The Secret World delayed two weeks

Shame that the combat is so awful

We need variety in MMO's. This game is on that road. If it does good, I might very well sign up. Then my circle will be complete; Rift, Old Republic, and The Secret World; fantasy, sci-fi, and Earthbased myth/lore/cult. Can't get much more varied than that!

Smart move I guess, people are still sucked in Diablo around that time. Hopefully, another 2 weeks would tire people out of Diablo. I tried the Kingsmouth beta and it felt rough around the edges. The combat doesn't feel tight enough and the world itself felt stale and uninteresting. I hope the delay could help em turn things around and suck some people out of Diablo.

I like the mechanics of the game...character build wise, but just not feeling the game at all anymore. Gameplay just looks rather...stale...lackluster. But hope it does well for those interested.

Be who you want to be Secret World ;)

I guess they want the world to remain a secret for two more weeks.

Played the beta and I know it was limited but I was not very impressed at all so good luck on launch day.

2 Weeks isnt gonna save it....

EA? ZOMG! NO THANX D:

Having played the past 2 beta weekends. I like the mature feeling of the game, the dark gloomy world the factions live and fight. Maybe a lot of people who have been complaining the game feels meh for them in beta is because they only played in the weekend beta where they were limited to the starter area of the game which was a pretty big area imo. Well FC keeps reiterating that when the more advanced skilltree is open for the players and on higher levels, you will start to feel your character is Woah!

I think FC do not plan TSW as a Wow killer or any MMO killer for that matter and they shouldn't. They are catering for a crowd that is tired of fantasy, no QQ spoon-fed players and a more mature crowd who would like to challenge their minds to solve puzzles. The game aint broken, its just not made for mass appeal. Kids and QQ'ers need not buy the game. Less headache for the rest of us who see the refreshing side of this game.

Based on the starter area as per the weekend beta access, it may be easy dismiss it as a poorly designed game but with content planned for the next four years and beyond, I'm sure FC will grow from strength to strength, even though many might dismiss the game at launch. I'll definitely give this game a chance as I see it potentially being a very cool game. If in case its bad, I still give them a couple of months to iron out their problems before finally making a decision. Less QQ more Pew Pew.

Funcom never learn from their mistakes people there useless. Instead of making this crap they could of kept putting more effort into their previous MMOs "Anarchy Online and Age of Conan." Updates, patching, promised graphic overhauls for anarchy online etc. I'm still waiting for that and its been years now.

played the first beta, the combat was terrible and whole thing uninspired. Uninstalled after that. Was looking forward to this game, but now, not so much.

People are just butt-hurt that the quests are more than just "Go to Point A, collect 20 wolf pelts, return to Point B, get useless crap and XP." People who have no attention to detail, or who have no common sense (navigating sprawling fantasy fields vs. actually figuring out where to go in a real world setting) will not enjoy the game because it doesn't put the spoon in their mouth for them.

I've been playing the beta, and yeah, it's a little rough around the edges. But the combat is super-smooth, and the freedom of point allocation makes it very compelling on how you layer skills on your character. The combinations are seemingly endless. In class-based games, you get to a point where a sense of discovery no longer exists because everyone will do the same rotation for their class, or time the right skills for max damage/heals. Save for a patch that disrupts it (amg pallies r so op), the classes generally stay the same.

The voice acting and story are very strong points in this game to entertain most. The PvP isn't that bad either. It's head and shoulders above TOR's PvP, and even some of the more seasoned MMOs. All in all, because of it's high mature setting and differences in MMO structure, I'm hoping it collects a fanbase that doesn't just spam in trade chats looking to troll someone.

What a waste of an awesome new IP.

I heard the beta was very bad.

LoL this game is the second most horrible joke I have ever seen in my life because the most horrible it was Final Fantasy 14. Another mmorpg for the fail collection.

Eh, I'll check it out when its free. A lot of the uh... ideas they have sound... interesting, in theory, but they just wouldn't be fun to actually play. Plus, from all the videos, combat seems to be bog standard taskbar clicker, despite what they say in interviews.

 @deathstream It's an open beta stress test to see how the servers handle.  Safe to say this is the final product.I'm guessing they pushed the release date back to the next financial year so they have a buffer before having to go into foreclosure.  Funcom shares have halved in value in 2 months.  Do NOT buy a longterm subscription for this game.

Putting a little extra space between themselves and "Diablo" 3 seems wise to me.  As for all the negative comments from "beta testers", I am pretty sure the game is still under a strict NDA so by definition these people aren't honest and thus their opinions can't be trusted. 

Won't be touching it. Funcom doesn't learn from it's mistakes.

I feel bad for preordering this game. This is a sigh of bad things to come!

Hopeless since it's p2p, quite a shame cause I would've played it otherwise..

has there ever been a game with less hype than this one?

I was very excited about this game, and I love the whole theme behind it, but after trying the beta, I lost all hope. :(  The setting and ideas are great, but the gameplay suffers, and I predict a poor launch unless they delay it a lot more.

having played the beta, I suggest they delay it permanently :S

Played beta, liked very much, buy on day 1.

"Market reasons" probably means everyone's playing Diablo right now and nobody gives a sh*t about anything else :)

I've been in the beta for a while (not the weekend beta, the full beta).  The game is just OK, but not really a solid enough MMO for it to be pay to play.  The world feels a little hollow and sterile, although the NPC characters are fun to talk to.  I do enjoy the storyline and have been a fan of Funcom games for a long time.  The atmosphere of The Secret World reminds me a little bit of Anarchy Online.

PLayed the beta..... Pass.

Awwwwwwr :3

awesome, more beta fun