General Discussion

While we aren't quite ready to add them to our Game List, the folks at Perfect World International (the company bringing Perfect World to the North American market)have answered a number of our introductory questions about their game, Perfect World.

Where was this game first officially launched and can you tell us a little bit about the game’s popularity there?

Perfect World International

Perfect World was first introduced in China in late 2006. Initially introduced into the market as a subscription-based game, Perfect World Inc. decided to convert the game into a Free to Play model in order to reach a broader audience. While already well received, Perfect World’s popularity in China surged after the game’s conversion. Perfect World has been the recipient of over forty awards in China, including “Most Popular Online Game” and “Most Popular MMORPG”.

Read the whole interview here.

Yeah, well....they don't want North Americans to play very badly, that's for sure.  Just to register an account you have to provide them with a passport number.  WTF?  First of all, I'm 45 years old and don't have a freakin' passport.....what 20 year old or less is going to unless they are military or have a rich mommy and daddy??  Not everyone in the US has a passport, as a matter of fact, your average income person does NOT.  What a crock of crap.

Apart from this being ridiculous, I personally find giving that sort of detailed information out on a website, to be UNWISE even if you DO have the info TO give.  Who in their right mind is going to type in their most personal identification information over a connection that isn't even SSL?  They ask for your birthday, address, and passport?  Uhm....no.  It said something also, that made me think they might ask for a social security number in lieu of a passport number.  Well there is NO WAY IN HELL I'm putting my name, birthdate, address, phone number and SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER over a non-secured webform.  HOW STUPID.

Originally posted by girlgeek

Yeah, well....they don't want North Americans to play very badly, that's for sure.  Just to register an account you have to provide them with a passport number.  WTF?  First of all, I'm 45 years old and don't have a freakin' passport.....what 20 year old or less is going to unless they are military or have a rich mommy and daddy??  Not everyone in the US has a passport, as a matter of fact, your average income person does NOT.  What a crock of crap.

Apart from this being ridiculous, I personally find giving that sort of detailed information out on a website, to be UNWISE even if you DO have the info TO give.  Who in their right mind is going to type in their most personal identification information over a connection that isn't even SSL?  They ask for your birthday, address, and passport?  Uhm....no.  It said something also, that made me think they might ask for a social security number in lieu of a passport number.  Well there is NO WAY IN HELL I'm putting my name, birthdate, address, phone number and SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER over a non-secured webform.  HOW STUPID.

Everything above and also to add the fact that it's a Chinese company. *China = Communist*

I dont want them getting my information.

Just put down random numbers for the passport thing thats what I did.

But that whole interview is a bunch of bullshit and they lie like 8 times in it. I played the game for about 6 months and I never once saw a GM or ever heard of someone talking to one. Also THERE WAS 1 PATCH IN 6 MONTHS!!!! I think thats horrible. Also after level 30 you can not completely level off quests and eventrally the game becomes a complete grind just like every other asian mmo

I agree with the above comments.  It's not geared toward NA players, and they have been "developing" this version for a long time.  This is just another bad attempt at a communist Chinese company to take advantage of North American economy.  It's just poorly-made, sub-par garbage not worth wasting a moment on.

Uh, I'm pretty sure this interview is referring to the North American import of Perfect World that has not been released yet. So the poor service and having to enter a passport are not really related. Unless it's the same thing...

We'll see if they actually do a good localization, not counting on it but if they do it will be the first. Gamespot has it down as Q3 2008, but I don't know how accurate that is. Other than this interview I can't find much info about the localization effrot.

I could be clueless of course :)

Originally posted by girlgeek

Yeah, well....they don't want North Americans to play very badly, that's for sure.  Just to register an account you have to provide them with a passport number.  WTF?  First of all, I'm 45 years old and don't have a freakin' passport.....what 20 year old or less is going to unless they are military or have a rich mommy and daddy??  Not everyone in the US has a passport, as a matter of fact, your average income person does NOT.  What a crock of crap.

Apart from this being ridiculous, I personally find giving that sort of detailed information out on a website, to be UNWISE even if you DO have the info TO give.  Who in their right mind is going to type in their most personal identification information over a connection that isn't even SSL?  They ask for your birthday, address, and passport?  Uhm....no.  It said something also, that made me think they might ask for a social security number in lieu of a passport number.  Well there is NO WAY IN HELL I'm putting my name, birthdate, address, phone number and SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER over a non-secured webform.  HOW STUPID.

I just added everything fake (as I do with every free mmo) and it worked.  Put in a fake passport number and everything.

The games got some good qualities and many bad ones.  The bad is the item mall, item malss shold not take from the basics of the game, i should not have to pay to have a full inventory. There should not be items that effect the overall ability to compete in pvp, ( uber weapons armor super potions super speed etc.

Item malls should only allow for special looks faster lvling or gold. or resources to speed up crafting. If you effect the playing field then youve ruined the game for NA sorry but NA like to compete on fair grounds or we will just bomb you. No but really free tibet, ohh my  i ment your game would fail here.

Fk china...

Originally posted by Wardrop

The games got some good qualities and many bad ones.  The bad is the item mall, item malss shold not take from the basics of the game, i should not have to pay to have a full inventory. There should not be items that effect the overall ability to compete in pvp, ( uber weapons armor super potions super speed etc.

Item malls should only allow for special looks faster lvling or gold. or resources to speed up crafting. If you effect the playing field then youve ruined the game for NA sorry but NA like to compete on fair grounds or we will just bomb you. No but really free tibet, ohh my  i ment your game would fail here.

 Fk china...

1.  Any item sold in the Item Mall can be vended out - or exchanged, and many can be resold in Auction House.

2.  There are NO Uber Weapons, or Potions - or items that affect the outcome of PVP - (are you sure you are talking about Perfect World?) Hierograms are a bit different. There is NO Super Speed, NO Super Potions at all in this game.

3. Yes it is true, you can speed up crafting 'some' but many items you still need to go find or re-buy from vendors. Please note this is costly do to if you use the in-game store, as is experience scrolls. 

Thank you.

Deb