EverQuest Next Redefines Next-Gen MMOs
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Good in THEORY.
It means that everything has to have a limit then, otherwise in about an hour after launch, they'll be a massive wall around the starting area.
And if you can summon dragons, then it'll be a griefing fest. And given that nobody in MMOs wants to give money, it means a massive grind to rebuild your town.
Intelligent AI forming camps at roads? Fine, at first. When people start going along those roads to dungeons? Not so great.
It means that everything has to have a limit then, otherwise in about an hour after launch, they'll be a massive wall around the starting area.
And if you can summon dragons, then it'll be a griefing fest. And given that nobody in MMOs wants to give money, it means a massive grind to rebuild your town.
Intelligent AI forming camps at roads? Fine, at first. When people start going along those roads to dungeons? Not so great.
I've heard a TON of praise for this game so far, but having watched this... I'm not really sure why.
Combat looks worse than Vindictus or even Tera IMO. The destructible terrain is a neat idea, but I'd need to know the details about it. Do the trees just regrow in 30 seconds? If they don't, why won't players just flatten everything they can because they can? Because they will, I assure you.
The art style seems very Guild Wars 2 x Wow and I don't really like it. I actually really enjoyed Everquest 2's more ... "realistic" style. At least, at the time it was anyways.
Combat looks worse than Vindictus or even Tera IMO. The destructible terrain is a neat idea, but I'd need to know the details about it. Do the trees just regrow in 30 seconds? If they don't, why won't players just flatten everything they can because they can? Because they will, I assure you.
The art style seems very Guild Wars 2 x Wow and I don't really like it. I actually really enjoyed Everquest 2's more ... "realistic" style. At least, at the time it was anyways.
Then why the hell was that Litch style boss just sitting there floating around on a stone dais in a lava crater? He was literally just floating there waiting for someone to come steal his loot.
I can see it now. gm_flatconstruct, THE GAME! I know that people will try it, I know they will.
A game like this requiers a lot player engagement for it to be a fun and enjoyable, not to mention succesfull concept. I have through my years seen that most games with a focus on multiplayer fall short on the community aspect. Either it's to small or it can be to corrupted with hacking, trolling etcetera.
I believe if they pull through on their promises it could become a real cool thing, if the players are in on the rules so to say.
A game like this requiers a lot player engagement for it to be a fun and enjoyable, not to mention succesfull concept. I have through my years seen that most games with a focus on multiplayer fall short on the community aspect. Either it's to small or it can be to corrupted with hacking, trolling etcetera.
I believe if they pull through on their promises it could become a real cool thing, if the players are in on the rules so to say.
I like what has been showcased. The footage is obviously from a very early build so you have to be a little bit lenient about it.
The cartoonish art style is rather suitable for MMORPGs as I think it doesn?t age as fast as more ?realistic? styles do and at the same time it ought to go easier on your hardware requirements as well as the budget since you don?t have to create super detailed assets. Maybe that is the only way they can realize their ideas of a layered and manipulable world in an MMO environment.
I just don?t mind it at all as it looks like a Disney renaissance cartoon and I have nostalgia for that. (WildStar as well)
The combat appears to be okay. There is nothing inherently wrong with this ?action? combat in which you have to evade enemy attacks by yourself. I think it is more engaging than just managing cool downs. It just comes down to how it plays out and that can?t be judge right now. I mean it depends on a lot things if it is ?fun? to evade. For example how responsive the movement is, how important positioning will be, what evasive and attack skills the classes have, how many different attack patterns a type of enemy has, how many different enemy types there are, how these pattern look like, how ?easy? it is to read the enemy movement or how the difficulty scales (bad example would be Teras ?one-hit-kill-attacks?).
That can?t be judged by this early footage. Tera was alright in the mid level range and WildStar seems to be on a good way to improve and expand upon it. So I?m quite hopeful that EQ will learn from these examples.
Giving the players the abilities to manipulate their surroundings seems like a nice sandbox element. It gives you a reason to always return since the world is always changing and evolving. That is if it is done right. Again that can?t be judged right now in any meaningful way.
In any case I?m all for elements that keep people engaged. There is nothing more boring than the feeling that you have seen everything.
So yea I think this looks very promising.
The cartoonish art style is rather suitable for MMORPGs as I think it doesn?t age as fast as more ?realistic? styles do and at the same time it ought to go easier on your hardware requirements as well as the budget since you don?t have to create super detailed assets. Maybe that is the only way they can realize their ideas of a layered and manipulable world in an MMO environment.
I just don?t mind it at all as it looks like a Disney renaissance cartoon and I have nostalgia for that. (WildStar as well)
The combat appears to be okay. There is nothing inherently wrong with this ?action? combat in which you have to evade enemy attacks by yourself. I think it is more engaging than just managing cool downs. It just comes down to how it plays out and that can?t be judge right now. I mean it depends on a lot things if it is ?fun? to evade. For example how responsive the movement is, how important positioning will be, what evasive and attack skills the classes have, how many different attack patterns a type of enemy has, how many different enemy types there are, how these pattern look like, how ?easy? it is to read the enemy movement or how the difficulty scales (bad example would be Teras ?one-hit-kill-attacks?).
That can?t be judged by this early footage. Tera was alright in the mid level range and WildStar seems to be on a good way to improve and expand upon it. So I?m quite hopeful that EQ will learn from these examples.
Giving the players the abilities to manipulate their surroundings seems like a nice sandbox element. It gives you a reason to always return since the world is always changing and evolving. That is if it is done right. Again that can?t be judged right now in any meaningful way.
In any case I?m all for elements that keep people engaged. There is nothing more boring than the feeling that you have seen everything.
So yea I think this looks very promising.