Is it as good as DDO?

[GenericSandwich]

Is it as good as DDO?

[ttv/xarenth]

A fellow castle clash icon! I've played a bit of both, and absorbed a lot of wiki/media on them. I would say that Neverwinter is much more fleshed and less P2W, it still sort of is but you will be able to enjoy this more than DDO if you do not wish to spend money. And of course graphics are better.

[Gorith]

I have also played both (played neverwinter before it came to steam). I would actually give you completely the other opinion sans the graphics as they are better in neverwinter. Things each has over the other? lets do a list I will try to keep it close to being unbiased as having a more old school/hardcore approach to MMOs alot of what people consider good things and steps in the right direction I consider detractors and pandering to the masses.

DDO
-Much more faithfull to the system that it is based on.
-The gameplay feels less generic than neverwinter.
-More focus on teamplay.
-Many more character options.
-More focus on technical play and strategy

Neverwinter
-User created content (Though this can also be a curse)
-More focus on action.
-More solo play focused.
-Faster leveling.
-More people playing.

Honestly when you get right down to it if your looking for a more team oriented or classical style MMO then DDO is miles the better choice than Neverwinter. If your looking to play alone alot and prefer a more action oriented and contemporary experience then Neverwinter.

I do feel obliged to include that Neverwinter's world and stories are based on FR 4e. Also that if your looking at the game because you like D&D keep in mind it mechanicaly shares nothing with any edition of D&D.

[-[pRo]-PeterG]

Neverwinter, hands down, is the winner.

[GenericSandwich]

put up for opinions and to help newbs decide which to play

[Smill With]

I have played both Neverwinter and DDO and enjoy both. Neverwinter is much easier item wise because everything stacks. The combat is different so people may have different preferences. DDO is for people who don't mind paying to get to max level. I thoroughly enjoy both games and play them both curently.

[Nerdy Rodent]

In my opinion - no it is nowhere near as good as DDO if you're a D&D fan.

Neverwinter:
- D&D in name only
- Massive pay-to-win - a variety of in game currency designed to make you pay real money
- Very expensive! http://store.steampowered.com/app/271800/
- Action based
- No variety in character builds
- Horrible dungeons
- If there is a story, you won't notice it
- Full of kiddies and whining
- Modern graphics

DDO
- Faithful D&D classes, skills, rules and content
- Mostly pay for extra content, not pay to win - some XP boosts and such in the shop
- Subscription option, if you just want all the content
- Skill based
- Build characters your way
- Well thought out dungeons with tricks and traps
- Good story
- Good role playing community
- Graphics are getting slighty dated

[Qutsemnie]

At first I thought it was much better than DDO, but leveling has gotten unchallenging and boring. Mostly because I play these games with a group of friends that I have played with for 10 years. We are trying to stick it out to 60 in the belief that it will get interesting again. This game suffers from a lack of scaling or optional scaling features while leveling. Thus, if you are grinding with something more than a lack luster soloing ability it appears it won't be interesting until the level cap. DDO is as hard as you want it right from the get go and you get rewarded for it. That is missing in Neverwinter.

[Willowimp]

I was/am a DDO founder subscriber. I played consistantly for several years and then on and off until my alpha invite into NW. By 2006 standards, DDO was awesome. Well, not the launch, that was terrible, but the game slowly got better with every patch. Even when it had to go F2P to survive in '09, I thought it was still one of the best games out there.

But by 2014 standards, it shows the flaws, and lack of tech, that exist in 8 year old games. That doesn't make it a bad game, it's just old.

NW is DDO 2. For better or for worse, it fixes all the things that were broken from day 1 of DDO and adds features that requires it to survive as a pure f2p game that Turbine did not have the resources to do in '09.

I'll never go back to DDO because NW is the game that I wished DDO was since 2006.

[rattai]

Nice!

[GenericSandwich]

Publicado originalmente por Care Bear:

I was/am a DDO founder subscriber. I played consistantly for several years and then on and off until my alpha invite into NW. By 2006 standards, DDO was awesome. Well, not the launch, that was terrible, but the game slowly got better with every patch. Even when it had to go F2P to survive in '09, I thought it was still one of the best games out there.

But by 2014 standards, it shows the flaws, and lack of tech, that exist in 8 year old games. That doesn't make it a bad game, it's just old.

NW is DDO 2. For better or for worse, it fixes all the things that were broken from day 1 of DDO and adds features that requires it to survive as a pure f2p game that Turbine did not have the resources to do in '09.

I'll never go back to DDO because NW is the game that I wished DDO was since 2006.

Is old really bad I love both equally but I wish they could merge take graphics and mechanics of neverwinter (limited cast for spells kinda sucks) and DDO quests and character dev

[NaU.Valharroth]

Publicado originalmente por XarenthGaming:

A fellow castle clash icon!

We are Legion.

Never tried DDO, might do after reading these posts - Never should've tried this, not even the story element is enticing.

[Morty Jhones]

DDO is 3.5rd ed and NW is 4th ed shows how WOC makers of D&D where thinkg about there game when you realy comaper the to.

DDO is about crafting a group of charicter's and having fun where NW feals very much like a prity bashup.

[Mafyas]

It is in no way as good as DDO, if you are looking for a Dungeons and Dragons game...

[Ps_TresTres]

Gorith nailed it.

[X]

One thing that isn't talked about nearly enough is the actual feel of the combat in this game.

This game has one of the most fun, fluid and action oriented combat systems of any MMO out there. It makes Tera feel like it's in slow motion.