01-08-2020, 03:32 PM
The tech problem is just that MMO engine makers don't release their engines. You can't make a game on the WOW engine or the Planetside engine. All the games that have sucked have been using FPS engines never meant to do what the developers are trying to make them do.
Which is why I'm excited for New World, which at the very least is meant to be a tech demo for the Amazon MMO engine, released for free for any developer to use with the slight catch that you have to run your game on Amazon's servers...
LIF, Atlas, and Conan Exiles were all made with the same game engine, if I recall correctly: Unreal Engine. Great for 30 player FPS maps. Not so hot once they all start building forts or being stitched together to form 10,000 player "MMOs" where the zone lines lock you up for 10 seconds and teleports your horse two miles away.
It is one of those baffling aspects of gaming. I thought the year 2020 would be pretty much Ready Player One but instead it's MMORPGs from 1998, but this time, on your phone.
Which is why I'm excited for New World, which at the very least is meant to be a tech demo for the Amazon MMO engine, released for free for any developer to use with the slight catch that you have to run your game on Amazon's servers...
LIF, Atlas, and Conan Exiles were all made with the same game engine, if I recall correctly: Unreal Engine. Great for 30 player FPS maps. Not so hot once they all start building forts or being stitched together to form 10,000 player "MMOs" where the zone lines lock you up for 10 seconds and teleports your horse two miles away.
It is one of those baffling aspects of gaming. I thought the year 2020 would be pretty much Ready Player One but instead it's MMORPGs from 1998, but this time, on your phone.