New World Unleashes on PC

New World title card showing alchemic volcano on a nearby island
 

(Image credit: Amazon Games)

Are you itching for an untapped realm to adventure with online friends for hours? Well, the long-awaited entry into MMORPGs, New World by Amazon Games, is finally here. It is a vast open-world in the early stages of player population since the game debuted on PC this September 28. After several open Betas, the final gameplay has been tweaked and ready for everyone to enjoy. The Load Screen briefly covers what to expect from the action-adventure RPG that makes it stand out.

New World’s setting is a supernatural world where ancient magics have twisted the realm into a dark reality full of unclaimed towns and resources. The game starts the player off with a detailed character creation menu, then guides them through the bare fighting and gathering mechanics while giving them a unified crafting station. Eventually, crafting and gathering specializations show when players get to the first significant settlement. Many digital properties are still unclaimed in early zones since the game just launched, which could give early joiners an advantage.

Player blasted with energy while another survivor melts away from New World
 

(Image credit: Amazon Games)

The developers made it easy for players to find out what type of crafting, gathering, and fighting styles they find appropriate. Every base item needed for each area, like mining or woodcutting, requires gathering common objects that do not require additional tools for harvesting. Those items spawn everywhere in the starting zone and repopulate quickly despite the number of players currently harvesting a section.

New World’s gameplay adapts to everyone, so the more they use a skill, the better it becomes, and no skill tree is cut off from a player if other ones start first. That means if a player chooses to mine as their initial skill, they can also become a woodcutter or hunter without any additional cost or sacrifice. Player stats will affect the overall abilities, but they do not bar players from entry at low attribute levels. A gamer can have no added Strength points but still wield a sword or spear, which benefits from that stat. Also, the player can reset stats from the menu system if they decide another build is better for them.

Player standing outside of settlement with sword and shield drawn while a rifle is on her back in silhouette from sundown in New World
 

(Image credit: Amazon Games)

The game has all the crafting and gathering systems expected from a true MMORPG, with material and equipment types dividing the categories. Wood, iron, stone, leather, and cloth are some of the base components, and each has separate crafting stations for various details of processing the materials. Once the player reaches each section of town, the map clearly shows these station locations, but they may need to zoom in on the large map that generally comes up with the “m” key if the icons remain hidden. There is also an auction house full of the community collected supplies for those who do not want to gather materials directly and speed the leveling process up.

Overall, New World is just getting started, and getting in on the ground level in a massive third-person action-adventure MMORPG will give some players an advantage. For instance, the factions of New World have yet become very populated. Also, limited housing and other resources will soon become unavailable at low costs. Despite selecting a low population server, the overlapping in-game worlds become heavily inhabited with others. Want to get in on the intense MMORPG action? Use our Amazon New World link to pick up the game and as an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.


New World

  • Platforms: PC

  • Developer: Amazon Games

  • Publisher:  Amazon Games

  • Release Date: 9/28/2021


Equipment requirements

Based on the system requirements listed on the New World Steam Store page, here are links to the equipment required to play this game. Products listed meet the standards set by the developers but are not the only ones available. The specs also need an appropriate OS, CPU cooling, a big enough HD or SSD, Power Supply, PC case, a quality gaming monitor, and most importantly, a fast enough internet connection. Also, the Graphics cards listed will work with both AMD and Intel setups. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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Tony Smalls

An avid gamer since controllers had two buttons and a D-pad, one of The Load Screen’s main contributors. In his free time he dabbles in game design.

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