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The Making Of Valhold Headlines Latest Newsletter

ShelassaShelassa MMORPG.COM Staff UncommonPosts: 616
edited March 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageThe Making Of Valhold Headlines Latest Newsletter

The newest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter has arrived. The latest in a series of developer diaries regarding creation of zones within the game is the centerpiece, this time the making of Valhold. In addition to a bit of information about how the zone is created the newsletter is packed with images showing what it looks like in the current build.

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  • ste2000ste2000 Member EpicPosts: 6,194
    Does this game still has claustrophobic small boxed zones?
    Quite disappointed in Richard Garriot, I was expecting much better than this.

  • danwest58danwest58 Member RarePosts: 2,012
    edited March 2016
    ste2000 said:
    Does this game still has claustrophobic small boxed zones?
    Quite disappointed in Richard Garriot, I was expecting much better than this.
    Its the problem with the game engine they are using,[mod edit] While Indy games will give some good ideas they will not be well executed.  
    Post edited by Amana on
  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    danwest58 said:
    ste2000 said:
    Does this game still has claustrophobic small boxed zones?
    Quite disappointed in Richard Garriot, I was expecting much better than this.
    Its the problem with the game engine they are using, plus add in the low level skills from developers from India.  While Indy games will give some good ideas they will not be well executed.  
    Aren't they using Unity? Everything I find in google searches says that engine is capable of producing open world games. On top of that ....games like Rust have been made with it by small amateur teams. 

    I really don't mind zoned games at all, yet I don't think the engine is a good excuse for how small their zones are. 

    For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson


  • ste2000ste2000 Member EpicPosts: 6,194

    danwest58 said:


    ste2000 said:

    Does this game still has claustrophobic small boxed zones?

    Quite disappointed in Richard Garriot, I was expecting much better than this.


    Its the problem with the game engine they are using,[mod edit] While Indy games will give some good ideas they will not be well executed.  



    They are using Unity, which is more than capable of handling a non instanced world.
    I really don't understand their decision.
    This is the most instanced MMO I ever played, I kept hitting invisible walls everywhere I turned.
    Really disappointed.

  • postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
    edited March 2016

    ste2000 said:

    Quite disappointed in Richard Garriot, I was expecting much better than this.



    I'm not. The guy hasn't made a successful game in over fifteen years.
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    ~~ postlarval ~~
  • FalstaffFalstaff Member UncommonPosts: 78
    i love everything about the game, except the constant zoning. if this game and Black Desert Online could me merged, I would probably have my perfect game!
  • fodell54fodell54 Member RarePosts: 865
    Not going to lie I only clicked on this because of @Falstaff sweet avatar. Nothing better then a tamer riding a Nightmare.
  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    IDK the game personally but if that picture is any indication ,it looks bad to amateurish.
    I see maybe 3 textures 2 brown,a wood one and the dirt and then the green leaf texture,pretty sad effort really but sure makes it easy to not have to test the map for lag and draw issues.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    edited March 2016
    Falstaff said:
    i love everything about the game, except the constant zoning. if this game and Black Desert Online could me merged, I would probably have my perfect game!
    I don't mind zoning at all,as long as it is not too long,like 15 seconds max is ok with me.However judging by what i see this game could easily draw itself on the fly and be seamless although there is no such thing as seamless ,only to the eye.

    IMO this game is not a passionate game,his design reflects solely on the cash shop and that is always a bad thing.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

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