Albion Online

Great game, very grindy if you like that go for it. Staff and responsitivity of staff was perfect. 9/10

Graphics could have been much better, already there are gold sellers who have been banned.
PVP is very unbalanced one guild has all the members, there are few smaller guilds.
Basically people who have the gear/gold(real money to buy) have a huge advantage.

This game has huge potential. I think the developers have finally found a well balanced game mechanism. Release is only 3 months away! Join the official forum, everything is discussed there. https://goo.gl/CQojdI

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE! In it's current state (as of 2/10/2016) this game is absolutely terrible, particularly for new players. Whilst not extremely difficult to start playing, it has zero tutorial aspect to get the new player acquainted with any aspect of the game. There is no lore based text or introduction to set the scene; no assistance or purpose to what you are doing as soon as you start on a beach in your underwear.

You click on uninspired nodes, click on some more, rinse and repeat. Congratulations, you just clicked enough to get a ding! You upgraded a skill to let you click on something else! Whilst the "player driven economy" may seem interesting, it is halting to progress as you continually need to collect, refine and find purpose with your items, and can't sell them to vendors (as far as I can find out). You have an auction house, but as the low level ingredients can be found readily, and then crafted; and money generation isn't plentiful elsewhere then you cant purchase anything anyway... and can it be used with out click click leveling those damn dings? It has different than standard MMO ideas, but doesn't translate to better ideas... just restrictive and boring ones. No seemingly original ideas found in this game improve on the established MMO conventions.

Another aspect that may seem to have a grounding in reality is the carry capacity restrictions. You can only carry so much, but this fills extremely quickly and slows movement. This is super irritating, because all you are basically doing is clicking to carry stuff. No discernible inventory management system or sorting, uninspired item design and names. The crafting system is straight forward, click to get ingredients, refine and craft. Zero original idea. Craft points (or something to that affect) can be used to improve craft quality, but again - zero discussion or guidance on that aspect too. Every aspect of the game is far too slow paced and frustrating, including the death animations of half the animals that you wait that second too long to die, then you guessed it... click once, twice and sometimes a third time to collect ingredients... from. the. one. carcass.

The whole game feels like the developers thought, "this is a good game mechanic/idea" lets use it, but didn't consider player enjoyment. For me, that should be primary - the enjoyment and satisfaction of the player and customer. The pay to play business model is very questionable in the games current form, and if you're on the edge like me and decide to pay to experience it.... then unless you like monotony (such as the competitive sport of watching paint dry), then you may also be sorely disappointed like me. And instantly out of pocket after a few bland hours. I'm sure the PVP will be... uninspired also. I couldn't for the life of me go through the torture of clicking enough here and there to get to some meaningful combat.

The fixed camera is irritating, the art style pretty enough but lacking details, and the overwhelming click click click aspect is simply mind numbing,

If you're on the fence, thinking the game "looks good or interesting", and are already an experienced MMO player, please take my advice and look elsewhere - sheesh, just reactivate your WoW sub! ;). In my opinion, this game is extremely boring and not worth ANY investment - time, money or otherwise.

I believe they will do something with the loot system, they should have fixed drops with death like taking one item of choice based on equal rank.. though the vibe of the game is amazing. Well done devs!

After making a legendary tamer on UO I doubt anything will like too bad of a grind. I'm pretty sure this game is specifically geared towards old UO fans that miss the days before they created TRammel.

So you expect the games to be totally free?

This game is absolute crap! The founder pack is a complete rip of... boring as.. currently going through FTO to get a refund because of the "so called founders pack loop whole they made up" CRASH , CRASH, CRASH.... doesn't work on iPhone yet... Biggest scam of 2015.... DO NOT WASTE YOUR $$$$$!

This game is not free, requires you to pay under the title "become a founder"!

Don't waste your money on a founders pack. Currently the game is p2w, those willing to pay for gold will never have to face silver management due to the never ending stream of gold Sandbox interactive is willing to sell you. Also, the management is very biased and plays favorites with the community and guilds. Yea you can pay for a founders pack but you will not get as much access to development as the developers favorite guilds/players will receive. Although gaming is not a charity there are monetization methods which can net the company cash without giving advantages. SI refuses to go this route. The community is also filled with fanboys that will continuously insult you if you have a differing opinion, to them you are stupid and ignorant unless you agree with their ideas. Which brings me the point of racism within the community and SI's refusal to deal with it. A guild leader who was middle eastern was contentiously insulted because of race and making a guild with a similar name to another (one of the developers favorite guilds) management refused to keep the thread on track and allowed the racism and derailing continue. Do NOT pay for Albion, wait till it is F2P, do not buy into the hype. The developers are getting more and more p2w and carebear as development continues which is the opposite of what they claim they are aiming to achieve .

Uhhh, some ppl are retarded srsly. Yes they ask you "DONATE" so you can have acces to ALPHA stage client... They do it alot these days. Why?

Because smaller companies, need cashflow so they can actually develop the game. So the developers
give us some power. Do we help them with a bit of money or not? Simple. It's a donation. Also;
Alpha Versions of a game, ussually arnt released too the public because their used to a bug free
game. But guess what; thats not what an alpha test is, so they want to have fans have a chance
to opt-in instead of the general populous btching about bugs.

-Chow

GO see pvp on you tube

This is a Great Game Like +- Ultima Online Summer Apha Starts 29 this mouth on Legendary acc

the game is stil in alpha so why are you al jugding a unfinished product?
unfinished producs means that it stil can go better and better and remember this game is meant to be crosplatform so pepole can enjoy it when they are away from thier commputers .
what i am saying is just wait and see what wil become of it and judge it after the game is releashed.

When you die they can take everything from you. Just for example if you become a founder and buy the legendary package, you got a horse, a looking glass, etc and if you get kill, you will loose all of these. So why even bother buying these packages? So in the end, a bunch of players will just ambush everyone and take the loot

Pretty sure Ultima Online created this in the early 90's

It's so sad. It is a nice MMO game with lots of nice features and elegant, simple 3D graphics. Yet, you have to PAY TO PLAY THE ALPHA AND BETA!!!! This is silly!!! It's a good game, to much to do and sandbox is the new trend in MMOs. Everyone likes to have freedom to do various stuff ingame. And the developers ask even TO PAY?? Sandbox Interactive: LOSE!

If devs charge for beta access and their product is unpolished / unfinished they are bound to get bad review and bad rep. I dont see why these companies dont realize this. Stop charging for an unfinished product. The people paying their way in expect quality where as people who legitimately want to test it expect bugs ect and are usually open to giving constructive feedback. sigh.

ERVAND SARGSYAN

LEGAL

TO be honest, I wont pay money for a game that I cant try first, there should be at least a free option to play for while so people can see how the game works (not only vids). Than pay to play.... maybe add like a feature that lets you play for 1 week before asking for money....

cmn if that is a good game i will back 2 play mario...

your must buying early founder, wtf this money maker

I see a number of reviews that don't even mention why the game is supposedly bad which leads me to believe they are people who never even played in the first place. Albion Online is a light sandbox MMO with a focus towards PvP and a complete player driven economy. It so far works like this, players go into the world which does not use quests, they kill monsters for gold or collect resources. These resources are then used to craft everything your use in the game from tools to buildings to gear and even Mounts to ride. Everything can be traded and sold, no more of that bullshit bind to player crap like what WoW and big name makers do just to force players to grind everything themselves. AO in its current alpha state is fairly simple yet still has some advance elements. I rather like this simplicity because it makes it very easy to just dive into the game and start doing things. Gold which is purchased only through real cash can be used in place of silver except for at the auction house. PLayers have to trade their gold for silver with other players in order to use it to buy items. All this stuff about pay to win is non sense. There is not a single game out there where a person with money cannot use that money to give themselves some sort of an advantage. In WoW you can just pay some 14 year old kid over pay pal to level up a character to lvl99 or whatever the rediculous max level is and thus progress the game easily. AO offers Guild vs Guild battles and pvp as well as the ability to take over territories. If you plan on being competitive in it dont expect to stand on equal ground by never paying any kind of money. Other players will likely create bots or pay people to mine for them, or pay guilds for alliances. This will happen with or without a Gold system so hating the game strictly on that basis is just silly. You might as well just say you hate every game. Lastly there are two betas, first is the closed beta that you only get access to by paying for a founders pack, after there will be an OPEN beta which means you will not have to invest money to gain access to. These are the facts, check out the game for yourself, especially the forums if you want a REAL review of the game.

Looks great and apparently most of these bad mouthers never played ultima online. I don't like that they want us to pay to play the beta one bit. Not to mention i rather buy a game then pay for in game currency. Repair costs in game i heard are ridiculously high which makes me think that there intentions are to get you to buy gold with actual money. Hi hopes for this game but F2P games are always sketchy in my book.

The locked overhead camera view is a big no for me.

The game is crap ... sorry , not worth my money . One of my mates tricky's me to buy this. Now i am very angry and sad . "Usual western policy" . Game industry isn't dying my friend she growing up and company's like this one dying and living on edge with one group of skilled dev's ... Some of them don't have animator other programmers and third most common missing "senior business manager"
There is not even one bad gaming business platform these days .
There only bad business management .
Some rich people make more money only from ads or one time buying .
Looking forward for next gen MMO's (free , awesome , lovely , unique) .

Why would you play a game that is based only on grinding...hey I hate my life let me play a game where all I do is grind material.

This trend of asking for money for a shitty alpha/beta needs to stop. Gone are the days when real testers got to play unfinished games, and actually tested and provided useful feedback, not just whoever has the deepest pockets...unfortunately.

After playing the January 2015 alpha (currently 2 weeks remaining) I can honestly say I really enjoy this game... for everyone slamming it for having the option to buy gold, you have no clue... you can grind silver in game and exchange it for gold with other players, you don't HAVE to buy gold to progress, making silver is very easy seeing as there are so many resources to be gathered and people buy them off the AH without fail when you post them! it's only alpha and from what I've seen there is a lot of people playing and the Auction houses around the world are full of things, the auction houses aren't linked therfore each area sort of has its own economy! The crafting and gathering feels rewarding, yeah it might be a bit grindy, but it's an mmo, everyone who bitches about a grind in an mmo are more than likely adhd kiddies with no attention span. Mmos are known to be a grind. Grinding gives a sense of achievement when you get your professions up and are able to craft and sell expensive things = worth all the grind. The different professions you can have in the game are really good. You can make decent money from all of them. Growing food or raising horses (to be turned into mounts) on a farm, gathering wood, stone, gems, metal, animal hide, fabrics etc can make yoou a lot of money, crafting weapons, armor sets, gathering tools takes longer to level up but is worth it considering the higher tier items sell for a shitload of silver. The economy is already there and it's only alpha! The combat is fun, a little slow and awkward on times especially as a ranger, it's almost impossible to kite. You basically have to stand still and fire your bow with the enemy spanking you in melee range. The game world is huge! Dungeons aren't instanced atm so it Sucks thbat every dungeon you enter is usually empty as players have already cleared it, the should instance them, and most likely will as players are complaining about it. Pvp dueling needs to be introduced as that would help you get used to pvping, as opposed to running into a pvp zone with no pvp experience and getting steamroller and having all your items stolen! People need to realise it's alpha and a lot will change upon release! I suggest people play it before they talk shit about it! Especially calling it p2w! The gold buying offers a small advantage. Most of the Mmos today take thbe piss out of people with microtransactions and ingame item cash shops, so albion's gold buying option is tiny in comparison, I've not spent any of my founders gold yet and I am tier 5 geared, own a personal island, can craft tier 4 armor and weapons, the amount of silver you make from killing mobs and gathering has been more than enough to cater for all my expenses. So try before you instantly judge it and rip into it.

Will this game ever be free? Anyone got a free budy invite?

Wow, no wonder Obama got voted in twice.

This company should be sued for false advertising. This game isn't anything even close to a sandbox. It's extremely linear and if your a large P2W PvP zerg guild don't bother playing.
I asked them for a refund so they banned me from posting on their forum, thats how this company treats it's customers who dare to criticize their POS game.

its not fresh. its ultima online clone and that died 10 years ago. I like what the guy above said about P4A=P2W absolutely correct my friend thumbs up

It is indeed p2w. Gold gives a time advantage. If work and have wife n kids and don't want to waste money on stupid game then this isn't for you.

uhm..where is the "Full Loot" system info in this post? all players should know that this game is a full loot which means when you die you lose your stuff...yep thats a fact that even the devs are now trying hard to change and hide! lolz You gather then craft then gather then craft then gather then craft until you reach the next tier of armors (just like any other non-full loot or theme part games) however on this full loot game, you lose your stuff when you die (killed by players and boses and some mobs) the devs are now fully aware of the damage that this full loot system due to the fact that a huge number of testers quit a few mins or hours playing the game after they experience the harsh full loot system. now the devs try to make the game more newbie friendly however they still cant deny the fact that when you reach a certain armor/weapon tier you cant really craft the next tier unless you go to a pvp zone where any raid or zerg party can easily kill you thus losing your stuff. this is a brutal game to solo players and party and guilds are really required, however even with those mentioned its not really safe and you will lose stuff one way or another. which brings another issue to the devs, the very obvious fact that "How can you make money out of this game?" in which their current money milking source is ofc the founders pack which is basically a BUY to PLAY THE BETA TEST version of the game. Come on who the fcking hell will buy a item with real money that you will for sure lose? well unless they remove the full loot system, then i will never ever spend a single dime on this game or any other full loot game ^_~

If we worked, we wouldn't have time to play their asshat games.

Why do kids these days thinks THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT WILL GOING TO HAPPEN? It's not out yet but these kids keep judging the game as if they've already played it. IF YOU DON'T WANT THE GAME WHY BOTHER COMMENT? If you were the game dev and people criticized your game as shitty and garbage i hope you don't feel bad. This is why gaming industry doesn't progress. Because of shitty people who only knows how to criticize without even trying it. lol idiots.

Promises true guild vs guild, open play style, solo or contribute, own a city....
yes...Yes...YES!

omg, this community is so fukin toxic ↓↓↓

This game is some kind of lame-o stupid box of stupid lameness. Don't play unless you hate yourself.

The game is not even out yet and you call it garbage. Wait until it is out before you start slamming it.

Another shitty game made by a group of asshole who want our money buy more anal dildo

Promoted as a sandbox but its not even close...garbage

another garbage pay to win game. and they even want people to pay to play in beta?! a joke

not free