New World

MMORPGs are always a hit or miss. You either have a free-to-play game with insane pay-to-win mechanics and feature creeps—or expensive pay-per-month subscriptions to get decent game content and progression. Notable examples of free MMOs are Runescape,...

New World has the mechanical foundations of a decent MMO, with passable combat and good visuals, but its hopes are extinguished at the hands of dreadful PvE design. The few distinctive experiences that it does have, locked away behind high levels as if...

New World offers players — even MMO veterans — a satisfying mix of combat, character growth and discovery.

New World is a pretty damn good MMORPG. It's fun and accessible, and though it doesn't do anything truly new, it has enough little twists on existing ideas to keep me invested.

New World keeps most of its concepts sweet and simple - mostly to its advantage.

In New World, Amazon finally has the hit it has been chasing. However, as an MMO – with a one-time entry fee – the key part is going to be if they stick around and treat the community well with thoughtful additions, instead of asking people to shell out on pages upon pages of cosmetics. The foundation is strong, and if nothing else, it feels good to batter things with a spear.

It's not everyday a new, big-budget MMORPG arrives, much less one developed by Amazon. In recent years, the MMO genre has largely been forgotten, with only new expansions for the biggest names in the genre to satisfy fans. But back in the mid-to-late...