Seneste anmeldelser af Tom Trustworthy

Just started this game but it is a bunch of fun so far.
Much of the game has Assassins Creed elements while the fighting is more like the Batman game (except you don't just lay the baddies down for a lame nap).

The voice acting and music is great, it's exactly what you'd expect be be in a LotR movie honestly.

The story is interesting so far, I read that this game is breaking some LotR rules by having a human die then be revived. But with that behind us its going well so far.

There are various ways to improve your skills and weapons, and a ton of secrets to find around in the world. Looking for hidden aspects of the game actually rewards you in the game. Some games just give you an achievement, this one will buff your character and tell you more about the world around you.
As of now I would say this is a 8.5 or 9 out of 10.

Updated! Ended up level 17, see more review toward the end of my original.

I will be updating this review as I play more and more, I read some reviews about this game and looked up some info on the site. Bought the lowest package to get in the beta and see how things are.
My MMO history: Ultima Online (favorite MMO), WOW started at beta and stopped when wrath came out, Age Of Conan :(, Darkfall Online (second favorite, played on EU servers with the goons and on US servers), Guildwars 1 and 2, then a mix of some that don't matter.

Started this one up last night, the story for my race is pretty neat. Sounds like they have taken a beating over the years. There are 4 races, two are buddy buddy and the other two are close. So you can understand your own race talk and the friend race but not the other two. I guess you can learn the other languages and I like that aspect of it.

I believe I am level 8 now and around level 5 you get a pet/mount, you have to kinda care for them for a bit as a quest then they grow up and you give them a ton of hugzzzz :P. Not really, but you do bond with it a bit first. You can ride the mount or jump off and have it follow you, I think as you travel and I know as you fight with them by your side they gain xp. They will gain levels like you. They get new skills and you can gear them up. Far better than the old school WOW mounts.

I have gathered some resources so far, I have not done anything with those yet. Also as you play you gain these points (labor points) but you gain so many over time while you play and when you're offline if you paid for the game. These points so far have been used for items in my pack. Quests or drops will be closed up or unidentified and you use 1 or 5 of these points to see what the item is. I was worried about this at first but i have not dropped too low on points to be able to open up some of the loot that comes packaged up.

While riding around on my mount I have found people flying/gliding over me which is pretty cool. The villages I have passed through seem very alive with NPC's and players, everybody is up to something.

Fighting system: This seems very similar to Guildwars 2. There are combos where if somebody is stunned or poisoned or something then you do this other ability it will proc or something. I could put 20 stacks of debuffs on a mob then hit them with one move that would stun them if there was 20 stacks. Most of the abilities I have seen do something like this.

Skill points: After leveling up you get skill points to assign out. You first start with 1 set of abilities, then once you hit level 5 you can add another whole set of skills to pick from. I had 3 choices to use, and it actually looks like you can reset these decisions at any time. Which i might do just because gear now is not as important since i just started. Just to see how i can play this character in different ways.

One thing that bugs me about this game right now.. every time i load up the game my character loads only the hair. So the character model is just a wig basically and it takes a while to load. Then in game it will do the same thing if i have never been to the area. My computer is not great but still seems like an odd problem. Other issues similar will happen like the whole left face of a mountain will be missing and take a while to load.

Ok thats it for now, I should be playing more over the weekend if i have time. I will update this review again. Right now its a YES for this game and I'd give it a 7.8/10.
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Since my initial review I have gained some levels and found out about some other things in the game.

The small farm I had going was kinda lost, I did not understand the whole scarecrow part of farms. So I actually planted some seeds just on some open ground and came back later to find they were gone. Now I understand if you place a scare crow, you claim that land and you can farm it. Nobody can steal those plants if you pay your taxes. The next beta event (when will it be?!?!) things will be different! I'll be a pro farmer!

I did learn a bit about houses, once you build one and place it you will have taxes. There may be some room around the house to even plant some things. You can add family members to the house so they can use it as well. !!! I thought this was a great idea for anybody that buys a founders pack but has friends that do not want to. You could just buy the house and set them as family so even while they are not paying customers they still get some access to premium content.

Another aspect I found out about was trading, I did not get to do any but I was in a guild with somebody that was. I talked to him about it. So how it works is, you farm some crop... then you bring it to a specific town. That area will have a specialty that they are known for, lets say Rosemary. You will pack up 100 rosemary and make a trade pack. The pack will be put on your back and you will move slowly. Now you want to flip this ♥♥♥♥♥ for a profit... that means you want to travel farrrr away to a land that is rosemaryless. They will pay you kindly and you will be a boss! If you run into hostile lands or take a boat that means more risk.... but that will tend to get you more reward. Awesome system here for sure, you can hire people to protect you or make a living killing these fine traders.

Rating at this point has to be a solid 9/10... I am expecting PVP to be very WOWish so thats a drag but this farming, pirating, and very fun fast questing will make up for that.

**Updated check the end of this review**
Banished first had me once I saw how you had to provide the people with what they need while planning for the future. The main ideas are very basic but juggling everything is not always easy. Every adult is assigned a role in your village, they do their work while also caring for themselves and their family.
Food and warmth are top priority. As you progress wants will come into play, like new types of food better clothes and tools, religion and alcohol.
If you have a good thing going, people from other villages will come to join you. Bringing more hands to work, more mouths to feed and disease.

A great planning and town building game, make sure you do not over extend yourself or the people will suffer.

Seems that this game is setting up for some mod tools... so its 10x better than it was before. I am very excited about potential mods. Great job to the dev guy that made this!

Dec 5 edit: TSL was pulled off steam due to the dev not supporting his game, no updates or communication with his customers. He came back and updated twice, both updates actually broke the game more. You are no longer able to have tribes now. Boxes were removed for a personaly inventory which is nice. But the personal inventory is not well thought out.
You cannot drop items and there are so many items you cannot use so your inventory will get full of trash.
The star system to find dinos is gone. The axe is no longer a weapon. Oh and the game STILL IS UNABLE TO SAVE. Saving is apparently not something you can handle in this udk version of the game.

The dev promised monthly themed updates, the first one was for optimization as he calls it. He removed trees and bushes so people wouldnt have to load them any longer. That was the optimization update.
november update was Gameplay. He asked us to suggest new feautures on his forum. He ignored the ones we wanted and decided to add in new dino skins because it was easier to do. He said the update would be out the week of thanksgiving. This was all said at the start of nov, no update and not a word from him since.

When he was gone for 4 months he claimed to be working on a new verison of the game on UE4. We have no proof this exists but he said it is great... not one screen shot though.
Keep avoiding this game, at least until it is pulled off steam again. Which i hope happens.




July 22nd EDIT: Due to recent events with this title I have changed my view on this game. The original review is below but that is now dated.
Many people on the staff have had their contracts expire and stopped working on this game. The lead dev has not posted or updated the game in about 6 weeks at this point.
The forums are a mess, and it seems all that we were told the past 6 weeks about waiting for some big updates was just trying to buy time. Nothing has happened since this game went early access. People are trying to get this game pulled off steam as we speak.

Avoid this one guys!



Original Review:
Was gifted a key from one of the backers of this kick starter. So I have been in game since it first opened up.
The game has some cool features, very open PVP, survival and dinosaurs. It takes very few hits to kill another player, after you die all of your items are gone. (huge fan of this)
You need to manage hunger to keep yourself alive, so fishing and hunting dinosaurs is a must. The dinosaurs come in many sizes. Some are human sized and will run away from you while others are hostile and huge.
I am active on the forums, as ledigeine, and its nice to see the dev and mods all listen to the players.

The game has a long road ahead of it right now, but I think it will get there in the next few months.

This is the first game I have bought in this series, I was drawn to it because I love the Heros might and magic games.
Age of Wonders III has so much more going on, it will be hard going back to HMM games. You have populations to increase, the tiles on the map can change over time. (from barren land to a forest if you choose) There are preset cities but those can be destroyed and new cities built where you please.
Great options in this game!

Just got this, its kinda like the TOTAL WAR games but with out the battles. I didn't really right the battles anyways.
The main reason I got this was for the Game of Thrones mod, it's awesome!

Great single player and awesome multiplayer. Create your army, take villages/castles/towns while killing everybody in your way.

Its da coolest