'Failure' is a tough call to make in the MMO world. WoW fucked up the metric so badly that every other MMO is technically a 'Failure' using their metrics. Player opinions are so subjective that they really are useless, except when overwhelmingly on one side or another.
So the only true metric that can be objectively defined is whether or not the game makes money, and how much (personal atms for the investors.... WIN!!).
I really liked Secret World's beta and have been meaning to go back, Sooo may other new MMOs (and expacs for old ones) out now that I just haven't pulled the trigger. But if they are making money for the people who made it and it is enough to keep it going, then it it is successful imo. Money, World, Going Round, you know.
Thanks for the heads up. For $18 I'll definitely see what I've been missing out on.Rise from the grave. They are offering the game right now till Jan 3 for $7.50 for the standard version and $17.50 for the entire game including the 15 episodes that have been released. Good way to get entire game with out having to drop the money for each episode especially if you were ever on the fence of trying it.
Its on their site from what I read it wasn't updated on Steam, you were able to get it off their site and "add" it to an already made account if you had one.
Picked up The Blackwatchmen and all its DLC for under $20 on steam during the winter sale, the company that did a lot of the ARG and investigation missions in TSW made this game set in the same universe. Basically MMOARG if you enjoyed the puzzles in TSW. The game is active and they do live events to help push whatever story they have along.