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Yes. I despise art style in Asian games and don't nor won't play them because of that.
I am from EU and moved to US a long time ago, theres actually plenty of Europeans on the US servers, and Enmasse is a great company.
2 main reasons;
1) The questing system does nothing for me. It's the same ol' korean grinder stuff over and over again. Been there, done that. To death.
2) The combat system. I hate it. I hate the controls. I hate how it works. I don't understand all the people who call this kind of combat 'the best there is', because it's quite the opposite. Shallow. Clunky. Irritating. Limiting. Those are the words I'd associate with TERA's combat.
I second this motion on the sheer fact Asian games make my testicles hurt.
The only characters that you can make are lithe testosterone lacking pretty boys, that look like chicks with different hair...And you generally can only make light skinned colors, and all the NPCs are so light it makes me sorta feel outta place as a darker man. Not to mention there's only ever one body type and that's skinny bitch that apparently doesn't eat or drink, I like to play guys that actually have some muscle, some bulk, maybe a bit of a bear gut. Not to mention the fact that they lack body or facial hair and I always feel like I'm playing some pre-pubescent bitch, which isn't my idea of appealing.
Then the armor, the fucking armor.......The armor is just...I guess unintentionally retarded? How about I just expose all my vital points and wear a metal bikini and bra, because not only is it uncomfortable but bound to get me killed! That makes sense! And how about I wear high heels in combat because walking in them normally isn't hard enough, I should try walking up steep difficult terrain like a pebble riddled mountainside! Huuurr! This is a great idea...derpy derp derp!
Also the propensity for "pretty" is vain, vapid, and actually disgusting and unrealistic and breaks all immersion. I don't want to see 1000 pretty faces, it's all fucking lame and just...I unno, if the atmosphere is always sunny and happy I feel no challenge and that's what I see in these games. These perfect pretty environments which hardly interest me at all, no grit, nothing dark or contrived at all...And the monsters look like cuddly little things that don't invoke fear but pity in me really. If I see a MONSTER it has to be fearsome, with razor sharp claws, dripping fangs, maybe even multiple heads and arms.
Let's see a few more points.....The weeaboo hair that borders on impossible without modern products and other things, and the ridiculous colors that are hard enough to make in dyes and hard to do this day and age and look good. The need for fucking lipstick and eyeliner? Ummmm....You're some hardened battle ass chick living in a world that hasn't invented the shitter, how in the fuck do you find time to always remain pretty, not have a single mar upon your flesh, and look as if you bathe every half hour. You should be covered in dirt from the horse travel, the dust, the carriages and simply living a life without running water and hard labour. I work in the fields, after a single day of work I'm covered in head to toe in dirt kicked up by the tractors and the wind, it's in my nostrils and hair, the corners of my eyes...It gets in your pores and an hour of scrubbing gets you clean, maybe. You're also slaying people and monsters! Do they not bleed or grit you up with their flying innards and what have you?
In short they feel neutered, vapid, and vain.....Pretty much just "I'm so prettyful look at my hair and makeup, and look at the work the doctor did last week!" That's the vibe I get from the game, which isn't a good thing really. I'd rather play an older game with dated graphics if I got to avoid all that shit above, save that for Fufu Hello Kitty Island. I want a game with grit and gristle, that actually has realistic armor that'd cover your vital spots, and where everyone isn't Barbie.
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I would say the major issue is a lack of marketing and 2 publishers - EU and US.
Then there is a subjective question how attractive is generic asian art/game to western audience. I cannot speak for others but myself but I think that was a reason I never really played the game much.
TERA is a great example how otherwise high quality product isn't securing audience, so is unpredictible customer demand.
Most people i know that played the game quit because of these reasons. It really is fun in the early lvls.
Also it should be a prerequisite for people to understand Tera combat before they start playing as it will save them for thinking something is wrong.
If they made a new start zone and tutorial it would help alot as so many people don't understand that there is no "targeting" system, but crosshair combat, which, well is the thing I actually love, but some people don't.
Macro gaming FTL.
I played from closed beta 1 to about a month after F2P. Not because of the F2P, just started some other games. Anyways, I still recommend this mmo to anyone who hasn't played it. It has the best combat system so far. I wish more mmos would copy this combat instead of WoWs lol. Imagine SWTOR with Tera combat!! I would still play that game.
You spend more time in the sand than David Hasselhoff :S
Wasn't this game supposed to have politics? How did that turn out?
I got to level 57 and finally threw in the towel.
I was sick of the repetitive nature of the "quest cycle" through each area. You could almost predict what the quests were going to be like with each new zone. It was the same pattern, just with different/harder mobs.
The little bugs and quirks in the game became more annoying. Getting stuck on invisible walls could be quite lethal when trying to fight BAMs. Getting stuck on terrain for no reason.
Some of the mobs were just insanely annoying to fight, and they seemed to show up more often toward the higher levels. Those hyenas or any mob similar to them... -shudder-
I was really keen to get to level cap, at the very least, but I finally just said "forget it. I think I've seen enough of this story to know how it ends".
I might go back and at least get level cap just to be a completionist. But other than that, I'm pretty well "meh" about it.
It's a gorgeous game; absolutely breath-taking environments. One of the best uses of the Unreal 3 engine I've seen, especially in a MMO. Bluehole has some seriously amazing designers/artists.
The combat was very fun, and I really enjoyed playing my Warrior.
Just those glitches and the repetitiveness of the "quest cycle" through each zone got to me.
Other than the combat style, it's the same ole' same ole'. Someone needs to design an MMO that doesn't have the same old gear/reputation/token grind that every MMO has. But, I honestly do not see a fix. I think that it's going to take another UO or SWG to turn MMO's around. I just hope people are ready for another "True" sandbox. I'm starting to think people are now hooked on these easy mode MMO's that do everything for them.
Oh if you made it to lvl 57 then you loved it! admit it ..the truth shall set you free. and shut up..
No problem with my eyes (recently checked) and I find GW2 superior. This is, after all, subjective so I suppose it is useless to argue about. In almost every way, including graphics, do I prefer GW2.
Tera has one of the worst examples of themepark questing. Unlike so many others I actually don't love the combat. Just seems my character does this crazy dance trying to hit everything in sight. The game is bright but that doesn't equate to amazing graphics. The story? Well, not much there. I was just never motivated to continue far into the game. And the community was horrible, maybe one of the worst I experienced. And the Elins......Horrible. One of the reasons I try to avoid games with heavy Asian influence. There is a different esthetic over there that I don't like. Much prefer Western oriented MMOs and single player games.
GW2 graphics are definitely better than Tera's, gotta agree with that poster. Tera does less with more in this regard. Kind of like the old school arguments comparing EQ2 to WoW where WoW had better graphics even though EQ2 used more advanced graphics.
Tera is too easy and too linear, makes for a pretty boring game. The combat system was a breath of fresh air at first but it really doesn't improve things once you get used to targeting heals etc properly. It just feels like a simplistic version of all the other MMOs out there.
reason I see tera being worse then aion was pretty much, slow combat, Aion on his tab targeting have a faster combat, gear dependent, and they say its a skill game..... also tera don't bring anything new, plus if you don't like RNG in combat you will not like this one either, I remember one time I was fighting a archer 5 lvls higher then me I couldn't kill him even I have stun locked him with luck knockdown with my slayer 4 times in a row.
plus again if you Played Aion you will compare both, and in the end aion took 2 years to become f2p, and tera took 1 year.
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