want to mention I have played many MMO's, a few since launch. As far as the launch goes for this game I would say it wasn't bad at all. That being said the game still needs a lot of work but is still fun to play.

In my opinion:

First and importantly for any parents checking the game out for their children: THIS GAME IS MEANT FOR ADULTS. PERIOD. Adult language, sexually suggestive themes are rampant through out the game.

The UI is big, bulky, in the way and needs to be able to be customized (without having to download 3rd party apps). But it does function decently. I miss being able to change chat text colors to my own liking but I think Funcom will eventually add that ability.

Something that many may not know is that the game is pretty much instanced... in other words you and your friend may be on the same server, same zone, at the same time but in order to see and be able to group together you have to be in the same instance of that zone (which can be done with a click of a button). The benefit to this is that it helps your FPS being that the world is very detailed. The downside is (to me) it seems to eliminate much of the "MMO" feel to the game.

The starter zone is small and intimate and very pretty. The story line is pretty good. However you must complete a series of "Destiny Quests" and reach level 19 in order leave the island. This to me felt a bit extreme and I found myself wanting to leave around level 10. By the time I got to 19 I was desperate to leave. I could not imagine having to go through all of that AGAIN with another toon. I hope Funcom changes things a bit by then.

The fighting is interesting and not your usual point and click. It requires a little thought and skill (which developes with use). The skill trees are interesting and give options so that (for example) "Jane" of the ToS class may not have the same abilities as "Jill" of the ToS class at the same level.

Crafting. I haven't gotten this far so am only repeating what I have heard. You can gather nodes similar to EQ2 and rares are indeed very rare, unlike EQ2. Crafting itself seems to still be in developement. Funcom adds more stuff almost every patch.

Overall, I am liking the game and looking forward to seeing the improvements Funcom makes. They do seem to have decent communication via the forum boards about downtimes and updates. And the downtimes are scheduled with adults in mind... during normal business hours or between 2-6 am.

There are some important things missing from the game such as the Traders/Bankers (they were removed second day of launch due to some kind of duping hack and have yet to be reinstated).

Due to this you prety much have to sell every drop you get because you can only hold around 12 (not positive but is bewteen 12-16) items at a time before having to just leave loot on the ground or running back to town to sell. There are better bags you can buy to hold more items but they are very expensive and from what I hear don't offer a whole lot more storage.

Also because of the missing Trader/Banker there really isn't any in game economy yet and money is slow and tedious to come by. But other than bags and a horse there really isn't anything worth buying atm.

There are the usual quest bugs, "stuck" issues and FPS issues that you can encounter with any new MMO. Funcom does seem to be doing a good job at trying to fix them as soon as they can.

I am going to continue to play for at least another month and hopefully will see the needed improvements that will make this game stand as tall as say, EQ2 and WoW (will probably take at least 6 months for this to happen). It definitely needs a lot of spit and polish before then but is a nice diversion if you are getting bored with your current MMO's.

The graphics are more like Dark Age of Camelot's as opposed to EQ2/WoW. Not so cartoonish. I think Funcom is trying hard to prevent gold farmers via the small bag space issue and no auto-follow.

Overall, if you can handle the usual newly-launched MMO issues, I would recommend you give the game a try. If not, might be better for you to wait 6 months and see how things go =)

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