Players of all levels running to the nearest crafting stations to make gear, accept missions, or maybe sell an item or two. The town gates greeted my character with a warm atmosphere and a color palette that wasn’t brown and bloom. I arrived at the first town with a virtual chip on my shoulder and nothing to lose. At this point as I was ready to write the game off, but I was curious to see what lay ahead. The next couple of hours did not pan out as well as I hoped as I fought from generic locale to generic locale and completing generic quest to another generic quest until the game gave me directions to the nearest town. I was expecting New World to ask for my credit card at some point, but I still had hopes that it would improve. I was reminded of tutorials of various mobile games that trying to rush players to the good stuff.
You are guided step by step for each of the controls for the combat, grinding of materials to make items, and how to hunt for food in the wilderness.
I picked my favorite pompadour and mustache and proceeded to… watch another lengthy cutscene.Īfter the cutscene, you are washed up on the beach of Aeturnam and your journey begins! Well, not quite. Call me spoiled if you wish but, but most MMOs offer a bit more than just a couple of faces and some truly awful hair choices. from somewhat limited options of choices. After a lengthy opening cutscene does a bit of world-building, you’re asked to make your avatar…. I was greeted with a lofty waiver and a survey they would like me to complete after I had my fun. It is said that first impressions are everything, but it looks like no one told the development team. With some hesitation and two cups of coffee, it was time to see what Amazon Games had to offer. Over its open beta weekend, I had the pleasure and sometimes displeasure of playing it within a limited time frame. So, with not the best track record I wouldn’t blame you for being cautious of their new ambitious MMO, New World.
While its second game, Crucible, was taken out of beta, put back in beta, only to be canceled afterward. Their first announced game, Breakaway, was quietly silenced and thrown under the rug to the surprise of no one.
Amazon games announced 3 new PC games to try to break into the market for, let’s just say, more notoriety than anything else. If you were to bet me $20 that Amazon would be making an MMORPG at some point, I would still find some reason to not give it to you.