However, despite the positive aspects of the game, a large percentage of the player base is starting to change their tune. Recently, New World reviews on Steam have reached an overall mixed rating, with only 69% out of 176,390 total reviews for the game being positive.
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Many are attributing the game’s decline to the patches for New World, which have done things such as nerfing core mechanics and slowing Mote drops from creatures. From these slow and gradual changes, among other reasons, the player count has fallen from an all-time peak of 913,027 to around just 100,000 players this month.
Some of the top reviews on Steam provide more reasons why players are upset with the current state of the game. First, gamers feel as if the recent upsetting patches in New World have reflected the opinions of popular content creators and streamers, rather than the dedicated player base as a whole. On top of that, they felt as if the developers have made endgame leveling methods to boost player gear a more grueling farming process, which is an issue since many considered it to be taxing to begin with.
Some other reasons that are listed, and more well known by the player base, are the countless New World glitches and bugs that have seriously hindered player experiences. While players understand that all new MMOs have bugs, which will likely be fixed soon, it still takes too much enjoyment away from the game. Gamers have also stated that faction power imbalances are also a massive problem in the game, with one server being fully owned by a single company. Unfortunately, they fear as if there are no solutions in sight.
New World is available now on PC.
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