Despite the game’s numerous problems and exploits, Twitch streaming star Michael Grzesiek aka Shroud promised to keep playing New World, arguing that “it’s doing something right” because he’s still enjoying it.
Since its introduction, Shroud has put hundreds of hours into New World. It’s even his favorite game to stream, as he told his viewers. That hasn’t prevented him from condemning it, though. He feels that, among other things, the developers should better the Invasions and Wars.
Despite its shortcomings, he has been thoroughly enjoying the game. He even announced to followers that he was going to take a week off since he had been playing too much.
It hasn’t happened yet. If it occurs, he has promised to continue playing, and he has explained why to his followers. Here’s what he stated; “All the bugs and exploits this game has is f**king wild. But even with all the bugs and exploits, I’m still here. So, it’s doing something right. It’s hooking me in some way, somehow. I’m truly enjoying it. I’m playing with all my friends. We’re doing sh*t together. Good times. I’m enjoying the game even with all of the bullsh*t. At the end of the day, it’s a f**king game. We paid forty bucks for this sh*t. We definitely got our money’s worth.”
He explained that “any MMO” has vulnerabilities and flaws, and that he “doesn’t care” about New World’s problems.
On September 28, New World made its debut. It had a highly successful debut. Since then, the player base has been progressively shrinking. People have started abandoning ships till the problems are resolved. However, Shroud has made it clear that he intends to stay for the long run. He’s simply having too much fun with the game to give up anytime soon.