Amazon Game Studios introduced their upcoming 17th century MMO New World late final 12 months. It’s deliberate for a launch this May and at solely three months out, it looks as if I do know so much lower than I’d wish to about what on Earth (or Aeternum?) this new open world on-line game is meant to be. Amazon launched one other in a collection of developer diaries in the present day speaking extra about world lore and factions however frankly I nonetheless don’t suppose it tells us a lot.
As Alice0 noted late final 12 months, Amazon appear to nonetheless be speaking about New World in fairly imprecise phrases. That doesn’t change a lot, if in any respect, with the brand new developer diary. It’s a fairly video (you possibly can test it out beneath) however largely consists of Amazon crew members giving the advertising and marketing pitch for the game over prime of B-roll photographs of the atmosphere and idling enemies.
There are all the same old buzz-y phrases like “vast explorable world” and “each faction has their own objectives and desires.” It’s the type of language that may sound acquainted to anybody that’s adopted the pre-release of an open-world RPG or an MMO. It could also be neat that the world is “vast” however I’d quite Amazon inform me why I’ll need to play in it.
The developer diary carries on with explaining a number of the bigger conflicts of the world. The Angry Earth (the identify of one of many factions, it appears) are a part of Aeternum’s self-defense system towards these invading an colonizing it.
I’ve discovered through the years that I typically follow MMOs and on-line games so much longer in the event that they’re set in universes which can be already established. Elder Scrolls Online, Lord Of The Rings Online, and many others. Guild Wars is an exception for me, however I in any other case discover it fairly powerful to get invested in a world that’s slicing its enamel as an MMO. So once I hear that New World’s factions are issues like “the lost,” and “corrupted,” and “ancients”—with out even harping on the game’s bland identify itself—I ponder if New World may have something value remembering.
One of the doubtless cooler bits outlined within the video is the idea of territory wars between factions and gamers. Enemy factions will reply to gamers’ presence and talent by doing issues like blockading roads or opening portals that summon teams of their faction to battle towards you. Players may also apparently assist develop their cities and might want to defend them towards NPC enemies and gamers each. It has the potential to be a neat system however with Amazon portray in such broad, marketing-y strokes, it’s troublesome to inform. There’s only a whiff of gameplay proven on the finish associated to this territory idea although it’s additionally a bit too temporary to know the scope of.
It can be swell to have one other MMO within the rotation however it’s not clear but if Amazon are creating a worthy new competitor or only a BINGO card of greatest hits from the MMO playbook. You can be careful for extra developer diary movies as Amazon launch them within the coming weeks and months over on YouTube. You may also join on their website to doubtlessly play in New World’s beta at the moment deliberate for April.
