Vanguard Review

Well, that was quick. I started my trial copy of Vanguard maybe 30 minutes ago and I have already had enough? I am sure I am not giving it a fair chance and I will try again but here are my initial thoughts.

The interface seems old school. Lots of options though. I opted for a dark elf caster. I then was able to customize my character. I was overwhelmed with choices here so I just clicked on randomize a few times to get something interesting then off to play.

No tutorial or intro that I could find. Instead you jump strait into playing in a starter area. I attack something nearby, kill it. It showed a bag to loot, so I try a few times. I see text in the bottom chat area saying no loot. Hmm. I see a guard or something with an icon over his head so I run over to talk. I did something wrong. Not sure how and I attack him. He kills me quick. I rez somewhere else. No idea where I am or where I started. I run around for a while.

I finally get back to starter spot, find the guy again talk to him correctly and he instructs me to kill some feeble elves. Ok, gotcha. I see them right next to us (why didn't he kill them?). They are all talking already stuff like "why doesn't someone put me out of my mysery" stuff like that. So I attack. They start attacking me (but I am only doing what they ask) and say stuff like "what are you doing?

I kill the requisite 6 of them. I get more quests. I find most quests to be more of the same. Kill 10, collect 6.

Graphics are choppy at times. It took a while to load. I find nothing impressive. It is at night, so everything is dark. I should try again during the daylight hours of the game.

Ok, enough for me to be a bit put off compared to the beta of LOTRO. I have a 10 day trial of Vanguard, so I will certainly give it another try or two.