NCSoft's WildStar MMO - Debut Cinematic Trailer - GamesCom 2011 HD
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Posted on: 2011-08-21 10:16 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
This game is stupidly fun. My fiance and I got to demo it at PAX, he managed to finish the intro in under 40 minutes and got a cool medal (I got stuck poking around at my Explorer sidequests and didn't get to finish...got really close but not quite).
The first time I played (Friday), I made the gunslinger and crashed the computer during an avalanche (apparently a common thing). The second time I played (Sunday), I played the Auric Esper, and they had taken the avalanches out of the demo so I got my whole 40 minutes. 
Super fun. You *CAN* play twitch style (with dodging and all that) - there are very obvious signs when to dodge that even my anti-twitch-gaming self could take advantage of - or you can just stand there like a boss and take the extra damage.
The Esper was super fun. I got to fling around what looked like icy psy blades, it had a "bladestorm" thing that had what looked like a bunch of chakrams (think Xena) that did targeted aoe damage... What's more, it's kind of halfway between City (more realistic) and Champions (crappy cartoons)... the art style is pretty unusual, which I don't normally like but it totally works here.
The Explorer sidequests were AWESOME. I loved that I could go through and ignore the real story with supplemental sidequests. I got a "power" (more like an innate ability) to "find the way" up hillsides and rock faces and stuff in order to plant radio towers and stuff to help my side communicate better.
I signed up for beta even before I got to demo it. It's definitely going to be added to my MMO repertoire when it's out.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Can somebody explain to me what games can be talked about here because we now have red names not only letting a thread live that is forbidden under current rules, but actually posting in it?
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Originally Posted by Freitag
I'm really looking forward to seeing what this game has to offer. The trailer looked awesome! I'm especially interested in what looks like a dodge mechanic in the trailer.
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As I recall from their panel, they have a system that awards bonus xp for skill based playing. Such as dodging attacks and such.
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Originally Posted by Freitag
I'm really looking forward to seeing what this game has to offer. The trailer looked awesome! I'm especially interested in what looks like a dodge mechanic in the trailer.
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Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
Can somebody explain to me what games can be talked about here because we now have red names not only letting a thread live that is forbidden under current rules, but actually posting in it?
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Seriously, Wildstar has been tweeted, facebooked, and now posted about here by rednames.
Wildstar is an NCsoft game. Paragon Studios and NCsoft worked very closely together at last ComiCon.
And the ban against talking about NCsoft games was pretty dumb to begin with since they show up on the NCsoft Launcher we have to use in order to play CoH.
I'm guessing that conversion between NC Coin and Paragon Points is coming soon. And that there will eventually be a NCsoft 'Gold Account' where you pay one sub per month for VIP status for all NCsoft games that will rain NC Coin/Paragon Points on you.
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That may be a smart thing to do. I don't normally trust upper management to implement good things, but Paragon has tripped a few times (like the Orwellian Ministry of Truth forum policies during the past year), so some better integration may yield benefits.|
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
I'm guessing that conversion between NC Coin and Paragon Points is coming soon. And that there will eventually be a NCsoft 'Gold Account' where you pay one sub per month for VIP status for all NCsoft games that will rain NC Coin/Paragon Points on you.
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OTOH, Guild Wars 1 and 2 don't require a sub and I don't really want to play Pvp-as-endgame Aion. That leaves Wildstar, the current CoH, and whatever next-gen game Paragon seems to be hiring people for.
I love how any game that has a stylized art style is "WoW in <location>" or "WoW with <thing>". *intense sarcasm*
If anything, it looks like the art style they went with influenced by recent American (cg) animation that has been influenced by Japanese animation (where the majority of that influence landed on the bunny girl).
WoW didn't invent stylized art in a video game, but that's not different from anything else present in WoW. I remember reading on these forums once, how someone accused CoH of stealing con-colors from WoW. You know, the same con-colors that have been used in CoH since beta; you know, before WoW was a thing.
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To me it looks alot like 'Space Ace'...
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Originally Posted by houtex
Oh, now why would there be 'eye bee tee el' involved? It's not even a competitor at this point.
I don't think it will be, honestly... too... Tabula Rasa lookin'. Like the graphics, though and the trailer is pretty nifty... Although, as expected, the game play vs the trailer? Not the same. At all. Do like the Firefly vibe of it though. I may get in just to see, but like (the game what's name shall not be mentioned), I expect I won't like it and be right back here as is my modus operandii. |
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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I did get a little bit of a Bluth vibe off of it. Not a huge amount, but some.
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Originally Posted by Cardiff_Giant
To me it looks alot like 'Space Ace'...
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This will be the third SciFi genre MMO published by NCSoft. Currently they are 0 for 2.
Actually what's the percentage of SciFi genre MMOs that make it beyond their 2nd year?
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Don't waste my time with cinematic trailers; anyone can make a great cinematic trailer and have a crap game.
Show me the gameplay. SHOW ME THE GAMEPLAY!
Gameplay video at an awkward angle, showing the warrior dude then the esper then the gunslinger then random stuff.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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SWG is dead on Dec. 15th ish.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
EVE Online, Anarchy Online, PlanetSide (technically an FPS, but it's an MMO)... is Star Wars Galaxies still around after the update debacle and the upcoming TOR?
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O yay... space age WoW. Colour me unimpressed.
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Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
O yay... space age WoW. Colour me glow in the dark fluorescent.
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And *braces for tarring and feathering* Star Trek Online is still going strong.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
EVE Online, Anarchy Online, PlanetSide (technically an FPS, but it's an MMO)... is Star Wars Galaxies still around after the update debacle and the upcoming TOR?
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Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
O yay... space age WoW. Colour me unimpressed.
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Sounds pretty interesting, but I hate the aesthetics - really ugly IMO.
Is the Bunny Girl's voice Tara Strong?
'Cause I'm fairly sure that voice could sell me anything.
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Better than yet anther swords-and-pointy-eared-freaks-with-bows-age WoW.
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Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
O yay... space age WoW. Colour me unimpressed.
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Could be worse, they could make more fake Star Wars.
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Yeah, the art style isn't appealing. The early concept art I saw seemed to suggest a more pulp sci-fi style, like old Flash Gordon strips. Not sure how that would have gone over, probably way too retro. On the other hand most kiddies would likely not even be aware that it was old, so it may have worked.
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Originally Posted by PhroX
Sounds pretty interesting, but I hate the aesthetics - really ugly IMO.
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Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
And *braces for tarring and feathering* Star Trek Online is still going strong.
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There's a bit of misinformation about WildStar in this thread
W* has four choices (five if you include Gender) to make at character generation. Faction (Exile or Dominion), Race (so far only Aurin, Human and Granok are known), Class (so far only Spellslinger, ESPer and Warrior are known) and Path (Explorer, Scientist, Soldier or Settler).
The Path is the really interesting mechanic that W* brings to the table (additional layers of gameplay, tailored to the player's choice), along with their Momentum system (bonus XP for skillful/speedy kills)
There's a big ol' fansite over at http://wildstar-central.com if people want to learn more - plenty of articles and video footage.