The Secret World

humanji

Just thought I'd give a heads up. The first Secret World closed beta (I think it's the first) is happening this weekend. Gamespot are giving away codes, and I presume other sites wll be too, if you have a look around.

http://uk.gamespot.com/event/codes/secret-world-pc/

You have to sign up to Gamespot first (as a free member).

As they have said, it's an early beta so it's failry rough and ready. This won't be like the recent Guild Wars beta or anything like that.

foxinsocks

Has anyone tried this yet? I'm still downloading (stupid slow middleofnowhere download speeds)

humanji

I was playing it last night. Really enjoying it. There's an NDA, so not a whole lot can be said about it. It's obviously a work in progress, but is stable. A little confusing to get to grips with at first. But some aspects of it (having to alt-tab out to look up a webpage in Google, for example) are pretty cool. I think it's the modern, Lovecraftian setting of the beta that really hooks you.

edit: Just realised that it feels quite similar in theme to Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Kiith

humanji wrote: »

edit: Just realised that it feels quite similar in theme to Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Ohh, colour me interested...

foxinsocks

humanji wrote: »

edit: Just realised that it feels quite similar in theme to Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

I LOVED that game, played it through a few times. Such a shame Troika went under.

Enjoying the Secret World beta also, have a few niggles, but nothing that makes me regret preordering! Far more reasons that I like it than the few reasons I don't..

foxinsocks

Apparantly there was 2 concurrent betas... the closed beta has an nda, the one that we just played this weekend has no nda, so we can talk about it all we want

humanji

Are you sure? I had to agree to an NDA when I started to play. Also, bit odd that they'd have it for one and not the other.

gobSIDES

I hate the way companies have started doing BETAs, they make you jump through hoops, pre order games, sign up to 3rd party sites and a ton of other stuff for a slight chance of getting in.

Really boils me over- I have been signed up for months, am a previous BETA tester, played the stupid advertising ploy "The Secret War" and did not get a key, It was the same for TERA/TOW.

foxinsocks

Oh you poor thing, that sounds awful. Imagine putting you through all that, and not giving you a beta key.

Playing the secret world to secret agent status gets you guaranteed access to the beta weekends at least, and while it is a shameless marketing ploy, personally, I think anything that gets as many people as possible playing this game is a good thing, I don't want to see it go under for a long time. MMOs cost money, they have to get it back, and the more they get, the longer the game lasts. I've been pushing my friends to sign up for the secret war so I get the shotgun that I want. I don't care that I'm 'doing their marketing for them'.

Another beta weekend coming up tomorrow *rubs hands in glee*

Kiith

You can apply for a key here, though i think it's a competition. I've not gotten mine anyway.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/05/16/the-secret-world-beta-weekend-key-giveaway/

lostbooks

humanji wrote: »

A little confusing to get to grips with at first. But some aspects of it (having to alt-tab out to look up a webpage in Google, for example) are pretty cool.

But by depressing button B an in game browser will appear before your eyes!

humanji

Yeah, I only found that out afterwards. It'll be easier when they sort out a proper tutorial, I suppose.

gobSIDES

foxinsocks wrote: »

Oh you poor thing, that sounds awful. Imagine putting you through all that, and not giving you a beta key.

Playing the secret world to secret agent status gets you guaranteed access to the beta weekends at least, and while it is a shameless marketing ploy, personally, I think anything that gets as many people as possible playing this game is a good thing, I don't want to see it go under for a long time. MMOs cost money, they have to get it back, and the more they get, the longer the game lasts. I've been pushing my friends to sign up for the secret war so I get the shotgun that I want. I don't care that I'm 'doing their marketing for them'.

Another beta weekend coming up tomorrow *rubs hands in glee*

Bit late but, lol at the first part. Grow a brain yeah.

Also did not get into any Beta weekends so far so I will wait for the Open Beta. I will def not pre-order this game after seeing how ****ty the combat looks without getting to play it first.

foxinsocks

If you had played their "stupid advertising ploy" to secret agent level, you would have been in all the open beta weekends, you would have won guaranteed access.

Personally, I'm going to attempt to resist playing in the 2 final open weekends, I don't want to spoil my experience when the game finally launches.

lostbooks

I wonder how many people are under the NDA but wish to talk about the game?

Dyr

humanji wrote: »

edit: Just realised that it feels quite similar in theme to Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Intriguing, considering that CCP have been completely fluting around with making the World Of Darkness MMO, they could have their thunder stolen by funcom

Attackfish

Drooling at the mouth over all the content previews being releases

The facebook game to go with it is a class idea (though not a facebook user).

Many folks here jumping in next weekends beta? It is pretty close to launch so should be pretty polished.

foxinsocks

Going to try really hard not to play, I want to keep meself pure for the launch

I actually turned down a closed beta key. I do regret that, however I know that I'd regret it more if I had taken it and played.

Looking forward to this , when will it be out ?

humanji

First week of July, I think.


edit: actually, I think it's out next week here according to VGreleases.

foxinsocks

Release date is July 3rd, with early access from 29th of June for preorders.

http://www.thesecretworld.com/ for confirmation

Mickey_37

Anyone in here interested in a beta key? just got an email from EA saying "Ive been chosen" anyway, i don't like MMO's, so i have no interest.

First come, first served.

Enjoy

shootermacg

Just got one myself and am installing the client, any ideas which faction most fun?

Completionist

Heres a key for anyone interested:

Raphael

Completionist wrote: »

Heres a key for anyone interested:

Much obliged!

aN.Droid

So this is the first time I have played a beta of this game and I have to say I am liking it.

I like the talk of technology such as google and xbox and I like knowing the layout of the game being earth.

One thing I don't like is the fiddly attacking system. it's hard to kite and attack at the same time!

Dyr

Impressions so so, very similar to AOC in some ways.

Concept: Sorta silly when you consider its called the secret world and you have a London market that inhabited by the population of tatooine etc. Also, ragnar tornquist was involved so expect some really stupid local patois and ethnic vibes from NPC's. I think there's a fella in london dressed like a leprechaun with a shamrock symbol on his hat...begorrah

Like the design of the environment, jury's out on the interface. Skill wheel thing seems too clever for its own good, we shall see

Combat: meh same same.

Respawning involves a corpse run? Oh hell no. Dealbreaker right there.

foxinsocks

Bambi wrote: »

Respawning involves a corpse run? Oh hell no. Dealbreaker right there.

Actually, you can ghost run back to your corpse, or you can just click on the thing where you spawn as a ghost, (I forget what its called) and rez there... Corpse runs not mandatory

Dyr

foxinsocks wrote: »

Actually, you can ghost run back to your corpse, or you can just click on the thing where you spawn as a ghost, (I forget what its called) and rez there... Corpse runs not mandatory

Have'nt seen that and I looked

And whats with having a massive book glued to your back :eek:

foxinsocks

It's possible that you have to 'discover' the anima well (that's the spawn place) before you can spawn there. but I know the last time I died I was able to click on some roots near my feet and was back to life there.

Not sure what you mean by the book?

The first few hours of play were hard, there was little to no tutorial style tips. I think they have a lot more of them in for the 3rd weekend, but I'm not sure. I died a LOT, but that was due to putting anima points in silly places.

It's correct that you can't 'respec', however you don't ever need to respec really, because you can get ALL the skills. So to learn different skills, you need more anima points (skill points really). It's not the end of the world if you spend on the wrong skill, you just have to kill more stuffs and do more quests Also, passive skills work no matter what weapon you have equipped. Only the active ones are tied to weapons. Also, I have read that some weapon combinations are hard going before you earn a lot of AP and get a lot of abilities. They can all work though, you can find ways to make any two weapon combos work.

Dyr

foxinsocks wrote: »

Not sure what you mean by the book?

If you equip blood focus (or summit similar I guess), you wind up with a large book glued to your back..it looks daft

foxinsocks

Bambi wrote: »

If you equip blood focus (or summit similar I guess), you wind up with a large book glued to your back..it looks daft

Ah I never noticed that. I was having too much fun with the lightning and fire and shotgunning. I managed to mostly resist this beta weekend, I went on briefly to check out crafting, and noseyed into the new zone, but then logged of.

aN.Droid

One more beta weekend starting Friday. Pvp is enabled this time

Attackfish

Limericks wrote: »

One more beta weekend starting Friday. Pvp is enabled this time

Damn! Now I have to cancel all my week end plans:)

I logged on last Friday night at around 18:00 and logged off when I got tired - only to realize it was 07:30 on Saturday morning.

Combat was really nothing to write home about, but really loved the quests and that for the first time I had to pay attention and think about quests.

PvP will be interesting I think, since in most MMO's generally revolves around combat, which I felt was not a strong point of the game, I have not had chance to watch any videos on how they have done it.

Kiith

How big is the download? I got into the last 2 but didn't download it. Might give it a try this weekend.

Attackfish

Kiith wrote: »

How big is the download? I got into the last 2 but didn't download it. Might give it a try this weekend.

If I remember correctly it was around 12GB (not 100% sure though)

Dcully

I got an invite to this weekends offerings, is it worth the download?

humanji

I'm not fully sure. If it's just the PvP section of the game, then I can't see it being worth it since the combat is a bit rubbish. But if it's the area that they had open before, plus the PvP and you haven't tried it before, then it's worth it.

Attackfish

humanji wrote: »

I'm not fully sure. If it's just the PvP section of the game, then I can't see it being worth it since the combat is a bit rubbish. But if it's the area that they had open before, plus the PvP and you haven't tried it before, then it's worth it.

The email suggest it is all previous content plus new stuff:

This marks the first public opening of the massive, persistent player vs. player war zone where over two hundred players clash in adrenaline-fueled battles for power and world domination! Stonehenge and Eldorado are also opening up, allowing smaller groups of players to fight for control over the power held within these legendary locations.

In addition to all these exciting, new player vs. player experiences, all content from the previous Beta Weekends will be available. Your character progress from previous Beta Weekends carries over to this event, so you can continue your adventures in Kingsmouth, The Savage Coast, The Polaris and Hell Raised! You can also visit London, New York and Seoul to enjoy the Templar, Illuminati and Dragon starter experiences.

humanji

In that case, it's definitely worth a try.

degrassinoel

i managed to get into this weekends one too, 13gig client! hope it's worth it

Sephiroth_dude

I haven't gotten any reply yet

Dyr

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I haven't gotten any reply yet

I think I have a buddy code if you want it

Sephiroth_dude

that would be great thanks

aN.Droid

I also have a buddy code if anyone wants to try out the beta this weekend.

Gunmonkey

Got sent codes too, decided to give it a spin tomorrow. D/L is around the 13Gb mark, between the 7 or so patches.

Also got a spare code knocking round as none of my friends would be intrested.

Did the big download , it actually took me longer to sort out my password issues. The game, well its a bit Meh ! to be honest. Character creation was poor. The game felt claustrophobic. Alot of MMO's are these days. Its a shame.

foxinsocks

Character creation is poor in the beta, there's no doubt about that.... However they have *PROMISED* that the beta version is not close to the proper version, so I'm hoping.

What do you mean by 'claustrophobic'? (to clarify, I know what the word means, I would just like to know how it applies to your game experience)

Kiith

Early Access starts this Friday. Was tempted, but after looking at some of the combat video's, i doubt i'll get it. Just doesn't seem to have much going for it.

Should have really tried one of those beta weekends though

humanji

Kiith wrote: »

Early Access starts this Friday. Was tempted, but after looking at some of the combat video's, i doubt i'll get it. Just doesn't seem to have much going for it.

Should have really tried one of those beta weekends though

Combat is fairly rubbish, but it's not really a focus of the game. It's more of a necessity that they couldn't avoid.

Although I really enjoyed what I've played of it so far, I honestly can't see it being a success. So they may go free to play after a while, or hand out trials sooner rather than later, which would get people interested.

Dcully

Im avoiding a purchase this time round, im so sick of failed MMOs.
I havent even pre ordered GW2 yet such is the sour taste of wasting so much money on fail MMOs, Tera being the latest :mad: