The long-awaited update to New World has arrived... the game is now available on console, there is cross-play available between the two consoles and PC, there are new servers, there seems to be a graphics overhaul, a quest overhaul, a story overhaul, mounts,... SWIMMING, finally.
...and while that's all well and good, there's something that I'm absolutely hating.
Cinematics for interacting with questgivers.
Cinematics for interacting with the main story.
They're horrendously "cartoony."
Fully voiced.
With the worst voice actors I've ever heard in my life.
I love a good cutscene. I love a good cinematic.
These? I cannot skip them fast enough.
HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Amazon could've done so much better.
I'm playing the same amazing New World, with its fantastic crafting and housing and exploration and combat systems. But then I interact with an NPC and die inside because I've gone from A+ game to something I wouldn't even consider B grade.
So, I made me a new character.
There are a lot more options than the last time I created a character, which is nice. I decided to go for a 'wild mage' look.
When you go to make a character now, you get to choose a starting 'class' of sorts which allows you to start the game with a weapon set already in hand and proficiency in a few tradeskills. Which is really nice. I chose fire staff/ice gauntlet and was given intermediate knowledge of mining, jewelry crafting... and something else. Yep. I pay attention.
Check this out. I CAN SWIM.
No longer do we walk through water like Principal Skinner following Bart Simpson when he's skipping school. We can actually SWIM.
Gameplay is much the same.
i.e; start doing quests, see resource node, forget quests exist and collect resources for the next two hours.
People have some funky-arse looking camps these days!
No longer are there simple tents and campfires. Nope. This person had a full on fairy home. Another had a mongolian-inspired tower thing. Another person had a fancy arabian-styled tent.
Cool.
I bet I have to pay more money for them. I'll just have my campfire and shack made of straw, thanks.
While I was questing, it seemed that there are a few timed events in some areas now! Which is pretty spiffy.
I was just here, killing a few pirates, looting their supplies, when suddenly I was warned of a pirate ship approaching the dock! Me and some dude killed the pirates as they jumped off the ship, then killed the captain, and then blew up the pirate ship with their own cannon on the dock.
Noice.
That definitely wasn't in the game before. xD
Overall, combat feels a lot more responsive. It's smoother to switch weapons. Abilities actually activate when you tell them to, no longer do I need to spam 'Q' hoping my damned fire staff will unleash its damned fireball.
There are a few new weapons in the game now, although I'm still disappointed to find that they still don't have daggers in game. I just want to dual wield some stabby stabbies! Is that too much to ask?
So at the moment I'm rocking the fire staff and a great sword. My plan is to set the enemy on fire, cast down a rain of fireballs AoE, then wail on them with my self-healing greatsword attacks. Once the weapon skills are levelled up, of course. I can't do that straight off the bat, haha.
Man, I'm enjoying the game.
It's New World! I loved it before, I love it now. Just. Dear God. Did they really have to hire such pathetic voice actors? I've played no-budget indie games with better voice actors. It's just... astounding how bad they are.
Either way, this is something to help pass the time while I'm waiting for the new Dragon Age in a couple of weeks. I'll farm all the resources, sell all the shyte, and decorate a beautiful mansion that I will conveniently abandon when the Veilguard calls.
If you hated New World before and want to know if you'll like it now: the answer is 'probably not.'
It's the same game, just with a few upgrades and downgraded cutscenes.
If you loved New World before and want to know if you'll still like it now: the answer is 'probably yes!'
It's the same game. xD Just... improved. Minus the downgraded cutscenes.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have iron nodes to reach before other players can reach them.
Seriously. I love farming resources in this game. To the extent I get rather bitchy when it comes to other people. "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THAT NODE!" I screech "THAT'S MINE BEYATCH!" I yell as I stumble before the node mere milliseconds before someone else.
Good thing I don't have voice chat on.
Until next time! ⚔️🔥
I love a good horrible voice-acted game...haha. So, fun to make fun of them.
I would do the same even on Voice chat. xD
Well you're gonna have a riot if you play this! xD Making fun of alllllllllll the NPCs! 😁😁
(Seriously, they're awful.)
Besides all the negativity around the game I'd still be giving this a try soon! I kind of forgot about this gem!
However... bad cut scenes can really ruin a game and the feel it gives one! Better skip em then!!
Most of the negativity isn't really called for, tbh. Personally, it's one of the best MMO's I've ever played. It has everything! Recently, people were getting quite uppity because of this re-launch of the game, thinking that it was going to turn into a single-player RPG, making assumptions without knowing facts. Etc. The usual! Lol xD
The game is exactly the same as it was before, just, with more things to do now... and those god-awful voice-acted cutscenes. Gyargh. Definitely skip them!!!
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STOPIt's great to see they released a new update with fresh content to sink more hours into. Your character looks 10/10. And those combos, mixing magic and finishing off with the greatsword—that’s pure cinema.
:D I thought so too! A rain of fire, swinging a giant blade beneath the flames! Phwoar!
It looks really nice, I'd like to play it sometime
I havent played New World since a very long time! I ended up noping out when one of the mobs for a main quest kept glitching out on me. I was debating the other day about downloading it.
When I got time I might give it another go!
Oh man, there were quite a few bugs and glitches back then... but now, everything feels so smooth. I'm really enjoying my time in the game! I definitely recommend giving it another go! :D