New World Rise of the Angry Earth Is This Game Worth It? | State of the Game 

I'm getting the expansion, I've gotten 1500+ hrs out of the original for 40 dollars and willing to support the game.

One video I’d love to see is what kind of improvements new world has had since launch. It could even be a playlist that you could continuously add on to as time progresses. I’m not talking just content, but important features , fixes, gameplay systems etc. One major pain point for me was disconnected stashes between towns. Heard that’s fixed. I also hated running and won’t play till mounts are available. New expansion does that. And so on.

What really bugs me about this update is that it feels less as an expansion and more as an overhaul and is therefor a bit too overpriced in my opinion. I think a 20$ would have been more than sufficiant, but 30 is too much as it's just first light being rereleased. Secondly, and this is something that really pisses me off, is that they put mounts as part of the expansion. Some part of me thinks they did this deliberately, as mounts have been such a highly requested feature since release. Putting something as such a huge, and one would say basic, feature as mounts which literally every single MMO has, behind a pay wall really ticks me off.

The whole point of MMOs imo is to earn high level gear and show it off. If the whole game's gear and cosmetics are buyable the game isn't nearly as fun

Great video this gave me a great overview. I was really excited to try the expansion but for me I needed to see fundamental changes to pve and pvp endgame and I don't see that. I think unfortunately I'll have to wait until next expansion and see if they can bring more to the table for me. I Really appreciate your videos giving me a discussion about the games state from time to time.

Ive for sure thought this was a worth while expansion. A lot of people really try minimize the changes by saying "Oh they just reskinned First Light" while ignoring the redesign of Edens Grove, how in depth the mounts and riding systems are, and all of the other improvements and content that has come along. There is a lot to love here.

I’m someone who really wanted this game to be great. I’m a huge fan of the gathering/refining/crafting in this game. It’s a great time sink for me. The expansion and everything they are changing/removing were some of the biggest barriers I felt were limiting my experience. The removal of expertise and bane/ward perks is for the me the best thing that could happen to this game. I just had no motivation to farm all those gear sets just for the opportunity of getting into a mid to high tier mutation. The fact that I can now be more flexible in how I want to play and the armour I want to use makes me so excited. To me it’s more than worth it

As a Solo player it will not matter to me. I can get to my Level 35 Expediton and not have a party to play with. Devs don't matter much if you can't complete the Quest lines. Make every Hard Quest a Solo 3-4 part Quest so we can be a part of the Level 60 Crowd with Good Gear.

lol.. Get it in a bundle for $70.. or buy it for 40 base and 30 for the expansion. Thought that was funny that its the same price for the "bundle".

The only reason I haven't put much time into New World is the crafting and stuff like that seems to overwhelming

4k+ hrs since launch…im glad i found New World

Them working on controller support gives me hope this game could eventually come to console. If it did, the population of NW would blow up!! Consoles could use a solid mmo aside from ESO.

Now what I'm really wondering is, will you be able to get mounts without buying the expansion?

How is that even possible that a 3 buttons game released in 2021 (or so) doesn’t have a gamepad support?! I bought it today and I was stunned it’s even possible nowadays. What a waste.

Non subscription is a big plus. However, you mentioned in the video of a 1 hour of playing to $1 benchmark for if the expansion is worth it. For me personally, that equation is more like, 1 hour of content i enjoy to $1. I know I will have to put in a bunch of hours to get my PVP builds in order. No problem. But the lack of matchmaking, new modes, or changes to the war scene, mean that the content I enjoy from this expansion will be 0 hours. So from that perspective, it is not worth it in it's current state.

In terms of battlepass I'd love for them to make it not expire like said but I'd like to add it's also one of the easiest passes to progress out of any game I have seen. Can consistently get 5+ tiers and hour of play sometimes even 10 in an hour so it's not asking 100+ hours like some other games which I love about it.

Can you reveal how to obtain the azoth level 4 staff? The old way 2 yrs ago is not working for anyone

May I know what this expansion offers in terms of endgame? Like all I could find online was a single expedition, is that true? If so, is the expansion only giving us ability to use mounts and the story?

For me, the game is in it's best state, we need now to push for an all weapons rework. Flail is so better in design than any other, the effect, AoE, impact and sound design. Ever since the beta, fire staff abilities looks like garbage and hitbox for almost all weapons makes no sense

saw the game on sale - i noticed no discount for the DLC alone so i just bought the base game on sale. can get the DLC any time even if game is on sale the DLC will still be $30 so i feel better bout the risk. so far played all day and love the game

hey man i played on release heavy on and off player but thanks for your vids i find them very informative and interesting making me check out the game again gonna be on that dlc

If people still don't see that AGS is committed to player feedback and improving the game, they haven't been paying attention. NW is radically different AND better from launch. Excited to buy the expansion and continue supporting the development of this amazing game.

is the flail and mounts going to be purchase blocked or will it be available for everyone?

Great Video! What are you thoughts on the flail? It doesn't appear to be as useful as the sword (in addition to the shield). But I'm only level 36 so far.

Its actually on sale right now, the new world elysium edition is 45 dollars. its the base game and the new expansion. You can get the base game for 16 dollars, and if you like it you can then pay another 30 for the upgrade. The discount will end oct 10

I bought this game when it came out and I enjoyed it. The only reason I don’t play it is that none of the weapons actually resonated with me. I’m mostly a dual dagger/rogue character and the rapier didn’t hook me up. I will keep an eye on this game and will come back in the blink of an eye if they ever add dual daggers/katars/unarmed combat to it.

im not paying for this update unless its 5 bucks

It's kinda sad that the thing that made me the most excited was less loot clutter... Mounts should have been in from the start, reworking a fucked up system should've happened during testing pre release before they got everyone to waste their time on stupid systems.

Hi welcome to the new world channel?! IS IT WORTH PLAYING NEW WORLD??? OFCOURSE IT IS !! IT IS THE NEW WORLD CHANNEL!!!!

as of 10/4/23 the bundle is $46

i Bought this game a while back on steam during a big discount(but somehow i havent played more then 30 hours due to updates everytime im in the mood to play it or atleast it s what it feels like !! Example last night i feelt like doing a few hours n getting to know the game a little again n then a huge update n now again today right in this moment another update on GB size again=so great w updates n stuff,But gets to me when i just cant play it again for the 4th time in a row this hapened for me when im about to game New World!! But i guess i will come back to it after my 2nd playthrough of Cyberpunks Phantom liberty or some of the other games i play at the moment!! Thanks for this content its great as usuall!!!!!!

Damn it!I wanted to get this game so bad but then someone told me about lvl cap with this expansion.I think this will make many people buy other mmo instead.Also mounts should be already in game and not added in expansion smh.

For a few month it will be Worth it but Long Term the Game wont Change much. Players will consume the Bit content the Expansion added and them leave because endgame Lacks Long Term fun

What i don't like is the new weapon hiden behind a pay wall it kinda rub me the wrong way

For me no, I'm not refarming all my gear, or paying $30 for mounts and a reworked zone. I feel its a last ditch effort to milk some more cash out of players before it dies out completely. People will get tired of the "expansion" after a month or two and 80-90% will quit just like always

I like how we share the same ideal of keeping the battle pass even after it's over. I have yet to see a game do this but if new world does it then it would be great 👍🏼

you said that the shop was only cosmetic, but when I checked it, there are way to pay for gathering experience and season pass experience boosters, isn't that pay to win? I'm a new player

As someone who hasn't played New World since launch, will there be a reason to play brimstone at all once this new expansion releases? I always hate it when a nee patch comes out and the previous patches content is suddenly irrelevant other than cosmetics. Wow does this the most out of any other mmo haha.

I like the Idea of Purchasing the Battle Pass and not beeing time limited to getting the rewards. But if they implement such a thing, I'd like to see the Battle pass not beeing purchasable after the Season, so the Cosmetic Items remain somewhat rare

Do you know if they are going to put appearance changes in the game? Would like to change the way my character looks, either with gold or premium cuurency.

I love this game (spent 1000’s of hours in it) and they have some very talented and creative staff. Sadly though, I think the staff that are more in the public domain are complete muppets and have zero charisma and very dull. They are very painful to watch when they stream their news. Very cringe worthy!! They really need people in those positions to be a lot more exciting to listen to. I’d love for the expansion to contain more character slots (even 1 would be ok) so we can experience the story again (have 3x level 60s already, as I like to level up again with the season pass) and level up weapons properly instead of a static mob grind.

Haven’t touched the game since I hit lvl cap which frankly was almost a year and a half ago considering the end game was lackluster to say the least, however looking forward to picking up the expansion.. in the meantime I redownloaded the game and am working on lvl up a new character and having a blast, the same feeling I had at day one 2 years ago... looking forward to following the channel

Why it's not available yet ? Today is a release day...

I agree about the battlepasses expiring as someone who plays pretty casually im not going to complete a whole one every season, therefore it puts me off paying for the premium one as i know it will end up being a waste of money

This game NEEDS a trial to get new players in. Make it so they can’t use the trade post to stop bots.

Question ginger: I downloaded the controller mapping you used on steam. I am running into an issue (elite series controller and razer Wolverine) the controllers lose button mapping randomly… I then have to open the map or menu do something (typically add a waypoint and remove) and then the controller works again.. Does anyone have any thoughts?

How do you communicate with the devs? Are gear sets free, fixed, or in some way obsolete in the expansion? Because im not paying 5e for a quality of life improvement that is deliberately designed that way. To max efficiency and lower frustration, pay up. I have no respect for these devs. If new world was as good/popular as Wow or FF, they would have subscription as well. As well as cosmetics. It's a fun mmo, it could be a lot better.. there is just so many sources of frustration...

This game needed a skill / build system like Ultima Online:Outlands. And to be able to use more abilites. 3 (or 6 with swap..) abilities? no thanks...

It's hard to say if it's worth it. While they are adding things like mounts and artifacts, I just feel like the core issue still exists. An issue that has been there since launch. I'm talking about a true endgame and more social features that actually makes it worth investing time into. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I honestly think Artifacts are pretty boring overall. While probably being game changing, the unique perk they all have are mostly just buffed up percentage perks. Like the Artifact fire staff that deals 20% more dmg to enemies within 5m. Or the flail that deals 20% more damage to stunned enemies. When I first heard about Artifacts, I thought they would come with a new ability or an interesting passive effect that changes your abilities. And then we have the whole mount issue. I don't really feel like spending money on an expansion where the vast majority of a certain feature is locked behind a paywall. If you look at mounts on the PTR, most of them are aquired through the store. 6 out of 9 horses, 6 out of 9 direwolfs and 7 out of 10 lions are locked behind mtx. This, combined with the fact that both gear set storage and transmog tokens were also locked behind mtx, makes me really concerned about the future of this game.

Great video! thank you!

This game had so much potential. Too bad the developers are garbage

The person saying that the game is turning into a store, isn't entirely wrong though. Of course the devs need to earn money from the game in order to support it, but it feels like they are going down a road where more and more features are locked behind a paywall. It took them 1.5 years to add gear set storage, into a game that was designed around needing multiple gear sets in order to progress. What did they do with that system? Put it behind a paywall. It took them almost 2 years to add transmogging into the game, which is a huge feature in an mmo and something people can spend hundreds of hours doing. And again, put it behind a paywall. Now they are adding mounts, with the vast majority of them being where? That's right. Behind a paywall. Look, I don't have anything against an in-game cosmetic store, with emotes and utility boosters. I don't even have anything against 20 dollar premium battle passes and paid expansions. If the game is good and the content is worth it, of course I'll support the devs. But when games start to create problems and sell us the solution, like in gear set storage. Or when they add important features like transmogs and immediately monetize the sh*t out of it, that's when things are going in the wrong direction. Do you think old players or new players see these things and think to themselves "Damn these are good changes. I think the game might be worth checking out/playing again!"?

I don't care that the game has a store. What I do care about is: NO MINI-MAP. For the love of everything add a damn mini-map. Healing - Fix healing so that I can target a person I actually want to heal like, oh I don't know...MY SELF.. Grr

Så basicly Amazon has come to the conclution. - Fine - Lets ruin our game EVEN MORE by dividing our audience into two sections. Those who pay (can get to lvl 65) and those who dont, can uninstall and quit..

I put 1600 hours into it when it launched, I was going to return to play this expansion, but the battle pass is a no go for me. I won't be playing due to that nonsense. I do not support nonsense like that.

I find nw enjoyable so i dont mind spending to support it. Best of all mounts. The continous dev update and how loving they are to their community gives me hope fof the game. I dont mind playing and taking a break, many people do that too and thats fine. Its cheeper than a fancy dinner out anyway 😂

whats really going on is that they are taking the gambling aspect out of getting gear in doing so they will stop driving players away to third-party sites to purchase gold to then continue to gamble now that it is easy Amazon can focus on skins cosmetics expansions and stuff like that for people to spend their money on instead 😅

Do i need the expansion to get mounts? cuz i still have enough content left without the expension

Locked mount, locked weapon, locked content = pay wall, not good business.

I have a non relevant question about the Voidbent armor. I can finally make this set after coming back from my hiatus and getting armor smithing to 200. I have made the Heavy helm and I am so proud of myself XD. My question is, should I craft the rest now or after the Xpansion? Will the armor even be viable? Is it even viable still for endgame stuff like those mutations and PvE stuff...maybe even PvP. I am not a PvP player but always like to think I might be one day.

Me and my friend quit cause it cost gold to go to dungeons. Is it still the same?

So I tried NW at launch. Felt it was very boring and non-stop running. The levelling experience was just painful. I tried again now after the "expansion". Really dont see that much has changed. The mount is really slow. The engine (movement/combat) still feels sluggish and unresponsive. I love that big companies are still trying to make MMOs, so I'll buy them to support it. But this one is a miss for me. Just doesnt feel like a good game.

Wym no controller support i play with my controller lol

Is it hard to find parties or groups for dungeons for new players still? I remember long time ago the LFG was always empty and no one was doing the dungeons and so i quit.

What's hilarious to me is the base game is $40 and the expansion is $30. If you buy them together you get no deal whatsoever. LMAO

I don't understand that bundle for $70, I don't mind the $30 price tag. I'm looking at it not just from the pov of x,y,z that is included in this particular patch, but what we might be getting moving forward. We've had a lot of free updates for free in the last 2 years.

not worth it for players like me that will be bored within 3 days. This happens every time I come back to New World - bored within 2 to 3 days. I played 7 hours on PTR and was bored to death. For me 100% not worth $30. If it was free I'd be bored within 3 days just the same.

i wanted a review, not someone trying to sell me the game about the price of game, moving to the next "Game Review"

Main reason why I can’t get fully into this game is that story and characters are so boring and not memorable at all.

This game is called New World? but has no base building? wth

i dont like the combat in New World thaaaat much. just in terms of responsiveness and feel... to me, Black Desert has the best dynamic combat-system in a MMORPG that i have seen so far. animations are very polished, heavy weapons feel heavy, you get a uncomfortable feeling when you take damage... thats what combat needs to feel, otherwise there is just something missing to the feel of dread and danger. EDIT: i noticed that there are no real special animations for you OR the enemy if you OR they take a hit... thats definately one reason for why the combat feels soooo... half-assed, because taking damage doesnt throw you really out of your rhythm... i dont know, combat isnt just punishing enough for me in this game. sure, here and there its close to hard and some enemies make a great first impression but other than that i would describe the basic combat as "unimpressive"

ESO is a deceptively pricey mmo. The expansions dont include the dlc content, so you you need to sub for those as well. I make that comparison because they are both basically 1 zone xpacs. The difference being people enjoy the main and side stories of ESO. 2 big things i doht like about NW season pass, it has gear (skins would be better) and you cannot earn the currency to but the next seasonal pass

Lol money expansion? That's a no from me dawg.

There are good games with sub models, Mortal online 2 for example. But in general you are right, mmo public is aging .. and you just as I dont have as much time as we have to, a sub can feel like a waste of money due to lack of time. So i am in favour of non p2w f2p models. Love the way you enjoy helping the genre forward. Saludos from Spain!

how is there still not another opr map ffs? 2 years and all we have is still the laggy jungle trash

I am sick of this wining about every new game or expansion, for being expensive and so on... So, most if not all of you gladly spends 30 USD per day for burgers and cola, which only unlock lifetime achievement of diabetes, BUT find a bunch of reasons to cry about some 30 USD for expansion or game for 80 USD ... So, WHY is that crying every time?

$70 total and still no endgame or anything to do but hey store mounts lol

$30 DLC mount expansion? hell no

I will not buy and play it. It is just another grinding for nothing. And for sure I am not spending money for it.

I don’t know how to say this nicely but that sound affect your do when you bring in a screenshot gets annoying over time and I don’t think it fits with it. It’s too distracting

Imagine making a game with 3 action abilities and somehow not providing controller support.

i wouldnt mind paying 30$ every 4 months if the content Quality is good and content wise is substantial enough,, however Elysian Wilds is plain empty, while Brimstone is much richer.

The armor in this game are trash and all the good ones are in the store.

This isn’t the end of the money grab. Amazon makes money! I am getting the expansion! Love this game. Been playing since Beta

Also: I am a casual player, maybe playing 4hrs over a week, so the Battle Pass is of no use for me neither..

Man of course I missed out on all the summer/spring events 😢 I’m just downloading NW again, can’t wait to start playing again, seems like the devs are really putting in some work!

Bought the expansion. Regret it almost as much as buying Starfield. Sigh.

Hey Brian, new worlds a tough game to make content for with the fluctuating player base and lack of content updates so kudos to you for sticking with it and uploading this long. I’m subbed but only watch when I come back to the game but always enjoy the videos. Gotta be tough compared with other more popular games but thanks for sticking with it and being a pillar in the new world community

im not going to pay 30 AND HAVE A STORE. SHOULD be free

love to know how to check out your comedy.

Are world trains still the way to get best loot? If they are, then the game is still a pass. I want hard fights to earn good gear, not mindless trains were I open chest every night :(

For current players of New World, the $30 price ticket for entry into the new expansion shouldn't really the basis for determining whether it's "worth it". $30 is NOTHING for most current players. The real value one should consider as the basis for determining whether the new expansion is "worth it" is the continued investment of their time in THIS game as opposed to some other game.

I've played since it first came out and have 2500 hrs. + . I quit when the new system emerged because I hate it. I wish all of u well with this crap. Just do me a favor and DO NOT come over to Quinfall when it goes live

they're damn sure not listening to the pvp community in any way shape or form, we've been asking for new content for over two years now. nothing but reworks to the current content we have. and the balances they are giving us is what is killing pvp more than anything.

Great video and very well put. I am excited to play it. New World values your time more than most other MMOs. It's one of the main reasons I recommend it to new comers of New world or first timers of MMOs. Keep up the good work man!

LOL expansion game wasnt even finished pos company wanting more money lol

Its a buy once and play game with a store for what i see to be mostly cosmetics, thats perfectly fair and reasonable. Specially this game is awesome so far lol well worth the money i spent, what else is going to give you this much entertainment for a prolonged period of time for $30... Games like Wow you buy, then pay every month just to play even tho you already bought it.. and on top it has a store also so their double dipping your income. On top of that a lot of the gold sellers are literally Owned by blizz so they are triple dipping lol, even worst they sell you the gold n ban your account for third party usage to acquire the gold they themselves sometimes sold you. That way you gotta buy it again.. Ridiculous

Can you swim yet?

How does your wife allow you to play so much with 6 kids? I have 3 kids and I get on tice a week.

No, it's not worth it, not even if it were a free expansion update. But let people learn the hard way with these developers and their lies. The core game is bad, and removing a system in the overall game cannot save it.