Secret World Legends

Critic reviews

• WWccftech.com

  Chris Wray · Jun 29, 2017

  7.5

  Secret World Legends is far from perfect, but it's certainly captivating. With storytelling unsurpassed in the MMO genre, it features some incredibly compelling narrative and development, set in an atmospheric world. It isn't without its problems, with a dull at best combat system and irritating limitation on the number of quests you can carry. If you're looking for a unique and interesting story, this is the game for you, so long as you can live with some flaws.

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• GRGames Radar+

  Alexandra Hall · Sep 12, 2012

  5.0

  The Secret World is admirable for attempting to inject much-needed originality and life into MMORPGs, but while its fiction and theme succeed, its mostly derivative questing and stale combat fail to justify the steep time investment. Funcom is committed to The Secret World and will undoubtedly make many changes and improvements over the coming months and years. ...Given time, The Secret World will only get cheaper - and better.

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• MMMORPG

  Suzie Ford · Aug 02, 2012

  8.5

  The bottom line is that TSW is a very good game right now and is a great game in the making. ...Add in a dedicated team of developers anxious to make it the go-to MMO for players and you have a surefire recipe for success. ...I firmly believe that The Secret World, like a fine wine, is one of those rare MMOs that will only improve with time and attention, something that Funcom is clearly prepared to do.

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• PGPC Gamer

  Phil Savage · Aug 01, 2012

  6.9

  The Secret World shows a lot of ambition. The story is engaging, the setting atmospheric and the user-friendly core systems are a welcome progression. ...But it still feels uncomfortably shackled to familiar MMO compromises, and you'll spend much of your time trudging through the same tiresome genre filler: the padding of content and lackluster combat are both things done better by other games in the genre. That it's still worth a look is testament to the quality of what it does get right.

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• IIGN

  Nathan Grayson · Jul 25, 2012

  7.0

  The Secret World flirts with brilliance and – at least, during earlier zones – looks primed to seal the deal. But, as time goes on, its its seemingly bottomless bag of tricks starts to look a bit shallow. The story, world, skill system, and investigation missions definitely do their damndest to rewrite the MMO rulebook, but uninspired combat, ho-hum PVP, uninteresting late-game quests, and general clunkiness keep TSW's smartest innovations from truly shining.

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• PPolygon

  Emily Gera · Jul 20, 2012

  6.5

  The Secret World does best when it focuses on experimentation overlaying its MMO groundwork. Its mainstream, postmodern pastiche of gaming and nerd culture that ranges from John Landis and Edgar Allen Poe to alternate reality gaming is a welcome respite against the backdrop of Blizzard and BioWare. But The Secret World's successes have little to do with the MMO essentials, and though its trappings are unique and sometimes powerful, its core is undeveloped.

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