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[dwwaino]

Techland are making an open world fantasy RPG. Currently unnamed but I'll be following this one because I was a fan of Dying Light.

Techland Reveals Concept Art For New AAA Open-World Fantasy Action-RPG

The game does not yet have a title.

www.gameinformer.com

 

[gaskin]

Haven't played Dying Light but they are some impressive names attached to the project. It'll definitely be one to keep an eye on.

 

[pantskyle]

Dying Light is essentially medieval anyway but just in a post apocalyptic world so I think they could pull this off well enough.

 

[Quivorir]

 

[dwwaino]

The Quarry is sneaking up quickly. Does it have any other names? I swear we've discussed it but I can't find the thread

 

[Cyber_punk]

Diablo Immortal would take on average, 10 years to fully upgrade your character, or you can pay 110k.

Diablo Immortal wants $110,000 to fully gear up a single character

As you can imagine, the internet is outraged

www.androidpolice.com

I don't give a s**t about mobile games but even this pisses me off.

 

[Quivorir]

Shocked that activision blizzard would do such a thing.

 

[Ry009]

 

[dwwaino]

This is one I'm really looking forward to

 

[Quivorir]

For a gameplay trailer it seems to show almost zero gameplay?

 

[dwwaino]

For a gameplay trailer it seems to show almost zero gameplay?

Did lol at that too, but Paradox grand strategy games are all the same so I guess it doesn't really matter. It will be a map and an absolute s**t load of menus that will take weeks to learn and months to master.

 

[dwwaino]

Can't wait until 2040.

 

[RPCB]

Here for the buggy as * release.

 

[drd23]

months to master.

Underestimate unless you're getting through 1000+ hours of gameplay in that time frame

 

[dwwaino]

Underestimate unless you're getting through 1000+ hours of gameplay in that time frame

Yeah, but saying it that way just had a nice ring to it

 

[Cyber_punk]

Witcher 4
Dragon's Dogma 2
ES VI
Fable
Avowed
Techland's game

And who knows what else surprises us along the way

All in development. Good times for medieval fantasy fans.

 

[Cyber_punk]

Skull and Bones looks genuinely awful.

Imagine AC4 but without any of the land exploration, land combat, swimming, underwater exploration, story, fun..

 

[pantskyle]

Quivorir guy above is ragging on your most loved game to come in 2022.

 

[Quivorir]

I don't know how it looks genuinely awful but each to their own. Game will die a quiet death since its being released between cod and a day before GoW.

I'll continue to pray to whichever God will deliver a decent pirate game.

 

[Cyber_punk]

I don't know how it looks genuinely awful but each to their own. Game will die a quiet death since its being released between cod and a day before GoW.

I'll continue to pray to whichever God will deliver a decent pirate game.

From what they showed us:

No real story narrative
No land exploration (only land segments are in player hubs)
No land combat
No swimming? (I'm willing to think I'm possibly wrong here but they showed nothing?)
No underwater exploration

4 months out from release they'd be insane not to show any of that if it was in the game. Dev himself even said it's not open world but open-sea. It was like.....that's it? What do I actually do other than this?

They basically stripped everything people want out of a pirate game and gave us a reskinned Sea of Thieves but with less features.

It isn't looking promising from some quick polls. Between what you said about it's release date and the below, I agree it's basically dead on arrival.

How much did you enjoy the Skull & Bones gameplay reveal?

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The game is focused on naval combat (Building your ship and fleet). How important is the ability to explore, adventure, and combat on foot to you?

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If this is the kind of 'live service' stuff they are gonna turn Far Cry and AC into like the rumors say, those series are even more doomed.

 

[Cruyff14]

Prime Day has sales on controllers guys.

 

[AFDogs]

Anyone seen this?

Looks like a steaming pile of horse s**t. Happy to be wrong though.

 

[pantskyle]

Looks to have received some downgrades.

 

[dwwaino]

This is no way to win back the indie devs they've been leaking to Unreal Engine. To be honest I'd find it hard to recommend Unity to anybody interested in starting out these days compared to 5 years ago. This along with a string of other decisions from Unity will do nothing to support their case.

Unity CEO sparks fury by saying developers who don't consider monetization are 'f***ing idiots'

John Riccitiello shared some interesting thoughts about the changing world of game development in a recent interview.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[dwwaino]

I don't think this is Infinity so I won't bump that thread yet, but new AC rumours are starting to fly around. There might be several AC projects in the works. This says Bagdad but there are also rumours of a Mesoamerican setting.

New Assassin's Creed Game Setting Potentially Leaked

A new leak, which is pretty reliable, suggests that the next Assassin's Creed will take place in a fan-desired location, unrelated to known projects.

gamerant.com