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Mad World: Age of Darkness is Shutting Down July 4th | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited June 2024 in News & Features Discussion

imageMad World: Age of Darkness is Shutting Down July 4th | MMORPG.com

Mad World: Age of Darkness will shut down on July 4th. Jandisoft's grimdark MMO launched last year, and the team gave info on refunds and the transition until the servers go dark.

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  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,503
    edited June 2024
    That's... not surprising news, but still a bit sad, i remember being excited for this years ago because it's a mostly 'hand-drawn' game- i think people just had no clue how rough the ride was going to be.
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  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,875
    I, for one, was originally a bit curious about the game, but when the $1000 mischarge story broke I quickly switched to the "oh hell no" camp and didn't look back. I'm sure I wasn't alone.
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  • ShinyFlygonShinyFlygon Member RarePosts: 618
    Gosh, it almost seems like an MMORPG is way too big and complex a project for a tiny new indie studio to tackle. Surely that can't be the case, or all these tiny indie companies wouldn't keep trying to do the impossible, right?
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  • NuncaBobNuncaBob Newbie CommonPosts: 8
    This game would have been a MASSIVE hit as a single-player RPG. Maybe some coop/summons stuff down the line. Amazing art and some cool ideas around narrative.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,990
    Angrakhan said:
    I, for one, was originally a bit curious about the game, but when the $1000 mischarge story broke I quickly switched to the "oh hell no" camp and didn't look back. I'm sure I wasn't alone.
    Yeah that was certainly my red flag.
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  • RaagnarzRaagnarz Member RarePosts: 647

    Angrakhan said:

    I, for one, was originally a bit curious about the game, but when the $1000 mischarge story broke I quickly switched to the "oh hell no" camp and didn't look back. I'm sure I wasn't alone.



    Exact same reaction I had. Saw it initially, loved how different it looked and caught my attention. It launched and I'm seeing catastrophic overcharging and duplicated charges on people's accounts and I deleted the game from my memory altogether.
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  • DhampirDhampir Member UncommonPosts: 189
    the game never started off right... to many issues and red flags.
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  • KumaponKumapon Member EpicPosts: 1,605
    edited June 2024
    Sometimes bad things happen. But the company refesed to help anyone who had payment issues, and just blindly kept marketing the game, on top of the blantant P2W. 

    The concept and art was cool, but the greedy rat company destroyed any trust in this game.  

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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,178
    Jandisoft is greedy and killed their own game. There was a lot of interest but their avaricious, grasping and buggy game could never survive their own missteps. Lesson learned, no another developer will try it thinking they are made of teflon.

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,484

    NuncaBob said:

    This game would have been a MASSIVE hit as a single-player RPG. Maybe some coop/summons stuff down the line. Amazing art and some cool ideas around narrative.



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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,484
    The "2D" graphics had me write it off, but as time went on I did think, actually the art is interesting, its not just the "usual arty suspects" saying that. That's rare for me. So a real shame, maybe a solo game could be made out of it?
  • KnightFalzKnightFalz Member EpicPosts: 4,591

    ShinyFlygon said:

    Gosh, it almost seems like an MMORPG is way too big and complex a project for a tiny new indie studio to tackle. Surely that can't be the case, or all these tiny indie companies wouldn't keep trying to do the impossible, right?



    It's been done to modest success albeit infrequently, so while not impossible the odds aren't good and the rewards aren't great.

    Still, for a few, it's been enough to keep them at it.
  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,178
    Even Xsolla was responsible for the multiple charges on the CC and other mistakes the monetization was very greedy. Ultimately this is what developers need to realise. If you intend to monetize your game this way and you don't attract enough players the pool of players you can pry money out of is small. In that situation you need to ease back on the monetisation or risk too many players who haven't played very long and can leave easily.

    Plus the game was very buggy and that didn't help. Good study on what greed and incompetence can accomplish.
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