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Pure Optimizationfantasy MMORPG

NextWorld2

An MMORPG grind where build optimisation and gear progression outweigh moment-to-moment skill.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION4 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    4/10

    Real-time combat needs moderate positioning and timing

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    3/10

    PvP skirmishes reward some opponent prediction

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Drops and spawns add standard MMO randomness

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Class builds, gear progression and farming routes dominate

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2024
Developer
Donut Interactive
Platforms
PC
Modes
Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
IGDB users
94/100
Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upActionFantasy