I know may stir up a hornets nest but, my buddy and i were talking about the game today and just how game screamed asian mmo. I have to wonder if that feeling will ever go away, and not saying it is a bad thing BUT people should know by now that asian mmo's do not do well in western market do to difference and preferences of what we like vs asian market.

So i have to wonder, with things like the crafting, and enchanting system being so ingrained into the game, along with just how terrible questing really is i have to sit and wonder just how well this game will fair, and if it will even make a real go in the western market. Now don't think of my nay saying as actually saying game is terrible as both my friend and i said together the game is rock solid, combat is great, general mechanics are good, BUT and is always a but! are things in the game make you want to beat head against a wall have nothing to do with games combat at all.

Take Vindictus for example and just how GRINDY that game is, collecting 20 of this and 20 of that, or killing 30 mobs from X area and having to do that area again and again and again. The crafting can also be kinda compared with how are random items dropped by enemies are needed to craft items and it is sort of same in Tera. There is all this asian influence and no matter how much we might like the combat will the other aspects of the game bring the game crashing down in the west?

What does everyone else think? and love to hear from a dev concerning just what changes they are able to make vs what they intend to make. Because let us be honest... they cant revamp whole game just for west so what do they have power to change precisely? love to hear on those facts myself! anyway just thinking out load to myself! post your thoughts!

Perhaps you could list a few reason why you think this game will fail in the west, as your description was a little vague.

Also, Vindictus isn't grindy at all compared to other Asian mmorpgs out there.

Try crafting in retail lineage 2.... a month for one piece of armor that only has 60% chance to succeed. BTW there's over 30 thousand people that play lineage II now that it's f2p and its definetly an Asian game xD

Is there anything wrong with Asian mmos? The only thing that screams Aisa at all is the art, and thats all everyone focus on. If the art wasn't asia it can have all the part of an korean grind fest and no one would call it asian. Yet Tera a game so heavly westernized has Asia art and everyone just want to label it other Korean grind fest.

Sure its, its the money, Tera Online cost like 30mill, SWTOR and Rift used double that for "only" marketting! 25-30mill in Asia seems to be normal, Guild Wars 2 20mill, ArcheAge is 25mill. Aion was around 15mill.

I always kinda giggle to myself when people are like " asian MMO's are grinders, Western MMO's are not". Sure, asians love to grind their levels. Westerners love to grind their gear. Both are grinds, no?

I would say, both western and eastern games are grinders. They just do it different ways. Now that being said, there are some korean games that are just retarded with grind, but thats another thing. Then again, look at how much people grind for gear in wow, some people going on what? 6-7 years now or something stupid.

Quote: MadcatGTs on 03/10/2012, 10:19 PM - view

Because they got money so they can actually make raid content. Rift adds more raid every 4-6 week, not to mention all other stuff like instant adventures, ember island zones, new mounts etc. Please dont even compare asian grinders to Rift, WoW, SWTOR.

If this game wasn't "Asian" as you put it I probably wouldn't play it. I'm sick of the WoW clones. Is Tera perfect? I don't think so. Is it different enough from other MMO's to keep my interest? Yes! They created fun combat and fun PvE content. It definitely has done enough things "right" to make it playable and enjoyable.

Quote: Lollipoop on 03/10/2012, 10:24 PM - view

Are you saying the more money spent on a mmo means the better it is?

Quote: Lollipoop on 03/10/2012, 10:24 PM - view

You just agreed with me. You basically just said

" when everyone gets their epic loot, they add in more epic loot. Then when they get that epic loot, they add in MORE epic loot."

Sounds like a grind to me. its like dressing up a dog turd in barbie cloths, sure it looks different, but its still [filtered].