Anything new on the Sandbox/Skill-Based/Open-world front?

fivetigers · November 2011

Been awhile since I've been on here so I'm just checking in to see if there's anthing new on the radar. Is Mortal still broken? How's Dawntide doing? Any new games that I should know about or that are getting a lot of hype?

Rohn · November 2011

Originally posted by fivetigers
Been awhile since I've been on here so I'm just checking in to see if there's anthing new on the radar. Is Mortal still broken? How's Dawntide doing? Any new games that I should know about or that are getting a lot of hype?

Mortal still has its issues, but it has improved significantly since launch. The development cycle is still slow, however. They do have a major overhaul to the Territorial Control system coming out in the very near future, which is a good thing.

Some links for that:

Recent Update: http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/68704-update-2011-11-15-a.html

TC Rules: http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/68764-territory-control.html

Progress on Dawntide continues at a glacial pace. WAI was going to launch on October 1st because they ran out of money, but secured more funding so it's still in beta. No word on a new release date:

Dawntide news: http://www.dawntide.net/

ArcheAge is probably the biggest game currently in development. CBT4 for it starts on December 8th, though the game is being developed in Korea, and does not have a NA or EU publisher yet, to my knowledge. Looks very promising, however.

ArcheAge info: http://www.archeage.com/en

Other than those, some small indies are working on a couple of games, Embers of Caerus and Life is Feudal. Both are really far away from launch, unfortunately.