TERA (Console)
Genre: MMORPG | Developer: Bluehole | Platform: Xbox, PlayStation | Release Date: May 3, 2012 in the EU (PC only), April 3, 2018 on console | Model: Free2Play
What kind of game is it? TERA is an MMORPG from South Korea that gained attention at launch for its great and action-packed combat experience but bored players with endless tedious kill quests.
While the servers for the PC version were shut down on June 30, 2022, you can still experience the online role-playing game on PlayStation and Xbox if you are interested – thanks to the Free2Play model, even without financial investment. But how long will it last?
That’s why I believe TERA won’t make it: As good as the combat feels with the controller today, TERA has aged quite a bit. Updates continue to arrive very regularly, but they mostly involve bug fixes and balancing changes. Actual innovations rarely make it to the servers.
Due to the absence of the PC community, there is also no way to bring players together on crossplay servers – as several other online games do that are available on both console and PC.
Since TERA places quite a strong focus on dungeon and raid content, the increasingly dwindling player numbers are likely to become an ever greater problem for the studio Bluehole, which has not released a new game in seven years.
Life is Feudal: MMO
Genre: MMORPG | Developer: LTG | Platform: PC | Early Access Start: January 12, 2018 | Model: Subscription
What kind of game is it? The hardcore MMORPG throws you into a rough medieval world where realism is paramount, and you fight for survival. You will find a sandbox where you can master crafts, wage guild wars, and build entire settlements.
Due to a lawsuit, Life is Feudal: MMO disappeared from Steam about four years ago. In April 2024, it made a comeback in a “free” early access version. Besides Life is Feudal: MMO, there are the two offshoots Life is Feudal: Forest Village (via Steam), a city-building simulation, and Life is Feudal: Your Own (via Steam).
That’s why I believe Life is Feudal: MMO won’t make it: There are so many reasons, where should I start? Maybe with the fact that the MMO has been in early access for six (!) years and has managed to accumulate only 40 percent positive reviews on Steam during that time.
The 25 reviews from the past 30 days were mostly negative. The player peak during the comeback was 830 concurrent players. Currently, no more than 50 players are gathering on the servers (via steamdb.info).
On top of all that, the payment model is cheeky. Life is Feudal: MMO only offers free access as bait because you are required to take out a subscription for seven days in order to keep playing. This also applies to players who had purchased the game at full price when there was no free access and subscription yet.
Add the technical condition of the game, the bugs, poor performance, and other problems, and I can only come to one conclusion: This is garbage and should be discarded!
