RE: A megaweekend of Lost Ark ~ day one
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Yeah the comparison to Outward is right on.
I played Outward on Ps4 for maybe the first few hours and ended up trading it in after that.
I enjoyed the time I spent in that game and might end up going back to it someday.
Spell Master feels more like my kinda thing right out the gate tho ,its hard to say exactly why right now, it just ticks so may boxes right from the get go.
Ill try and sum up my thoughts about it when I make my post and upload the footage I have tomorrow.
Did you ever play any of the Gothic games? I never got round to picking any of them up but I have watched some lets plays. I can see where these devs got the inspiration for this title.
One other thing , did you ever play Everquest 2?
I read in their forums they are opening a brand new Lore and Legend server on Feb 22nd.Its giving new players the first 7 of EQ2's expansions to play around in but every new character starts at lv 90 with a full set of gear.
Going to lower level zones will auto scale a character to that zones content level so basically grinding exp is not a thing and the focus is on experiencing content without worrying about levels or gear.
It sounds really interesting ,Ive never seen any MMO do that before....7 expansions open on day 1 of the server launch is an insane amount of content.
The main thing is gaining achievement's for completing content and getting a place on the achievement leader board.
If you haven't played Everquest 2 before it might be worth taking a look at, I will definitely be jumping in on the 22nd,we could colab and make some vids.I know the content of EQ2s first 4 expansions really well ,not to familiar with everything after that tho.
Here is the announcement post which gives some more info.
https://www.everquest2.com/news/eq2-lore-and-legend-server
I've looked at Everquest before but wasn't really interested in it, I'm a bit picky when it comes to MMOs. 😅 And having just started in Lost Ark and actually enjoying it I won't be starting a new MMO for quite some time! I think I've found my MMO-Home for the year.
I never played any of the Gothic games, I only really noticed them a couple of years ago and to my eye they appeared a bit too dated to really give a try now. I'm not against older games, I still happily play Morrowind on occasion. But unless it's exceptional, getting used to old clunky controls and animations and things isn't really my cup of tea.
Just wondering, does this Spellmaster the Saga have character customisation? Just had a quick google and there was a steam discussions thread asking the question a couple of years ago when it was in early access, but I didn't really see a definitive answer.
There is no character creation at the start no ,I guess the way you customise the character is by the way you choose to acquire and develop the different skills. There isn't even the option to pick male or female which now that I think of it is kinda strange.
I need to dig deeper into it really.It seems right from the start the whole world is open to explore and go where you want but with the first 2 quests leading you in a certian story arc.
I'm only an hour into it but already discovered some interesting mechanics that I havent seen in other games...I had a fight with a wolf that killed me the first time I tried to fight it. On the second attempt I backed away after hitting it with a fireball and a staff attack, when I crossed a river it wouldn't follow to attack me, like it was scared of the deep running water...I thought that was pretty cool and I guess kind realistic.
I think the reason I never played the Gothic games is similar to yours , looks dated and clunky even if it does have alot of interesting things going for it.
Ive tried a few times to get into the original Everquest but could never get past the dated graphics there.
Everquest 2 on the other hand I have alot of time for, it was the first MMO I ever played way back in late 2004, I stayed with it for the first few expansions which was up until around 2010.Its still one of my favourite games of all time, I get hyped every time there's a new speciality server.
New servers are always interesting especially on launch day ,I have a hell of alot to say about EQ2 but I will save it for a post next week when I find out exactly what this Lore and Legend server has to offer.