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The Secret World: First Beta Weekend Detailed

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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Funcom has announced the details for the first beta weekend for The Secret World. The doors will swing open on Friday, May 11th and run through Sunday, May 13th. Players will be able to try out the Templar starter story and head to the town of Kingsmouth.

This first Beta Weekend gives but a glimpse of the wealth of content and gameplay that will be available in The Secret World at launch.

During this Beta Weekend players get to explore London and Kingsmouth. London is one of three hub cities in the game, and home to the Templars. In later Beta Weekends players will also get to play the Illuminati in New York and the Dragon in Seoul.

Read all of the details and check out the FAQ at The Secret World.

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  • Ramonski7Ramonski7 Member UncommonPosts: 2,662
    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

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  • eyeswideopeneyeswideopen Member Posts: 2,414

    Originally posted by Ramonski7

    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

    Meh. They sent me an actual full time beta invite last week. I deleted the email after laughing out loud for a solid 5 minutes.

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  • kishekishe Member UncommonPosts: 2,012

    Originally posted by eyeswideopen

    Originally posted by Ramonski7

    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

    Meh. They sent me an actual full time beta invite last week. I deleted the email after laughing out loud for a solid 5 minutes.


     

    Bah, shoulda given it to me!

  • ShakyMoShakyMo Member CommonPosts: 7,207
    The download went really smoothly, and launching the client did'nt run the code

    If (detectAMD(() {explode()}

    So its already ahead of Aoc
  • LobotomistLobotomist Member EpicPosts: 5,980

    Gamespot handing out keys! Hurry



  • HengistHengist Member RarePosts: 1,313

    Originally posted by eyeswideopen

    Originally posted by Ramonski7

    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

    Meh. They sent me an actual full time beta invite last week. I deleted the email after laughing out loud for a solid 5 minutes.


     

    I think it's even funnier that you must have signed up for it to get a key.

  • Morbid316Morbid316 Member UncommonPosts: 10

    You guys sound like a bunch of people who are biased against the game before playing it. Hold your opinions so the rest of us reading this cant attain our own. Thanks

    Lucifuge

  • pierthpierth Member UncommonPosts: 1,494

    Originally posted by Baikal



    Originally posted by eyeswideopen



    Originally posted by Ramonski7



    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

    Meh. They sent me an actual full time beta invite last week. I deleted the email after laughing out loud for a solid 5 minutes.

    I think it's even funnier that you must have signed up for it to get a key.

    QFT, it's like people are only excited for a beta when they have to pre-purchase the entire game with no expected date of release. image

  • SnikzSnikz Member UncommonPosts: 120

    Cant wait, i pre-ordered it..

     

    So this is gonna be a test how the game feels to me, and how the talent works :)

  • RemyVorenderRemyVorender Member RarePosts: 4,005
    I think ill wait until after this weekend event before downloading and trying it. I have very little hope for this game after seeing numerous gameplay videos.

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  • KuinnKuinn Member UncommonPosts: 2,072

    Originally posted by Ramonski7

    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

     

     

    So your negative emotions towards Funcom will drive your impressions towards TSW? Why dont you write your impressions already if you have already made up your mind.

     

    God I feel disgusted already to see all those "impressions" from people who are fans to other games, who wont even try TSW actually in the beta, but just bash it because it's supposed to look legit after the beta weekend...

  • Soldier101Soldier101 Member Posts: 111

    Good thing i got in the beta couse i rather test the game before buying it. :P

  • KatrisaKatrisa Member UncommonPosts: 116

    I've played TSW enough already to never wanna to go back to another kiddy MMO again. Thank the goddess someone makes games for adults! :)   I can't wait for release! 

     

    /Meow

  • Segun777Segun777 Jade Dynasty CorrespondentMember Posts: 97

    Originally posted by pierth

    Originally posted by Baikal



    Originally posted by eyeswideopen



    Originally posted by Ramonski7



    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

    Meh. They sent me an actual full time beta invite last week. I deleted the email after laughing out loud for a solid 5 minutes.

    I think it's even funnier that you must have signed up for it to get a key.

    QFT, it's like people are only excited for a beta when they have to pre-purchase the entire game with no expected date of release. image


     

    That was beautiful! ;)

  • CetraCetra Member UncommonPosts: 359

    Downloading now.

    Impress me failcom. You only got 1 chance.

  • DannyGloverDannyGlover Member Posts: 1,277

    Originally posted by Lobotomist
    Gamespot handing out keys! Hurry

    Thanks for the heads up!

    I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back.

  • RathanX26RathanX26 Member Posts: 119

    Very interested in hearing how this weekend goes since i will be long gone by friday and not back until much later. Hope you guys are able to give a good review whether it be positive or negative. Happy Gaming!

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  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857

    Originally posted by Baikal
    Originally posted by eyeswideopen
    Originally posted by Ramonski7 I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.
    Meh. They sent me an actual full time beta invite last week. I deleted the email after laughing out loud for a solid 5 minutes.  
    I think it's even funnier that you must have signed up for it to get a key.
    Maybe, Funcom sent him a key because he's a former customer and they want his business back.

  • KhinRuniteKhinRunite Member Posts: 879

    I think I will check this out...

  • seronxseronx Member Posts: 4

    Good luck with Champions Online.

  • ArcBlade25ArcBlade25 Member Posts: 7

    the gamespot thing is only for the first beta week and you got to preorder the game in order to get all of the beta events.

  • ThorkuneThorkune Member UncommonPosts: 1,969

    I got my all access TSW beta key a couple of days ago and traded it to a Tera collector's edition key. I wouldn't pay for Tera after beta testing it, so I thought that it would be a smart way to try it out again. I still don't like it. Oh well...it was free.

  • HurricanePipHurricanePip Member Posts: 167



    Originally posted by Cetra

    Downloading now.

    Impress me failcom. You only got 1 chance.






     

    I wanted to insult the guy for using a silly term like failcom, but I'm still bitter from the AoC launch.  Not saying they can't change and do something cool, but AoC was pretty poor after level 15 or so.   The entire game just broke down after the intro and it got worse the longer you played.

    What concerns me the most is that TSW is going to be a bunch of instances based around certain hubs like AoC.  One of AoC's largest problems was that it felt like a random collection of arbitrary zones and not a complete, integrated world.  It didn't inspire me to play through all the problems.



     

    If you don't worry about it, it's not a problem.

  • UnlightUnlight Member Posts: 2,540

    Originally posted by pierth

    Originally posted by Baikal



    Originally posted by eyeswideopen



    Originally posted by Ramonski7



    I cannot wait to give my impressions for TSW, especially after Funcom rubbed me the wrong way with this promotion.

    Meh. They sent me an actual full time beta invite last week. I deleted the email after laughing out loud for a solid 5 minutes.

    I think it's even funnier that you must have signed up for it to get a key.

    QFT, it's like people are only excited for a beta when they have to pre-purchase the entire game with no expected date of release. image

    Nah, we get excited when we see a flood of exciting things covering YouTube wall-to-wall for more than a year.  Easy to want to try a beta for something that actually looks f*cking outstanding.

  • AeolronAeolron Member Posts: 648
    Some people have nothing positive to say about anything, makes me wonder how they can live their lifes, pretty sad to be honest.
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