Elyon (F2P KR MMORPG releases on Steam 20 Oct)

[Video Games]

Neh, we have Star Citizen for that. No need for an Asian MMO. Just promise a sci-fi game and never release with with a cash store, and you're free to scam whomever you want!
Same with Earth 2, Dreamworld etc etc.

I at least give star citizen a pass for being how funny and long lasting the debacle is

Join date: Sep 2021. Hmm....

Ill take the free compliment. But anyway, it's probably that one guy that had that breath of fire 4 avatar - i forget his name

[Calfredd]

Ill take the free compliment. But anyway, it's probably that one guy that had that breath of fire 4 avatar - i forget his name

Haven't played BoF4 so not sure if we're thinking the same person but I thought the OP was Shadowpunk/MMOTherapist/Roanda.

[Lex Icon]

any game with gear enhancing crap like BDO is a hard pass for me. that shit just sucks the fun right out of gearing and just makes me hate it rather than enjoy it.

[Video Games]

Haven't played BoF4 so not sure if we're thinking the same person but I thought the OP was Shadowpunk/MMOTherapist/Roanda.

Thats his name!

[Fencers]

any game with gear enhancing crap like BDO is a hard pass for me. that shit just sucks the fun right out of gearing and just makes me hate it rather than enjoy it.

Often abused, I think it is fair to say, but I do like the idea behind these systems. I tend to view it as gear leveling of a sort and I especially enjoyed when games have a lot of variance in how you can enhance gear. Path of Exile, though a much different game, really is what I would consider a compelling system for gearing because it offers the notion of "how perfect is perfect and what is perfect anyway?" for gears.

I think it can become a little flat when the max-level gear is unchanging/set in stone. I feel like there is not a lot of reason left to play in some of these games until the next gear reset.

As noted though, many games do it badly to take advantage of players.

[Lex Icon]

Often abused, I think it is fair to say, but I do like the idea behind these systems. I tend to view it as gear leveling of a sort and I especially enjoyed when games have a lot of variance in how you can enhance gear. Path of Exile, though a much different game, really is what I would consider a compelling system for gearing because it offers the notion of "how perfect is perfect and what is perfect anyway?" for gears.

I think it can become a little flat when the max-level gear is unchanging/set in stone. I feel like there is not a lot of reason left to play in some of these games until the next gear reset.

As noted though, many games do it badly to take advantage of players.

not really familiar with how PoE does it but the whole "use these tokens to maybe upgrade your gear but most likely it will either destroy it or downgrade it" i think is utter trash.

i know Diablo 3 had some kind thing where you could reroll stats on items but it was nowhere near as hostile towards the player as in korean mmo's.

[Vampyrr]

Am i the only one completely addicted to new MMO releases (>_<) ?
This is so much hype for me.
Even if game turns out to be crap.

I like MMOs too, I just, you know, have standards

[KOUNTERPARTS]

I can't honestly tell a lot of these MMORPG's apart anymore.

[Fencers]

not really familiar with how PoE does it but the whole "use these tokens to maybe upgrade your gear but most likely it will either destroy it or downgrade it" i think is utter trash.

i know Diablo 3 had some kind thing where you could reroll stats on items but it was nowhere near as hostile towards the player as in korean mmo's.

Yea, POE doesn't "break" items. But some types of enhancements to stats could "corrupt" an item which just stops you from further modifying the item. It's still usable though. You just can't keep modifying it. But again, different game type entirely. I just find it more interesting to have more dynamic gear than static generally.

[Ryzeth]

The irony. Fomo keeping you awake as well? I mean you come in this thread just to bitch/complain. So hey! Must be something

Baby learned a new word, so is trying to use it wherever he can, I see.

Also it's not irony. It's called mocking.

PS, you keep using FOMO incorrectly. I'm not missing out on anything here, since I've already played the terrible game. I certainly don't envy those playing it, which is what FOMO entails.

I'll give you a C for trying. Do better.

[Edge-]

Character creator is good and the game is quit pretty, and runs well initially too.

But man...you can tell Bluehole made this. One of the first mobs you fight is basically a pretty common BAM/boss from Tera with a different skin, heh. Weird that you seem to be able to move around and there are no animation locks with basic attacks and whatnot.

It's quite pretty.

Edit: To the second town. Seems pretty standard fair. Playing the tank class which seems like it's focused on lots of knockdowns and juggling which is kinda fun. Not sure how I feel about this version of the action combat system, but it seems fairly easy to just like...run circles around enemies and they can't do much about it.

Game is still pretty. Shame they're sticking with UE3 and don't get access to a bunch of the graphical goodies that are included with UE4.

[Skizzit]

Played a bit and yeah, it feels quite a bit like other similar games like Tera and BDO. That said, there are some interesting things. The skill attribute thing is kinda cool. Each skill has I think 5 different variations that you can pick and some seem like they can alter the skill a fair amount. That said, something just felt off about the combat. Maybe I just need to get used to it or maybe it was the class I picked, but I never felt like I was in total control. I was just spamming attacks. Dunno. I am going to try some more later, maybe it will click. It just isn't instantly satisfying combat like BDO or even the New World were.

[Chadow]

Played a bit and yeah, it feels quite a bit like other similar games like Tera and BDO. That said, there are some interesting things. The skill attribute thing is kinda cool. Each skill has I think 5 different variations that you can pick and some seem like they can alter the skill a fair amount. That said, something just felt off about the combat. Maybe I just need to get used to it or maybe it was the class I picked, but I never felt like I was in total control. I was just spamming attacks. Dunno. I am going to try some more later, maybe it will click. It just isn't instantly satisfying combat like BDO or even the New World were.

This is absolutely the saving grace of the game

Im not gonna say is the combat itself, because like you said, is still open to interpretation...but the customization and freedom on picking abilities as early as level 30 is actually insane.

[lagiacrux]

what ive seen from streams it looked atrocious ... hard pass from me.

[PACOX]

I'm not trying to get into a new MMO right now but if its like Tera then I might get to it eventually. I actually liked Tera for a little bit. Enough to level out a character an mess around a bit. If its like BDO, I'll pass. Just not my thing.

[ParanoiD84]

Gonna wait for Lost Ark.

[Edge-]

tried playing it... unoptimized garbage, can't even get my fps to 144 no matter what settings i put... by the time you're done with the starting area you're almost lvl 30? wtf is that... then there is some weird lag when you get close to quest npcs... also the quests are just general grind quests...

it's not even using 50% of my gpu but the fps sucks...

What GPU do you have? I'm on near max settings at 2K/100fps with my 3070. It seems fairly well optimized on higher end hardware at least.

And the level thing is kinda a Korean MMO thing (and used in mobile games). It's a weird thing, but you speed through the low levels and spend more of your time at mid-level getting to max level.

Quests seem standard fair, but not even grindy. First two hubs seem to have about 8 each and clearing them all out at the first one took maybe 10-15 minutes, plus I did some kind of open world even that spawned which was a clusterfuck of what the hell but also kinda fun.

But it's a Korean MMO, so expecting grinding at some point.

[Edge-]

i have a rtx 2080... run it with a i9 cpu @ 5 ghz... my fps was frequently below 60 even... with low gpu usage...

Weird, playing at 4K? Because that might do it. My 3070 bounces between 60-90% usage at 2K/100fps-ish, with drops during busier times. But I've not played much so it could just be that the early zones aren't as taxing.

[Chadow]

Pretty early in the game an NPC textline is:

"Hi, my name is Johnny and this is Pedro"
"You can call me Johnny..."

And im like...bi@ch what tha else would i call you?

Anyway...
Im watching Towelliee playing for an hour to be able to get some kind of reward via twitch.
I hope is a 100% sure thing to get...otherwise will be pissed.

[Fencers]

It's been 30 or so minutes and I can say I love the fucking fashion in this game. I am here for it.