Watching someone play an MMORPG

User Rating: 3.5 | Sword of the New World: Granado Espada PC
Thats the feeling I got during the meat and potatoes of this title. While the presentation is phenomenal and the character models are well done there seems to be something missing. Combat in this title seemed very little beyond grabbing a spot where something spawns and making a sammich while your 3 members grind for you. While this makes grinding a little less tedious, you're hardly playing the game. You might as well pay the little kid down the street to grind and level for you while you supervise. This type of automated functionality is crazy. In most MMOs running a program to do this for you would result in bans but it seems encouraged here.

Running around town can get difficult with only a mere hundred people around since each one is controlling 3 characters at once which makes rendering an extreme chore even for decent rigs. Clicking on NPCs can also take its toll as it only takes 2 other players around him/her to make it difficult with 6 toons surrounding him. A better approach would have been a more traditional RPG approach of a designated leader avatar instead of your own mini platoon. The lack of customization leads to a detached feeling from your Hero # 39573, you look like everyone else and the only real discernible traits you have are the names above your characters. You don't know your self created characters you don't connect with them nor do you even really care about them. Controlling them is closer to an RTS in style which gives them a disposable feel that shouldn't be in a MMO. Even with this title being free there are much better free alternatives out there and you'll save yourself the trouble of downloading 3 gigs.