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Beyond the Horizon: A Quest for Depth
EVE Online, But With Ships: Naval Combat and Its Implications
ArcheAge has managed to scratch an itch that’s been ignored for over three years. It’s a pirate-fantasy MMO with a sandbox playground between two warring factions; three if you count the pirates. It was the likes of the sorely missed Star Wars Galaxies and the original Everquest (back when it launched) that have ever made me feel truly alive inside an MMO, and ArcheAge has invoked a lot of nostalgia. Everything you do inside ArcheAge requires some level of interaction with another player, whether that’s passive or active. Every action a player performs is felt by hundreds of others, from the humble crafters to the infamous pirates. This is EVE Online but with actual ships.
The Grind: ArcheAge’s Love for Quests, Both Good and Bad
That’s not to say it doesn’t have some less favourable traits. Some systems – like the player ran trial – feel a bit half-baked. And the notorious Korean love for plain old grinding – namely with questing – rears its ugly head every now and again.
A Quest System with Options: Complete, Overachieve, Choose Your Own Adventure
But it gives you enough options, enough different opportunities, that these issues take a backseat to what really matters: it’s organic. I’ve played a lot of ArcheAge over the past two weeks; it’s probably the most I’ve written about any game for Gamestanza. If you’ve been following me, you’ll know I’ve had a review in progress going since the launch of head start. If you want read up on my journey from level one to the endgame, I’ve listed the contents below to preface this review.
The Importance of Player Interaction: Story Takes a Back Seat
The immediate getgo of ArcheAge can be a bit misleading. You’re greeted with the norm, unimaginative quest objectives that MMOs often fall back on: kill X, gather Y then report to Z. This, coupled with a standard tab-targetting system leaves a lot to be desired when you’re used to things like Guild Wars 2’s events, or TERA’s more fluid reticule targeting. ArcheAge lets you choose the level of commitment you want to invest into any one quest. You can complete it early, or even overachieve it and get bonus loot/xp. It’s almost like it understands how boring its questing really is; I can’t work out if that’s just lazy remedy, but it’s certainly a welcome option to have. The main story quests serve as good a purpose as to provide some backstory on the world, but nothing more. Before long I found myself not caring at all for it, instead focusing on something much more prevalent: the players. Dean Hall – creator of zombie survival shooter DayZ – coined his own “Hall’s Law”, which describes what’s special about ArcheAge q
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