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Black Desert: Beta Videos Surface
SBFord
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Black Desert's first beta event is underway for the next several days. MMOCast.com has posted several videos that show off some of the Korean game's terrific looking features, including how jumping will work in different ways throughout the game.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Looks Awesome
is it just me or does the combat look like u just do the same thing over and over again with a different one thrown in every once in a while ?
I mean to me the combat looks really boring so far .. i could only watch 2 and a half videos and i didnt finish the first 2 really ..
Given that it's beta, I'm not too worried about how pretty combat looks. As long as it works properly is really all that counts.
My concern is that this appears to be yet another pretty Asian mmo. They are generally GORGEOUS to look at, and I mean that as a compliment. However I find that a lot of MMO's that come from Asia generally miss the mark when it comes to North American markets. They may get some subscribers starting off, but there's usually little substance to keep anyone around for any length of time.
looks good, as for the combat looking like the same thing over and over again what game isn't like that, especially in the lower lvls?
I said previously that I will with hold my judgment of this game until I saw more on it, but so far I am liking what I see.
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the graphics are amazing, much like we have become to expect from Asian games lately. however there is no way to know how it will play until we try it. Tera is also amazing graphically but the whole gameplay feels very rooted and static. the class system is also incredibly rigid and the world ends up feeling....plasticky? (for a lack of better words) it just doens't feel alive and breathing...
i truly hope this game takes all the good stuff from games like Tera/Aion and makes it into a Western friendly package.
Nothing about group play or how parties are handled.
If i see another 4-man party size MMO, I'm going to run a muck and destroy everyone.
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I like what I see. But you are kidding yourselves if you think you will get your hands on it in the next three years (legitimately)
Well 3 years is Pearl Abyss' plan right now and with the rate the game industry is growing who knows how things will be in the next couple years the localization may be sped up by quite a bit.
But I am guessing 3-4 years and wishing for 2.
But I am guessing 3-4 years and wishing for 2.
I predict a western pub gets announced in about 18 months. Then they spend another year localizing. Wildcard maybe they end up starting from scratch after all that for a PS4 port.
Two years in my hot little hands would be much better though hehe
well at least some MMO's are evolving.
Even if it is at the pace of a slug through a salt field.
Combat still looks like garbage. And trying to cover it up with pretty scenes and cinematics can't help that.
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Pearl Abyss, the company behind this game, was founded by many of the people who worked on Continent of the Ninth. I really got the feel from the early interviews that this was the game they always wanted to make and now that they are on their own they can finally do so.
I see what you mean, but I think that's being optimistic. Using ArcheAge as a reference, the game will still have to translate, "Westernize", and find a Western Publisher at the very least. It's taking a while for that to happen with AA, so I wouldn't count on seeing Black Desert for a while.
And I still haven't seen any black damn deserts.
Have to agree with other posters, the constant visual shaking during combat is going to cause visual fatigue.
Unless they make some changes this game is a no play.
Secondly the game has classes, hence it is NOT a sandbox, it is sandbox like. These developers just want to get on the sandbox bandwagon without actually knowing what a sandbox is.