Игрок 1695·Не рекомендует·145 ч в игре

Hello everyone! I started playing Legends of Aria Eternal on release, with no prior experience with the game or its history. I've learned a lot during my time playing, but after experiencing the current state of the game, I cannot recommend it in its current state. At this time, the game feels closer to an Alpha than a Beta to me. I understand that Beta releases can contain bugs and unfinished systems, but some of the issues I've encountered seem particularly serious for a game in Beta. Bugs and Game-Breaking Issues: - The Bard class has been completely non-functional for over a week. An entire class being unplayable and unable to progress is, in my opinion, a major issue in a live Beta. - Significant bugs still exist throughout the game. One example I personally encountered involves weapon swapping. After logging out with one weapon equipped, then logging back in and switching to another weapon, the game appears to combine characteristics from the two weapons. In my case, the resulting weapon took the damage from one with the attack speed of the other. I was unknowingly losing a significant amount of damage until I understood the situation. These are just two examples. I've encountered numerous other bugs during my time playing. Official Development and Communication: I want to make something clear before criticizing the developers. Many of the developers are volunteers who are clearly passionate about the game. I respect anyone who volunteers their time to work on a project they care about. That said, I have concerns about the development priorities and communication surrounding the official server. - The deletion of players' accumulated in-game currency was particularly frustrating. About one week into the server, every players' earned currency was reset to zero, effectively deleting the currency they had accumulated up to that point. This happened across the entire game with no advanced notice. Justifications included, "this is a Beta, players should expect changes like this", and "The game is getting wiped in a few weeks anyway, you will lose it eventually either way." I understand that Beta environments can involve resets and changes, but I believe major changes involving player progress should be communicated clearly beforehand whenever possible. I personally witnessed multiple players I met along the way quit following this decision. - New content appears to be receiving priority while existing issues remain unsolved. For example, while the Bard class has remained unusable, development efforts have continued towards new maps and content. Personally, I would prefer to see major existing bugs fixed before additional content is introduced. - Updates do not appear to be receiving sufficient testing before reaching the Beta server. From a player's perspective, there have been instances where items or systems have been released that do not appear to perform their intended function. This makes it feel as though the players themselves are serving as the primary testers. - Communication with the community could be significantly better. I have not consistently seen patch notes or advance communication explaining changes before they appear in the game. There have been instances where I noticed changes overnight and had no idea they had been made. - Concerns exist among the community about the use of AI-generated code. If AI-assisted development is being used, I would like to see substantially more testing and quality assurance before changes reach the live server. The problem, from a player's perspective, isn't what tool is being used to write code... It's whether the resulting game actually works reliably. In my experience so far, there are just too many instances where this has not been the case. - The project would benefit from recruiting additional experienced developers and subject-matter experts onto the team. Passion for the game is clearly present, but passion alone isn't necessarily enough to maintain and troubleshoot a complex MMO. Additional expertise in areas such as software engineering, QA/testing, game system design/balance, and live-service development could help address some of the issues currently affecting the game. The Multi-Server Structure: Another concern is the game's multi-server structure. - Similar to Minecraft, Legends of Aria Eternal allows people to host their own custom servers, which can be selected right from the login screen. I understand the appeal of this system, but I worry about its effect on the game's player population. - If a game has 100 players spread across 20 servers, you could theoretically have only five players on each server. That can make an MMO-style game feel extremely empty, even if the overall player count appears healthy. - This also means that different server developers are effectively competing for the same player population. I can understand why players and developers would want the freedom to create their own servers, but I question whether this structure is beneficial to building one large, active community. Aria's History: - Keep in mind, I am new here. However, I've also heard veteran players describe this as another attempt to revive an existing game that has gone through multiple iterations over the years. I cannot personally verify all of the history I've heard, so I won't present those claims as established fact. Regardless, the fact that longtime players themselves are expressing concerns about the game's repeated attempts at a revival is worth noting. Final Thoughts: If you've made it this far, thank you for reading my review. - I have spoken with several players who have decided to stop playing, and many of the reasons they've given overlap with the issues I've described above. What makes this entire experience particularly frustrating for me: I think this game has a lot of potential. - However, based on my experience thus far, I would not recommend purchasing or investing significant time into Legends of Aria Eternal in its current state. There are too many unresolved bugs, communication issues, and development-priority concerns for me to recommend it to new players right now. This recommendation could absolutely change! - If the developers focus on fixing major existing bugs, thoroughly test patches before releasing them, communicate changes more clearly with the community, and strengthen the development and QA process, I think the project has an opportunity to improve substantially. For now, though, my recommendation is to wait and see how development progresses before jumping in. I genuinely hope this game succeeds. I'd much rather come back to this review in the future and say that these problems were fixed than see the game fail to reach its potential.

Игрок 8328·Не рекомендует·2 ч в игре

I bought the game, refunded it, and will probably buy it again at some point down the road assuming it *makes it* down the road. So why am I giving it a no? Simply stated this is a BETA and there WILL BE A WIPE so anything you do in the game now doesn't matter. Considering I play MMOs for the persistent world this is a major dealbreaker. The devs didn't state that anywhere on the steam page, in the launcher or after character creation. I only found out after logging out and back in. You can find the screenshot of the notification in the steam discussion if you need proof. Oh and there is no solid date for the end of the beta the devs just say TDB. Just to reiterate: THIS GAME IS CURRENTLY IN A BETA STATE AND WILL BE WIPED. WE HAVE NO DATE FOR THE ACTUAL PERMANENT LAUNCH. If you don't mind this feel free to read on for why I'll be coming back later. I love MMOs. Been playing them since the dialup days. UO, EQ, DAoC, WoW, CoH and at least a dozen more over the decades. Most people know the heavy hitters since they've been around for forever, but for me nothing has ever quite managed to scratch the same itch as Ultima Online. Something about the effort it took leveling up your skills, the danger inherent in losing everything you had every time you left town, and an actual economy run by the players mixed together in a way I haven't seen since. I've dabbled a bit in the UO servers here and there, but to say that the game is dated would be an understatement. No shame to those who still enjoy it, but it is a nearly 30 year old game and it shows. So I figured it's been over a quarter of a century, surely someone has to have cooked with the same recipe, but with updated graphics and systems right? RIGHT? Well it turns out that I'm somewhat in the minority of players and the pickins for this particular type of game are pretty slim. Though if you know some that may have slipped my notice feel free to let me know. Eventually I stumbled upon Aria while scrolling through Steam and gave it a (brief) whirl which is why I'll be coming back if they can make it past the beta. A few notes in no particular order. Keep in mind these are almost all comparing the game to UO: -The graphics aren't AAA amazing, but are a massive step up from UO. -I'm a big fan of the modernized movement keys. WASD beats click to move by a mile. -Hotbars for abilities were a similar no brainer. -Basic intro quests for skills are nice if still a little opaque. It helps getting new players to interact with systems they might not know even exist without being to hand-holdy. -The player base is small to be sure (looking at the stats I saw somewhere between 25 and 65 players on at a time), but if this game manages to find its footing a small dedicated playerbase is really all you need. -On that note it seems silly to require other players for certain quest objectives when the playerbase is so small. I.E. Early on for the bard quests it required me to play a song for two other players to complete it. Which is difficult seeing as I only encountered one other player in town over the course of 2 hours. -There is some sound jankyness with certain actions. Not a big deal for me since I play on a laptop, but if you're a big sound dude I could see it getting annoying. -The personal server option is pretty neat for those looking to create something of their own to customize and play with groups of friends. I'll be digging into that later once I rebuy. Hard to sell my friends on something that isn't fully released yet. I'm sure there's more, but that's all I have off the top of my head. Fingers crossed that they stick the landing on this one.

Игрок 5445·Рекомендует·12 ч в игре

Recommended - but Legends of Aria still has to earn back our trust. (Just a note on my playtime: I spent a lot of time with the original Legends of Aria, so the playtime shown here for Eternal doesn't reflect my actual experience with the game.) I've been following this game for a long time and was one of its early supporters. Despite everything that has happened over the years, one thing has always stuck with me: Since Ultima Online, no other MMORPG has managed to hook me in quite the same way. A big reason for that is the flexible skill system. Instead of forcing your character into a fixed class, you improve skills by using them, combine different abilities, and decide what kind of character you want to build. And that's where the sandbox appeal really starts for me: sneaking through the shadows as a thief and stealing from players or merchants, fighting and going on adventures, crafting, trading, hunting for treasure, taming creatures, fishing, or simply heading out into the world with other players. You decide who you want to be and how you want to spend your time. Crafting is also an important part of how everything comes together. You can make all kinds of things - from weapons and armor to clothing, furniture, potions, and spell scrolls. You can even have a merchant on your property selling goods to other players. Gathering resources, turning them into something useful, trading, and building something of your own - it's systems like these working together that make a sandbox so appealing to me. One of my fondest memories is the little house I used to own. I worked for it, found a beautiful spot to place it, and then furnished and decorated it. Moments like that added a lot to the experience for me. You weren't just working through a list of tasks. You could set your own goals and make a small piece of the world your own. Some of the regions have also stayed with me. The Black Forest in particular had an incredible atmosphere. Wandering through that dense forest with the music playing in the background - there was just something special about it. It was this combination of freedom, exploration, character development, crafting, housing, trading, and community that brought back that old UO feeling for me. And yes, risk was part of that too. Being out in PvP areas carrying things you had worked hard for, knowing another player could kill you and take them, could be incredibly frustrating - but that risk also added a certain thrill. For me, that was part of the experience. LoA had - and still has - potential. Unfortunately, over the years there were many changes in direction and decisions that eventually caused me to lose trust in the project. The crypto chapter in particular did a lot of damage to what trust was left. But people make bad decisions. What matters to me is what they do afterwards. That's why I see Eternal as a new opportunity. The fact that previous buyers and many original supporters can get Eternal for free feels like a step in the right direction after everything that happened. More importantly, with Eternal, community servers and modding are once again becoming a much bigger part of the focus. That idea was originally a central part of Shards Online: players were supposed to be able to run and modify their own worlds and build their own communities around them. As the project later evolved into Legends of Aria as a standalone MMO, that idea increasingly moved into the background. Community servers didn't disappear entirely, but access to the Community Server Admin Program remained limited to a small group. At the same time, development became more focused on the official servers. Looking back, I find that especially unfortunate because I already saw huge potential in this project back then. Instead of sticking to the original idea and consistently building on it, Legends of Aria changed direction several times over the years. I've often wondered what this game could have become if they had stayed closer to that original path. That's why I'm particularly happy to see Eternal opening this part of the original concept up again. Instead of needing access to a limited admin program first, every buyer now gets the Dedicated Server Launcher and the ability to run their own shard and customize its ruleset. There are also tools that allow communities to create their own maps and other world content. These tools still need work. They need to be improved, expanded, and made more user-friendly. I hope they keep pushing in this direction, because I think this could be a huge opportunity for Eternal's future. After all, custom shards and community projects have helped keep Ultima Online alive and interesting for many years. Maybe Eternal can eventually become a home for similar projects and different kinds of gameplay experiences as well. That's also one of the things I find so appealing about community-run servers: not every shard has to be the same. Some communities may want a more traditional PvP experience, while others might focus entirely on PvE or roleplaying. Ultima Online showed a long time ago that very different communities can exist around the same basic game. There were dedicated roleplaying shards, PvE-focused communities, and others offering a more traditional mix of PvE and PvP. With the right tools, Eternal could offer that same kind of freedom - different worlds for different kinds of players. Of course, there is also a downside to this approach. If the overall player population remains small and is spread across too many shards, individual worlds could end up feeling empty. That's one of the risks that comes with giving players this much freedom to create and run their own worlds. It's important to be realistic: Legends of Aria isn't an MMORPG that's going to appeal to everyone. This kind of old-school sandbox, with its focus on player freedom, flexible character development, and setting your own goals, appeals to a certain type of player. What matters is whether Eternal can find that audience again and build an active community that sticks around. Community servers and modding could play an important role in that. Eternal is also still rough around the edges. There are bugs and unfinished systems, and the current beta still needs more testing, polishing, and fixing. (IMPORTANT: The official server, Verdant Sky, will be wiped one final time before its full launch. No date has been announced yet. Community-run shards have their own rules and plans.) And to be fair, LoA's graphics aren't exactly state of the art. Compared to the classic UO look, though, I still see them as a clear step forward. From my perspective, Eternal has already taken some steps in the right direction. Now they need to show that they've learned from the past: listen to the community, fix bugs, improve the systems that are already there, thoroughly test changes before releasing them, communicate clearly about updates, deliver regular improvements, and stop constantly chasing the next big idea. And I hope the team behind Eternal has enough time, resources, and above all passion for the game to keep developing and supporting it for the long run. After everything that's happened, this project needs consistency. Trust isn't won back through promises. It's won back by showing over time that you're committed, that you're listening, and that you're steadily making the game better. That's why I'm still giving Eternal a positive review. Not because I've forgotten what happened in the past, but because underneath all those bad decisions there was always a game that felt special to me. The foundation is still there. The first steps have been taken. Now please stick with it, listen to the community, and don't waste this potential again. This may be one of the last real chances to turn things around - if it isn't already too late. If "Eternal" is really meant to live up to its name, that's what I hope to see.

Игрок 1684·Рекомендует·63 ч в игре

Oynanış ve oyun neredeyse birebir Ultima Online'ın aynısı. Ultima'nın grafik ve oynanış olarak güncel hali desek doğru olur. Yetenek sınırı 600. 700 olsa daha güzel olurdu. Official Serverda oynuyorum. Özel serverlar da var ve bunlar liste şeklinde, istediğinizi seçip o serverda oynayabiliyorsunuz. Crafting geliştirmek UO'dan az bişey farklı. Vendorlerin verdiği görevleri tamamladıkça craft menüsündeki itemlerin üretilebilirliğini öğretiyor Vendor ve/veya size kıymetli kristal ve para veriyor. Misal Lockpicking üretebilmeniz için 5 Mace üretmeniz ve bu üretme görevinde aldığınız scroolun içine koymanız ve koyduktan sonra Blacksmith Vendorüne vermeniz gerekiyor. Fakat görevi verirken neyi öğreteceğini belirtmiyor, sadece "Tier 2" gibi bir seviye belirtiyor üretmeyi öğreteceği ürünün veya hediyenin. Craft ettiğiniz ürünleri Vendore tek seferde en fazla 5 adet satabiliyorsunuz, sonra uzun bir süre beklemek gerekiyor. Yetenek geliştirmesi UO'nun 1998 Nebula Serverındaki gibi biraz uzun sürüyor ama kasınca daha zevkli olacağına eminim. Eğer haritayı incelemez ve keşfetmezseniz kıymetli metallerin bulunduğu farklı madenlere ulaşmakta biraz zorlanabilirsiniz. Şu anda tek rahatsız edici şey madenlerin biraz fazla karanlık olması ve bu sebeple kayalardaki hangi madenin bulunduğunu gösteren renkleri seçmenin biraz zor oluşu. Server arada bir kapanıyor ve ne zaman açılacağı ile ilgili herhangi bir duyuruyu takip edebileceğiniz bir hesap yada site yok.

Игрок 2061·Рекомендует·2 ч в игре

Really unique and great game. I had the game purchaed before but ended up buying it again to support his new lease on life for the game! Gonna bring a couple of people with me to try it out when the official server finishes its beta, cant wait to get back into this game again, there really isnt anything like this on the market currently. Its a game where you can literally play without even fighting, you can start your adventure as a crafter and sell you items to other players or pick up work orders from npc's to make money that way too. There are many skills to level up and each one is pretty different. Im gonna start out my journey as a miner/blacksmith and see where i go from there. :D

Игрок 2340·Не рекомендует·7 ч в игре

At first, I was happy that LoA was back, but now the whole thing seems really strange to me. Instead of fixing old bugs, expanding the world, and simply making it better than before, everything revolves around some wannabe developers setting up their own servers, offering paid hosting for additional servers, and so on. A very questionable ecosystem is emerging around the game. The problem is, there are hardly any players. Instead, there are lots of different servers, all building their own little worlds. Without players. And most of these servers are just AI slop. This game simply can’t work this way.

Игрок 6253·Рекомендует·425 ч в игре

Jogo muito bom, que resgata o verdadeiro espírito dos MMORPGs Sandbox Full Loot. Crafting nos moldes de Ultima Online, liberdade, economia feita pelos jogadores e, principalmente, CONSEQUÊNCIAS para quem morre. Se você sente falta de Tibia, Ultima Online e dos MMORPGs de verdade, aqui é o seu lugar. ⚔️ Mas fica o aviso: isso aqui não é creche de jogador mimado. Aqui você pode perder sua armadura, sua arma e o loot que levou horas para conquistar. Morreu? Chora menos e fabrica outra. 😂 É jogo para homem que aceita risco e derrota — não para menino mimado que entra em crise porque perdeu uma espadinha virtual. Se a ideia de perder seu equipamento faz você querer pedir reembolso, melhor continuar nos MMOs de mãozinha dada. 🔥 Aqui é Full Loot. Aqui tem risco. Aqui tem consequência. Aqui é MMO raiz.

Игрок 1605·Рекомендует·8 ч в игре

Played when it first launched for about 60hours, very promising and closest one to UO experience so am very happy it is back. Currently im like 60:40 for positive review... Couple of tweaks I would appreciate: - VSYNC - movement should be looked at as the feel is as well as visual is meh - UI rescaling, adjustments etc as running on 3440x1440 resolution means e.g. minimap sized as thumbnail Pity it is not played (currently 8ppl on official server). Would give it another 6months in kitchen and put it free for a weekend.