ArcheAge - Why the Focus on Questing?
81ArcheAge is going to be a divisive game... just not for the reasons you might think. We spent some time with the first of several closed beta events for Trion's upcoming North American release of the game, and we're suitably enamored. But there's a sneaking suspicion we all have about ArcheAge: we're afraid that its underlying complexity is going to be hidden by the upfront simplicity of its questing and PVE design. In short, too many people are going to skip this one based on the first couple of hours and Trion needs to work with XLGAMES to make the more open-ended aspects of their game stand out at first glance. As the old adage goes: first impressions are everything.
What occurred to me during this weekend's test while watching thousands of new players jump into the game for the first time was this: despite the sheer amount of communication from forums, fansites, social media, Trion, XLGAMES, and media... there are a great many people who have no idea what ArcheAge is all about. And what's more is that the game's first dozen or more hours don't really communicate its depth and breadth of scope either.
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