Feb. 9th Live Stream Replay with Pre-Alpha Gameplay - Ashes of Creation Video Podcast

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Feb. 9th Live Stream Replay with Pre-Alpha Gameplay - Ashes of Creation Video Podcast

Intrepid Studios devs were on hand yesterday with an Ashes of Creation live stream event showing off pre-alpha gameplay. If you missed it, you're in luck as the replay video is now live.

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Medown

This game might spark my interest in mmos again

winghaven1

I knew exactly it was going to look and play like that. Nothing interesting.

Mikeha

This game is looking really good now.

Xingbairong

Looks nice, but who knows when it will actually be released... 2019/2020? Maybe even later!
I personally don't get hyped anymore for games that won't come out in less than an year, because the past few years almost all games that were hyped were huge disappointments.

Slapshot1188

Hope they tone down the effects but I’m impressed by the progress they are making. They seem far ahead of where their Crowdfunding peers were after similar time post-Kickstarter.

TnTizz

Best looking and fast paced kickstarter i've seen so far

rmk70

Just me or does it look an awful lot like Neverwinter?

cjmarsh

They have a lot of work to do, but the progress is good for such a short time in development.

cjmarsh

Slapshot1188 said:

Hope they tone down the effects but I’m impressed by the progress they are making. They seem far ahead of where their Crowdfunding peers were after similar time post-Kickstarter.

It looks as though the effects were designed for solo encounters and they didn't take into account a group of people flinging around spells at once. Hopefully they'll make some adjustments.

deniter

Looks pretty good already but i'd hate to be a tank with all those flashing lights blinking on my screen.

rensta

I hope they handle the game right when it releases. This might be the wow killer. Just got a feeling about that.

Alpius

the combat looks kinda boring imo, nothing we havent seen before in other games. heres hoping the other systems will be better

ConstantineMerus

Slapshot1188 said:

Hope they tone down the effects but I’m impressed by the progress they are making. They seem far ahead of where their Crowdfunding peers were after similar time post-Kickstarter.

Makes you wonder WTF others have been doing all these years, eh?

Gisrie said:

the combat looks kinda boring imo, nothing we havent seen before in other games. heres hoping the other systems will be better

I understand where you're coming from. But to many of us, this is the combat we expect from MMORPGs. 

Kajidourden

That combat thooooo /yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwn

 Also still no proof of concept for any of their hundreds of promised systems.  Notice how their exposure is of nothing but pretty environments and the combat (which is pretty meh)?  You would think they would be itching to show off the key features of their game but alas, nada.

rensta

Kajidourden said:

That combat thooooo /yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwn


 Also still no proof of concept for any of their hundreds of promised systems.  Notice how their exposure is of nothing but pretty environments and the combat (which is pretty meh)?  You would think they would be itching to show off the key features of their game but alas, nada.

Dude, they showed nodes and monster attack.

slowz2secret

I dont like the combat, to me it looks too old, but thats my opinion

Kajidourden

rensta said:

Kajidourden said:

That combat thooooo /yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwn


 Also still no proof of concept for any of their hundreds of promised systems.  Notice how their exposure is of nothing but pretty environments and the combat (which is pretty meh)?  You would think they would be itching to show off the key features of their game but alas, nada.

Dude, they showed nodes and monster attack.

Which equate to GW2's "Living world" BS.  Not impressed.  

How about showing us how it really matters.  A scripted temporary event is not new or different.

cjmarsh

Torval said:

cjmarsh said:

Slapshot1188 said:

Hope they tone down the effects but I’m impressed by the progress they are making. They seem far ahead of where their Crowdfunding peers were after similar time post-Kickstarter.

It looks as though the effects were designed for solo encounters and they didn't take into account a group of people flinging around spells at once. Hopefully they'll make some adjustments.

They mentioned briefly at one point that the alpha 0 test is a mechanics and systems test time and not a content test. They've made the overworld a lot more solo friendly so new alpha testers can get in and learn things. The monsters and dungeons aren't tuned at all. They didn't specifically mention skill effects but I think they did imply class and skill tuning is coming later as well.

That's encouraging, it's tough with these crowdfunded games to see the real state of development since the developers are always so pressured into putting out something the backers can see.

Maurgrim

Kajidourden said:

rensta said:

Kajidourden said:

That combat thooooo /yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwn



 Also still no proof of concept for any of their hundreds of promised systems.  Notice how their exposure is of nothing but pretty environments and the combat (which is pretty meh)?  You would think they would be itching to show off the key features of their game but alas, nada.

Dude, they showed nodes and monster attack.

Which equate to GW2's "Living world" BS.  Not impressed.  

How about showing us how it really matters.  A scripted temporary event is not new or different.

Yeah lets force game developers have all features fully functional in a early alfa....yawn

Leiloni

This game is looking really good so far. I'm quite impressed, and a bit shocked at how far they've come in such a short amount of time. Looking forward to seeing more as they progress.

Xiaoki

ConstantineMerus said:

Slapshot1188 said:

Hope they tone down the effects but I’m impressed by the progress they are making. They seem far ahead of where their Crowdfunding peers were after similar time post-Kickstarter.

Makes you wonder WTF others have been doing all these years, eh?

Gisrie said:

the combat looks kinda boring imo, nothing we havent seen before in other games. heres hoping the other systems will be better

I understand where you're coming from. But to many of us, this is the combat we expect from MMORPGs. 

You're probably expecting this kind of combat because its the same kind of combat we've been playing for the past 20 years.

This is why the MMO genre has stagnated so much to be the state its in right now: so many of the players expect "more of the same" and complain when they dont get it.

Galadourn

fast-paced action combat is not for MMOs; MMOs are about character progression not FPS skills. In a way, relying on FPS skills cancels out character progression. It took me a few years to realize that.

Give me an open-world MMO with WoW's combat and a meaningful character progression system and i'm hooked.

Viper482

Pre-alpha. Sigh.

Shaigh

Did they forget to bring a tank and a healer to the dungeon because it looked like they were pretty much zerging the content.

RS-Man

Very bland, nothing special.
Was expecting a lot more than this!

Hoping Dragon's Dogma Online gets released on West