https://youtu.be/INd9SfIbWN4
>Brad McQuaid did it again
I hope you're all ready for the real Everquest Next. I was disappointed that they decided to stick with the tab target combat instead of optioning for a more active system ala dragons dogma / dark souls. At least then there would be a nice blend of individual skill and stat manipulation. The environment obstacles and mana relics are nice touches, although I'm not too sure how well modern mmos audiences are going to react to what is essentially a hard core pre-velious EQ clone with pretty graphics. I mean part of the problem with mmos to begin with was them being too much alike with the same hotbars, talent trees, class archetypes, ect, etc. And I don't really see anything that genre bending and new coming out of Parthenon. In fact, all I see is a nearly 20 year old game design with a new coat of paint. That alone should be disappointing to anyone who is a fan of big worlds and online communities.
Gentlemen, how do we boot MMO gaming in the ass to progress the genre?
>>330828395
MMO's are a dead interest genre.
>Gentlemen, how do we boot MMO gaming in the ass to progress the genre?
Stop making the PC part of a huge linear story.
Let me guess, another sandbox everything-and-the-kitchen-sink MMO made on no budget that will totally take off and revitalize the genre? Sure.
>>330830419
I really wish people would stop calling these Sandbox MMOs when they're, at best, open world MMOs.
Placing a house on a pre-designated plot of housing-land isn't a 'sandbox', God damnit.
Either you make good gameplay or don't make it at all.
If your game has shitty combat mechanics, don't make it 90% of the experience.
there are way too many mmo's coming out every year and they're all shit
>>330828395
looks more boring than wow.
>>330828395
>That fucking terrible UI from 2003
>Just awful movement and animations
>Generic tab target and button mashing gameplay
>World objects are in grid lines, making the world not seem natural at all.
>Visual effects looks like something out of Oblivion, IN CURRENT YEAR.
>Generic setting with muhh humans vs orcs and ogres throughout the entire game.
This is nothing more than a build-up for a fundraiser, if they don't have one already.
Worse than meme desert online.
>>330832730
Considering it's based on the ruleset of EQ and a precursor to WoW I would expect so
>>330833096
They already had a Kickstarter that failed and it looked worse. I honestly have no idea why they think a mmo with game play straight out of 1999 is acceptable to anyone but the most stubborn of nostalgiafags.
The genre moved on with the refinement of WoW and the sandboxs of SWG and Eve. Time to take it another step, not retreat into the past.
>>330833817
Is this real life?
https://pantheonmmo.com/join/sign_up/
>>330833817
If they know they're appealing to a niche they could sustain themselves on around 10k active accounts. Not sure how big their team is
>>330828395
>the real Everquest Next.
You'll learn someday, anon.
>>330833817
>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1588672538/pantheon-rise-of-the-fallen
460k dollars, and this was the result.
I want off this ride.
I actually watched the twitch steam and saw a lot of promise. The game is in a prealpha state, but I thought the group dynamics showed a lot of promise. After watching the stream I backed it for 100$ . This game is the closest we are getting to a resurrection of classic EQ and I'm willing to gamble 100 on it.
>>330834750
Why wouldnt they do flexible funding
Why would they have such a loft goal.
It's much easier to set low so you're guaranteed something and have high stretch goals especially if they ended up making the game anyway
>>330834906
>mfw I realized the source of why the MMORPG genre today is so absolutely fucked.
>All those human races
Pass
>>330828395
can his be played now? Is it gonna be free?
>>330833817
>>330833096
>>330832730
There is literally no possible way to please /v/
>>330835050
>Why wouldnt they do flexible funding
not a thing on kickstarter
>>330828395
>I was disappointed that they decided to stick with the tab target combat instead of optioning for a more active system ala dragons dogma / dark souls
this shit didn't work in ESO. tab targeting is fucking fine.
>>330828395
https://youtu.be/m8Mx3nWwDF0?t=41s
/thread
>>330835746
Oh, I forgot that's only IndieGoGo
>>330836034
>You must be 18 years old to post on this website
>>330837384
nice meme
how many games in the last two years have been "the next everquest"
Can this be played now?
Looks like a snoozeville
>the most boring looking world that an mmo has ever offered
>>330839365
epic
>>330838598
Only 2.
The rest were the next WoW
>>330828395
Looking forward to it.
The guys seem to know what people really want I just hope theyll deliver and it wont be another Vanguard
>>330830662
>Placing a house on a pre-designated plot of housing-land isn't a 'sandbox', God damnit.
I just think you don't know what sandbox is.