>More kmmo slop
Woo... yay... I guess I'll sign up for the test though

45 minutes of playtime notes, I don't want to spend too much time in it when they're just gonna delete my progression tomorrow.
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Gender locked classes
Class archetypes are generic and uninspired (warrior, berserker, mage, ranger)
Opening ten minutes presents itself like a soulslike which was jarring. Skipped all the cinematics so I have no idea what's going on but I went from spooky island full of monsters to a nice looking settlement.
Performance is fucking terrible.
Open world is huge
Shared world lots of players visible but I'm guessing there's phasing because my server supposedly has 1200 players and I've only seen ~50
Combat is fine
Saw a PvP toggle
Lifeskilling may play a significant role in the game but I'm not gonna keep playing during a 24h playtest.
It's definitely not ArcheAge 2
It feels more like a Korean New World
This is not ready for a 2026 release.
This is something I'll play when it's out but it's not what I expect out of a game called ArcheAge.

tl;dr - if you liked New World you'll probably like this. Don't expect ArcheAge 2 unless the game becomes entirely different in the endgame.

Played it, heres my takeaway:

- The game reeks of botched concepts, restarting over and over and coming up with the most insecure development due to teams and management changing constantly

- Performance is shit, surprised they ''worked' on it for years to come up with such subpar experience

- It feels nothing like the OG archeage

- The gender locked classes are retarded and clearly geared towards asian players only with no real intent to promote it to an international fan base

- The game feels like a grindfest, which is pure korean DNA, some might like it, most will get tired of it quickly

- Pay 2 win is 100% coming to make the experience more bearable for players

- If this releases this year it will 100% flop, they need 1-2 more years of development to make this a decent game

- Lore and story feel rushed and uninspiring

It really feels like the game development was dead for 4-5 years and they decided to rush everything in the last 12 months to come up with the playtest

>>2940226
played for about an hour, played warrior.
not bad. game still needs a lot of polish. I'd expect maybe in 2 years it will be ready.
it's not amazing but if I had nothing to play I would not be upset to have this.
personally I wouldn't spend money on this, but if it was f2p I may level in it.
I don't know how it's related to the original archeage mmo.

>>2940396
it's funny how all these korean developers saw that new world was shutting down and they're like, yeah we can totally make new world but better.

>>2940449
it didn't seem unfocused to me, but it does seem unfinished.