Octopus Overlords

Crowfall

Anyone check this out yet? I stumbled across it today and it took me straight back to my time with Shadowbane which took me straight back to my time here. I had to check out the old digs and I'm happy to see things still going.

edit: fixed link

Arise dead thread!!!!

After over 6 years in development this game is finally releasing on July 6th. My guess is it's gonna be a mess lol. But if you're in the mood to try out a "new" MMORPG this one is finally coming out. I Kickstarted it with a big contribution so I kind of have to give it a chance at this point

https://crowfall.com/en-US/



P.S. If this one doesn't float your boat, I've heard good things about Amazon's New World which is supposed to be out on August 31.

Did you play the beta? Was it a mess then?

I got into the beta and lasted about an hour. I didn't see anything special about it and thematically it didn't do anything for me. Hope it's abetter experience for you!

My memories of Shadowbane are mostly of me standing outside the OO guild city and asking if I could come in about 3 times before they sent out someone to kill me.

Then Yellowking and I sat on a rock for about 15 minutes after I respawned and talked about the game. Then someone from OO ran by and killed me.

hepcat wrote:Then Yellowking and I sat on a rock for about 15 minutes after I respawned and talked about the game.

Ah those were the good old days.

And if we're on the subject of memorable OO MMO experiences, Rittch's underwear-only dance in Star Wars Galaxies is still ranked #1 hardest I've ever laughed in any MMO ever.

Arise semi-dead thread...

I also kickstarted this way back in the day, and didn't dabble with it much during the early access. It always seemed very unfinished whenever I dropped in.

Well it launched yesterday. I played a lot in the morning, and then in the early afternoon - the servers crashed hard. The game was largely unplayable for the rest of the day. They had additional maintenance this morning, but after that - it's been smooth sailing on the servers.

The newbie experience is a lot more polished than whenever I lasted played months/years ago. In fact, it almost goes on too long, in my opinion. For a game that is not your traditional WoW MMO, the new player experience is VERY much quest after quest. It introduces the RvR/PvP/crafting stuff, but there's lots of generic running and killing mobs in between.

While I generally hate PvP, I mostly enjoy crafting and RvR type stuff more. And the progression for crafting is ... interesting. I joined up with a crafting guild who seems to have been playing for awhile and they know their stuff. So I've got experienced people to answer questions. I've got a good start on an initial character, and was able to jump an alt up to nearly max level with a click of a button. (I think all players? or all KSers get a month(?) of starter VIP time, allowing for alt level-jumps).

Anyway, I was able to play a lot with no tech issues, sociable guildies, and decent progress. Also - no ganking (though I stayed in relatively safe areas). I'll keep playing and see how the game goes, and see how the guild goes. With a bit of a down period for my gaming (I've been playing GW2 a lot if that sheds light on the state of my gaming time), this will eat up time, and I'll probably end up getting my money's worth.

TLDR - Nothing earthshattering as a game. But it scratches that RvR/crafting itch (that I was looking for when I KSed). And relatively polished with few tech problems.

EDIT: Strange for this to be in the "Gaming In General" forum... was that because of the KS origin?

Bummer, there's a $40 USD box cost? I mean I guess that makes sense since it was crowdfunded, but I can't justify dropping that much on an MMO that's not a sure thing. I see there's "no monthly fee", only there is, in the form of VIP passes, like every other so-called F2P MMORPG I can think of except for Guild Wars 2 lol.

I don't really want a PvP-focused game so this probably wasn't for me in the first place, but I'm really dying for a new MMOPRG.