But among MMORPGs, I think Neverwinter has one of the best implementations. Of the action combat implementations, Dark Souls is obviously my favorite and I hope they copy that. I suspect there will be a lot of ranged combat because historically, everyone was ditching swords in favor of muskets. I imagine the combat will feel quite similar to the other two games, as it would make sense to share that code. I’m fine with that.
I predict it’s going to be action combat and not tab-targeting combat, presumably playable with a controller so they can port it to consoles. When dressing your character is a major feature of the game, a first-person view makes no sense.Ĭombat Style. I obviously hope it’s a third-person view, and not first-person, and I can’t think of any reason why they wouldn’t do this. I predict there will be some “otherworldly” places you can go, like an astral plane zone or a Hell zone. But I predict they will use a made-up map that won’t match up with historical geography, for ease of development. I hope the game uses real-life North American names and places. I predict that our character will not be “the chosen one.” We’ll be just another “Adventurer,” as the early settlers were called. If not that, you’ll be washed up on the beach from a shipwreck of said clipper ship. I am 95% sure that the game will begin with your character standing on a beach while a clipper ship sails away. (Actually it almost looks technologically advanced enough to be the Old West to me.) To my eye it looks more late 17th century than early 17th century. This still from the video seems to show a 17th century town. Personally I would prefer a Jamestown setting, since Salem is well-trodden story territory. Then again, building mechanics would be more in line with a Jamestown-era game, because Salem was already built. But then they said (paraphrasing) “all the supernatural stuff is real” in their game, and after re-watching the video, I now think they mean the Salem-era (late) 17th century. When I first heard “New World” I assumed they meant Jamestown-era (early) 17th century. you’ll be able to buy “something” which will make your stream more entertaining for viewers to watch, like a giveaway prize, or unlock of an event, or colorful fireworks and dance parties, or something like that). Also I predict they will try to monetize Twitch broadcasters in some way (eg. And a soft launch without all of its promised features. With several expensive pay-to-play early access options. But I predict it will be a modestly-priced buy-to-play game with a cash shop. I hope it’s a full-blown subscription model like WoW and FFXIV because that will result in the highest level of immersion. Since Amazon was kind enough to tell us they were working on an MMORPG without telling us anything about it, I thought it might be fun to throw out a wish list for it, and also try to predict what they’ll actually do.* Check back in two or three or four years to see how well I did! (Actually it probably won’t take that long to find out I’m completely wrong.)īusiness Model. Hopes and Predictions for New World 14 October, 2016īased on the video, this poor fellow is apparently the only person working on New World artwork.