Very Disappointed So Far

For a game that just launched out of Beta, War of Angels seems like a blast from the past more than a game of the future.

1) Graphics

When you have a games with graphics like D&D Online and LOTR, many will look at the graphics in War of Angels and simply be appalled. Now, this has its pro's and con's. Sure, those with more marginal computers can run it without too much load, but, you also aren't going to want to play it if you are used to, and are equiped to play, better.

2) Combat

Slow. And did I mention - SLOW. It's not JUST point, click, attack. It's just SLOW. In fact, the only way combat could GET slower is to be turn-based.

3) Documentation

Sure, it's a brand new game and, as such, there aren't very many, if any, guides to help new players. For quests this is understandable. For things like flying, when you have to ask HOW to get your character to fly, it's way beyond being 'just new'. Hopefully, the documentation of gameplay will get much better, but, at the moment, it is seriously lacking.

4) Crafting

After playing the game for several hours I can say that the crafting system is going to drive many players insane. The crafting system goes like this; you buy a pickaxe, you find a resource to 'mine', you try to mine that resource, there is 30-50% failure, the resource disappears and you must wait for it respawn. But wait, it gets worse.

Once you get all the materials to make something, you buy your crafting materials, ie, armor production, cooking utensils, etc. You then TRY to make your item, potion, whatever, with (you guessed it) another 30-50% failure rate - AND - with that failure, you LOSE all the materials you spent HOURS trying to get.

Sure, it's a system setup to increase in ability, but, with such a high failure rate early, you simply aren't going to waste the time as a player.

5) Character Marketing

Like Perfect World, you have the ability to make your own shop. Like Perfect World, all this does is flood the screen with everyone's shop packed into one tiny area.

6) Character Progression/Skills

The INITIAL area is used to level your character to level 20, which is done much faster than even I expected. This wouldn't be bad except it makes you wonder how long you can play the game if you can level a character to level 20 in a matter of days. As for character skills, there is a skills merchant in town where, upon reaching the appropriate level, you purchase the skill or next skill rank. The problem is that merchant doesn't even have all the skills that open for the character and there is no documentation on where you find the next merchant to find those missing skills.

There is nothing new in War of Angels and most of what they recycled was done as poorly as others did it before them, or, they managed to do it even worse. I'm far from thrilled with the game.