The TERA Open Beta has come and gone. En Masse, the company responsible for localizing the game, has made a lot of hefty promises with regard to the game's combat and overall level of polish. The open beta was the first chance a lot of people had to see if those promises were kept. I had a lot of fun playing the beta over the weekend, and am here to give you my Final Impressions of the game before it launches in North America on May 1.
Long-running MMORPG Tera will be closing on June 30 and Gameforge and Krafton have published a video that serves as a farewell.
No fan wants to see Tera shutting down, but unfortunately, developer Bluehole is closing the game's servers (on PC, anyway) to work on other projects.
Good, this game was great when it launched, but it's been turned into a nightmare of a product since.
Some WoW-like MMORPGs are better than others. Here's a curated list that offers a wide variety of games that let you play with other people but have something unique to offer.
WoW is a mess and it will continue to be a mess. Still, the less-developed MMOs are going to have trouble gaining a fan base because they lack content right now. Even if people do flock to FF14 or BDO, they'll go back to WoW if they fix enough features or give players a shred of hope.
