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[Column] General: Divergence Online Part II

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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This week's Independency continues the interview Lisa Jonte conducted with Divergence Online creator, Ethan Casner. Find out what more he's willing to reveal about Divergence Online in Part II of our exclusive interview.

Lisa: You mentioned lore with regard to factions and it brings me to a common point of contention among some MMO players, the idea and value of story in a game. There are those who contend that a "true" sandbox game has no story whatsoever. How do you respond to that?

Ethan Casner: Our sandbox has no pre-determined story. You were somewhere else. You’re here now. What comes next is up to the players. I do enjoy hypothesizing about the possible shape of the world a year after launch though. I wonder if it’ll be broken up into individual corporate kingdoms with feudal lords battling in the open grassland, or a large zerg empire dominating everything while it’s generals conspire to piecemeal the organization into their own states.

Read more of Lisa Jonte's Independency: Divergence Online Part II.

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  • MKS2007MKS2007 Member Posts: 11

    If this ever gets finished it will be awesome :)

     

     

  • blutigfaustblutigfaust Member UncommonPosts: 129
    looks like a good game for gamers...by gamers....and not the stuffed shirts greedy for that nest quick buck

    Current games playing: MechWarrior Online
    Games being watched:  Project Genom
    Favorite played games: SWG, RomaVictor, and Xsyon

  • sumo0sumo0 Member UncommonPosts: 115

    Hard to not be excited about this game.

    I sacrifised a goat to the old gods in the hopes that Divergence Online will succeed.

    Tobad i had no money in my bank account when i noticed the campaign.

  • mCalvertmCalvert Member CommonPosts: 1,283
    Not happy about his payment comments. Hopefully he will realize buy to play or sub are the only worthy models. Sub is proven.
  • XuranuXuranu Member Posts: 3
    I love payment models like runescape and tibia, there is free content but if you want to experience everything then you need to subscribe.
  • HerkoHerko Member UncommonPosts: 40
    Our sandbox has no pre-determined story. You were somewhere else. You’re here now. What comes next is up to the players. I do enjoy hypothesizing about the possible shape of the world a year after launch though. I wonder if it’ll be broken up into individual corporate kingdoms with feudal lords battling in the open grassland, or a large zerg empire dominating everything while it’s generals conspire to piecemeal the organization into their own states.

     

     

    Amen, bro!! :D

     

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  • KabugiKabugi Member Posts: 1
    The game is definitely ambitious and has perfect timing given the lack of this kind of thing. Yes, there are options - but only a few. I love seeing a passionate person decide to take matters into their own hands.

    Additionally, bc the dev team is independent and small, they can implement the game however they want without having to take shit from any investor (other than maybe their audience and given the scope of the game, that wouldn't be a bad thing).
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