Platform: PC
Genre: Massively Multiplayer, Action, Hack and slash, Graphics, Fast paced, Roleplaying, Free to play
Online Interaction: MMORPG [need the internet just to start it up]
Story: Now I only paid attention to the intro cinematic so this is what I gathered...
There were these new continents that appeared and they were needed to be studied but shortly after arriving they all realized that this is a very harsh and unforgiving area. Monsters roamed free and slaughtered just about anyone who got near and threatened the research that was needed to be collected to not only know about these races but to build settlements and live in the area. Being pushed to a lone island and asking for anyone who is willing to, to help not only protect the people who are there but research the lands as well.
Sorry for the disregard for story but with how many missions that game puts you through I just stopped keeping up, anyway Tera is a [depending who you play as] a hack and slasher mainly but it's so fast paced. Even the archers and mages are bouncing around all over the place, I seem to be very fond of the berserker class myself. Races are more cosmetic than a use but they are neat, customization is rather deep and it's fun to just fool around in the character creation, just a shame you can only have 2 characters if you're a free to player. But seriously, this game will keep you occupied and you will find yourself dumping some hours into it and it'll be mainly from "Wow even on the lowest setting this game looks great, what's next?". With an archer, mystic, slayer, berserker and more this game will have something for your tastes of fighting style.
[Added note: There is crafting and gathering in the game as well but it's secondary and meant to help take away some of the "too many missions" blues.]
Rating: 79/100
Reason: Fun game, great graphics and can get very easy to learn but the story gets kind of overshadowed easily for just "I wanna go kill and see the landscape!". As well as the missions, they are so short and to the point you can gather a group of them and be able to finish them all in one area, no need to return to the area or do the repeatable but for some small cash and experience. And a MAJOR MAJOR problem I had with it was it's controller option, it gives you the option for keyboard or an Xbox 360 Controller or Playstation 3 controller.
[Rant commenced] I tried the controller option after the keyboard and I am VERY upset and disappointed by it, seriously they messed it up beyond belief. Even though the sticks are analog they don't utilize them at all, the pointer magically becomes inaccurate and to top it off, the camera and menu navigation for the stick are the same speed! "My camera is to slow", turn it up, "now my cursor is to fast", turn it down, "now my camera is slow again". This is EXACTLY why the stick should be utilized! Because it's either full speed or it won't move at all and trying to make something that only moves at top speed try to move to a [remember the cursor is already inaccurate when switching to a controller] try to highlight something is literally a pain. I found myself going for the mouse every menu navigation then using the mouse for the camera then I just put the controller down completely. Sorry but if this is an option, please try better, but sense it's an option and the rest of the game is good, I didn't take off as many points. Sure the layout of the buttons and using the Xbox 360's bumpers to get to different areas of navigation was smart for trying to fit everything in but if the controlling of it all is, needless to say, crap then it's not going to be fun for anyone involved.
But the keyboard controls aren't only the main option but HIGHLY PREFERRED.
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