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filmoret
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Steam has launched alpha access to a game called Reign of Kings. Which is about 90% of exactly what this game is offering. Looks like LIF missed out now because the Reign of Kings is gonna be developed faster and with a lot more resources. With the recent success of H1Z1 this Reign of Kings already has more players then the H1Z1 community.
Are you onto something or just on something?
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Don't worry. Reign of Kings comes from a company that already has a track record of one early access they released as unfinished, buggy, horrible mess. It's very likely they're planning to do same with Reign of Kings. It's meant to be a tech-demo to attract early access buyers but never become a good game.
If Life is Feudal is serious about making a good game then Reign of Kings is no competition.
I would agree with you about Reign of Kings except for the fact that you are completely and totally wrong about it. You can however stay all hung up about their first effort.
Those that are actually playing ROK are pretty blown away at the moment.
People also voted Vanguard: Saga of Heroes at its release state as the best MMO.
People getting excited at launch doesn't mean the game would be good, it's just people being excited about something new.
I know nothing about it to be honest, but it doesn't sound like you do either. I would recommend you take a bit of time to research before trying rain on someones parade.
I self identify as a monkey.
What exactly are you basing this on? You have no way of knowing this, your comment is entirely speculation, and I also suspect you're using Twitch as a way to gauge the level of activity from one game to another.
Let me enlighten you: when something is new, it becomes popular on Twitch for a period of time. It isn't indicative of anything other than that, in a week or two Reign of Kings will have hardly anyone streaming it and people will then be streaming whatever is newest/most popular that week to try and gain maximum viewership.
It's a terrible game, with terrible developers who are simply trying to cash in on the rise in popularity of sandbox games, especially those based around survival. You're getting suckered, but all the power to you, I guess...
Reign of Kings has little in common with Life is Feudal. It is more akin to minecraft. It has neither the depth or complexity of LiF.
I was also disappointed by their last title Starforge, but i will let you do the research.
I would like to see people with over 1000 hrs played like I see on steam proflies all the time for people who play LiF.
Life IS Feudal
LIF is limited to a few peeps per server. ROK has done a really good job of doing what they did. You can craft entire castles weapons ect ect... Its a full loot pvp game where you can do things that are rarely seen. Let me show you the experience of just 1 player.
Early Access Review
Been playing it for 14 hours now.
What I like about it:
- Pretty graphics
- Some nice ambient sounds --birds chirping, the ocean, thunder (think DayZ)
- Build castles
- Claim Territory by placing a banner in your building -- others cant build in your borders (nice so people can't hop your walls)
- Survival - forage for food, get water, hunt animals
- The King - one person in the server can be a king by claiming the throne - they can be overthrown of course. The king gets to set taxes that other players pay as they gather materials, high taxes really motivate people to overthrow the king, but also make it a lot harder for to collect materials.
- Proximity voicechat
- When you log out you turn into a "Sleeper", ie your avatar is replaced with a guy in a sleeping bag and people can kill you if they can reach you. So log out in the safety of your territory or find a really good hiding place.
- You can tie people up with rope and imprison them or send them to the gallows
- You can make crossbows, bows, siege equipment
- Weapons, armor, and blocks are all tiered (wood, leather, stone, iron, steel | dirt, grass, clay, wood, stone, stone slab)
What I don't like about it
- The combat is like Chivalry - good thing is you can block and there is a stamina bar. But many fights end up as run around the person hitting or kiting. You can choose which way you swing horizontally, but it's purpose is more so you don't hit a wall or tree while you swing. No directional blocking.
- Very little inventory space and the containers chests are quite small too.
Not many negatives. I've only had one game breaking bug occur in 14 hours. A couple smaller bugs. It's a fun game and for $20 bucks I've already got my moneys worth.
Today two knuckleheads tried to break down my gate. I stood on my wall shooting arrows at them. One guy managed to doublejump (it's possible to do against blocks) on to my wall and began running around my base. I ran behind him slashing him with my 2h steel axe. After he was dealt with I went back to the 2nd guy still hacking away at my gate and asking him to leave. He demanded a fair fight so I obliged and engaged him in a duel. After a few well time blocks and swings, he was dispatched as well.
Went back inside and made myself a chicken leg. Good game.