Probably one of the most interesting single player games that I've played so far.

But seriously, if d20 Call of Cthulhu (with a non-sadistic DM, of course) was an MMO, this would be it. Considering that it's only $30 when not on sale and that you can easily get over a hundred *fun* hours off of it (which, sadly, my steam profile doesn't reflect since I originally played before I realized that TSW was on steam) and that on sale it could even go down to $5, I can't recommend it more.

Long story short:
-Kinda bad combat system that takes some getting used to
-Cutscenes before a lot of quests (when the quest giver is human, of course)
-Long story quest that gives you an actual reason to go to the different zones (unlike a certain game made by blizzard)
-Non level-based experience system (you still gain experience, but you get a certain number of ability points or skill points after a set amount of experience that never increases; you get to choose where the points go, rather than being what the game wants you to be. Sandbox elements too good.)
-HOLY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ THE INVESTIGATION MISSION. THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ IMMERSION IS STUPIDLY GOOD.
-Press b to bring up a functional internet brower in-game (which is used for a lot of quests)
-The amount of effort put in by the devs is too damn high (http://www.kingsmouth.com/ = the website for the first town you go to. There are twitter accounts for important characters, and other websites for important companies)
-Immersion immersion immersion
-Stuff
-Things
-If its on sale, buy it
-etc

Yes, I recommend this. It might not have taken 5000+ hours out of my life like Maplestory or WoW, but I'll be damned if TSW isn't a good $30 game. Also, no subscription needed.

Probably one of the most interesting single player games that I've played so far. But seriously, if d20 Call of Cthulhu (with a non-sadistic DM, of course) was an MMO, this would be it. Considering that it's only $30 when not on sale and that you can easily get over a hundred *fun* hours off of it (which, sadly, my steam profile doesn't reflect since I originally played before I realized that TSW was on steam) and that on sale it could even go down to $5, I can't recommend it more. Long story short: -Kinda bad combat system that takes some getting used to -Cutscenes before a lot of quests (when the quest giver is human, of course) -Long story quest that gives you an actual reason to go to the different zones (unlike a certain game made by blizzard) -Non level-based experience system (you still gain experience, but you get a certain number of ability points or skill points after a set amount of experience that never increases; you get to choose where the points go, rather than being what the game wants you to be. Sandbox elements too good.) -HOLY FUCKING SHIT THE INVESTIGATION MISSION. THE FUCKING IMMERSION IS STUPIDLY GOOD. -Press b to bring up a functional internet brower in-game (which is used for a lot of quests) -The amount of effort put in by the devs is too damn high (http://www.kingsmouth.com/ = the website for the first town you go to. There are twitter accounts for important characters, and other websites for important companies) -Immersion immersion immersion -Stuff -Things -If its on sale, buy it -etc Yes, I recommend this. It might not have taken 5000+ hours out of my life like Maplestory or WoW, but I'll be damned if TSW isn't a good $30 game. Also, no subscription needed.