The Secret World

Pestilence · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:47

ak22 said:
How active is scecter world? I'm looking for a chilled mmo something along the lines of Guild wars and Star Wars: The Old Republic where I can play it at my own pace and solo most of the time.

Then you're looking in the right place.

You'll very rarely be forced to group if you don't want to. Mainly just for dungeon runs if you want to do them for the better gear.

Plenty of people running around last time I was on, but for dungeons you're better off finding a Cabal to run with.

ak22 · 17 Jul 2013 at 23:05

Pestilence said:
Then you're looking in the right place.

You'll very rarely be forced to group if you don't want to. Mainly just for dungeon runs if you want to do them for the better gear.

Plenty of people running around last time I was on, but for dungeons you're better off finding a Cabal to run with.

Thanks for the reply been looking at some videos the world looks great combats looks a bit basic though? I presume the three factions will offer a lot replay value? I think will go head buy it for £12 seems like fair price.

Pestilence · 17 Jul 2013 at 23:08

ak22 said:
Thanks for the reply been looking at some videos the world looks great combats looks a bit basic though? I presume the three factions will offer a lot replay value? I think will go head buy it for £12 seems like fair price.

Combat is basic, for sure, but you'll spend plenty of time working on your build and trying to get the best combos together. In doing so, testing out your new ideas doesn't feel like so much of a chore.

The story and settings are what make this game so good, really. Great voice acting, frequently funny and some nice in-depth investigation missions that'll tax your brain.

ak22 · 18 Jul 2013 at 00:11

Pestilence said:
Combat is basic, for sure, but you'll spend plenty of time working on your build and trying to get the best combos together. In doing so, testing out your new ideas doesn't feel like so much of a chore.

The story and settings are what make this game so good, really. Great voice acting, frequently funny and some nice in-depth investigation missions that'll tax your brain.

Sounds good just need to wait for the 20 GB download

thedude23 · 29 Jul 2013 at 21:25

Whats the server to go on ?

ak22 · 29 Jul 2013 at 22:28

No idea I joined the one on top of the list only played it few hours seems there was a lot of people around.

caff · 22 Oct 2013 at 23:10

Picked this up for a tenner the other day and have enjoyed playing the first 2-3 hours of it. Seems a little bit like Guild Wars in mechanics, but the quests seem more fun, and the acting is good.

Anyone else playing or tried it recently?

ethan · 5 Mar 2014 at 20:49

I'm playing it avidly. I'm doing the quests in Egypt on a HP of 6400 using blades and elemental.

Malevolence · 21 Apr 2015 at 03:15

This is currently on sale on Steam, and seeing as I how never got around trying it back when it was released, despite it being right up my alley, I'm thinking of giving it a go now. What's it like these days, population and performance wise? Hell, does anyone even still play it?

I did consider starting a new thread, but decided it best to resurrect this thread than to start a new one.

Sleepery · 21 Apr 2015 at 08:35

Buy it now, you fool! NOW!

Start on Arcadia, that's the most populated

scritchyrat · 21 Apr 2015 at 09:57

Great game, one of my favourite MMOs (along with EQ2 and SWG) but I can never find people to do the dungeons with. Got up to the elite ones when the game first launched but after starting again recently everything seems deserted

Devlish · 21 Apr 2015 at 11:52

Had a bad experience with this, was getting into it and noticed a sale 'finishing on friday!' So i bought some items or currency and the sale price didnt apply. I contacted customer service and they basically said 'yes, we meant it finished on friday - so it actually finishes thursday.' It was like a quid or two difference but they stuck by their guns and I rage quit.

Might get back into it when I get a chance, from what i remember it was quite fun although not really populated.

Malevolence · 21 Apr 2015 at 22:22

Sleepery said:
Buy it now, you fool! NOW!

Start on Arcadia, that's the most populated

OK, I took your advice. It's downloading as I type. Only another 1h 45m to go.

Poneros · 21 Apr 2015 at 22:45

TSW is an amazing experience to go through once but it lacks that MMO persistent world quality that e.g. WoW has, which is fine, but I wouldn't approach it as a normal MMO. I still have it installed and go through the missions from time to time, just wish they weren't in the shi88er and could do more with it.

Pestilence · 22 Apr 2015 at 00:10

I only just finished the first Tokyo storyline the other week. Need to stump up and buy the new issues to continue it, but I noticed the performance had dropped quite significantly on my laptop when I got back in.

Might give it a good clean out and see if it helps. The only thing that's stopping me putting it as a priority is that I really don't fancy grinding those missions to get a full set of AEGIS controllers. That Tower Defence one is a nightmare.

ethan · 22 Apr 2015 at 01:54

Malevolence said:
OK, I took your advice. It's downloading as I type. Only another 1h 45m to go.

Its huge in scope and quite varied.

Messiyah · 22 Apr 2015 at 16:53

I started this a few weeks back, and just got to Egypt.

Add me in game

Riz 'Messiah' YNWA

We could co-op some areas, would be fun

~M~

scritchyrat · 22 Apr 2015 at 17:03

The best thing in this (other than the theme, the investigation missions and having Jeffry -freakin'- Coombs as a VA) is the dungeons. No trash except a couple to show you the tactics to the next boss sequence and really good fights. Polaris, Hell, Ankh and the next Hell one are really enjoyable and some of the best fun I've had in an MMO. I never did get to do the Slaughthouse or Cosmonaught ones though

Sleepery · 8 Oct 2016 at 15:33

Going cheap at the moment, really good value for the complete edition:

https://buy.thesecretworld.com/

**The Secret World**

The Secret World