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Astellia - The Colosseum Features Intense PvE Battles - MMORPG.com
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Astellia - The Colosseum Features Intense PvE Battles - MMORPG.com
The latest Astellia trailer showcases The Colosseum, an enclosed space where parties of players take on ever-increasingly difficult waves of monsters. The goal is to reduce the number of monsters as quickly as possible which challenges party members to perform their roles successfully. Luckily, resurrection is automatic so players can rejoin the fray.
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Remember when MMO's were free during beta to promote massive testing? Sadly the majority now are cash grabs, if they allowed free beta access you might just see how crappy the game is. Not saying that is the case with this game, but as long as they charge for beta access I am skeptical.
I am already stocking up on jiffy pop for the end of year for this release, its going to be so much fun to watch.
Oh I'm sure this game will get a few thousand numbers at launch. Hell, it might even do close to Bless numbers at launch. Then the shine wears off. But hey, since this game is originally f2p anyway, I'm sure any numbers they hit upon launch is a net-profit, just like it was for Bless. Unfortunately, those 'wonderful people' that like to say to themselves "its my money, I spend it on whatever I want" will always get taken advantage since they have more money than time. But maybe they feel its worth it in the long run. Personally, I hate seeing people getting taken advantage of it, especially if there is easy to find information out there that can easily prevent it. Its pretty much why tele-marketers get so excited when they get an elderly person on the phone. Utterly disgusting.
As for the game itself. I found it enjoyable. It doesnt really do anything new or special, but it is pretty smooth. The leveling curve was paced properly, combat is fun if not super exciting, and the extra game modes do add some things to do at endgame. Other than that, it reminds me of Everquest after the introduction of mercenaries. It appeals to solo and duo players, as there isnt much content you cannot do solo/duo with the pet system (astels). I will be looking for a key for my wife so we can both try it together during CBT 2.
Again, nothing too new to the genre, but if you have nothing better to play, it is still quite fun. I hate to admit it, but I am enjoying it more than both Bless and BDO (although to be fair that could be just because its new, and I have played the others extensively already).
I will just say the game is not marketing itself as the Savior of MMORPGS, however and particularly you are making it seem as if it will be the end of days when it launches. I played the CBT its got things going for it and somethings it doesnt and that is ok.
I leveled 3 chars to 50. Archer, Warrior, and Assasin. It does not play or feel like bless at all. Skills feel weighty, movement is ya ok. Better character models, better skill tree, you set your own macros as opposed to being forced to use a preset path.
Questing is the same as any other, generic point A to point B, but were you expecting more, its WoWish questing. Standard run of the mill gear progression system.
Astels are a cool twist but nothing that blew me away, some of the character models are annoying some are funny.
There is an old school style of min/max'ing your character which alot of old schoolers will like. However its not in yet but these same mechanics i can see it being used as a path of P2W.
Optimization the big one. I have a great gaming rig so this point of view will be biased. I was running on 4k res locked vsync and dipped below 60 a few times even then only by a few frames. I did make it a point to keep my eyes on fps and didnt dip below 55. The game does have moments where it stutters. However its wierd i cant explain it. The closest description i can make is it seems like your character is coming up on a server line and has a quick hiccup and goes back to normal when you cross the server line. Similar to what would happen in Lineage 2. It doesnt happen often but it happens nothing game breaking like Bless.
Longevity i would say this is a game that i would play 6-12 months barring the devs dont fall flat on their face with launch. What i saw from the cbt tho systems feel polished.
Overall for this cbt i would give 7.5/10 because we only got to see PvE side of things.
I will def say Bless and Astellia should not draw the same comparisons.
Have you played the game lol. I doubt your concern for my money is genuine. Its not my problem you value $50 differently then i do. In what business does a company release a product not to make a profiit?
The shine wears off on all things.