Arche Age

[Mrbloodworth]

May be a grinder (?) but my lord is it pretty.

We'll forgive you if you haven't yet heard of ArcheAge, an in-development MMORPG from XLGames. You probably have heard of lead developer Jake Song, though, or at the very least, you've probably played one of his games. The native South Korean is the brains behind the original Lineage, and he worked with Richard Garriott on Tabula Rasa. Also while at NCsoft, Song lent his talents to the conceptualization and creation of an MMORPG called Lineage Forever, which subsequently morphed into Aion.

Arche Age - technical demonstration 1  

Arche Age - technical demonstration 2

Social and so on

Group Battle

Official page, but not much there, you will find more on various websites. Apparently this is the Lineage designer, Jake Song, and the CryTech’s CryEngine 2 at work.

[Draegan]

The Arche Age website is full Korean.  So it's just going to be a new Lineage game most likely.  So *yawn*. 

Definitely looks pretty though.

[Nebu]

World looks pretty.  The combat and character models... not so much.

[Mrbloodworth]

I dunno, I am kind of interested in bringing down a row of archers sitting on a wooden platform. From the articles I have been reading, seems the combat is twitchy.

As for the player models, I would not go by the videos really:

[Shatter]

I dunno, I am kind of interested in bringing down a row of archers sitting on a wooden platform. From the articles I have been reading, seems the combat is twitchy.

As for the player models, I would not go by the videos really:

They probably shouldnt be producing SS's of gay men, thats all I see in that pic :P

[HaemishM]

All I saw was a douchebag missing his bluetooth ear piece.

[Chimpy]

Why is it that the fireballs make the wooden structure fall apart, but it does not CATCH ON FIRE?!?!

[Goreschach]

Because that's how explosions work in real life?

[UnSub]

I read this thread as Archie Age, and now I'm disappointed I can't visit Riverdale online.

[Nebu]

I read this thread as Archie Age, and now I'm disappointed I can't visit Riverdale online.

I did the same but never commented.  I figured nobody would recognize the reference.  You have restored my faith. 

[NiX]

Because that's how explosions work in real life?

Not sure if serious.

[Lantyssa]

I did the same but never commented.  I figured nobody would recognize the reference.  You have restored my faith. 

I thought it, too.  You're not alone.

[Lucas]

Hmm, interesting....

Oh, and website is in english too!!

http://www.archeage.com/en

[Threash]

I dunno, I am kind of interested in bringing down a row of archers sitting on a wooden platform. From the articles I have been reading, seems the combat is twitchy.

As for the player models, I would not go by the videos really:

They probably shouldnt be producing SS's of gay men, thats all I see in that pic :P

Trying to make a male char that doesn't look like a teenage girl in an Asian game is about as hard as trying to make a female char that doesn't look like a pre teen with boobs.

[Xanthippe]

Playing Aion somehow reduced my desire to play anything similar, no matter how pretty.

I'm too old cranky for punishing grinds, I think.

[Nebu]

Playing Aion somehow reduced my desire to play anything similar, no matter how pretty.

I'm too old cranky for punishing grinds, I think.

I find that I'll tolerate about any grind if the carrot of the endgame is alluring enough.  Fortunately, this hasn't been a problem as no new titles have an interesting enough endgame for my tastes.

[LK]

I see Housing and I immediately think of instancing. Also, Labor Power + Housing reminds of me of ATiTD. Also, thinking about ATiTD gives me that ... building and development itch.

[Nebu]

I see Housing and I immediately think of instancing. Also, Labor Power + Housing reminds of me of ATiTD. Also, thinking about ATiTD gives me that ... building and development itch.

Thinking about ATitD makes me weep.  I LOVED that game (particularly in the first telling) but cry for all of the lost potential. 

[veredus]

Afraid there will be a grind but the limited information looks interesting at least.

[Slyfeind]

I see Housing and I immediately think of instancing. Also, Labor Power + Housing reminds of me of ATiTD. Also, thinking about ATiTD gives me that ... building and development itch.

Thinking about ATitD makes me weep.  I LOVED that game (particularly in the first telling) but cry for all of the lost potential. 

Bring back open camps biyotch!

[Dren]

Count me as another that saw "Archie Age."

I was going to post "I call Jughead!"

Sorry, was on vacation or I would have posted ealier to help the morale all the old people here.

[Lucas]

Well, at least it will look pretty (new official video showcasing the engine)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5RUDtslVVk

[Merusk]

Afraid there will be a grind but the limited information looks interesting at least.

It's NcSoft, and developed by the guy who made Lineage.  If that doesn't scream "LONG ASS GRIND" to you, I'm not quite sure what to say to convince you.

[Falconeer]

Grind or not, this sounds very interesting. Seems like they really liked UO, High Seas expansion included.

According to an interview with Kyung-Tae Kim, the lead planner at XLGames, the second closed beta test of ArcheAge will be focused on battles at sea. Not only firefights, hand-to-hand combat is also available on the open ocean! Many more features are still in development, such as fishing in the middle of the ocean, housing on a deserted island, and hunting sea monsters.

Ships will be operated by players. One person should drive the ship while the others adjust the sails and fire the artillery. Of course one player can do all of these tasks, but it would be extremely difficult. The ship will be unsummoned when players disembark just like mounts (so no one can steal it).

The housing system will not limit players from building what they want to, but house types and sizes will be classified. Houses will have either a garden, a farm, or both. Players can put a farm tile next to the house later just like "WeRule" allows (a game for smartphones).

The wall of a castle will be constructed in a method similar to working with LEGO blocks. There will be no limitation since the wall will divide one’s territory from others. Players can also hire NPCs to inhabit their buildings.

A crime system will be also introduced for the first time. Players can report PKers by looting the blood of PKees, and the PKer will be debuffed and sentenced to jail for number of PKs comitted. Debuffed players cannot do anything but work in the jail. The funny thing here is that players can randomly loot a spoon and may break out of jail with it just like in the movie The Shawshank Redemption!

Among ArcheAge's many new systems is signposts, a pretty awesome and potentially unique feature. With this system, players can help each other complete quests by sticking a signpost near NPCs. Players can write walk-throughs or locations on the signpost or even teleport people to a specific location for a small fee. This keeps players in the game, not wasting time on third-party wikis or databases.

The registration for the second CBT of ArcheAge is ongoing and ends on the 31st. Servers will be up from November 4th to the 7th. The new build will feature new battle and craft skills and fixes the awkward movement animations of players characters. The UI will also be tweaked during this test.

And here's a ship building video.

[Malakili]

I think I like everything about this game except probably for playing it.

[Lantyssa]

Signposts, where you can "give instructions".  I don't see any problems with that.

[HaemishM]

And you can teleport people to locations - how can that possibly be a bad thing? 

[Stormwaltz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5RUDtslVVk

Large cities are impressive, but I'm left wondering if they'll be filled with content, or just add meaningless travel time as you run to the NPC/vendor you want.

[Draegan]

First thing I thought when I saw the cities was, "Hey, looks like it'll take me 30 minutes to go from the entrance of the city to wherever I need to go."

[Malakili]

Its simultaneous the only kind of MMORPG that interests me anymore, and the kind I don't have the time to play anymore.

[Chimpy]

First thing I thought when I saw the cities was, "Hey, looks like it'll take me 30 minutes to go from the entrance of the city to wherever I need to go."

From the guy who was a lead designer on Aion, this surprises you?

[tmp]

Signposts, where you can "give instructions".  I don't see any problems with that.

Doesn't Demon's Souls have feature like this? With players being able to leave tips for others?

[Rendakor]

If it's like Demon's Souls and you can only select pre-generated phrases it won't be that bad.

[Lucas]

Beside the two big projects (GW 2 and TOR), this is the MMOG I'm looking forward the most; a small hope for us who still believe (or just would like to see another take on it) in the sandbox approach.

[Draegan]

First thing I thought when I saw the cities was, "Hey, looks like it'll take me 30 minutes to go from the entrance of the city to wherever I need to go."

From the guy who was a lead designer on Aion, this surprises you?

No, not really.