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Gloria Victis Review | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited March 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageGloria Victis Review | MMORPG.com

After a few weeks with the low-fantasy medieval MMO, Gloria Victis, Emily is finally ready to render a verdict. How does it stack up, and are the occassional server issues worth the experience? Here is our Gloria Victis review.

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    Still feels like a game coming out of early access, but it is still improving so who knows where it will be down the line?
    Jensyn
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,483
    May I recommend using a spell-checker? That may have caught "reticule" (certainly not the word you meant there), and surely would have caught "place.The" (without a space between sentences), "room.At" (again, missing a space), "jsut", and "lackiny".
  • ashiru_1978ashiru_1978 Member RarePosts: 818
    I have a free copy of the game on Steam, I hate that they focus on PvP only and PvE is non-existent.
  • JensynJensyn Member UncommonPosts: 158

    Quizzical said:

    May I recommend using a spell-checker? That may have caught "reticule" (certainly not the word you meant there), and surely would have caught "place.The" (without a space between sentences), "room.At" (again, missing a space), "jsut", and "lackiny".



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  • JensynJensyn Member UncommonPosts: 158

    ashiru_1978 said:

    I have a free copy of the game on Steam, I hate that they focus on PvP only and PvE is non-existent.



    Agreed! If they are going to kind of half-ass it, I'd almost rather it not be there at all.
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  • mitech616mitech616 Member UncommonPosts: 108
    I think this is an extremely fair and accurate review. We'll done!
    ValdheimScotJakobmiller
  • JakobmillerJakobmiller Member RarePosts: 687
    This game started its development around the time Darkfall and Mortal Online were fairly hot games for its niche. Sadly, as you both already stated, ending up with some half-assed game just feels meh. If you are going to make an open-world sandbox game, go all out.

    But the combat just isn't there. It just does feel anything.
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    I am a magic lover. No magic, low fantasy combat with clunky ancient weapons is just a huge turn-off for me. Might as well be a game about humanoid apes bashing each other with sticks and hurling dung.... what fun!

    :)
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  • AsheramAsheram Member EpicPosts: 5,072

    Scot said:

    Still feels like a game coming out of early access, but it is still improving so who knows where it will be down the line?



    Yeah they are a small studio, no big money backers. I bought it when it was in alpha before it ever came to steam because I love MOUNT & BLADE WARBAND the game that it gets its INSPIRATION from, the combat system is the same except they added a stamina bar to it. They have continued to work on it and add what they can when they can for a small indie team.

    Chivalry 2 combat is alot different and the only thing it has in common with planetside 2 is the map conquest points for pvp.
  • prowessprowess Member UncommonPosts: 169
    I think the "overwhelming crafting" should be over in the pros column and not the cons.
    People who love gathering and crafting in MMOs love it when the gathering and crafting is deep and complicated. GV actually does it well.
    Gathering is an active system that's actually fun, smashing rocks into little bits is satisfying.
    Scot
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    edited March 2023
    prowess said:
    I think the "overwhelming crafting" should be over in the pros column and not the cons.
    People who love gathering and crafting in MMOs love it when the gathering and crafting is deep and complicated. GV actually does it well.
    Gathering is an active system that's actually fun, smashing rocks into little bits is satisfying.
    Depends on where you stand on crafting, BDO has a expansive system and I knew players who just seemed to craft nothing else. But if you are like me and find crafting a chore you will find it bothersome quite quickly.

    However I favour such intricate systems for there are many who like this sort of play; the strength of MMOs is diverse gameplay, we won't like all of that play but it makes the game a gestalt, turning it into something more than its individual gameplay elements.

    The problem with the player base is that they expect every element to be how they prefer in a MMO, MMOs are better because there is something other players prefer more than you do.
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