Updated WoW Clone

User Rating: 7 | TERA PC
By oflow | Review Date:
I dont really feel like giving an indepth review of the game because its more of the same ol same ol as far as wow clones go. It pretty much clones wow with a decent default UI and adds the updated wrinkle of action combat. The action combat also isnt totally action oriented as many of the abilities have lock on so its almost just like tab targetting in wow.

The game has good graphics and the engine runs well (unlike SWTOR) has a number of unique classes and the BAM fights are also fun.

The major problems with this game that all the fanbois still enjoying the game have yet to admit are:

1. Theres no endgame. All you do is grind heroic dungeons which are the same as the other dungeons only the mobs hit harder.

2. The crafting system is broken. It takes way too much farming/gold to produce items that arent good.

3. The pvp system is poorly implemented. The guild vs guild concept is good on paper but doesnt really work in game the way it was implemented. Currently there are safe zones all over the world and its fairly easy to run to one. Also, the server is instanced into channels and you can change channels at will to avoid pvp. Most of the pvp is really just open world ganking, which would be cool if it werent for the awkward flagging system the game uses. Currently the pvp serves no purpose. Lots of the small minded fanbois of the game like to shout 'pvp for pvp's sake is fun' but really it gets pretty boring since theres multiple ways to avoid pvp. The way the pvp is designed you hardly ever even see members of the other guilds you are at war with so level capped characters basically duel outside of towns or just gank lowbies which for people that actually like competitive pvp gets boring quick.

They should have actually made factions in the game to actually at least give open world pvp more meaning.

They say battlegrounds are on the way with a patch in the summer but battlegrounds are boring too unless they release 10+ maps which probably wont happen.

Its a good pve game but I dont really think it has the depth to hold many people's interests for the long haul. If you played wow or any other wow clone extensively this game will get boring fast. I wont be subbing past the free month.

EDIT: 5/25/12
For those thumbs downing my review read these threads from the official TERA forums they basically say the exact same thing i said above:

http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/player-vs-player/topics/What-Americans-want-and-expect-on-a-PvP-server-For-Devs

http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/player-vs-player/topics/Outlaw-system-leads-to-L60-griefing-leads-to-lack-of-PVP

http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/general-discussion/topics/Crafting-in-TERA?page=3

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