Info about New World: Aeternum:

Official game description:
The Future of New World: What to Expect
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A few months ago we shared with you, our valued community, that no additional content would come to New World: Aeternum after the Nighthaven seasonal update. We also said more details on what’s happening next, alongside other essential information, would soon follow. Today, we’re here to share updates and provide transparency on where the game goes from here.
New World: Aeternum will officially be taken offline from all platforms on January 31, 2027. On January 15, 2026, the title will be delisted and no longer available for purchase. Players will still be able to play New World: Aeternum on their purchased platform, and we are extending the Nighthaven season until the servers are taken offline on January 31, 2027.
We want to thank the players for your dedication and passion. We are grateful for the time spent crafting the world of Aeternum with you. Together we built something special. While we are saddened to say goodbye, we’re honored that we were able to share so much with the community.
It has been our pleasure to work on New World: Aeternum and evolve this unforgettable adventure with you all. We look forward to one more year together, and giving this fantastic adventure a sendoff worthy of a legendary hero. From the bottom of all our hearts, thank you for sharing this world with us.
NEW WORLD: AETERNUM Season 10: Nighthaven
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Greetings, Adventurers!
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With Season 10: Nighthaven, explore a realm hidden from Aeternum for generations. Uncover the fate of the Tear of Gaea, navigate treacherous alliances, and face threats born from darkness itself. Between a mysterious new zone, evolving endgame systems, and a 10-player raid, this season reshapes how you journey and endure.
The Nighthaven update will release on Monday, October 13 and will be free for all New World: Aeternum owners
About the Game
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Explore a thrilling, massive and beautiful world filled with danger and opportunity where you'll forge a new destiny for yourself as an adventurer shipwrecked on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Endless opportunities to fight, forage, and forge await you among the island's wilderness and ruins. Channel supernatural forces or wield deadly weapons in a classless, real-time combat system, and fight alone, with a small team, or in massed armies for PvP and PvP battles—the choices are all yours.
KEY FEATURES:
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**DISCOVER THE ISLAND OF AETERNUM**  
For thousands of years, Aeternum has been the source of fantastical legends—and now you've found it. Shipwrecked and without supplies or allied, you'll need to make your way in a dangerous world where supernatural power has changed all the rules.  
**PLAY YOUR WAY**  
Play solo or use cross-platform play to team up with others, or compete head-to-head in a variety of PvP battles. Customize the look, skills, and abilities of your character, and experiment with different builds to suit your play style.  
**SWORDS, GUNS & SORCERY**  
Arm yourself with brutal melee weapons, ranged artillery, or supernatural powers and jump into New World's classless, real-time action combat system. As you progress you'll be able to determine what you want your gameplay experience to be like—will you act as a protective shield on the front lines of battle? Will you sling spells to support your allies from a safe distance? Only you can decide.  
**CHOOSE YOUR PLAY STYLE**  
Choose from seven unique starting archetypes. Each archetype has its own play style. From the Destroyer, a mighty slayer, brutally executing foes with a massive great axe and war hammer to the Mystic, a scholar-warrior who seeks to master the forces of life and death. Choose and change at any point in the game.  
**SUMMON YOUR MOUNT**  
Master horses, dire wolves, and lions, each with a unique look, dyeable equipment and a name you can set. Level up your Riding Trade Skill to earn upgrades like increased speeds, buffs and higher tier consumable food for your mount.  
Customize your experience with accessibility settings before game play. Tailor audio to your preferences with settings for volume controls, mono sounds, stereo sound, and surround sound. Personalize camera comfort settings, subtitle settings, and alter game inputs via key binding options. Finally, ensure no message is missed with chat text-to-speech and speech-to-text.  
**ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES:**  
Customize your experience with accessibility settings before game play. Tailor audio to your preferences with settings for volume controls, mono sounds, stereo sound, and surround sound. Personalize camera comfort settings, subtitle settings, and alter game inputs via key binding options. Finally, ensure no message is missed with chat text-to-speech and speech-to-text.

Release date: Sep 28, 2021

Categories: MMO, Open-World Exploration, Character Progression, Crafting, PvP, PvE, Classless Character Development, Mount-based Exploration, Accessibility Features

Feature scans:
- MTX: score 90; verdict: Predatory Monetization; summary: The game has faced significant criticism for its aggressive monetization strategies, particularly the locking of essential content behind paywalls and the high cost of DLCs. Players feel that the game employs predatory practices, such as pay-to-win mechanics and excessive microtransactions. Additionally, there is a lack of communication and trust from the developers, as well as server and technical issues that detract from the overall experience. Despite these criticisms, some players acknowledge positive aspects, such as the lack of pay-to-win mechanics in certain areas and the enjoyable gameplay experience.
- Wiki: score 75; verdict: High Dependency on External Data; summary: The primary issue identified from user feedback is a heavy reliance on external data sources. Players frequently need to consult Excel spreadsheets and online guides to manage inventory, crafting, and understand game mechanics, which detracts from the overall gaming experience.
- Steam Deck: score 50; verdict: Tinkering Required; summary: The analysis of user feedback for 'New World' on platforms like Linux and Steam Deck reveals a mixed experience. While many users appreciate the performance optimizations and controller support, significant issues such as anti-cheat problems, frequent crashes, and the lack of an offline mode detract from the overall experience. The game requires some initial setup and tweaking to run smoothly, but once configured, it can offer a enjoyable experience.

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Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category.
Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews.
What players like:
- Beautiful and immersive world (weight 0.42): The game's world design is highlighted for its beauty and immersive qualities. Players enjoy the visually impressive environments and atmospheric effects.
- Significant improvements since release (weight 0.25): The game has seen notable improvements over time, including gameplay enhancements and quality-of-life changes. Players appreciate the polished state of the game.
- Satisfying and fluid combat (weight 0.23): The combat system is frequently praised for being smooth, responsive, and enjoyable. Players appreciate its unique mechanics and fluidity.
- Fun and rewarding exploration (weight 0.21): Exploration is a key aspect that players enjoy. The world is inviting and filled with diverse content, making exploration rewarding and fun.
- Engaging crafting and gathering (weight 0.18): The crafting and gathering systems are found to be engaging and rewarding. Players enjoy the realistic and polished mechanics of these activities.
- Variety of enjoyable quests (weight 0.15): The game offers a variety of quests that players find enjoyable and interesting. The questing experience is praised for its diversity and fun factor.
- No monthly subscription (weight 0.13): Players appreciate the one-time purchase model with no monthly subscription fees. This aspect is seen as a significant advantage.
- Unique gameplay elements (weight 0.11): The game introduces unique systems and elements, such as class definitions by weapon development and passive skills, which set it apart in its field.
- One of the best MMOs (weight 0.1): Players consider this game to be one of the best MMOs available, praising its combat, graphics, and overall experience.
- Enjoyable story and polish (weight 0.09): The story is praised for being fun and polished, keeping players interested throughout the game.
- Improved leveling experience (weight 0.09): The leveling experience has been redone and is no longer tedious. Players find it fun and less grindy.

Common complaints:
- Weak story and mission design (weight 0.19): The game's narrative is criticized for being uninteresting, lacking depth, and having an average at best storyline. Additionally, there is a lack of mission variety and proper closure, making the overall story experience underwhelming.
- Game shutdown (weight 0.17): The game is shutting down, with servers being taken offline. Players express disappointment with the lack of a dignified farewell.
- Buggy and unplayable (weight 0.15): The game is reported to be buggy and, in some cases, unplayable. These bugs significantly impact the gameplay experience.
- Toxic community (weight 0.15): The in-game community is described as toxic, with players experiencing rude and aggressive behavior in chats and other social interactions.
- Repetitive endgame content (weight 0.14): The endgame is described as repetitive and grindy, with activities that feel monotonous and lack variety. This repetitiveness makes the endgame experience feel like a chore.
- Slow content updates (weight 0.12): Players express frustration with the slow pace of new content updates and the lack of substantial content, leading to content droughts and outdated material.
- Flawed PvP system (weight 0.12): The PvP mode is criticized for being unbalanced, broken, and poorly designed. Players find it messy and not enjoyable due to these issues.
- Grindy gameplay (weight 0.1): Players find the gameplay to be overly grindy, with repetitive tasks that can be tiring and dull.
- Healing mechanics issues (weight 0.09): Healing in the game is criticized for being ineffective and frustrating. Changes to healing output, cooldowns, and stamina management have made it feel punishing rather than rewarding.
- Amazon's mismanagement (weight 0.08): Amazon is criticized for poor management of the game, focusing on profits over player satisfaction, and contributing to the game's decline.
- Disappointment with shutdown (weight 0.07): Players express sadness and disappointment over the game shutting down, feeling that it is unfortunate and poorly handled.
- Developer neglect (weight 0.07): Players feel that the developers have neglected the game and its development, leading to dissatisfaction among the player base.
- Technical and performance issues (weight 0.07): The game suffers from various technical problems, including engine and performance issues that hinder gameplay.
- Crafting system problems (weight 0.07): The crafting system is seen as less useful and poorly designed, adding to player frustration.
- Poor updates and economy (weight 0.07): Recent updates and the economy system are criticized for being poorly implemented, negatively affecting the gameplay experience.
- Endgame content gated (weight 0.07): Endgame content is criticized for being heavily gated and locked behind paywalls or DLC, limiting access for many players.
- Mounts behind paywall (weight 0.07): Players are frustrated that mounts are locked behind expansions or DLC, making them inaccessible without additional purchases.

Gameplay feedback:
- Diverse PvE and PvP Content (weight 0.34): The game offers a wide range of activities including dungeons, raids, open-world PvP, instanced PvP, territory fighting, and elite loot chasing. Players appreciate the variety of group content and PvP battles, although some mention balancing issues in PvP.
- Flexible Combat and Progression Systems (weight 0.33): The game features a no-class system allowing high build creativity, a flexible combat system, and a unique healing system with support roles. The combat is often compared to the Souls series, indicating depth and challenge.
- Comprehensive Crafting System (weight 0.27): The game includes a deep and complex crafting system that is both intuitive and comprehensive. Players appreciate the gathering mechanics and the ability to craft and farm materials.
- Customizable Builds and Character Progression (weight 0.19): Players can customize their builds and enjoy flexible character progression. The game offers a satisfying skill progression system and build diversity.
- Open World Exploration (weight 0.17): The game provides an immersive open world with various activities and rewarding exploration. Players enjoy the vast game world and the atmosphere it offers.
- Endgame Content and Raids (weight 0.17): The game offers challenging endgame content, including raids and mutated expeditions. Players need to grind and learn mechanics to progress.
- Large-Scale Combat and Faction Wars (weight 0.15): The game features large-scale combat and faction wars with up to 50x50 players. These wars are dynamic and encourage open-world PvP.
- Engaging Story and Quests (weight 0.14): The game offers a unique and interesting story with a variety of quests, including co-op and solo quests. Players find the story progression engaging and enjoyable.
- Community and Social Interactions (weight 0.13): The game includes social interactions and community events. However, there are mentions of player toxicity and negative interactions in global chat and PvP zones.
- Unique Combat and Gameplay Mechanics (weight 0.12): The game features a unique combat system that requires manual control, differing from other MMOs. The combat mechanics are action-based and dynamic.
- Regular Content Updates (weight 0.1): The game receives quality-of-life updates and new content regularly. These updates include new modes, activities, and seasonal modifications.
- Variety of Game Modes (weight 0.08): The game features various modes such as capture the flag, PvP free-for-all, and objective-based gameplay. These modes add to the diversity of activities available to players.
- Historical and Arthurian Legend Setting (weight 0.05): The game is set in a historical context with elements of Arthurian legend, providing a unique and immersive setting for players.

Performance notes:
- Server capacity and queue problems (weight 0.42): Servers often cannot handle the traffic, leading to long queues and making the game unplayable. Players report wait times of several hours, and servers frequently reach full capacity.
- Performance and optimization issues (weight 0.27): The game suffers from performance issues, including lags, FPS drops, and poor optimization. Some players report improvements over time, but issues persist, especially on modest hardware.
- Game freezing and crashing issues (weight 0.21): The game experiences persistent optimization issues, including lags, bugs, freezing animations, lost textures, disconnections, and crashes. These issues are frequently mentioned and significantly impact gameplay.
- Numerous bugs and glitches (weight 0.16): The game has multiple bugs and glitches, including connection issues and minor desync problems. These bugs are widespread and affect the overall gaming experience.
- Game launch issues (weight 0.12): There are specific issues related to game launch, including problems with DirectX 11 and anti-cheat software causing random crashes.
- Hardware and compatibility issues (weight 0.09): The game has compatibility issues with certain hardware, including graphic cards and controllers. Some players report blue screen issues and other hardware-related problems.
- Connection and ping issues (weight 0.07): Players experience connection fluctuations and high ping issues, which affect gameplay. Some players report better ping in certain regions compared to others.
- Minor gameplay issues (weight 0.05): Some minor issues include the lack of certain features like swimming and minor bugs that, while not game-breaking, can be annoying.
- Installation tips for better performance (weight 0.03): Players suggest installing the game on an SSD for better performance, indicating that hardware upgrades can mitigate some performance issues.
- Positive feedback on graphics (weight 0.03): Some players appreciate the impressive graphics of the game, highlighting it as a positive aspect amidst various technical issues.

Recommendations:
- Highly recommended MMO experience (weight 0.24): The game is frequently recommended for its beautiful, engaging, and unique MMO experience. It offers a rich and immersive world with challenging gameplay, crafting, housing, and skill-based combat.
- Mixed recommendations with criticisms (weight 0.15): Some reviewers recommend the game despite its criticisms, while others do not recommend it at all. This indicates a divide in player experiences and satisfaction.
- Specific gameplay features (weight 0.11): The game is recommended for those who enjoy crafting, fishing, gathering, and life skills. It also offers new raid dungeons, overland zones, expeditions, and PVP maps regularly.
- Recommendations based on pricing (weight 0.1): The game is recommended to be bought if priced below 10 euros or when it becomes free. Some suggest waiting for a discount before purchasing.
- Recommendations for specific player types (weight 0.08): The game is recommended for players who enjoy skill-based combat and PvP-focused gameplay. It is also suggested for those who love questing and having a good time.
- Content and gameplay depth (weight 0.08): The game offers hundreds of hours of content and is worth playing for its PvE and combat depth. It is also noted for its regular updates and community feedback.
- Recommendations for new and veteran players (weight 0.08): The game is recommended for both new and veteran MMO players, suggesting it has features that cater to a wide range of player experiences.
- Worth trying or giving a second chance (weight 0.07): Some reviewers suggest that the game is worth trying or giving another shot, indicating that it may have improved or has redeeming qualities.
- Criticisms on current state and future (weight 0.07): Some reviewers do not recommend buying the game due to its current issues and unclear future. Others suggest waiting for more content before playing.
- Good for social and community play (weight 0.06): The game is noted as a great experience to play with friends and meet new people, emphasizing its social aspects.
- Positive outlook on game progression (weight 0.06): Reviewers are excited to see how the game progresses and believe it is a perfect time to jump into the game, indicating ongoing improvements and updates.

Other player notes:
- Add Turkish language support (weight 0.04): Players have requested the addition of Turkish language support to make the game more accessible to Turkish-speaking users.

Emotions:
- Frustration (weight 0.28): Players are frustrated primarily due to persistent server issues, including long queue times, crashes, and game freezing, which significantly hinder gameplay. Additional frustrations stem from repetitive and grindy endgame content, lack of developer communication, and monetization issues such as paywalls for mounts and other content.
- Disappointment (weight 0.15): Disappointment arises from the game's shutdown and Amazon's handling of the situation, leading to a sense of wasted time and unfulfilled potential. Players also express disappointment with the lack of new content, poor game design, and the overall direction of the game.
- Satisfaction (weight 0.09): Players are satisfied with the improvements and new content introduced in recent updates, which have enhanced the gameplay experience. The combat system, rewarding grind, and enjoyable leveling experience also contribute to their satisfaction.
- Enjoyment (weight 0.08): Enjoyment comes from the game's unique combat system, engaging PVP arenas, and the freedom of exploration in a beautifully designed world. The complex crafting system and enjoyable leveling experience also add to the overall enjoyment.
- Joy (weight 0.07): Joy is derived from the immersive world, enjoyable combat mechanics, and the freedom to explore and level up. The beautiful design and engaging gameplay contribute to a positive and joyful experience.
- Excitement (weight 0.06): Excitement is generated by the unique combat system, upcoming free expansions, and the promise of future updates. The high skill ceiling and dynamic combat system also add to the excitement.
- Nostalgia (weight 0.04): Nostalgia is felt by players reminiscing about the early days of the game, the sense of community, and the memories made while playing. The beautiful scenery and immersive world also contribute to nostalgic feelings.
- Anger (weight 0.04): Anger is directed towards Amazon's handling of the game, including server issues, monetization practices, and poor customer support. Players are also angry about being banned and the perceived scams related to the game's service duration.
- Sadness (weight 0.03): Sadness is primarily due to the game shutting down and the decline of the game world. Players are heartbroken to see the game go and feel a sense of loss for the experiences and community.
- Hope (weight 0.03): Hope is expressed for the game's future, with players hoping for continued improvements and potential for the game to grow. The positive changes and future updates contribute to this hopeful outlook.
- Optimism (weight 0.02): Optimism stems from the positive changes and future potential of the game. Players are optimistic about the game's continued development and the potential for it to become one of the best MMOs.
- Gratitude (weight 0.01): Gratitude is felt for the memories and friendships formed in the game. Players are thankful for the positive experiences and the community they were part of.
- Love (weight 0.01): Love for the game is expressed through appreciation for its world design and overall experience. Players love the immersive environment and the unique aspects of the game.
- Boredom (weight 0): Boredom sets in when players have exhausted the endgame content and find the gameplay repetitive. The lack of new and engaging content contributes to this feeling.
- Heartbroken (weight 0): Heartbroken feelings are due to the game shutting down and the loss of the game world and community. Players are emotionally affected by the end of the game.}