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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53575

PC Gamer has posted a review of Trion Worlds\' new MMORPG, Rift. The verdict: 85/100!

Once you hit the level cap a new set of quests open up (some of which require raids of 10 or more players to complete), and all of the lower-level instances are revamped and scaled up with additional bosses and rewards like tokens

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gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

one can give a verdict to an MMORPG only after a few months. How can someone say that game has enough in it to pay off in the long run after playing it for a week? (which IS one of the most important things for an MMORPG with starting client price + monthly fee).

It's like playing 2 levels of some game, give it 8/10 score, later you find out that when you see 2 levels - you've seen them all.

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

I've heard about it haven't bothered to investigate, but wtf is wrong with site like PC gamer providing a review and screenshots, and first screenshot of the game I've seen yet with a user interface shot, doesn't even fucking have a link to the fullsize screenshot.

silly pc gamer Rolling Eyes

I only played wow because of the rich customization and addons that were developed for it, after finishing and doing pvp for a bit I lost interest. And that was years ago, so what has RIFT to offer think I'll just check youtube for an actual gameplay video.

gx-x · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 2652

what I meant is, for instance, I liked this darkspore beta. First beta test weekend was like "wow, this shit is cool!", second weekend it was still ok, third weekend I got so bored after two hours that I uninstalled the beta. And I had something like ~15 hours of gameplay all together.
Now, imagine if I wrote a review and a gave a score after first weekend, and then after third. Reviews would be completely different, and yet, both would be too biased. I would need to play the game for at least another 100 hours to get somewhere in the middle, see a few patches etc. and THEN I could write something worth while.

but I guess some reviews must come sooner rather than latter to make game sales...That's why I don't give a crap about game reviews in general. I am all like yahtzee until I see the game for myself lol Smile