Rezlind Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Hey there has anyone had a chance to play the beta of this game? Interested to hear other people's thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirited Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 No, but I know a few people working on it. I can't say I'm really into MMORPGs anymore. I play Guild Wars 2 on my two charr, but that's about it. I tried Black Desert, but it was meh. I haven't really thought about trying New World or Final Fantasy Online since they both cost money. Do you have to purchase the game to play in the open beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezlind Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 No, but I know a few people working on it. I can't say I'm really into MMORPGs anymore. I play Guild Wars 2 on my two charr, but that's about it. I tried Black Desert, but it was meh. I haven't really thought about trying New World or Final Fantasy Online since they both cost money. Do you have to purchase the game to play in the open beta?The open beta was unfortunately only 4 days long and already passed. The game feels quite fun, the PvP is probably the most enticing aspect of it. I would recommend it just from my limited exposure in the open Beta. It's cool that you know the developers that work on it, they mention any challenges that they faced in the development of the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirited Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The open beta was unfortunately only 4 days long and already passed. The game feels quite fun, the PvP is probably the most enticing aspect of it. I would recommend it just from my limited exposure in the open Beta. It's cool that you know the developers that work on it, they mention any challenges that they faced in the development of the game?I got confused, they work on Lost Ark. From what they told me, the development feels a lot like a startup in that it's focused work. Luckily, hours have been really good. They compared the culture to where I work currently, but we'll have to see how it's like once they get closer to a release date. The game industry is sorta known for getting bad around releases - I've experienced that first hand as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezlind Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 The open beta was unfortunately only 4 days long and already passed. The game feels quite fun, the PvP is probably the most enticing aspect of it. I would recommend it just from my limited exposure in the open Beta. It's cool that you know the developers that work on it, they mention any challenges that they faced in the development of the game?I got confused, they work on Lost Ark. From what they told me, the development feels a lot like a startup in that it's focused work. Luckily, hours have been really good. They compared the culture to where I work currently, but we'll have to see how it's like once they get closer to a release date. The game industry is sorta known for getting bad around releases - I've experienced that first hand as well.Yeah the crunch culture that a lot of companies encourage around release time is terrible, part of me thinks that would be somewhat mitigated by unionization of developers in the game industry. Heh it's funny that you mention Lost Ark - there's a conspiracy theory that Lost ark was purposefully delayed so as to not compete with New World. At first I dismissed it but lately I'm starting to believe it :p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirited Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Yeah the crunch culture that a lot of companies encourage around release time is terrible, part of me thinks that would be somewhat mitigated by unionization of developers in the game industry. Heh it's funny that you mention Lost Ark - there's a conspiracy theory that Lost ark was purposefully delayed so as to not compete with New World. At first I dismissed it but lately I'm starting to believe it :p.My friends were actually going to work on New World, but they got moved over to work to Lost Ark during the hiring process. They told me they got moved, I just forgot. So it sounds like they're trying to bulk up the team. Hiring talent for AAA game development is really difficult, though. Unless you're willing to train people up (which we frequently have to do since high availability game microservices is so specific), then you're going to have a hard time finding senior developers to own systems. Since they're new to games, they need to get seniors from the industry... and if they lost anyone during that development time on top of that, then that's expertise of not just the current system but the system since the beginning lost. A lot of developers who can do the work also don't want to work for the game industry, which is added difficulty for hiring... especially if you want a diverse team. It's a rough industry to be in and hire for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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