Alpha Zero - Dunheim Dungeon Lore - Ashes of Creation Gameplay Footage

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Alpha Zero - Dunheim Dungeon Lore - Ashes of Creation Gameplay Footage

For those of you who love to know the background lore in your MMO, Intrepid Studios has you covered when it comes to Ashes of Creation. The team released a new preview video of a dungeon called Dunheim, as well as a lore piece on the official site. Dilla's Diary reveals the story behind the dungeon and comes packed with concept art that is then seen in the video taken from the currently ongoing pre-alpha version of Ashes of Creation.

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bcbully

Nothing about dungeons looks interesting to me at all...

Kajidourden

I'm with you BC. I mean, they're pretty but the AI is horrible and there are absolutely no mechanics. Hell most of the encounters they just kite everything.

CrazKanuk

Kajidourden said:

I'm with you BC. I mean, they're pretty but the AI is horrible and there are absolutely no mechanics. Hell most of the encounters they just kite everything.

This is generalized right? Like you're just talking Dungeons in general? Either that or am I missing something with this video?

Mackaveli44

Kajidourden said:

I'm with you BC. I mean, they're pretty but the AI is horrible and there are absolutely no mechanics. Hell most of the encounters they just kite everything.

Is this your first rodeo?

Nothing screams "still in development" more than the Alpha title. I'm sure mechanics and more will be added over time. It's still VERY early in development.

Sulherok

Do some of you even follow this game?.... the last stream they even mentioned that Alpha Zero is for technical side of the game that the encounters are not even balanced and the AI is just placeholder. Some of you are the reason why most game companies have NDA's and then you bitch that you get no information on a game.

Shaigh

Main issue I had with their dungeon video is that they seem to go for static tank and spank combat while allowing ranged to cast while running. Also failed to see proper healing in their video.

Eberhardt

My issue is this is a "lore" trailer, but this video told me absolutely nothing. Yes this is early in development, but this seems more like they put a pretty looking scene together, slapped some AI in it, and gave us a flythrough.

They had a chance to gain our interest here, instead they squandered it away with what was essentially a level flythrough. Each shot looked almost identical to the last. The same AI was copy pasted throughout the level. We didn't see any actual gameplay footage at all. This was just...boring.

Again, I know its early in development, but the way they presented it to us was as if they were showing us something cool they've been working on.

Either way I'm no longer that interested in the project. The first trailer they showed was kinda cool, but screamed low quality. Pretty world, but boring looking gameplay, and now the trend continues.

MadFrenchie

Eberhardt said:

My issue is this is a "lore" trailer, but this video told me absolutely nothing. Yes this is early in development, but this seems more like they put a pretty looking scene together, slapped some AI in it, and gave us a flythrough.

They had a chance to gain our interest here, instead they squandered it away with what was essentially a level flythrough. Each shot looked almost identical to the last. The same AI was copy pasted throughout the level. We didn't see any actual gameplay footage at all. This was just...boring.

Again, I know its early in development, but the way they presented it to us was as if they were showing us something cool they've been working on.

Either way I'm no longer that interested in the project. The first trailer they showed was kinda cool, but screamed low quality. Pretty world, but boring looking gameplay, and now the trend continues.

This is likely exactly what @Torval was talking about.

Ashes of Creation seems to be moving at one of (if not the) fastest paces among crowdfunding development.  Unless they're literally just spending their time building these environments and such specifically to take a hype video (and aren't part of the planned final product), I would say they've gotten the best start by far.