Recent Review; A Cold Shot of (Needed) Water

[wizardOfIgnis]

Originally Posted by Nekoko

Why should they have to compromise their quality?

This is what they already did by publishing a review that only describes Regnum's main feature (RvR) through hearsay, and where the description of other features (quests, classes) holds factual errors.

So basically, though it holds grains of truth the review doesn't even begin to give an insight into what Regnum is all about. Would you spend hours and hours in the game world they're describing? I wouldn't. But I do in Regnum.

They could repair some of the damage by redoing their review, doing it right this time.

[Mikan]

Originally Posted by wizardOfIgnis

This is what they already did by publishing a review that only describes Regnum's main feature (RvR) through hearsay, and where the description of other features (quests, classes) holds factual errors.

So basically, though it holds grains of truth the review doesn't even begin to give an insight into what Regnum is all about. Would you spend hours and hours in the game world they're describing? I wouldn't. But I do in Regnum.

They could repair some of the damage by redoing their review, doing it right this time.

Not only is this just your opinion, but you waste your first post to rant at another user.

Back on-topic:

About the level 50 character, it was given on RA, not Horus, and the reviewer probably just assumed that NGD lied about giving them one without knowing how the mechanics of logging in to diferent servers work (logging into Horus creates a new realm/character). It sounds more like an honest mistake to me, especially since NGD is never, EVER clear about the details of mechanics of the game.

A new player basically just has to assume everything, or they can go by the in-game text which is often horribly outdated and wrong. Skilled players may know what their doing, but I assure you noobs most certainly do not.

Even if he had used the level 50 character, he would've ran into this problem. And it's not his problem to begin with, it is caused by the game being overwhelmingly undocumented besides a hint here and there. If someone had pointed him to Regnum Wiki first, the review probably would've been alot more bright. But I stress, very strongly, that this is information created by fans and has not been provided for or confirmed by NGD in any way! So it cannot be considered part of "the game experience".

You just can't blame the guy for doing this the way he did without being a hippocrit. While we can overlook NGD's daily mistakes such as putting wrong information in the in-game interface, not making it clear what subclasses do (look around the forum at how many 'what is the point of my class in war' threads there are), and many other, as you say, "heresays", a new player, and especially a reviewer, WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. And it's time for both NGD and us to face that, just as the thread title suggests.

But this is just *my* opinion, so take it for what you will. But I think I've been playing the game long enough to know.

Kind regards.

[Gideon_Slack]

Originally Posted by Mikan

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And it's not his problem to begin with, it is caused by the game being overwhelmingly undocumented besides a hint here and there. If someone had pointed him to Regnum Wiki first, the review probably would've been alot more bright. But I stress, very strongly, that this is information created by fans and has not been provided for or confirmed by NGD in any way! So it cannot be considered part of "the game experience".

[...]

This is pretty much untrue. Most of the game is explained through quests as you level up. Like almost every other MMO out there, NGD has written quests that explain the basic mechanics, events, places etc. of Regnum as you play. Some other games, especially the larger ones (eg: Runescape) provide printed instructions; but what NGD does is by no means uncommon.

Some information is hidden (especially derived stats), but this is a design choice, not a bug. Some of this information has been added to the wiki through ingame research.

The basic problem with the review though was that is was just unprofessional. Can you imagine a reviewer at a reputable website like massively.com not being able to figure out his level 50 character might be on another server than the one he's playing? It beggars belief...

[Vythica]

@ Everyone
This guy's a hack and we're feeding him.

@WhateverUSMC,

This isn't about censorship at all. The review was wrongly censored by Kailer and Chilko fixed that. (Even though one could hardly call locking that thread censorship, the link still worked).

What the whole hullabaloo is about is a crap review written by 3 guys with a GoDaddy account and a Gateway© computer.

Bottom line why the review sucked; they didn't play the game, they sat around b.s.ing with the Dark Legion...

Also, talking to other players doesn't equate to doing your own research and testing of the game.