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Ashes of Creation Interview with Steven Sharif: 'This Will Be One of the Largest and Most Successful
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Ashes of Creation Interview with Steven Sharif: 'This Will Be One of the Largest and Most Successful MMOs' | MMORPG.com
The past 6 years have been pretty wild for Intrepid Studios, with their flagship title, Ashes of Creation, pushing through the different stages of development. With Alpha 2 on the horizon, and their recent transition from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5, there is plenty to get excited about when it comes to Ashes of Creation. Shortly after the announcement of the UE5 transition, we sat down with creative director, Steven Sharif, to talk about the advancements the game has made, how the outloo
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Wow!! How unexpected!
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SHOW ME THE RELEASED GAME
If we all wait for those 5 little words to come true, no more guessing, complaining, horror stories, or scams.
Of course, gamers are the most ignorant, willful, impatient, gullible consumers ever....so meh, go forth and MULTIPLY ya sheep.
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Wish them all the best, even invested but they don't have what it takes to make one of the best MMO's ever (culture beyond money) - even if they are convinced they do.
Whatever. If he delivers I'll play. Heck he owes me some money plus a free game so of course I'll play it. But I believe him as much as that used car salesman telling you about the steal of a deal he's giving you.
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
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Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
Separately, I do love how inquisitive our community is. I would certainly want to hear some of your questions that you would like answers to, if and when another interview opportunity comes around again. If one comes around again, perhaps I'll put out an open call for the community to participate in a few questions?
Either way, I still love reading everyone's thoughts!
Boy I vomit a little everytime i hear a developer say that.
The UE5 demo was cool, but who cares if your 95 honda accord thats got no gas tank has a shiny coat of fresh red paint?
Answer: No one
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Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/Now I am thinking Ashes has a better chance of being another massive failure like New World, or a full-on scam like Star Citizen. The fact that they have had a cash shop since day one and are still selling high prices items even though we are not even to Alpha 2 yet, combined with the shady character of Steven Sharif, makes me feel the letter is likely true.
UE5 looks amazing, but that will not make Ashes "the largest and most successful MMO's ever".
I hope the game is amazing... Heaven knows we MMO players are in desperate need of a quality title after the parade of failures, cash grabs, and lies we have endured the past several years. However, considering Steven Sharif and his questionable ethics, I will shelve my enthusiasm and basically forget about the game until we have real reviews and a set release date.
Considering that at this point Ashes of Creation seems to be following the Star Citizen model of an endless Alpha but also an endless ability to spend money, I wonder if Steven Sharif might turn out to be Chris Roberts in disguise?
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1. Why he set 1 year estimated delivery date for making aaa mmorpg?
2. Why game is still not released (est delivery Dec 2018)
3. Day interpid started making game till now what kind of real progress interpid made? (Asking this because they should already have 100% finished game, so what is it? 10%?)
4. Why release of BR and try to monetize it?
5. If steven said there is no point of buying this game atm, why hes selling jpgs?
6. If steven said he doesnt like hype then why he took official content creators, why he hired pr team? (He took and hired them over 3 years ago when game had 0.01% of content)
7. If game had enough money without kickstarter why he started kickstarter?
8. What kickstarter means to him?
9. What is special about opening kickstarter but when it is finished to open website shop?
10. If money isnt problem as steven said, why bundle alpha/beta keys with cosmetics, why sell anything at all?
11. Steven replaced Jeffrey, Steven what kind of expirience you have as lead game designer?
12. Why do you promote how to say this.... pay to feedback? Reciving ingame feedback from people who paid 500$ and official content creators who got their key for free doing nothing but clickbaiting or should i say "read what dev said, make video/stream saying exact words what dev said"
13. As CEO of company who is trying to make mmorpg, why do you talk trash about archeage and new world?
14. What really happend with original refferal system?
There are more questions but this should be a good start.
If he answers these questions i think next interview is going to popup on every gaming website but we all know he wont answer it or hes going to pick some and say some neutral answers like salesman.
These days the shop is the number one thing......How the company makes money is number one priority over anything else......Thats why many of these MMOs fall away short because they are built around how to milk the customer base.