My Grand RIFT Experience

Post by korkibucek

So I had been off WoW for about 2.5 months and managed to bag myself an invite to the RIFT open beta, much disappointment was to follow.

People rave about the graphics? What are they on about, it looks like $%^& and the scenery is nothing but dark and dingy. Animations are way below par, WoW looks and feels a hell of a lot nicer.

Gameplay was like playing a lesser version of WoW, combat felt ok very similar to Warhammer online and quests where simple collect or kill objectives. The RIFTs themselves where absolute crap, nothing special here at all.

PvP, well now PvP was the worst aspect of RIFT it felt absolutely terrible, completely disgusting.

Are people srsly playing RIFT and why the hell has it had such a good reception, WoW is in another league and there are plenty of other MMOs that walk all over RIFT.

It will be free to play in a year.

Funny enough this experience on the beta gave me the enthusiasm to renew my WoW subs and the break did me good I am enjoying it much more now. Also playing RIFT made me realize what a polished and excellent MMO we have with WoW.

Post by Tuppence

This ain't twitter.

Regardless, it's interesting to hear opinions from a fellow WoW player. I did not expect it to be good - it is doubtless another Aion - but there's always a chance that something new is going to click and exist beyond 'fad' status.

Some of my guildmates have mentioned that it's a pretty exact copy of Warcraft, with new graphics and a random world-objectives system. Is there anyone who has played it who thinks it has the potential to keep a substantial playerbase?