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Skyforge: The Daily Quest - Will You Play Skyforge?
BillMurphy
Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
Closed Beta 2 is well under way, and by now you've watched videos, seen our streams, or played the game yourself. Having quite a lot in common with Neverwinter (at least in my book), I wonder how many of our dear readers will be playing Obsidian and Allods Team's MMORPG when it goes live later this year.
Personally, as I said while streaming last night, I look at Skyforge as an ideal "quick bite MMO". It's got solid enough combat and class progression to keep me interested in the short term, even if I don't think I'll be playing it for months on end as my only game. There's nothing wrong with an MMO that's meant to capture players for a few weeks at a time, especially when they're designed as F2P from the start.
As long as the Cash Shop isn't too intrusive (as it was in Neverwinter), I expect I'll play Skyforge a good bit when it launches, even if just for an hour here or there. It's definitely not perfect, but it's fun in short spurts, and there are some really nice ideas present as well.
But what about you? Will you be playing Skyforge? That's today's Daily Quest... get cracking.
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if is p2w = not play
if is good F2P without p2w items in cash shop = I play that game.
That simple like that.
l2p
I pay a $15/month subscription for the game I am currently playing.
I will not play a P2W game. You will never get even $.01 from me.
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No, thanks.
Mail.ru = P2W
So far its been fun but last night my wife and I played Naori Island (just added to Closed Beta 2) and talk about taking it to another level. Few bosses each getting harder and by the end it felt like a raid, not on hard mode but challenging enough that its in my top MMO moments for low level play. Only 1000 prestige and thats kinda like level 10 in most MMOs. Made me want more lol that alone was worth the 20 bucks to get in beta lol
Conclusion: Depending on how bad the cash shop is of corse but my wife and I are having enough fun we plan on sticking around for a while.
All die, so die well.
After having been misinformed of the games features and combat, lied to about their cash shop monetisation, and weekly currency caps (which limit progression) that can only be bypassed by spending RL money, I refuse to play Skyforge.
Allods team ... Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Something Awful this way comes.
I won't play it. I saw enough gameplay to know that I don't like the combat, and the skill tree was EXTREMELY misrepresented before the beta. I thought you can actually do something akin to Path of Exile customisation... but NOOOO.
I didn't research the cash shop, but people around here are pissed at something.. no smoke without some fire.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Edgar Allan Poe
Themepark ? /check
Pay to win ? /check
Mail.ru ? /check
no thanks
I don't trust the developers.
They earned no points when censoring the concerns over the cash shop by threatening bans, either.
It isn't worth the headache to deal with these clowns.
After checking the closed beta today, I can definitely say NO.
Graphics are OK, but the animations really look.... dated.
Far too instanced.
Completely boring from the get-go and limited in what I can do.
Bottom line: MMO on rails with heavy p2w and animations that look like from 2003? No thanks.
After playing the game for a good 30 minutes, it seems really really mediocre. The graphics looks like shit, the boob physics is so stupid I can't even talk to female NPC without thinking of her ridiculous it really is.
The game doesn't seem very polish (OFC it is closed beta, but isn't it already released in Russia?). The combat feel clunky especially the double tab to "dodge".
after today, I might try the game wtih sweetfx and see how it plays, but I doubt it will change my mind.
Actually, there are only 13 classes.
There is heavy instancing.
The graphics, animations, and combat are all dated and lack innovation.
You don't even need to bring up the cash shop to give this game a pass.
My wife and I crack up every time we talk to a female NPC. They really need to try a different setting on that. It does not even look like boobs any more. As for playing for 30 min and calling it medicore. You really need to take a few people into missions because they scale from the get go. Also 30 min in is like getting level 3-4 in most games. You have no clue what the game is like. Get to Naori Island and then judge, its just a few hours game play to get there and it was down right fun =-) Im starting to see something in this game and if more zones are like Naori Island, Im gona be a happy gamer.
15 clases at launch CONFIRMED heavy instancing is in closed beta cause more than half the game is locked it have 12 open world zones , not to mention you havent even seen the cash shot to speak for it and aperantly you played on minimal graphics if you say that the animations are bad , i wont even speak for the lack of inovation cause you know god form pantheon wars clans withing the guilds ( pantheons) , sci fi fantasy , no leveling system , ascention atlas , absolutely free item costumisation , invasions, fallowers, having your own statue , divison system for the best players , being able to swich between clases any time you want , voice over for evry quset ( i know the current one is bad but its gonna change i ashure you in that) , the game will have 1 mega server per region
just see the video below and speak again
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