What is Amazon thinking with New World Aeternum!? 

I have almost 4k hours in New World, but haven't played since last December. I knew as soon as they scrapped the 2024 road map all of their efforts were going towards console release. I had no desire to be a free tester for all their prep work to release on console so I quit. The state of the game this year has been an absolute joke. They dumped v1 of their reworked combat called slayer script onto the players a couple months ago and it's been a complete disaster. I have very little confidence that AGS is capable of supporting a cross platform game when they can barely handle just PC. New World may have some initial success on console, but it won't last for long once those new players get a taste of the never ending bugs and lack of content.

It is marketing gone wild, mixed in with them putting the current PC game into maintenance mode back at the start of the year without telling the players. Thumbs up for the video.

3k hours here... You said one thing that was 100% correct. These developers are bafflingly stupid.

Can someone help me with my question? I have the original New World game and I’m level 53 and I think can only level up to 60. I want to buy Aternum and other DLC but I read that if I buy those expansions my original game will disappear and I can’t play the original game. Is that true?

Great video. I've played since launch and AGS deserve all the bad reviews right now. They basically told us (PC Players) to wait 6 months for a massive roadmap announcement and for the PC community to tune into summer games fest. We got nothing we were hoping for and a console release (Which is great but still nothing for the endgame) so we all collectively just gave a negative review when the Devs stated that we were all beta testers for console launch. Each new update might fix one bug but they introduce 5 more in its place. The game right now is a mess and its still going to be a mess when console launches as AGS are hopeless at fixing any issues in a timely manner. It has very little gatekept endgame content and loot progression is awfully easy. Its now no longer much an MMO and hardly an ARPG. I guess AGS are just trying to reach the dads 'cutting down some trees in game' audience.

When they originaly decided to work on console version (after BS i think) they had resources to do both: work on console version and new pc content. But at some point sth went wrong. For some reason they had no more resources to do both. One of two things happen: their budget was cut down or they underestimated amount of resources they do need to deliver console version. One or another way there was no resouces to keep updating pc version and there was no way for them to sell that info to pc players.

Good times.

Good on you for holding your opinion for more data.

I think it’s more msrkekdting approach why waiting so long for so little. There is actual content coming for pc player but poorly highlighted such as PvP ffa, new raid, new character creation, increase gear score and up level area

I played around 100 hours and had fun as a solo player. Suddenly I got random ping spikes and it became unplayable. Nothing from AGS side to fix this. The PR always was a desaster - somehow typically for a big company. They still need a lot to learn and that means it is not enough to constantly say how excited they are and how awesome the new content is (that's for the players to judge). I would really like to give the game another chance in October. But I am not sure.

It has and had bugs but overall I've had plenty of fun. 2000 hours in

Siege warfare, where it appears, is only about 2% as viable as it was at launch; this drop off was evident about 6 months post launch as power creep in the gear outpaced the power of the siege weapons, which have only received one tepid rebalance many months later, which wasn't even enough to change how much siege was/wasn't used.

as of 7:40am 06/26/2024 - less than 2K players on lol. 20 of them are definitly bots on sukeh cause it never drops below 19/20.

PC beta testers no longer needed.

Don't buy New World if you want an MMO to play forever. Buy New World if enjoy scenic worlds with good gathering (honestly my favorite gathering system in any game, especially on a new server were you can hear the rocks being mined and the trees being chopped all around you). There are a ton of issues with the game but at 40$ for the base game and 30$ for the expansion I never thought my money was "wasted". There's no subscription to pay for and the season pass is honestly underwhelming so its not something you feel like you need to buy. I understand the hate towards AGS and while I won't defend them I will say this. My first 100 hours in New World were some of the best times I've had in a new game (not just MMOs) ever.

What is new world?

I have 7k hours in New World. My focus is PVE and as you can probably guess for the most part I loved to play this game. My main focus is running mutated dungeons with my friends for leader board scores. However, as you can imagine this is no longer as fun as it used to be. The game is full of bugs, for every bug they try to fix, it creates twice as many new ones, most of which never get addressed. It's almost impossible to make money in the game as they have screwed the economy, making it incredibly hard to make money from crafting etc. Desyncs are a common problem, (I believe this is also a problem in PVP) weapon swaps often don't work, there are many broken game mechanics and now it's almost impossible to get a group of 5 together to run the m3 dungeons. End game content is lacking with only a few daily quests that can be completed and I believe the War and PvP scene is repetitive and boring also with only one OPR map available since launch. People are angry, and rightly so, that the pc players have been ignored, used and cast aside. We feel like we have been used as BETA testers by AGS to help them iron out the problems before they hit the console players. Going forward I can't imagine the release in October will be smooth. As @cranknnutz said below, they can't even get the PC version running smoothly so they have no chance of making cross servers work. I will continue to play with my friends at weekends until it's no longer possible to do so. I might even check it out in October. But I think the game will die pretty soon after the console players grow tired of the game.

AGS has bad leadership... sadly we can only blame them so much for this as this was Amazon PR / Marketing leaders who forced AGS in a direction. The purchase of the LotR IP license hasn't had much in the way of Return on Investment (ROI) and are pushing AGS to move faster with that game's release. This means that AGS has to use New World as the LotR MMO's PTR environment more and more. This entire 2024 year (and at least half of 2025) is that focus. Scott & his other 'leaders' are just proving that they cannot be transparent and are just fumbling through things. Sadly how badly this was handled is now getting dangerously close to the Crowfall devs & 'leaders'.

Tbh i would have played this game way more if it released as a solo/coop experience,i got 300h in and quit because of desync and frame drops that plagued the game since day one but now its way too late for the game to ditch the MMO title after 3 years way too late

I'm definitely not AGS shill or something like that. They fucked up sooo many things, and one of it is this another dissapointed announcement. But you saying tying end game content with DLC is just out of touch imo. It's regular thing for every MMO you play. New DLC = New endgame = new paywall.

I don't know how this can be suprise for anyone. this game is shitshow since day 1 in regards of content. I mean we have like arenas, outdated worm raid and thats it, nothing new since 2021. They are going to add soul trials and instantly limit it 3 per day, I mean, they really have like 2 brain cells together in amazon.

in 3 years of being live NW didn't find it's identity. Now they are just shifting to consoles to grab some more cash before it's a ghost town once again. If it wasn't amazons own title it would have been shut down already. And that's sad. So much promise, so much untapped potential.

Man the release of New World was magical but the content and pvp was just so bad. I wish they would go the Wayfinder way and make New World Offline coop playable.

AGS is incompetent and has straight up lied to the community multiple times.

TLDR; 💀 DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! 💀 This goes out to all possible new console players, do NOT buy this game. The game studio behind it (Amazon Game Studios - AGS) has been lying to us, the PC players for months and months now. They stopped developing the game, they are not fixing bugs, they just want you console players to invest your money in this trainwreck of a "game". AGS tries to bait you into a rebranded game "New World" -> "Aeternum" because the reviews for New World and so Aeternum were devastating. Read the Steam reviews, read the press reviews and come to your own conclusion if you dont trust us. Us PC players who have been with New World for so many months and years, we stuck to this "game company" for so long and yet they kept lying to us. This is why everyone is furious. AGS is nothing but a lying, money hungry company. They delivered nothing, no roadmap, no content, nothing, for 9 months! 💀 DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! 💀 I've uninstalled this game 3 weeks ago. After 2400 hours. I just couldnt take any more lies by this company.

I have 900 hours in new world before the rise of the angry earth . That expansion was not worth it imho and I did not buy it , that is when I stopped playing . Did I get my moneys worth buying the base game , yes . Not worth coming back untill it goes free to play . Cause its not worth a single cent more from me. Thanks for the video.

No content? I have 900 hours in the game and still haven’t finished everything the game has to offer. You don’t pay a subscription for the game. Also we got free DLC with Brimstone Sands before Rise of the Angry Earth which was a paid DLC. This “PR Disaster” has been blown out of proportion. I was not surprised one bit by the announcement. I hope people that had stopped playing give it a try again and I look forward to the console players.

Amazon needs to get out of the gaming business. They obviously have no clue.