The Secret World is a massively-multiplayer online world with a unique modern-day setting and unparalleled storytelling. Imagine if every myth, conspiracy theory and urban legend was true--a world where you align with secret societies and face the looming darkness.
PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)AdventureActionFantasyScience fictionHorrorHistoricaltime travelvampiremagicsteamonlineilluminatisteam trading cardsdigital distributionplatform exclusivetrain levelPC (Microsoft Windows)
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Character
Epic, grave, earnest and contemporary.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Funcom
- Publisher
- Funcom, Electronic Arts
- Released
- July 3, 2012
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- DreamWorld
IGDB rating 7.4/10 from 32 ratings.
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