How is the Secret World for 7$?
Not really sure how to review it. Mostly because it's reminded me that I don't really care for MMORPGs and it has all the MMORPG things I don't care for; sterile worlds filled with clones, with no way to meaningfully interact with or impact the world in any meaningful sense.
On the other hand it delivers beautifully on the strengths I bought it for in the first place, namely monster designs and lore. And surprisingly, good voice acting.
I wish I lived in an alternate reality where it had been built from the ground up as a single player game. It's like a Western made Shin Megami Tensei.
Not really sure what to say about the gameplay, it's apparently a lot like World of Warcraft. Combat is done with a hotbar of seven active skills and seven passive skills. There are quest lines that require puzzle solving, but I haven't really been blown away by any of them.
PROS: Gorgeous art direction, varied critter design, good writing, good voice acting.
CONS: It's a MMORPG.