First Reviews Go Live For 'Throne And Liberty' Ahead Of Free-To-Play Xbox Release

Amazon Games' new MMORPG Throne And Liberty is almost ready to launch! The full version arrives as a free-to-play game for Xbox and other platforms on Tuesday, October 1st, and the paid early access is already live right now.

So, that means we've got a few reviews to highlight. They're few and far between at the moment, and some have decided not to give a score until they've had more time with it, but we can at least get an early idea of what it's like.

Let's take a look at some of the early Throne and Liberty reviews:

TheGamer (Positive)

"I’ve been a bit too quick in the past to judge MMOs based on their leveling experience, where the real game begins when you’ve already invested dozens - potentially hundreds - of hours into the game. As it stands though, I can say that this is a game that I’m excited to play. There’s a real promise in what stands to be a modern successor to one of the all-time greats of the genre, NCSoft’s Lineage 2."

GGRecon (Positive)

"I’m not entirely convinced it does anything too different from genre norms, but what it does, it does with a level of polish seldom seen, particularly at this early stage. Will it challenge the heavy hitters? Right now, it’s too early to tell, but it’s off to a good start."

Screen Rant (Mixed)

"In many ways, Throne and Liberty plays like a typical MMO. Players explore a variety of different fantasy environments, fighting a variety of different monsters with a variety of different class-specific abilities. There’s an extensive main quest, side activities like crafting and fishing, multiplayer dungeons, competitive player-versus-player matches, and everything else you’ve come to expect from the genre. It has a handful of unique ideas, but they don’t always go far enough to carry an otherwise generic MMO."

Massively Overpowered (Mixed)

"Overall Throne and Liberty comes together as a melange of ideas that don’t fit together perfectly – my constant references to other MMOs is pretty much a testament to as much – yet I can’t deny that it also has some interesting things happening regardless."

Gamer Escape (7/10)

"I can very much see Throne and Liberty finding its fans for the things it does well even if it isn’t sweepingly innovative for the genre as a whole, and that’s more than you can say for a lot of new MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles."

But Why Tho? (3/10)

"Everything it does is done much better elsewhere in the genre, and the lack of any unique elements or compelling vision leaves it struggling to justify its existence, much less investing your time or money."

Despite some of these mixed impressions, we're pretty sure Throne and Liberty will find a large audience on Xbox due to its free-to-play nature, and we're looking forward to trying it out for ourselves when it launches on Tuesday.

How about you? Will you be playing this one on Series X or S next week? Tell us in the comments below.