i first played the day WoM first released (unfortunately missed all the open testings)
It sounds vague but WoM being an experience is the best way I can really describe it
WoM is genuinely the closest I’ve ever seen a roblox game get to the vibe of exploring games like Breath of The Wild for the first time. Despite the environment not having too much special it felt alive, it didnt feel like I was playing a game if that makes any sense (unlike AO where I’m kinda always aware of that)
I played the release day of every single major update too, I remember getting obliterated by Minotaur the first day of the Story update, getting addicted to fishing day 1 of the fishing update, eventually starting my own guild (which didn’t last very long) early on into the long wait for AO, etc.
Speaking of I was extremely obsessed with fishing in WoM I probably had 3,000+ fish (not sure but it was a lot) while only having like 70 hours in the game on my main slot
I remember getting randomly murdered by some guy right outside Riverville only to be fishing with him and a few others in Ironport literally 20 minutes later, fishing brung people together
I also remember introducing a few of my friends from other games to WoM back then, which were all fun times. One of those friends ended up being the other part of a duo with me for a little bit because we both played really frequently (he was the 1st and last person to join that guild i mentioned… It was called Catholic Church of AO or something close if you were curious )
I spent basically the entire first half of the TGR wait as a hero in WoM, but after finally getting all the boss drops with Exiled armor (in a trade that was 100% a scam but i didnt care) I decided to become a villain and followed the tradition of blowing up silent tower all the time
A while after that I ended up wanting to get my rep back up, which back then required surrendering to the Magic Council like 8 gajillion times. Luckily there was also like 4 other people there around the silent tower (most were also repeatedly surrendering) so it wasnt that boring
and then disaster struck… my old roblox account got TERMINATED… i absolutely deserved it though (that account got terminated in april 2021)
after this all the cool parts of my story with WoM are kinda over… I still played but never got the player interaction, goofy things happening, etc. that made WoM so fun originally. + by that point the atmosphere was carrying the game like crazy for me
I still love WoM and it’s concept as a game and I hope something like it is made again in the future, whether its by vetex or someone else (definitely someone else)
all in all WoM was a 10/10 experience