It's here! One of my personally most anticipated MMO's hits wide release today, and chances are you're gonna get more than what you bargained for in terms of a traditional MMORPG game.
I talked about the The Secret World a year ago when the first news leaked that the guys who did Age of Conan (Eh...) where at the drawing board for a whole different take on the game genre. The first news kinda blew my mind when I discovered there was a plan to make it modern-day dark fantasy, set in the 21st century, and centered around secret organizations, conspiracy theories, and mythological monsters that plague the world at night.
Yeah, that sounded pretty dope.
So I've been following the news around as it comes out, and unfortunately because of school and whatnot I've been unable to stay on top of the news for this blog. But I have been posting a lot a while back about it, so hopefully that tickled your fancies.
The Norwegian game developer Funcom has stated a $14 monthly subscription fee, so everything sucks that I can't play it until I get a steady job (lol) or waste all my remaining funds on more games (God forbid).
The best thing this game has going for it is it's completely unique story world, at least in a fantasy-laden genre such as the MMORPG. You've had The Old Republic, but that got botched pretty damn quickly. And while the new World of Warcraft expansion is on the horizon, and Guild Wars 2 in August is arriving, The Secret World still has the upper hand in the MMO front with the earliest release.
Out of the three, The Secret World and Guild Wars 2 both have a good chance of catching a lot of people's attention in the gaming world. Both games have very specific and unique gameplay mechanics that are a far departure from the steadfaast WoW system that's dominated all games that have come in recent years.
Let's hope that changes with The Secret World. And now, Cinematic Trailers galore!
Still gonna write some fanfiction about this game. Honestly though, this story world looks amazing.
