Mouse n Joypad today have published part 1 of their interview with Eric DeMilt, Development Director at Obsidian Entertainment. On their free to play MMO Skyforge.
From Nintendo Life: "MY.GAMES and Allods Team have announced that Skyforge, a free-to-play MMO, is coming to Nintendo Switch this fall.
The game has players taking on the roles of Immortals, powerful god-like beings destined to save the planet Aelion from invasion. You'll be journeying through "wondrous worlds inspired by fantasy and science fiction, with hundreds of hours of exciting gameplay, legendary stories, and thrilling battles to discover.""
Not bad, this is a decent F2P MMO. It's a bit late for the game for the most part, but being able to play it on the go may give it back some life.
Co-Director Tim Cain and production director Eric DeMilt discusses the future of The Outer Worlds with DLCs based on more stories to tell.
Hopefully the DLC takes place after the end of the game, because I want to know what happened after spoiler and how it impacts the rest of the universe in The Outer Worlds.
Nice idea, but I have to say that tOW, although an excellent proof of concept, needs to really upscale/increase its budget to realise it's potential as a series... the base game was so underdeveloped/spread so thin that I think DLCs would feel like a chore.
The RPG aspects (skill trees, perks, quest paths), writing and dialogue options were quite pedestrian and lacklustre when compared to the likes of something like Fallout: New Vegas.
I would still absolutely buy their DLC though, when to just support Obsidian, I'm delighted that a game like tOW can exist in today's gaming world.
Scale is *incredibly* overrated.
If every area had been as tight as the starting location, the game would have been amazing, but it does drag on in some places (mainly Monarch.)
I think it has a couple of main issues that make it just "really good" instead of "amazing."
1: It's too easy to be good at everything. You can have an effective 75+ in just about everything with really minimal effort, and checks that ask for more than that are really rare, so it's very uncommon for you to have to actually sacrifice anything.
2: The dialogue trees are too shallow. Most often you don't really have to pay attention to what the character is saying or their personality or anything to succeed, it's just "use X skill to win" which isn't very interesting
3: The loot system doesn't really fit the game, and there's not enough variety in weapon types. These might not be big problems on their own but combined with #1 is just adds to your characters not really feeling like they have much of an individual style mechanically.
I agree -- I didn't mean 'upscale' in the size sense; creative linearity is a great thing. All good points!
Great news. The Outer Worlds is probably my favourite RPG from the last few years. I'll certainly look forward to returning to the game for some new stories!
It would be nice to have some new crew-mates. The ship felt fairly quiet, even with all 6 available. But I think they'll save additional crew for the sequel.
Starting December 1st and lasting until December 25th Skyforge players may visit the myLoot store for an exclusive free reward. The free Winter's Holiday Gift Box are only available for 48 hours each time they are released so make sure you claim yours.
I assume everyone gets the same gift when they open the chest??? Or is it random?
