THF Gaming has previewed Anarchy Online, Funcom's MMORPG (massive multiplayer online real pain game). With a rating of 2/5, you can't say they were very fond of it:
At the moment I really can't recommend this game, maybe in time as the game is manipulated by patches it might become a more appealing prospect…unfortunately its going to take a lot of effort to turn this into the game Id really want to play. It's not ir-repairable, but Funcom have their work cutout. Like I said, I wanted to like this game a lot, I tried, but as I sat watching my character take pot shots at another grunt in another plain looking maze I wondered why I was bothering, I wasn't having fun, I wanted it to just end and let me do something interesting. I do have patients, a love of RPG's and I'm not a fragger only interested in getting my next head-shot, but videogames shouldn't make you work this hard to get enjoyment from them, what they certainly shouldn't do is bring frustration and tedium and ask for $120 a year back. |