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New World Aeternum Attempts To Answer Why It Isn't An MMO In Latest Q&A | MMORPG.com
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New World Aeternum Attempts To Answer Why It Isn't An MMO In Latest Q&A | MMORPG.com
New World is attempting to assuage fans of the MMO in their latest Q&A video, and in doing so may have come off looking a bit worse for wear.
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Did a lot of players ask for another 10 man raid?
If you're into raids why wouldn't you be in FFIVX?
The player base that is left is the most toxic cesspool of entitlement i have seen in any of the games i play.
Fucking kickstarter scam level rugpull toward pc players.
The problem I have is this: Why are players asking for things (the game to change) instead of finding a game that already has those features?
Who are these people who buy a game and then immediately request that it become a different game?
Who are the developers that listen to this nonsense?
I bet me and 20 loud people on the forums could talk them into it.
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In their view every time a game fails it is because they didn't cater to open world full loot PvP - because of all the crying 'carebears'.
These are literally the dumbest people in gaming, bar none.
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1: In FO, the most feared Pks on the server were women, so there's that. The testosterone thing rings a bit hollow.
But I have concerns as what was said in explanation is hard to believe:
"you have to remember, a lot of people have never heard of New World."
- These would be the console players who never leave their basement I take it? You guys know a lot more console only players than me, is there any at all that have not heard of the game?
"the changes we've done to the storytelling, the way we tell the story, because of the way our camera and combat navigation work through the wor(l)d, we feel like we're across so many genres, but this pushes us solidly into the ARPG, which is a little more well known on console."
- (world btw not word) So the way you tell a story in an ARPG is different to the way you tell it in a MMO and you can see that in NW? The camera and combat navigation are more like an ARPG than a MMO? I have seen the videos it says MMORPG, very loudly to me. Finally for you guys who know console only players, are we to believe that the term MMO is any well less known to them than ARPG?
You better hope their big semi-rebrand/console launch is successful. Otherwise, enjoy maintenance mode with no updates besides flash sales sometime soon!
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Scot
Also an Adult.
Now admittedly misinterpreted news stories by some media outlets added fuel to the fire, but AGS only has themselves to blame. They are in crisis mode and this is the equivalent of throwing a lot at a problem to see what sticks. AGS is in trouble. Period. NW, last I checked, had fewer than 10k concurrent players. Lost Ark dropped off a cliff and the rumors about Throne and Liberty are really really bad. Amazon does not accept failure and we are seeing behind the scenes issues play out publicly. I loved the game and still do. I have well over 500 hours in it and enjoyed it but the end game is boring and unless you are in some uber group or company, PVP and hardcore dungeons simply suck. And the entire game is built around population. I said when the game launched that once the population plummeted, it would be like a snowball and get infinitely worse quickly. There was little activity to keep players that was not group based or a horrific grind. AGS was not prepared for how fast players exhaust content.
If anyone has the money to fully explore a concept and tweak it until it works, it would be these guys. How many indie games have we seen come and go, wishing they'd have the cash to get the title over the finish line and realize the initial concept?
Amazon studios has the money to really "pay their dues" to learn what they're doing and commit to an idea until it works. To launch a block buster on the first try - to expect that - is to insult the entire nature of how hard work, persistence, and experience works.
They could have done a FF and closed the doors reopening a couple of years later if need be, that's what I suggested at the time. They had a ton of cash from the launch to do that, but my guess is that's been squandered as the tried to make big changes to a game on the fly. You do not have to work in this industry to realise how much more problematic that is.
I believe AGS led current and returning players to believe that a meaningful change was coming to New World that'd change the way the game is being played currently and I bet players thought they were getting new content.
At this point, why not just morph into a Pokemon clone - that seems to work well.
I think the developers for Final Fantasy were very clear on the changes that were needed.
also think that it was very “personal “ for the company as they were embarrassed that they failed to deliver.
Not sure Amazon cares that much.
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They are being less than forthcoming. Some information about that upcoming that had been on their site is now somehow gone.
It mentioned that new characters would choose one of several character types, each being given a name that would typically be used to identify a class. These each had a specific weapon pair they were to play through the story with.
Either that was an unintended slip of information not yet meant to be revealed, or they inadvertently posted something that was once meant to but was abandoned.
Either way, something isn't quite as their videos would have us believe.