I can't think of any other developer that could handle world of darkness properly. Any other mmo dev would have turned it into a soft care bear mess. World of darkness needs to be fucked up, violent, and have lasting consequences for players. Anything else isn't true to the IP.
Did you try The Secret World? that was a shift from the norm.
I'm looking forward to seeing it, but I'm not happy that this project caused the cancellation of Obsidian's vampire RPG.
Bad Princes have a way of winding up (final) dead very fast. Hopefully the game has mechanics for causing that.
Wait, what? There was an Obsidian VtM game in the works?
Apparently were extremely close to securing the rights and go ahead for development, but the license was taken to CCP at the last minute. I can't find a link, but I remember hearing about it during the Project Eternity media rounds back when that was happening.
Oh wow i never knew that. i Binged it (jk i Googled it) but couldnt find anything.. however i find it plausible so i will treat it one step below gospel truth for the time being.
Are there any amazing WOD novels, for instance?
Apparently were extremely close to securing the rights and go ahead for development, but the license was taken to CCP at the last minute. I can't find a link, but I remember hearing about it during the Project Eternity media rounds back when that was happening.
'Amazing' is a stretch, but the clan novel/Eye of Gehenna books are very enjoyable.
:lol, fair enough; the lore just seems to have so much potential. I will check it out though, thanks!
You'll love them then, they involve characters from V:TMB(Beckett and Smiling Jack among them).:lol, fair enough; the lore just seems to have so much potential. I will check it out though, thanks! My only experience with it is VTMB.
I read an article about it, apparently they requested no video of it, since it wasn't a completely in-game video and the game is (still!) really early and it may not accurately reflect what the game will actually look like or some such.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-27-shining-a-light-on-ccps-world-of-darkness
Article about WoD presentation.
Everything seems great, but i want to see that trailer now dammit ;
Why CCP is only company that makes real MMOs? We need more devs to follow them.
Ps. This line killed me "We've banned the names Edward and Bella."
About fucking time?
We know so very little about the game, but a few details have slipped through. Youll have to respect The Masquerade, the set of rules that require vampires to remain unknown to human. The original 13 clans will be in the game, and youll begin your character as a mortal who is then embraced and turned. The game will focus on vampires, although other White Wolf properties may be brought in, such as Werewolf, Mage, or Changeling.
McDonough refused to give me any details about the combat, other than to say it will feel very active. The combat and social systems are important, as World of Darkness wont have much in the way of a story. Not that there wont be stories, but the stories will be created by the players, not the developers. You wont have a group of vampires crowding around quest givers, and just like EVE there will be places where it isnt safe to go unless youre rolling with a crew.
Were not focused on story-driven content right now. The story is driven by the players, maximizing the interaction between the players, and having them drive the story, McDonough told the Report. Who is going to be the Prince of the city is about politics, and interactions, its not about finding a box that makes you Prince. Thats something were focused on; its very much player-to-player stories. Its very much an emergent world.
Hopefully they have a solution to promote aggression more quickly than Eve or if failing that the MAsquerade promotes small scale engagements over increasingly larger fights.
It's a bit too realistic where players can spend a third of day or even 2 whole days before engaging in an attack.