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New World Delayed to August 25, Closed Beta in July
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New World Delayed to August 25, Closed Beta in July
In a new update, we learn that New World has been delayed to August 25 with the Closed Beta starting in July.
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The game was never going to be ready in time even without covid-19, as a natural result of doing a complete core gameplay design turn-around just half a year before planning to release.
They could have been honest and said the truth, “We changed too much of the original game and did not give ourselves enough time to replace removed features and systems”.
Do not get excited just yet, four months still isn’t enough time to create a diverse enough selection of PvE content for a PvE game. At best, you’re looking at additional content the scope of a small content patch.
When you are on an ambitious schedule like they are, any little thing will set them back. Something like COVID-19 where people are calling in or people gearing up to work (hello, there was a run on computer equipment), keeping on schedule would be neigh impossible.
There's going to be a ton of bankruptcy filings due to the SHUTDOWN because of COVID-19, let alone projects being delayed.
― James O'Barr, The Crow
“Sarah: "Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever...”
― James O'Barr, The Crow
They're not random at all but rather scheduled once a day with a maximum number of players set at 50, 40 of those chosen randomly from people who signed up the day before and 10 chosen by the governor.
It's like the PvP arena play but recycled with mobs taking the role of attacker.
It was only the idea of open world random invasions by the mobs that interested me about the PvE part of the game. This instanced thing they've put together that you don't even have a guarantee of being able to participate in, is pretty well the last nail on the coffin of my mild interest in this game.
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I’d rather hear carebears in the wrong game cry than “the game is just boring” from everyone.
When delivery drivers start getting stick you may find that people become reluctant to order by phone.
Brazil only has a (reported) 18k cases currently - up 2k in a day though. (10th April)
Please take the virus very seriously. Stay safe.
It's already dead for most ppl who actually bothered to gather info about it.
I should be very disappointed, but I really think it was needed. I think this game wont be ready until the fall imo. They have the resources to make this the best MMO out there. Merging and making pve and pvp work together is not easy, but I think they can do it.
Open world loot 'Lord Of The Flies' was dropped because it eventually kills a game and they know that.
I meant no offence. To me your post came across as somewhat "dismissive" is all. Obviouslyu it wasn't.
Far to many people however are "ignoring" the issue, calling it false or - in some cases - simply hope to profit. We have a cure ... we have a test ...... right ....
And yes Brazil's President aligned themselves with the US President to "dismiss" the issue when there were only a handful of cases and early steps could have been taken. Fortunately many mayors etc. in Brazil did and - hopefully - it will avoid what is now playing out in the US. 500k today / tomorrow.
Quite some media hoax .... using 5G to activate the virus .... etc.
(A call out to Luiza Trajano as well, a Brazilian business owner who adapted the early 1980s with "online sales" before the word had "online sales". An inspiration.)
And we got LoLs from @Gdemami !
and then follow with:
you cannot wonder that you get loled.