See what the press is saying about The Secret World
Over the last few weeks, selected press have been given immersion time with The Secret World, and coverage is expected today! As well as front page coverage on PC Gamer, many other outlets have had their time with the game and will be posting previews today.
This newspost will be updated through the next days with links to different previews, so check back often for reports on the first ever hands on with The Secret World!
Gamebreaker TV - This week in MMO Videocast
Gary Gannon, joined by Mike Schaffnit and Jason Winter, kicks the show off by talking about all the information found in the latest hands-on preview of the game and reacting to some of the more interesting decisions revealed therein.
VG TV - Norwegian
Check out the latest episode of Level UP, a gaming show from the norwegian newspaper VG. The video is in Norwegian only, and shows the studio in Oslo as well as a behind-the-scenes look at The Secret World.
Links to Interviews:
Rock Paper Shotgun - Interview
In the first part of this in-depth conversation about The Secret World, the talk focused on the game’s fiction and mythology. As the discussion continues, we explore how different the game will be to other MMOs as well as talking about the importance of lore
Zam - Interview
Editor-in-Chief Chris "Pwyff" Tom sat down with The Secret World's Joel Bylos and Martin Bruusgaard to talk about TSW's unique idea of endgame content and how they see players progressing in this massive world.
Gamespot - Video Interview
Gamespot discusses the shadow world, social media integration in The Secret World, and a little bit about how the closed Beta is going!
Machinima - Video Interview
Hundar interviews Ragnar Tørnquist, Creative Director and Senior Producer of The Secret World, about the unique free-form system, and the importance of your faction!
GameTrailers - Dungeons and Demons Interview
The end of the World gets real as more details and mechanics of the beasts and burrows of The Secret World are revealed!
GameTrailers - The Onion Jigsaw Interview
Indulge your apocalyptic hunger with more details on the Secret World universe in this interview with Senior Producer and Creative Director Ragnar Tornquist!
PC Gamer UK - Video Interview
A real world MMO that’s taking everything you thought you knew about the genre and throwing it out the window.
PC Gamer US - Interview
Joel Bylos and lead designer Martin Bruusgaard’s thoughts on the viability of leveling solely through investigation missions, endgame content, what they learned from Age of Conan, and tons more.
Links to Previews:
MMORPG - English
"With launch less than six months away, my guess is that TSW is going to take the world by storm and set new standards for excellence in gameplay and engagement in an increasingly tired industry."
Massively - English
"It has a lot of promise, it looks fantastic, it plays really well, and it has me itching to play it. Other MMOs are looking quite bland now. Curse you, TSW... in a good way!"
Rock Paper Shotgun - English
“The world doesn’t just contain one story, or even hundreds, the world is the story
and it will continue in every conversation that attempts to understand how the world works, and what ties all these myths together.”
Destructoid - English
"How about something new? Something modern? Let's not do the class-based thing or get hung up on things like levels and roles. How about something massive and non-linear that's totally open to many styles of gameplay? I'd love a huge story that would support gameplay for years to come. I think Funcom is on the right track with all of this in The Secret World."
The Escapist - English
“It's an ambitious project looking to shake up the genre with a modern-day setting and an atypical approach to character development."
GamePro - English
"From its outset, The Secret World aims to leap over the fences that cage our ideas about what makes an MMORPG..."
GameSpy - English
“The Secret World has a lot of ideas that set it apart from its competition, but this adventure awakened the dozing academic that I thought I'd smothered beneath copies of Kant and Darwin. It felt fresh, it felt innovative, and it even felt fun.”
G4TV - English
“…The Secret World is aspiring to do things and to go places that we haven't seen yet in most MMORPGs.”
VideoGamer - English
“For all of its gothic leanings, the game is funny, strange, and easily one of the most distinctive MMOs of the last ten years.”
ZAM - English
"If the content quality of The Polaris is a good indication of TSW's later dungeons, I can honestly say that Funcom has some of the best visionaries in modern dungeon design."
IGN - English
"I really quite enjoyed the system, though I only had access to a very slim portion of it. I'm definitely looking forward to filling the wheel out when The Secret World comes out in April next year."
Eurogamer - English
"The real fun is in selecting your 'deck' of skills. You have slots for seven active skills and seven passives, filled from an expanding range as you spend the skill points awarded instead of experience - there's no explicit levelling in the game - on new toys. Skills are bought from a radial wheel (a showpiece of The Secret World's exceptionally slick and pretty UI)."
GamesRadar - English
"It does look extremely promising though in terms of the story, setting and gameplay and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with it."
PC Gamer UK - English
"The Secret World is an MMO that’s eager to innovate and diversify."
NowGamer - English
"[we] are staggered by the level of authentic detail on display."
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