Forsaken World: Jon Belliss Interview

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Perfect World Entertainment's Forsaken World has officially enntered closed beta testing. MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy recently caught up with producer Jon Belliss to talk about Forsaken World. The conversation wandered from the ambitious nature of the game to the potentially contentious player base. Check out our exclusive interview and then let us know your thoughts!

MMORPG: One of the more ambitious features of the game is the ability for ten players per server to take on the role of gods. Could you elaborate a little on this feature? How do players become gods, and what does that mean for the rest of the players?

JONATHAN BELLISS: The God System is definitely one of the most interesting features in Forsaken World. Each week, ten players will be able to become gods based upon their highest achievements. As a god, players will inherit special skills related to their god title that can be shared with others within their server. A player can become the God of Transportation if he or she explored the world more than anyone else that week and gain the ability to teleport. This is easily one of the most ambitious features of Forsaken World, and the development team is spending a ton of time to ensuring that the system is entertaining, functional, and balanced.

Read more Jon Belliss Talks Forsaken World.

Domy1

Nothing new here, just the chance for more PW marketing

How old is this interview? I would assume it was in the last couple of days so where's the questions about beta access, the missleading supply of lottery  registration (sry beta keys), the outpouring on the official forums, the bad mouthing of people against PW practices? Even yesterday sites were advertising keys with the phrase, get your key, download the client and start playing

No-where because either the interview is more than a week old (apologies to Bill Murphy if that is the case) or it's a question of don't bite the hand that feeds you.

I understand the advertising revenue must be quite good from PWE so I really didn't expect anything and like I said before you don't really wanna upset that but it would have been a nice journalistic change to have asked some gritty questions.

Yes am raging but nothing compared to the official forums and yes I will play the game eventually (not when CBT started as we were all led to believe up until a cpl of weeks ago), and it better be fkin good

Nephaerius

I really wish you all had asked about the whole Closed Beta fiasco.  Personally it's not a huge deal to me, but I would like to know more about what happened and why they continue to give out beta keys that appear to provide immediate access to the CBT, but will not actually provide access for 4 weeks or more.

Nephaerius

[Mod Edit]

 You misunderstand my post.  I DON'T WANT TO PLAY this game.  I never did.  I don't know when beta is, was, or will be.  I am personally interested in the underlying story about closed beta selection though.  I like how you say "no one cares how they allocate their beta keys."  Clearly myself and the previous poster do.  That would preclude your statement about no one and this also does not take into account the multiple threads on this forum where other people both express your point of view as well as interest in what occurred with beta selection.  Maybe you should "get over" my interest and inquiry for more info as it appears to bother you a great deal.

I think it is poor form for a forum site that has multiple threads concerning a specific topic to overlook this topic when interviewing one of the creator's of said game.  If the interview was done prior to the events that occurred then fine.  I simply made my post because in the future if the same situation occurs I would like to see the question asked.

micaelmorais

PWE dont deserve  my money no more, because they treat their old costumers as a mount of trash like they did with me.

I am subscrive in pwe since 2008 i already spend more than 5000 dolares and now i m like trash to them.

is ridiculous the way they managed the closed beta phase doing some kind of P2W, and ignoring their costumers wish i never saw such atitude in all my experience in mmorpg games.

Dont forget they are rich now and we are trash..

great work pwe i bean all this time defending your company from bad feedback but right now i will be 1 more who wanna see your company faill in near future because u loose all honestity and respect from your costumers and good luck with liers and machine of making money. Take my last 2 cents BASTARDS.

BillMurphy

Originally posted by Nephaerius

[Mod Edit]

 You misunderstand my post.  I DON'T WANT TO PLAY this game.  I never did.  I don't know when beta is, was, or will be.  I am personally interested in the underlying story about closed beta selection though.  I like how you say "no one cares how they allocate their beta keys."  Clearly myself and the previous poster do.  That would preclude your statement about no one and this also does not take into account the multiple threads on this forum where other people both express your point of view as well as interest in what occurred with beta selection.  Maybe you should "get over" my interest and inquiry for more info as it appears to bother you a great deal.

I think it is poor form for a forum site that has multiple threads concerning a specific topic to overlook this topic when interviewing one of the creator's of said game.  If the interview was done prior to the events that occurred then fine.  I simply made my post because in the future if the same situation occurs I would like to see the question asked.

 

Hey mate,

As a matter of fact my interview was crafted before the hullaballoo about beta access.  Had it been done after the fact, I still might not have included it in this particular interview either.  Mainly because this one was meant to overview some of the game's mechanics.  However, I do think a Q&A for the issue you bring up is in order and I just might posit it to PWE soon.

-Bill

gaeanprayer

Originally posted by BillMurphy

Originally posted by Nephaerius

[Mod Edit]

 You misunderstand my post.  I DON'T WANT TO PLAY this game.  I never did.  I don't know when beta is, was, or will be.  I am personally interested in the underlying story about closed beta selection though.  I like how you say "no one cares how they allocate their beta keys."  Clearly myself and the previous poster do.  That would preclude your statement about no one and this also does not take into account the multiple threads on this forum where other people both express your point of view as well as interest in what occurred with beta selection.  Maybe you should "get over" my interest and inquiry for more info as it appears to bother you a great deal.

I think it is poor form for a forum site that has multiple threads concerning a specific topic to overlook this topic when interviewing one of the creator's of said game.  If the interview was done prior to the events that occurred then fine.  I simply made my post because in the future if the same situation occurs I would like to see the question asked.

 

Hey mate,

As a matter of fact my interview was crafted before the hullaballoo about beta access.  Had it been done after the fact, I still might not have included it in this particular interview either.  Mainly because this one was meant to overview some of the game's mechanics.  However, I do think a Q&A for the issue you bring up is in order and I just might posit it to PWE soon.

-Bill

 

It would be nice. I think it's ridiculous that they continue handing out beta keys, as they've been doing for months now, then tell people oh hey...you thought we meant this beta? LOL.

 

It's a stupid practice that does not need to become a popular one. Grill them on it, skewer them, roast them on a spit fire then feed them to the dogs.

 

Or yanno...just ask them wtf. That's fine, too.

Juulpower

My brother tried this game out, and it totally sucked. Gameplay fails, graphics fail, very laggy... and you don't feel like you're a part of a world at all. Another Asian fail MMO. 'but Forsaken World seems to be upping the ante by aiming to be the kind of experience people would normally pay a monthly subscription for' <-- Lol, totally not, even Flyff is better ;D

Tolana

Another disappointed PWE customer.  Another over-hyped game driven by their marketing machine.  No thank you, PWE has lost my vote of support.

micaelmorais

Hello, we are PWE.

Please give us all your money because our games are the best P2W games in the world, we dont care if u need money to keep u alive or even if u are saving money to buy a house to your lovely family.

we just want your money until we rip your last cent, and then we delete u like trash because we are PWE.

 

Nephaerius

Originally posted by BillMurphy

Originally posted by Nephaerius

[Mod Edit]

 You misunderstand my post.  I DON'T WANT TO PLAY this game.  I never did.  I don't know when beta is, was, or will be.  I am personally interested in the underlying story about closed beta selection though.  I like how you say "no one cares how they allocate their beta keys."  Clearly myself and the previous poster do.  That would preclude your statement about no one and this also does not take into account the multiple threads on this forum where other people both express your point of view as well as interest in what occurred with beta selection.  Maybe you should "get over" my interest and inquiry for more info as it appears to bother you a great deal.

I think it is poor form for a forum site that has multiple threads concerning a specific topic to overlook this topic when interviewing one of the creator's of said game.  If the interview was done prior to the events that occurred then fine.  I simply made my post because in the future if the same situation occurs I would like to see the question asked.

 

Hey mate,

As a matter of fact my interview was crafted before the hullaballoo about beta access.  Had it been done after the fact, I still might not have included it in this particular interview either.  Mainly because this one was meant to overview some of the game's mechanics.  However, I do think a Q&A for the issue you bring up is in order and I just might posit it to PWE soon.

-Bill

 

 Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it.  I understand why you did not ask the question here due to time and also not being appropriate to the format.  I look forward to hearing if PWE has any comments about beta in the future.  Thanks again.

jayarte

Very last sentence of article reads:

 

"The cash shop is not supposed to define your gameplay experience; it is simply there to compliment it." 

(Italics mine)

com·pli·ment

145/n. ?k?mpl?m?nt; v. ?k?mpl??m?nt/ Show1.152  an153 expression154 of155 praise,156 commendation,157 or158 admiration:159 A160 sincere161 compliment162 boosts163 one's164 morale.165

2.166 a167 formal168 act169 or170 expression171 of172 civility,173 respect,174 or175 regard:176 The177 mayor178 paid179 him180 the181 compliment182 of183 escorting184 him.185

 

3.186 compliments,187 a188 courteous189 greeting;190 good191 wishes;192 regards:193 He194 sends195 you196 his197 compliments.198

 

4.199 Archaic200 . a201 gift;202 present.203

 

–verb204 (used205 with206 object)207

 

5.208 to209 pay210 a211 compliment212 to:213 She214 complimented215 the216 child217 on218 his219 good220 behavior.221

 

6.222 to223 show224 kindness225 or226 regard227 for228 by229 a230 gift231 or232 other233 favor:234 He235 complimented236 us237 by238 giving239 a240 party241 in242 our243 honor.244

 

7.245 to246 congratulate;247 felicitate:248 to249 compliment250 a251 prince252 on253 the254 birth255 of256 a257 son.258

 

com·ple·ment

–noun160

1.161 something162 that163 completes164 or165 makes166 perfect:167 A168 good169 wine170 is171 a172 complement173 to174 a175 good meal.

2.178 the179 quantity180 or181 amountthat completes anything.

3. either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole: counterpoint.

 

from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/compliment and http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/compliment

 

 

edits due to last para being cut off from post when posting (still not sure why)

 

Ozmodan

Well Perfect World's definition of "complement" certainly does not fit the definition you cited.

jayarte

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Well Perfect World's definition of "complement" certainly does not fit the definition you cited.

I thought it fit the "either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole" part of the definition.