Enshrouded Preview: Keen Games Plans to Redefine Voxel-Based Building in This ARPG Survival Game | M

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Enshrouded Preview: Keen Games Plans to Redefine Voxel-Based Building in This ARPG Survival Game | MMORPG.com

The world of Enshrouded is vast, with extensive construction and land modification features that leverage a proprietary engine and voxel technology. Is this your next ARPG Survival MOG?

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Wargfoot

This looks like something I'd really enjoy.

Kyleran

What am I missing here?

"Keen Games also said that, despite being a game that revolves around building, there will not be a build mode when the game launches into early access later this year.

K) So...no building at early access start, check, seems like a cash grab ea.

You also won’t need to worry about the PvE enemies descending on what you’ve built.

K) Duh, of course not, players won't be able to build anything.

The game won’t feature a defense mechanism, at least not at this time,

K) Why would it have this, players can't build anything.

 so don’t fear building with your friends, your creations will be safe, for now."

K) Wait, wut?  I thought you said there would not be a build mode?

Professor78

No idea if right, but gave me "Everquest Next" Vibes in engine.

Nanfoodle

Professor78 said:

No idea if right, but gave me "Everquest Next" Vibes in engine.

I was thinking the same thing. Hope they found a way to pull this off without lag. The was EQ-Next big problem.

maskedweasel

Kyleran said:

What am I missing here?

"Keen Games also said that, despite being a game that revolves around building, there will not be a build mode when the game launches into early access later this year.

K) So...no building at early access start, check, seems like a cash grab ea.

You also won’t need to worry about the PvE enemies descending on what you’ve built.

K) Duh, of course not, players won't be able to build anything.

The game won’t feature a defense mechanism, at least not at this time,

K) Why would it have this, players can't build anything.

 so don’t fear building with your friends, your creations will be safe, for now."

K) Wait, wut?  I thought you said there would not be a build mode?

Build mode is a mode where you don't have the pve portion of the gam, you only have a "build mode"  where you fly around and build without having to scavenge for materials and things like that. 

Pretty sure this game won't have a build mode but it will have building

Wargfoot

Thanks for the buzzkill, Kyleran.

Nanfoodle

Nanfoodle

Ok, this is made by the Studio that made Portal Knights. Now I am really looking.

ValdemarJ

Nanfoodle said:

Ok, this is made by the Studio that made Portal Knights. Now I am really looking.

Portal Knights rocks. 7Days is my favorite voxel builder to date, so if this shapes up I'll be so stoked. Hopefully it will come to Xbox sooner than later.

Kyleran

maskedweasel said:

Kyleran said:

What am I missing here?

"Keen Games also said that, despite being a game that revolves around building, there will not be a build mode when the game launches into early access later this year.

K) So...no building at early access start, check, seems like a cash grab ea.

You also won’t need to worry about the PvE enemies descending on what you’ve built.

K) Duh, of course not, players won't be able to build anything.

The game won’t feature a defense mechanism, at least not at this time,

K) Why would it have this, players can't build anything.

 so don’t fear building with your friends, your creations will be safe, for now."

K) Wait, wut?  I thought you said there would not be a build mode?

Build mode is a mode where you don't have the pve portion of the gam, you only have a "build mode"  where you fly around and build without having to scavenge for materials and things like that. 

Pretty sure this game won't have a build mode but it will have building

Thanks, Build Mode must be some sort of gameplay loop including base defense separate from the actual building of player structures...perhaps I need to revisit the articles broader context to understand.

I  just sort of skimmed through it looking for something to slag on.  

Wargfoot

I feel like we're optimistic about this title while ignoring the only true way to know if a game is going to be great or not, so I ask:

How much money have they raised?

Nanfoodle

Kyleran said:

maskedweasel said:

Kyleran said:

What am I missing here?

"Keen Games also said that, despite being a game that revolves around building, there will not be a build mode when the game launches into early access later this year.

K) So...no building at early access start, check, seems like a cash grab ea.

You also won’t need to worry about the PvE enemies descending on what you’ve built.

K) Duh, of course not, players won't be able to build anything.

The game won’t feature a defense mechanism, at least not at this time,

K) Why would it have this, players can't build anything.

 so don’t fear building with your friends, your creations will be safe, for now."

K) Wait, wut?  I thought you said there would not be a build mode?

Build mode is a mode where you don't have the pve portion of the gam, you only have a "build mode"  where you fly around and build without having to scavenge for materials and things like that. 

Pretty sure this game won't have a build mode but it will have building

Thanks, Build Mode must be some sort of gameplay loop including base defense separate from the actual building of player structures...perhaps I need to revisit the articles broader context to understand.

I  just sort of skimmed through it looking for something to slag on.  

Building is for a few things, fast travel. Crafting stations, farming to make buff food etc. Thats if I get what your asking. Also homes themselves add buff to your char.

Nanfoodle

Wargfoot said:

I feel like we're optimistic about this title while ignoring the only true way to know if a game is going to be great or not, so I ask:

How much money have they raised?

This is established studio that already has funding by the games they have made. Portal Knights is a game that has a large following.

Cactus_LFRez

Interesting,

So you can build freehand or use blueprints,
Which begs the question,
Can we build pieces and save them as a blue print to replicate later?

Also I hope they have some snap to and tools to indicate the center of walls and such, otherwise I am going to go nuts trying to keep everything symmetrical and straight. 

ValdemarJ

Cactus_LFRez said:

Interesting,

So you can build freehand or use blueprints,
Which begs the question,
Can we build pieces and save them as a blue print to replicate later?

Also I hope they have some snap to and tools to indicate the center of walls and such, otherwise I am going to go nuts trying to keep everything symmetrical and straight. 

If I understood the explanation in the video I watched from the related article, it does appear that blueprint sections are a thing. Fallout 76 has them and they can be super powerful. This is a feature I wish 7Days and NMS had.

It would shock me if there wasn't some sort of snapping toggle, that is on by default. Portal Knights already has this feature so if it would be puzzling if they left it out of this. It's a pretty core feature to most survival builders.

Angrakhan

My primary question is why did MMORPG have 2 journalists post about the same game on the same day within less than 2 hours of each other? This article and this:

https://www.mmorpg.com/news/enshrouded-shows-off-voxel-based-building-systems-and-room-to-put-your-own-spin-on-the-world-2000128421

Slow news day?

cameltosis

I watched a few videos of this earlier and I gotta say, im impressed! Purely with the building stuff, I need to wait and see what the rest of the game is like.

I really enjoyed the building in other survival games, generally found it to be the best part of those games. So, Enshrouded looks to have a building system that is 10x better, the things being produced look awesome!

Main things I need to see:

* Can the game do curves? I fucking hate being trapped in a grid system, it really stifles creativity!

* What will the combat be like? All other survival games i've played had absolute dogshit combat, the shallowest, simplest shit I've ever seen.

* What's the multiplayer / solo requirements? I wanna play solo, or couch-coop. If its an online game, im out.

ValdemarJ

If you'd taken the time to actually read the press release you'd see that it links to this detailed preview article.

Personally, I think we need to stop banning books and promote educational fundamentals and critical thinking so readers can find these answers for themselves.

Asm0deus

maskedweasel said:

Kyleran said:

What am I missing here?

"Keen Games also said that, despite being a game that revolves around building, there will not be a build mode when the game launches into early access later this year.

K) So...no building at early access start, check, seems like a cash grab ea.

You also won’t need to worry about the PvE enemies descending on what you’ve built.

K) Duh, of course not, players won't be able to build anything.

The game won’t feature a defense mechanism, at least not at this time,

K) Why would it have this, players can't build anything.

 so don’t fear building with your friends, your creations will be safe, for now."

K) Wait, wut?  I thought you said there would not be a build mode?

Build mode is a mode where you don't have the pve portion of the gam, you only have a "build mode"  where you fly around and build without having to scavenge for materials and things like that. 

Pretty sure this game won't have a build mode but it will have building

Indeed build mode allows you to cheat if all you want to do is build so you can spawn what ever materials you need and just fly or build straight up.

Without a build mode there no "cheating" every resource needs to be gathered and lugged to your build site etc.

ValdemarJ said:

If you'd taken the time to actually read the press release you'd see that it links to this detailed preview article.

Personally, I think we need to stop banning books and promote educational fundamentals and critical thinking so readers can find these answers for themselves.

yeah I had fun with Valhiem and this game looks like it has some good potential so keeping my eyes on it!

Dattelis

This game looks like how Dark and Light should've been. I'll keep an eye on it.

Valdheim

I'm still very excited for this one because of the same reason Nanfoodle is, namely the game being made buy the same guys that made Portal Knights.

Portal Knights is such a great and perfectly polished game that I still think about from time to time even though it's been at least 5 years since I've played it.

Everything about Enshrouded I've seen so far looks very promising and another big plus is that PK had very fun combat even though it was pretty simple. Gives me hope that they might nail it for Enshrouded aswell.

kitarad

This has possibilities and I am intrigued.

The_Korrigan

The return of Everquest Landmark ?

This one is on my Steam wishlist for a while now.

Depending on the price, I'll probably give it a try, I miss Landmark a lot and this seems to be the next level, with combat similar to New World which I enjoy a lot too.

Hyperpsycrow

Minecraft go home

ValdemarJ

cameltosis said:

* Can the game do curves? I fucking hate being trapped in a grid system, it really stifles creativity!

It's voxel based so inherently it's going to be grid based. While I disagree it stifles creativity, it does have limitations and tradeoffs.

A shape may show curves on one side, but the voxel is going to take up the entire block area.

Systems like No Man's Sky that uses terrain deformation and objects that can be placed also has its tradeoffs and limitations different from voxel builders.

Someday maybe engine builders will create a technology that merges the strengths of both systems. I'd love that.