Tattered World stands out from other pet sites by being more story-driven where you're required to collect items to complete quests and unlock more areas. There's also a crafting system where you can cook, make items for quests, or create and dye clothing.
NPC Social Aspect
I found myself getting attached to the NPC characters, which was nice because they're required to progress in the game. Most of them have their own shops as well.
Every time you complete a quest from an NPC, you gain a reputation point. After reaching a certain number of reputation points with an NPC (I believe it was 75), you'll unlock a quest where you'll gain a Secret from them. These Secrets can then be used to unlock new areas, and thus new shops and NPCs. It's also a bit similar to Animal Crossing where you get to see more unique dialogue the more you bond with NPCs.
In particular, I really liked how NPCs could post in the forums alongside the community. Outside of quests, a lot of the storytelling and lore is done through NPCs making forum posts, which I thought was pretty interesting.
I enjoyed completing quests for the NPCs, but some of their Unique quests asked for rarer items that can take a while to show up for in shops. However, you can speed this up a bit by putting items on your wishlist and then getting lucky by having another player gift them to you This happened to me a lot of times since generosity is encouraged in this game with its wish granting system.
Feedback
My main gripes with the game are its low playerbase and slow progression. It takes a while to grind out quests and increase reputation points. Granted, it's not supposed to be fast but I was eager to unlock the newer areas. If you're even more impatient than me, you can use real life money to buy gems to unlock new areas. You can also buy more cosmetics with these gems.
I'm a little bummed that Tattered World didn't gain the same traction that Flight Rising and Santae did, since I believe it's a solid virtual pet site overall. And I feel like a lot of its issues could be solved with a larger playerbase. More players means more people to help out with quests and more people to engage with in general.
Despite its smaller community, the players who are active are very friendly and eager to help new players. It's fun to learn about the NPCs and it is pretty satisfying to find the items you need to complete quests. All of this is without even mentioning the battle system and mini games, which are also decent. Overall, I've been having fun with Tattered World. I think I'll continue playing it since I appreciate the community and all the interesting lore the game has.
