Pay-to-win removed under new publisher
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Fantastic game that had some serious P2W mechanics that have been removed.”
Steam review · 1088.9 h played ↗
ArcheAge: Unchained
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 54%Mixed · 54%XLGAMES2019MMORPG · Sandbox · RPG
The verdict
A deep, beautiful sandbox MMO with housing, sailing, trading and a flexible class system. Skip it if you bought it as buy-to-play and hate subscriptions, or dislike dailies and grind.
Great for
Sandbox MMO fans who like housing, sailing, trade runs and open-world PvP, and accept a monthly sub
Main risk
Buy-to-play purchase now requires a monthly subscription, plus heavy daily grind and low population
What players love
Deep sandbox systems: housing, sailing, crafting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the depth of the game is incredible. Crafting, housing, sailing, farming, pvp, dungeons, raids, raising animals, etc.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Subscription accepted as fair
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“10/month is less than most of the subs for games I have.”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Fresh start servers and new publisher support
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The new publisher is doing a great job. Fresh start is a ton of fun.”
Steam review · 52 h played ↗
Flexible three-skillset class system
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“this is, quite possibly, my favorite class system ever. Pick 3 skill sets, and that decides your class? Pure genius.”
Steam review · 55.7 h played ↗
Open-world PvP and seamless world
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“seamless large open world with various options of travel”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Subscription added after buy-to-play purchase
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Sold as a much needed, no P2W alternative to Archeage, for 25,99€ one time fee, adding a subscription model about one year later.”
Steam review · 101.2 h played ↗
Broken promises, P2W returning, cash-shop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Today, 15 October 2020, they introduced P2W (pay-to-win) in the game, after promising to keep P2W out of Archeage Unchained.”
Steam review · 2495.1 h played ↗
Grindy dailies and gear treadmill
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“you have to grind so that you can grind so that you can grind.”
Steam review · 2256.4 h played ↗
Launcher, install and refund problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“40GB download only to use Glyph launcher and download another 20GB.”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗
Dead servers and low population
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“It's a dead game. Not many players online.”
Steam review · 86.3 h played ↗
Labor system and forced alt accounts
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the game requires you to have multiple accounts in order to sustain a SINGLE character at end game.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported70 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8.1
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo or higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8000 series 512MB / AMD Radeon HD 4000 series 512MB
Storage70 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10, 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon HD 7850
Storage70 GB available space
OSWindows 8.1
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo or higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8000 series 512MB / AMD Radeon HD 4000 series 512MB
Storage70 GB available space
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