Farever

I saw the negative reviews for this game but decided to give it a chance despite that. I'm very glad I did, as I have had no problems with crashes or massive frame drops. I noticed at times during the first couple hours of gameplay some stutters, which were a bit annoying/concerning, but I haven't noticed them at all over my last several play sessions. This is a great game to try if you're willing to take the risk that of it not running well. Since I only have my own experience to draw on, performance so far has been solid. Outside of that, the combat is engaging in a way a lot of the big mmo's I've tried can't replicate. The fluid, action rpg style is vastly more compelling to me than stand still and trade hits while running a rotation of skills/abilities. The game isn't that big yet. NPC's are extremely simple and bare bones, but they serve their purpose. The overall pacing of the game might not be for everyone, but mmo's tend to be pretty long term anyway, so the slower pace for leveling in this has actually been pretty refreshing. The world is pretty much completely open for you to explore at your leisure and is full of little activities to seek out or stumble upon. These activities kind of fill the spot quests usually would in an mmorpg like this, but I think that's a good thing here. There's no massive main story questline, no tedious messenger boy errand quests and a ♥♥♥♥♥ ton of yapping between npcs. That dialogue can be engaging and great for story, but I personally am glad that's not a mandatory part of the experience, or even really present that much to begin with. There is crafting, which takes a pretty decent amount of grinding for materials, but nothing like what you'd expect from warframe or something along those lines. The classes have pretty open ended restrictions, so mages for example can use some melee weapons and physical damage weapons and not just spell books or staffs. There's an interesting weapon system in place too that allows you to use some of the skills or passives from a weapon that isn't the one currently equipped, which creates some pretty fun opportunities to explore builds. It also encourages you to try out the new weapons you find even if you're set on the one you've got. You never know if it'll have an attack or passive that could synergize in fun ways. Ultimately, it's a fresh MMO, something I haven't been able to find anywhere else lately. I recommend.