Mortal Online - First Player Mode MMO (video)

Prominent

Check this video out. You will see how a couple of mobs look like and a person in first player mode running around in one city. It look really great. The first player mode is not finish yet and the crosshair is a placeholder. But it looks great! The mobs look really promising!

The alpha will starts the end of this month and they expect the release to be summer 2009. They are using the unreal engine so they save a massive amount of time in development.

The game will be first player mode only (except when you ride, then 3 person). 

 

http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/3088-mo-shown-tv-today.html

 

TenSpotting

Originally posted by Prominent


Check this video out. You will see how a couple of mobs look like and a person in first player mode running around in one city. It look really great. The first player mode is not finish yet and the crosshair is a placeholder. But it looks great! The mobs look really promising!
The alpha will starts the end of this month and they expect the release to be summer 2009. They are using the unreal engine so they save a massive amount of time in development.
The game will be first player mode only (except when you ride, then 3 person). 
 
http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/3088-mo-shown-tv-today.html
 

 

this is cool.. I wondering when they would release some newer info's

Evasia

Originally posted by TenSpotting

Originally posted by Prominent


Check this video out. You will see how a couple of mobs look like and a person in first player mode running around in one city. It look really great. The first player mode is not finish yet and the crosshair is a placeholder. But it looks great! The mobs look really promising!
The alpha will starts the end of this month and they expect the release to be summer 2009. They are using the unreal engine so they save a massive amount of time in development.
The game will be first player mode only (except when you ride, then 3 person). 
 
http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/3088-mo-shown-tv-today.html
 

 

this is cool.. I wondering when they would release some newer info's

Cant see movie its on some swedish website and it says something in swedish that its blocked somehow.

 

Evasia

All the youtube movies are same trailer lol.

Papadam

They are basicly just talking about that Mortal is about Freedom and is very different from WoW... They also talk about that the finascial crise dont affect them and they have their budget set that they work after. Its just local news about the gaming industry in south Sweden.

Looks really nice

Prominent

 It´s not just the trailer, well first the trailer is showed then interview in swedish and they show a couple of mobs allmost finished (only texture missing) that look really cool and they also show a person in first player view running around in a city at the harbor.

 

Yes, it looks great!

Star Vault is the developer. After seeing this I bought some more stocks. The company is only valued to around $5 million. And Funcom was valued $300 million at release. If this game get just 50k subscribers. This will be a hugh success! I bet it will get much more than that.

Abrahmm

So who wants to put money on whether Darkfall or Mortal comes out first? My money is on Mortal.

Video was very cool.

Prominent

 Darkfall has an outdated graphic and I don´t like the concept of guns and canons and flying boats. The graphic is very bad made in Darkfall. 

Mortal dont have gunpowder at all. 

Ozmodan

First person mode should be left to the realm of FPS games.  It just does not work in an MMO.  People like to see what they are wearing, otherwise it is an exercise in futility to gather or make such.

Hence, you can kiss this game off to another failure to understand the genre.

imbant

Originally posted by Abrahmm


So who wants to put money on whether Darkfall or Mortal comes out first? My money is on Mortal.
Video was very cool.

 

Though you are probably just trying to sound cool...

I would LOVE to take you up on this and would openly discuss odds and the best way to hold money in escrow.  I would probably take action up to $500.

Though the only people who actually bothered to respond after trying to make this tough guy arguement ended up backing out of the bets in the past after DF did things like release videos and beta announcements, so wouldnt surprise me if this was no different.  Funny how easy it is to prove how full of it people are.

Prominent

Originally posted by Ozmodan


First person mode should be left to the realm of FPS games.  It just does not work in an MMO.  People like to see what they are wearing, otherwise it is an exercise in futility to gather or make such.
Hence, you can kiss this game off to another failure to understand the genre.

 

Nope, I played EQ1 in FPV it was great! Much more exciting. Failure? You are just gessing with your eyes closed. We will see ... most of the MMO´s created are not worth buying, but off course there is a chance this one can be the best ever created.

What I have read and seen makes me belive it has a chance to be really good. It´s a game in my taste.

Writh

Originally posted by Ozmodan


First person mode should be left to the realm of FPS games.  It just does not work in an MMO.  People like to see what they are wearing, otherwise it is an exercise in futility to gather or make such.
Hence, you can kiss this game off to another failure to understand the genre.

Actually, first person actually sells immersion a lot better then 3rd. It is also an alternative to having magical invisible stealth, and is a major step towards games without traditional archetypes. 1st Person is also greater at building tension/excitement during exploration.

One of the greatest problems in the MMO community is a fear of change. Yet everyone calls out for it. The genre needs to evolve. By no means is that me saying Sandbox is that answer, since that is actually one of the original concepts. But hell even beat'em action games evolved, they adapted single player RPG aspects.

 

And personally, the game has never been about oogling  my character in their new armor, it is about the adventures I have in that armor. For a genre that is about character developement its community, generally speaks, is awfully terrified of the change.

 

Also could someone Youtube that video for me, I can't seem to view it

Abrahmm

Originally posted by imbant

Originally posted by Abrahmm


So who wants to put money on whether Darkfall or Mortal comes out first? My money is on Mortal.
Video was very cool.

 

Though you are probably just trying to sound cool...

I would LOVE to take you up on this and would openly discuss odds and the best way to hold money in escrow.  I would probably take action up to $500.

Though the only people who actually bothered to respond after trying to make this tough guy arguement ended up backing out of the bets in the past after DF did things like release videos and beta announcements, so wouldnt surprise me if this was no different.  Funny how easy it is to prove how full of it people are.

 

Though you are probably just trying to sound cool in trying to hold me to a common phrase,

It's an expression you imbecile, like saying "kick your butt" could involve no kicking. My god the fanbois have lost all grasps on reality.

Sorry, I'm not a betting man. Not that I'm afraid that you are right and I am wrong, I honestly couldn't care, I just don't bet in anything.

But the fact that you had to make a bet on beta ANNOUNCEMENTS (notice it's plural) is hilarious in itself. You could have won that bet, what, 3-4 times now?

I do find it quite entertaining how ruffled the fanboi feathers get at any reference to their precious game... "OMG you think another game will come out before mine!!!!"

You guys really need to reconnect with reality.

Dynamo112

What a swedish video about an MMO and not a SINGLE svedish babe? C'MON!!! 

 

On topic: Can anyone translate? Graphics look good...that's about all I got out of it.

heremypet

I played EQ for years in first person mode the whole time, as well as  AO.  The only reason it wouldnt work is if the game was designed in a way to make FP awkward.  My view of choice is always FP.

imbant

Originally posted by Abrahmm

Originally posted by imbant

Originally posted by Abrahmm


So who wants to put money on whether Darkfall or Mortal comes out first? My money is on Mortal.
Video was very cool.

 

Though you are probably just trying to sound cool...

I would LOVE to take you up on this and would openly discuss odds and the best way to hold money in escrow.  I would probably take action up to $500.

Though the only people who actually bothered to respond after trying to make this tough guy arguement ended up backing out of the bets in the past after DF did things like release videos and beta announcements, so wouldnt surprise me if this was no different.  Funny how easy it is to prove how full of it people are.

 

Though you are probably just trying to sound cool in trying to hold me to a common phrase,

It's an expression you imbecile, like saying "kick your butt" could involve no kicking. My god the fanbois have lost all grasps on reality.

Sorry, I'm not a betting man. Not that I'm afraid that you are right and I am wrong, I honestly couldn't care, I just don't bet in anything.

But the fact that you had to make a bet on beta ANNOUNCEMENTS (notice it's plural) is hilarious in itself. You could have won that bet, what, 3-4 times now?

I do find it quite entertaining how ruffled the fanboi feathers get at any reference to their precious game... "OMG you think another game will come out before mine!!!!"

You guys really need to reconnect with reality.

 

Common backing out response.

If you want to man up just let me know.  You troll a lot on the DF boards about how sure you are about DF failing....but yet you dont want to take the easy money?  Im not a betting man?  Well odd how you choose that phrase then.

Twist it however you want, but ya just got caught.  Ruffled?   Please i just saw a chance to make an easy prop bet win and decided it was worth my time to see if there was a small chance you had the backbone to follow through.  Ty though.  Ill go back to my fairy world now thanks.

imbant

On another note...

Mortal Online looks pretty promising...and I definitely have my eye on it.  Obviously Darkfall promises more so if it delivers they will get my money...but time will tell.  I doubt that Mortal Online will make its summer 2009 release though...just like I have my doubts about DF 2008.  We shall see though.

Abrahmm

Originally posted by imbant

Originally posted by Abrahmm

Originally posted by imbant

Originally posted by Abrahmm


So who wants to put money on whether Darkfall or Mortal comes out first? My money is on Mortal.
Video was very cool.

 

Though you are probably just trying to sound cool...

I would LOVE to take you up on this and would openly discuss odds and the best way to hold money in escrow.  I would probably take action up to $500.

Though the only people who actually bothered to respond after trying to make this tough guy arguement ended up backing out of the bets in the past after DF did things like release videos and beta announcements, so wouldnt surprise me if this was no different.  Funny how easy it is to prove how full of it people are.

 

Though you are probably just trying to sound cool in trying to hold me to a common phrase,

It's an expression you imbecile, like saying "kick your butt" could involve no kicking. My god the fanbois have lost all grasps on reality.

Sorry, I'm not a betting man. Not that I'm afraid that you are right and I am wrong, I honestly couldn't care, I just don't bet in anything.

But the fact that you had to make a bet on beta ANNOUNCEMENTS (notice it's plural) is hilarious in itself. You could have won that bet, what, 3-4 times now?

I do find it quite entertaining how ruffled the fanboi feathers get at any reference to their precious game... "OMG you think another game will come out before mine!!!!"

You guys really need to reconnect with reality.

 

Common backing out response.

If you want to man up just let me know.  You troll a lot on the DF boards about how sure you are about DF failing....but yet you dont want to take the easy money?  Im not a betting man?  Well odd how you choose that phrase then.

Twist it however you want, but ya just got caught.  Ruffled?   Please i just saw a chance to make an easy prop bet win and decided it was worth my time to see if there was a small chance you had the backbone to follow through.  Ty though.  Ill go back to my fairy world now thanks.

 

Wow... You are simply pathetic, the e-toughguy thing was never cool, hate to break it to you. Do you try to make a wager with anyone you hear say the phrase "I'd put money on..."? That would make you a severe gambling addict. Add on the fact that you take anything on the internet that serious is unsettling. Got caught? Perhaps I got caught using a commonly used phrase. You seem to be getting caught taking it seriously like a lunatic. Do you report everyone to the police that says "I'd kill to have... " as a possibly murderer? You probably have a collection of left nuts in your house too.

If you would actually read my posts, you would see I don't say anything about Darkfall failing. You are simply the typical fanbois that throws any negative post about your game into the trolling section of your little mind and don't even realize what the other person is talking about. I show my SKEPTICISM about this game, it's intended release date, and its methods it's using. Most of my bashing of the game is actually bashing the community and their complete disregaurd for logic and rabid aggression towards anyone that thinks differently. I've said a few times I want this game to come out, and I want it to succeed. But what I want most of all is for the fanbois to use a little common sense.

Briansho

Originally posted by Abrahmm


So who wants to put money on whether Darkfall or Mortal comes out first? My money is on Mortal.
Video was very cool.

 

Mortal

Jupsto

edit: working reasonably interesting.

 

and my opinion is it doesn;t matter if its 3rd or 1st person view each has its own pros and cons. its the shooter part of FPS games which I like.

Wizardry

www.youtube.com/watch

I waited for the video to load with anticipation of something hopeful/promising.Right away it looked good enough,nothing outrageous or unrealistic.It is made on the unreal engine, that gives it good possibilites.

I waited and waited to finally see the animations of combat,preying ,not yet another Korean looking crapfest.Then grrrr,nothing,no combat scenes,so i guess i will have to look further lol.

One thing that really bummed me out was yet again another game designed SOLELY for the PVP people.This has got to stop,you cannot mix a good RPG element with a first person shooter element,it just wont work.Why? simple,you will have unbalanced fighting,that is not what PVP should be about,it should be as the video tried to convey "player skills",but in the end it will not be.Players will be using better gear/higher stats because of time=reward.They can add into it player aiming,but unless the scenery/backdrops play into the combat it won't matter at all.You need objects that allow players to manouvre and out manouvre there opponents,you need retreats and areas that offer terrain advantage,things that make players think of what they are doing.

In the end PVP is about players logging on to kill other players,there is nothing that would make the game into a ROLE PLAYING game,unless your fantasy is to role play Ghengis Khan and kill everything that moves ..lol.

Aside from the PVP element,witch is why i wouldn't play it,the game looks decent enough.

Prominent

 it´s easy to have an opinion about a game that isn´t finish yet. Actually we can´t know if it´s good or not before we try it. Until then we can just gess.

I had high hopes for EQ2 and AoC, both where hugh dissapointments.

Neosai

Any game with a PvP system can look PvP centric.  That doesn't mean it is true in game.

Don't trust trailers to give you all the information.  PvE is harder to define than PvP these days.

The key is that PvE system is subtle, while PvP system is easy to show off.  However, have a good balance of both is the best way to make a game that evolves from the current MMORPG trend.