Original backer of the failed Kickstarter.
Did NOT back when they relaunched.
Have watched from afar for all these years with the hope that THIS would be my go-to PvE game at some point.
It's been 10 years.
Yesterday was the first time I got to play it thanks to a key from MMORPG.com (Thanks!)
Account setup was the worst I have ever seen. You have to make an account for the website and then ALSO make a game account. Even though the website shows you already have a Pantheon ROTF game account, nope, thats not legit, you have to actually make another one.
Then login was crazy with it telling me my PW/login was incorrect, even though I am literally looking at the same login and password from the edit account screen on the website.
ANYHOW... on Saturday around 3PM it finally worked and I was able to install the game and login.
I simply cannot believe that this game represents a decade of development. It actually did NOT remind me of EQ surprisingly. What IMMEDIATELY came to mind was Pathfinder Online. Thats was it felt like when moving, attacking, etc...
I just cannot believe it. I have no issue with lower rez graphics. But this legitimately reminded me of Pathfinder Online which they produced for about $1M in maybe 2 years. I don't know what else to say. It was that bad. Early Access in 4 months? Utterly laughable.
But I appreciate that I actually got to experience it for myself and will no longer wonder about it. I can safely bury the dream.
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I'll be quite surprised if they don't throw the towel in some time in 2025.
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Yeah so now you see why I rated it Trash tier. With all the info out there on how bad this was, you couldnt believe it?
I guess now that you have opened your eyes and have seen for yourself, all the hate people are giving this is not so shocking.
The game must be pretty bad if you are saying its bad. Considering how many games you say are great, that are F tier for me.
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
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There is nothing like direct experience when it comes to dispelling illusions, especially when one puts their own judgment above that of others as they should when it comes to game preference.
What have the devs been doing for 10 years? What a shame.
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
Most of the items listed for that package seem to be cosmetic like highlighted forum names and game titles plus lifetime subscription etc. The big ticket item was the ability to help with the design of a dungeon. I'd never plunk that down but it doesn't bother me that they offered it.
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
@Slapshot1188 First thanks for posting about your experience, regardless of better judgment, previous Kick-starter examples, multiple issues over the last few years for some reason that defies all logic I had an ember of hope for Pantheon.
Well for me I had been excited about the idea of Pantheon (and Camelot Unchained but that’s a different discussion), but I never supported the original Kickstarter. I was *very* close to buying in back in 2018 when it was being streamed and to me it seemed like it would be out within 2 years. However, it had to be completely redone because it was hard-coded or whatever the excuse was a couple of years back, there have been so many excuses now for the delays it’s tough to keep track.
I held off on building / buying a new PC at the time to make sure I would have the latest system specs when it came out (which would also set me up for other titles I was interested in like Camelot Unchained). My poor system held in there, struggling to play PC games but eventually it was too frustrating to bother even launching steam around 2020. Still good for taxes at least and I had bought my wife 2 systems in that time-frame in case anything urgent came up. I know some around here don’t care for consoles, but I thought they were fine (and still are) and much less frustrating than dealing with an old PC, although there are some games or styles of games that I only want to play on PC.
With my wife’s insistence 2 weeks ago, I bought a very nice gaming system, got it setup, I transferred the data over from the old system and launched Steam for the first time in close to half a decade. It was good to see all my old games there, but it was even better to purchase some new games I had becomes interested in (Valheim, 7 Days to Die and I think Dune Spice wars) with a system that could run them optimally without breaking a sweat or any frustration.
So, after following the game for a decade, there I was last weekend with several free hours, knowing about the free Pantheon keys to get access, and a system that could easily run Pantheon. However, to my surprise I had zero interest in doing so but was more excited / interested in playing a Zombie crafting survival title.
I figured as I played 7 days to die I could at least throw twitch on the tv and maybe watch CohhCarnage stream some Pantheon, perhaps that would rekindle my interest, but weirdly enough he was streaming 7 days?? I thought he was an investor or something in Pantheon. I didn’t care enough to search other channels to see if any Pantheon streaming was going on.
It was an epiphany that I was no longer interested in Pantheon. When I read your post the “I can safely bury the dream” part is what I have just recently done as well, I no longer have that ember of interest.
No but appreciate your honest post about the state of the game....As a former EQ player, I was semi interested at one time but skeptical at the same time....Im not sure why they thought basing their game on a game with very outdated graphics was a good idea....I remember watching a dev demo of the game and the game was just awful...Even the devs were bored to tears while playing.
” I simply cannot believe that this game represents a decade of development”
A total letdown and it concern me the approach on gaming today.
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