Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 72.56% (27 reviews) |
| Metacritic | 73/100 (52 reviews) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A- |
| G4 | 2.5/5 |
| IGN | 7.9/10 |
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The game has a 73% critic rating and an 8.3 user rating on Metacritic and GameRankings, indicating that it has mostly positive and mixed reviews, however Funcom has held what it says "a low Metacritic score" and competition from Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2 responsible for poor sales of the game.
IGN praised the presentation and also said that while The Secret World starts off strong, it loses steam afterwards. GameSpot praised The Secret World's puzzles, storytelling, and atmosphere, but criticized its lack of PvP content. Jonathan Deesing of G4 TV gave The Secret World a score of 2.5/5 during closed testing of the game.
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