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Indie Sandbox MMO Ethyrial: Echoes Of Yore Launches May 1st | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited April 2023 in Videos Discussion

imageIndie Sandbox MMO Ethyrial: Echoes Of Yore Launches May 1st | MMORPG.com

Indie sandbox MMO Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore has been heading towards launch, and now an official date has been locked down. Players can dive into the sandbox on May 1st as it launches on PC via Steam.

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  • Blowfeld81Blowfeld81 Member UncommonPosts: 76
    I wish them all the best, but the way they adressed the "sub plus cash shop" monetarization to their community sounded quite condescending and made me stay away from this game.
    Tokken
  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195
    It's not even a little ready. 
    Kyleran



  • TalemireTalemire Member UncommonPosts: 842
    This looks like a non-p2w Runescape. From what I've read this is a passion project, so there's a chance it'll actually be good. Looking forward to trying it.
    Love the sinner, hate the sin.
  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,674
    Eh...I guess time will tell. There will be a demo so I guess that's already a leg up on Ember Adrift's launch.
  • LoadingLootLoadingLoot Newbie CommonPosts: 2
    I've played this game for two tests its had, one about 9 months ago and one about a month ago.

    It's a great little indie mmo.

    Yeah ''indie mmo'' is somewhat counterintuitive, normally, as most indie devs trying to do an mmo can't get a game working well or having enough content to hold the game together.

    As of the most recent tests, i'm getting 100 fps with maxed settings ( I'm playing on a laptop with a 3070 8g)

    These devs seem to have their heads switched on, the game has a bunch of robust gameplay loops ranging from crafting to pve to pvp, exploration/secret discovery, world events and more.

    I saw today they will be having a ''free to play'' section of the game at launch where anyone can come and try it (the starter island, which you can get around 20 hours of content from if you did everything, it also includes a dungeon with 3 bosses).


    Subscription/cash shop:


    This is a live service game, there are multiple devs working on it full time, so there will be continuous updates and improvements, the $10 a month sub is going to be regionally priced so it's fair to people who don't earn as much in their respective countries, from my experience so far you will get far more than your $10 subs worth from this game, if you're on the fence, try it for free.


    Cash shop - the devs have stated no p2w nonsense, strictly cosmetics.
    It's 2023, everyone is doing cosmetics now, thank god they're not doing any p2w at all unlike some other mmos/devs.


    TokkenChampie
  • DrukqsDrukqs Member UncommonPosts: 31
    In general, it's a good idea to play a game before you post something negative/positive about it. You can't trust what you read on the internet.

    "From what I heard" is not fact.

    The game is free to try it.


    Imagine opening up your own restaurant and before I even eat there, I post a negative review in the local newspaper. How would you feel? What does that accomplish?
    BrainyChampie
  • plmnb123plmnb123 Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    This game will be amazing, there will be tons of content and things to explore. The basic framework is there and overtime can only improve. Very excited for this release.

    Blowfeld81 said:

    I wish them all the best, but the way they adressed the "sub plus cash shop" monetarization to their community sounded quite condescending and made me stay away from this game.



    This is just a straight up lie.
  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195
    Drukqs said:
    In general, it's a good idea to play a game before you post something negative/positive about it. You can't trust what you read on the internet.

    "From what I heard" is not fact.

    The game is free to try it.


    Imagine opening up your own restaurant and before I even eat there, I post a negative review in the local newspaper. How would you feel? What does that accomplish?
    This game was available as a demo on steams next fest. It was okay, but very slow. Very very slow. No diagonal movement, kinda slow combat, lots of classes that I can recall, but I remember it being very group oriented. 

    I mean, definitely give it a try. But I feel like based on the last test, it still needs a whole lot of work before it's going to start appealing to a lot of players. 

    As an indie if they only expect a small number of players I think they might get it. It's probably a great game for small guilds looking for something very slow paced. 



  • LoadingLootLoadingLoot Newbie CommonPosts: 2

    Blowfeld81 said:

    I wish them all the best, but the way they adressed the "sub plus cash shop" monetarization to their community sounded quite condescending and made me stay away from this game.



    'oh no, the devs are going to come over to my house and force me to buy totally optional cosmetics, my life is ruined''

    ya the multiple full time devs working on the game need to eat and provide for their families, i don't think $10usd a month (also with regional pricing, so probably $5 in a bunch of places) for a live service game with on going support is a lot to ask.

    oh - they spend their own money up front to create cosmetics that you can choose to buy?

    How terrible of them.

    If you don't like cosmetics, dont buy, ezy.
  • BrainyBrainy Member EpicPosts: 2,163
    So far the vid has me intrigued but I dont listen to any fanbois or employees at the start.  Way to much shilling happening at the start these days.  Additionally so many games remove negative posts from there forums so I cant even look there for more info. I will wait until I get more info before I try this.  
  • MensurMensur Member EpicPosts: 1,531
    750 USd for your very own city. What the actual f..ck

    mmorpg junkie since 1999



  • Morgenes83Morgenes83 Member UncommonPosts: 286

    Drukqs said:

    In general, it's a good idea to play a game before you post something negative/positive about it. You can't trust what you read on the internet.



    "From what I heard" is not fact.



    The game is free to try it.





    Imagine opening up your own restaurant and before I even eat there, I post a negative review in the local newspaper. How would you feel? What does that accomplish?



    A review after watching a video of a person eating there.

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  • WordsworthWordsworth Member UncommonPosts: 173
    Best of luck! Always happy when people make their own game. I do, however, wish everyone who made a game in unity didn’t use the same low poly model pack from the Unity asset store. It’s a solid set and a time saver, but there are other models you can buy to set yourself apart imo.
  • spectralaspectrala Member UncommonPosts: 97
    That's great news for fans of sandbox MMOs! It's always exciting to see new games in the genre, and the launch of Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore sounds like it will be worth checking out.
  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,644
    LoadingLoot said:
    I've played this game for two tests its had, one about 9 months ago and one about a month ago.

    It's a great little indie mmo.

    Yeah ''indie mmo'' is somewhat counterintuitive, normally, as most indie devs trying to do an mmo can't get a game working well or having enough content to hold the game together.

    As of the most recent tests, i'm getting 100 fps with maxed settings ( I'm playing on a laptop with a 3070 8g)

    These devs seem to have their heads switched on, the game has a bunch of robust gameplay loops ranging from crafting to pve to pvp, exploration/secret discovery, world events and more.

    I saw today they will be having a ''free to play'' section of the game at launch where anyone can come and try it (the starter island, which you can get around 20 hours of content from if you did everything, it also includes a dungeon with 3 bosses).


    Subscription/cash shop:


    This is a live service game, there are multiple devs working on it full time, so there will be continuous updates and improvements, the $10 a month sub is going to be regionally priced so it's fair to people who don't earn as much in their respective countries, from my experience so far you will get far more than your $10 subs worth from this game, if you're on the fence, try it for free.


    Cash shop - the devs have stated no p2w nonsense, strictly cosmetics.
    It's 2023, everyone is doing cosmetics now, thank god they're not doing any p2w at all unlike some other mmos/devs.


    welcome to the forums!

    Proud MMORPG.com member since March 2004!  Make PvE GREAT Again!

  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,644
    plmnb123 said:
    This game will be amazing, there will be tons of content and things to explore. The basic framework is there and overtime can only improve. Very excited for this release.


    I wish them all the best, but the way they adressed the "sub plus cash shop" monetarization to their community sounded quite condescending and made me stay away from this game.



    This is just a straight up lie.
    welcome to the forums

    Proud MMORPG.com member since March 2004!  Make PvE GREAT Again!

  • ChampieChampie Member UncommonPosts: 191
    is this an advertisement or an article written by an independent writer? Who knows these days?
  • najob75najob75 Member UncommonPosts: 49
    "Death is part of the process: Should you fall in battle, you will lose your inventory,"

    Yeah...no.
  • leaf16nutleaf16nut Member UncommonPosts: 39

    najob75 said:

    "Death is part of the process: Should you fall in battle, you will lose your inventory,"



    Yeah...no.




    awwww, muffin
  • DiamondGameTesterDiamondGameTester Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    Going to try this out on Day one, seems like a game worth trying, with runescape vibes.
  • richrem1richrem1 Member UncommonPosts: 198
    I take one look at this game, and it's a no go for me. I know graphics don't make the game; but it does make it more enjoyable. I don't enjoy blocky pixelated garbage; which is also the reason why I don't play Minecraft. We are decades past the need for such low quality visuals. They could have used the unreal engine, and at least tried to make a reasonable good looking game. But that is just my opinion. I know this is a indie studio; so perhaps they don't have the "talent", nor can afford to hire it. If the game is fun, and not another grind fest boring slug of garbage, then enjoy.
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