TERA Review (Part 1)

For the first thirty levels, you will find that enemies tends to be push overs, but as you press towards the level cap of 60, expect to struggle along the way. This is due to some enemies that require some assistance, even if you out rank them. To make finding groups a lot easier, there’s a section that Bluehole studios developed specifically for this. Here you can make a group and wait for people to join you, or you can do the traditional way of spamming on the chat box.

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Same Old Redundant Quests
As mentioned earlier, one of the things that might trouble gamers is the quest system. Just like other MMORPG games, leveling requires some grinding and yes this will lead to many similar quests. In TERA the majority of quests lack innovation and they can get old pretty quickly. However, if you’re in the majority that enjoy the game’s combat, you’ll quickly forget how boring the quests are and simply enjoy unleashing deadly combos on your enemies.

Lag, Lag, Lag
One of the annoying things that I’ve found while playing TERA is the lag. Several times in a day, expect to experience heavy lag where everything in-world becomes unresponsive. Sometimes it will kick you out, but most times it will just freeze till it stabilizes. Hopefully in the future, En Masse will open more servers and migrate the huge population into a new one, to reduce lag. Also, another problem that I’ve found is the long queues when doing dungeons.

Story Isn’t That Interesting
The story within TERA isn’t something you will care about. It has the same-kind of plot found in past MMORPG like World of Warcraft. You start off on the Island of Dawn, where you’re investigating the recent killings of the other adventurers. As you spend more time on the Island, you then learn that someone is up to no good because they’re trying to wake up the god, which once awaken, the world you now live in will be destroyed (since TERA‘s world is only a dream of the two titans; Arun and Shara).

VERDICT

As of time of writing, I’m thirty levels away from reaching the level cap. So far, I find TERA to be more enjoyable than World of Warcraft, Rift and even Star Wars: The Old Republic, which I stopped playing after getting TERA. The best thing about TERA for me, is the battle system and exploring dungeons with other people. The combat system makes everything unique for TERA, especially when fighting BAMs, you’ll have to reinforce tactical moves and making sure I don’t get hit. Majority of the quests are boring, but thankfully the awesome combat makes me forget about them.

Expect the second part of our review later this month as we reach the level cap and explore the end game content.

[Editor’s Note: TERA was reviewed on the PC platform. The game was provided to us by the publisher for review purposes.]