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Pros
- Beautiful environment. They put a lot of time into this. The sunsets are gorgeous, and the feeling of distance and perspective are wonderful.
- Travel power; you get a horse when you finish the tutorial.
- Lots of weapon and skill choices. Lots of mount options you can build later.
- Huge immersive world. Post-apocalyptic feel is genuine and pervasive.
- Freaky and cool mutants that are part of greater story line.
- Great cut scenes.
- Character creation is somewhat limited, but you can add facial/chest hair, tattooes (woot!) and piercings!
Cons
- Similar to a problem I had in City of Villains whe it first released, something about the character motion gives me terrible headaches. No one else suffered this in my group, but it's what finally made me shut down for the night.
- Lots of choices. TOO many to start with. It is a very steep learning curve.
- Initial quests, even tutorials, not well mapped out and rather vague. For example, after trying to use a power on a coyote and dying for the 12th time, someone told me to go past the level 4 angry "starving coyotes" to the "coyotes" that were level 2 and 3 on the other side. So I had to walk huge distances to get to just the right type of mob, avoiding those that could easily tank my level 1 ass. Was very frustrating.
Ultimately, while I am going to research how the game progresses and hopefully try a couple more times, this game didn't hook me. I remember CoH grabbed my attention and held it, right from the character creator. WoW's early play was engaging and entertaining. Personally, this did not do that right off for me, but it likely ramps up and improves as one understands the game mechanics better. It's a free trial. You can't go wrong trying it out for yourself!
-Real Big Kitty
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