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Doesn't this New World thing strike anyone else as odd?
MightyUnclean
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Doesn't anyone else think that the recent New World announcements seem kind of suspect? The game is released in an alpha state with very limited content. Then, it is pulled and drops off the map entirely for several months for a massive overhaul. Now, it's suddenly an almost fully realized game that will release in six months. Doesn't that seem kind of odd, especially if it's truly an MMORPG and considering the time those games take to develop? Maybe I'm just used to the endless development cycles of crowdfunded, indie MMO's and don't appreciate what a large studio can do. My guess, though, is that there really isn't going to be much content to the game. In the description of the game on this site, it does describe it as an MMO, but not an MMORPG. I think it's going to be a survival game where the RPG portion is left entirely up to the players. Maybe that's good, maybe that's bad.
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There is also a lot of crafting and exploring to do. There is like a GvG clan war type PVP where you attack enemy bases or defend. It is quite fun but I did not find any dungeons. I didn't get very high level but it was challenging as you level up. There is constantly watching your back whilst attacking stuff and if you're the explore harvester type you still have to watch your back for someone sneaking up to you.
Definately worth a look at in my experience.
Seems this will be on one island,likely not a whole lot of replay value once you have covered the map.So it might be an ok game for a few weeks then it'll get boring with the rinse repeat gaming.
It is better to not expect much and just wait and see.
I laugh when i see ideas like "PRE ORDER" now,i can't imagine how dumb a person would be to pre order.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/14/new-world-has-appadiscusses-opting-out-of-pvp-and-colonialism/
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My guess is what @DMKano is saying. The Twitch integration will be amazing and they will try to use that to generate hype for all the sheeple that apparently love to watch people play instead of actually play the game and then, subsequently, buy the game cause some dipshit streamer likes it as his/her flavor of the month game.....
Unless the scope has changed it is an MMORPG..unless you don't consider thousands playing on the same server an MMORPG.
For those who got into the alpha early and got the impression that it’s a survival game I do understand why you felt that way... I actually felt that way when I first started back in early October 2018 but you’ll see that’s just not the case. It may not be a game for everyone but it’s not just another survival game.
They have a lot of future money on the line with how much they invested into making the Lumberyard branch of the CryEngine. Buying out twitch and having lumberyard yard integrated with twitch. And integrating lumberyard with AWS.
Twitch is probably the most profitable streaming service that's starting to lose some ground to other competitors. So getting something like New World Twitch integration up to show devs is a longterm play. You can expect them to have a write up evangelizing how many new players they got from twitch integration. And eventually an Indy with a few posts of how much purchase traffic they got from twitch. And Streamers to nag beg you to purchase games through twitch integration so they get a cut.
AWS is the most expensive cloud service. So a combination of having something to show suits to say our stuff lets you do this. Lumberyard's must use AWS if you use third party servers will also be immensely profitable.
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As far as PVP, it is now a toggle, so no world PvP. This changes the entire core mechanic of the game, from where it was in Alpha.
https://www.reddit.com/r/New_World_MMO/
The issue now is that they are changing the entire direction of the game from the last Alpha. PvP was the core mechanic. Without it, there is no risk at all.
Also, they have added 3 factions ala ESO, which I personally hate.
And what PvP there is, is now instanced. So, yes it appears to be a new game from what was played in last Alpha.
It sounds like it went from sandbox to now themepark
Again, the New World reddit thread has lots of great discussions with many of the Alpha players chiming in.
In fact I think that if Amazon were to make their focus the development of good tools and systems for game developers, they would likely find that after having paid some big studios to create content (and they having created better tools because of this) smaller studios would naturally follow, and they might not even have to pay for a second round from the larger studios. Amazon needs to look at its tools and services like a console platform. It is a platform that needs to have content developed for it, and that if sufficiently supported, can take off on its own.
Amazon game development seems to be in Southern California which has a glut of talented mmorpg programmers that were let go due to poor management style. Talking about SOE firing veteran programmers for lower skilled lower cost programmers.