It`s Funcom`s new baby allright. They came up with a teaser a year ago, it didn`t mean much other than knowing that they are making another mmorpg. Well, for me they gained a lot of credit with Age of Conan. It was a new IP from a new company trying to out compete a giant - Blizzard - .
Sure, Age of Conan failed in the long term, or let me rephrase it by saying it didn`t meet the expectations, not a total failure, but we should remember that they did a pretty good job on the release and were a geniune threat to WOW for a while. The threat didn`t last long because of their mistakes and inexperience.
Why do I give them that much of a credit ? Because normally, a producer like Funcom would shut their doors and would be written in the history as a total failure when they try to go against World of Warcraft as a new producer with a new game. I give them credit because they remained in the industry somehow and their game was fully of good ideas. Age of Conan was actually a great game. And I believe in the Secret World. Why ?
1- They learned from their mistakes, they won`t repeat them again.
2- They are backed up by arguably the strongest producer in the game industry - Electronic Arts - .
3- There are several great ideas for this game as you play in variety of worlds, not a single one.
As you would notice in the trailer below, the game is shining with bright ideas. With Funcom getting more experienced and stronger by time we shall expect no other than greatness for The Secret World once it gets released.
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