intend to play it. I'm an old Lineage II retail veteran from Kain, and to this very day wish that NCSoft would just re-create L2 without the hellish exp grind, and implement it in a new engine like UE5 with modern WASD movement and keybindings. They'd have an instant hit on their hands. They could do it, they have multiple teams with cookie-cutter engines just waiting to build a game on. It's just sad that monetization ruins the experience of all these games they make. They should use Arenanet's Guild Wars 2 as the blueprint for their mmos, and they could save themselves a lot of investment in their failed games. Or they could hire someone like me as a consultant with executive authorities to point their devs in the correct direction for massive success. One day, I'll form my own studio and do it myself if they don't; or someone else will. Maybe Mike Morhaime's new game company Dreamhaven will do that?

[@Crazywhitie]

The enemy lock on is horrible, the Map is horrible, Quest tracking is bad and they need to fix the menu issue with the conteoller.

[@LilSmokey]

Finally an in-depth review! Great Vid Stoopzz 👌

[@XenosFFBE]

I freaking hate conflict events. In a pay to win game, pvp is just not fun.

[@Dwayneff]

that radiant wolf morph :( you can't get it anymore which BLOWS...it's the best looking morph in the game currently.

[@JRz-76]

This game has the feel of those cheap crappy Chinese mobile MMO games. This is like when mobile MMO meets a console

[@davlar9714]

I’m personally really digging T&L, definitely a fresh breath of air compared to LOA. Much more traditonal’y MMO, and so far a very chill experience. In fact, I was so efficient in my CD’s today because I couldn’t wait to log off and play T&L, even got a 20k fate ember, as if the game asked me to stay lmao.

[@timjo5956]

Will eventually try the game after the Hype Phase and see if its any good in a couple of weeks :D

[@ExodusFX]

This game is the definition of mid. The best you can say about it is that it's on unreal engine 4 and "not as bad as it used to be." Nobody should spend time or money on this buggy cash grab unless you're a streamer doing it for content. It's nothing but whale bait.

[@dyslexicape4249]

By far best review I’ve seen of this game so far. Not totally negative about the game just because of bad things and painting the complete picture, while remaining completely objective

[@SkarneZ]

Im gonna check this one out. What class ahould i play coming from a restoration shaman.

[@Looneytokk]

Imagine getting an amazing drop from a dungeon and ur guild leader decides who gets it. Such bs.

[@MikkiZHskDK]

What threw me off after a few hours and left me uninstalling is the terrible ui for questing and tons of systems bring introduced at lvl 5-12, from different crafting and upgrades etc , i dont wanna be bombarded with quests, if i want a quest ill take it, dont throw do many world objectives and appendixes in my face ontop of the story so early

[@Spexie-pl3uz]

You lost me at pay to win .....

[@jelledemaeyer7329]

I kind of secretly hope this game pops of a more in the west than it did in Korea and that will incentivize the devs to follow a bit more in FF14s footsteps instead of the typical PW2 type mmos that we are used to from the eastern markets.

[@DavidSchleigh]

bro everytime maplestory osts start playing i get so freaking nostalgic.

[@janjezek6489]

Is there a place where i can see the stoopzz build?

[@Akodi]

People hating on the game or the P2W aspects aside. Great video, and very informative.

[@RealSkaarj]

Boring generic p2w mmo with a trillion of currencies like a mobile game. I Quit and went back to WoW classic, a real mmorpg.

[@aurelianmanoli7359]

As a big Lineage fan, and I mean old-school Lineage 2(C4-6) this game reminds me of the epic PvP action I had back in those days. You are right that it’s not for everyone and the P2W is there but the P2W aspect is managed by just playing the game. You can make the currency by just playing the game so it doesn’t bother me at all. I love the fact that there is no OP build, just like in L2 every class has its henchman. Big like for the game and has a lot of potential to be a staple in MMO genre.

[@ninetaledgundamx]

man, I sat at the starting area for 20 mins playing with the melee weapons and I just couldn't figure out why it was so weird. those damn settings lol. Thanks for pointing it out. I ended up using dual cross bow and wand/book lol

[@Raven_Sol]

I've put in about 15 hours so far, and I have to say, the leveling process feels like a real slog. I genuinely want to push through, but I often find myself unable to play for more than two hours at a time. While I absolutely love the world design and the stunning graphics, the early gameplay, as you mentioned, feels quite clunky and really detracts from the overall experience. On top of that, the mobile-like features, particularly the menu navigation and the gear system, just don’t appeal to me. Currently, I'm at level 30 and trying to push toward the endgame, hoping that things improve down the line. However, I’m starting to feel discouraged and losing confidence that it will get any better.

[@betodeth]

Guild system distribution it's abussive and make you lose your time

[@uglyfoox8964]

Love there that the teleport is instant.

[@MrMightyZ]

Firstly, you look just like The Fonz from Happy Days which is very cool for you. Secondly, great video! Educational for me. Thirdly the guild system is beautifully designed for jerks who enjoy scamming other players. The guild leader gets to apportion loot?? What backwards pageantry is that? Custom made for slimy cheats to take advantage of the unwary and by all accounts many scumbags are having a lovely time encouraging new members to grind their butts of then just keeping their earnings. Devs need a check-up from the neck-up.

[@Oleoay]

I was looking forward to this but the more I heard about it, the less I wanted to play it. On that note, did you ever return to BDO? You were really into it (without being sponsored) at one point.

[@NirEfrati]

the maplestory background music my man

[@oScRuFFiE]

Major QOL change I'd love to see is 3 skill pages PER GEAR SET instead of only 3 TOTAL. There are SO many builds I'd love to make and be able to have on hand as opposed to having to recreate them every time I want to play them. Also the game is pay to lose, you buy gear so that you essentially no longer have to do the content that drops said gear. You are paying money to remove parts of the game that you could be playing through and enjoying.

[@doomshaman5853]

Regarding guilds, it is beneficial to be in the top guild on each server, unfortunately, rest do not really matter. Epherium, SYN, Focus, Elysian, Reborn etc.

[@Timmandude]

The El Nath background music ❤

[@ximonwhhatt3796]

If they allow you to level up without fighting monsters but doing crafting or fishing like in runescape that would be insane.

[@meriwidget3474]

Had a lot of fun in the character creator! ... Then I started playing, got bored pretty fast and haven't had any urge to log back in. PvP focus is always a negative for me as well.

[@australienski6687]

I'm actually disappointed they went with separate servers. It's 2024 I don't care for the "old school" feeling, nobody talks since half the people are on console anyway. Should have just made a mega server with sharding/phasing, inevitably we will end up with dead servers, there's no reason for it in 2024.

[@WRSTxPumbaa]

The main channel is alive pog

[@legitlvl10]

I want to try it but I notice there’s no warlock type class I would love to have a curse class

[@ximonwhhatt3796]

The wand weapon uses curses

[@Orsiex]

Did I hear maplestory in the background?

[@PressureLV]

The last game I played like this I think would be Star Wars knights of the old republic 2 this is definitely my first mmorpg in awhile

[@S_l_o_p_p_y]

Is that MapleStory music in the background?

[@raizovile]

I'm rly enjoying the game as f2p player currently guildless on karnix sadly and i work 40 hours a week just taken my time learning the game.

[@johnsuni6224]

Im just glad it allowed the character name DigOleBick

[@raccoon9469]

Looks like an overcrowded mess. Just piles a convoluted mess of systems on top of each other to obfuscate how empty the actual gameplay is. The p2w mechanic are also too much for me. Not worth my time. Any game that drops these mechanics in will intentionally create systems that are unnecessarily time consuming and repetitive to push players into paying. Absolute trash.

[@ArtemisUS]

Nailed it

[@ABazsi]

There is something like this on the market with better polish. That is Guild Wars 2. They stole many things from it. I like both, but i ll be always there if this will be dead. Thanks for the great review! Nice job!

[@michaelcaban1749]

This game is fun temporarily. I Don't think this game should be taken seriously especially how peditory the developers can get in these type of games. I play for the moment and i am enjoying so far.

[@Woobieeee]

Pretty impressive FTP tbh. Dont want to be too harsh about my criticism because its free. Combat is fun, dungeons are meh, quests are insufferable, story is blahhhhhhhhhhh pay to win will inevitably kill the game

[@OsmosisMaple]

you act like running a company is free af. Look at BDO,Lost Ark and WoW, p2w and yet it still survive. Almost all f2p are dead

[@Woobieeee]

@@OsmosisMaple Lets get to the bottom of that. Black desert has 13k players Lost Ark has 20k (both dead and dying.) Not sure how WoW is p2w but i dont play modern wow. So 2 dead games and WoW will always be WoW. I dont act like running a company is free af. In fact no where in my comment did i mention anything about it. You can either sell your game, Sub base, or sell skins. All proven methods to pay your bills without introducing p2w You act like the only way to make money is p2w.

[@d.ink3d]

@@OsmosisMaple Bad example look how many players they lost, LA from 1.3 million at release to 10-20k, same with Black Desert and the countless of p2w mmos that are already dead while mmos like GW2,WoW,FF14 or ESO with barely any p2w doing good. P2W works in korea but not in the West.

[@Beyolf]

​​​@@WoobieeeeLA is definitely dying I agree, but BDO is far from dead and 13k players is not correct. Many many people play BDO not from steam so we don't know the player count but as far as I remember it is close to gw2 and ESO so 100k+ Edit: I agree with everything else which you said

[@Vandakai]

@@OsmosisMaple Your on cap like a mfker p2w is not the only way to pay the bills its the quickest way to shut devs down due to players leaving after that honeymoon phase ends... But keep lying to yourself.

[@Balueski]

You covered all questions I had, amazing video much appreciated 🙌🏻

[@CatalysedCat]

i played this for a while but honestly didn't like the itemization & endgame, felt too repetitive, also swiping a.k.a pay 2 win does ruin it, and the bots are arriving en masse now.

[@Willias]

It's been a long time since we've gotten a decent kMMO. Fully expect this to die out in a few months once everyone hits level cap.

[@Deiwulf]

Can't wait to not play the game and buy everything instead~

[@intelligence6900]

That “off” feeling is why I uninstalled maybe they will fix it at some point

[@Vandakai]

I am sorry they cant here your issues with all the credit/debit cards chinging in the background. . . NCSoft never fixes anything you will get what you get and they will milk the players they have now and then in the future they will start to milk even harder and harder just like they did their other MMOs.. NCSoft is like MMO Vampires. . . Not to mention the their greediest p2w mobile phone publisher in the known world. . .