Steam Game Review] Over 800,000 Simultaneous Steam Connections!　MMO RPG "New World" created by Amazon

In this series, Mina Tsujimura, aka SteamMania, a core gamer on Steam, reviews in detail the recommended games available on Steam, a PC game platform that is currently enjoying a lot of popularity. She will introduce the fun of the games.

This time, I will be reviewing "New World," a new MMO RPG developed and managed by Amazon Games, which was released on September 29 this year. The game has already recorded over 800,000 concurrent players on Steam and over 900,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch, making it one of the hottest games on the market today.

Let's play the tutorial right away!

You can't understand anything until you try it out!　So, let's play through the tutorial right away.

There are a total of five official New World servers: AP Southeast, SA East, US West, US East, and EU Central. You can create up to two characters on each server, and although the ping (response time) may vary slightly depending on the time of day, AP Southeast (Australia) and US West (USA) are the easiest to connect to from Japan. Once you have chosen a server, you can then select a world to play in from the world list.

Once you select a world, it is fixed, so you will need to recreate your character to change to a different world. Choose carefully.

After selecting a server, an opening movie will be played. It seems to be based on the motif of the Age of Exploration, with ships, pirates, and wizards.

After the movie ends, the screen switches to the character creation screen. There are 20 types of faces and 40 types of hair for character creation, which is not very many. To be honest, it is a little short.

After character creation, a tutorial on controls begins, with enemies that can be defeated with about three shots, and you learn how to control weapons and movement while fighting them.

While most MMO RPGs use an automatic targeting system (the camera moves automatically), New World uses a non-targeting system. The camera does not "move on its own" whenever the target moves, and since you can adjust your AIM by yourself, even those who are not familiar with MMO RPGs will find it easy to operate the game.

As you proceed through the tutorial, the enemies from the opening movie appear. You may think you are suddenly fighting a boss, but after a few attacks, the enemy suddenly collapses. It looks strong, but it is very weak (laugh).

After this battle, you can finally play around freely.

Playing the tutorial quest

Once you can move around freely, other players will appear. When you go to the marked area, you will be able to receive tutorial quests.

As a side note, I personally love the scene where players with initial equipment crowd around NPCs, as it gives a "beginning village" feel that is unique to MMO RPGs.

When you receive a quest, it is marked on the map and what you need to do next is displayed on the right side of the screen. If the quest is to defeat an enemy, a quest mark will appear above the enemy.

Tutorial quests involve investigating nearby ships, defeating enemies, and rummaging through chests for items.

After completing all the quests in the village of the beginning, a small boss quest will appear. Defeating this boss completes the quest in the village and takes you to a larger town.

The town is full of crafting stands and resources, and is more active than the first village, with more players. The wells, beehives, and cows in the town will give you their respective items at regular intervals. Incidentally, there are several such towns in the world, and once you visit one, you can fast travel to another.

Trading posts in the towns allow you to buy and sell items, as well as place purchase orders for items you want. You can save money by collecting and selling material items or making and selling equipment.

Once you arrive in town, quests to greet each NPC and to make equipment begin, and you will learn how to use each crafting table while gathering materials.

After the tutorial quests, you will be able to choose your force. After choosing a force, you will be free to take on force quests and town quests.

In addition, you will receive various benefits such as increased experience, lower fast travel costs, and an advantage in PVP elements on the grounds occupied by your force, so joining a strong force will give you an advantage in the game. Since there are different strong and weak forces in different worlds, it is recommended to check the balance of forces on the map with the M key before choosing one.

You can reset as many times as you like up to level 20!

Weapons include melee and remote weapons, magic, and even those that can heal. The more you use each of them, the higher your weapon level will be and the more skills you will gain. Apart from that, you can allocate points to the weapon type of your choice for each level up in player level.

You can reset your weapon level as many times as you like for free until you reach level 20, and even after level 20, you can easily change it by paying coins, allowing you to try out different weapons.

There are two types of quests: main quests and sub-quests. The force quests are mostly in two patterns: attacking enemy NPC villages and taking items from chests. Both are quicker than the main quests, so subquests are most recommended for leveling up.

End content includes a PVP mode that can be played by up to 40 players.

In addition, starting at level 25, you can challenge dungeons where you can obtain a lot of strong equipment. In the dungeon, you can always get a lot of good items slightly above your level.

The items that fall are random, so it is quite addictive as if you are playing a rumble game.

However, you can only participate in a party of three or more people, and there is no matching system, so you have to chat "LFG" (short for "Looking For Group," meaning you want to join) in front of the dungeon entrance to get into some party. It is a bit of a hurdle, but invitations fly in surprisingly quickly. Incidentally, those who were familiar with the game appealed specifically to "LFG healer" (my role).

There is also an end content called "Outpost Rush" that can be played from level 60; it is a siege battle played 20 vs. 20, and I think many people bought the game for this purpose. I am one of them, and I am looking forward to it.

Even if you don't understand English, you can enjoy the game without any problems.

As for the main quest, I had the impression that I spent far more time moving around than fighting. There is a fast-travel function, but it consumes an item called "azoth," so if you are casually fast-traveling, it will soon run out. For this reason, there is an auto-run key by default, but as soon as you take your eyes off the road, it gets stuck on a house or a tree and stops moving forward. ...... I would like it to be easier to move around in any way possible.

Also, there is no matching system, so when you go to a dungeon alone, you have to gather your friends via chat. At best, it is simple, but at worst, it seems to retain the hassles of old games.

As for the storyline, compared to other MMO RPGs, there are almost no strategic elements or negotiation with NPCs, so the storyline is simple enough to enjoy even if you don't have English skills. For those who want to enjoy the story, it may be a bit lacking, but for me, who is not good at English, on the contrary, it was very easy to play.

However, due to its popularity, the reputation of this game on Steam has been mixed due to poor connections and login wars (popular servers had 20,000 people waiting) immediately after its release. However, the management is also opening new servers one after another, so there is no problem if you do not stick to the popular servers. I have been playing the game since the day it was released, and if you choose an available server, you can play without any waiting time. You can check the real-time waiting time for each server here. ##Servers

Title Information

New World" (Amazon Games)
Released on September 29, 2020
Price: 4,200 yen (as of October 26, 2021)
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Author：Suchimu Mana (Mina Tsujimura)

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