Upcoming MMORPGs That Fans Need to Know About
Crowfall
Crowfall is another MMORPG that benefitted from Kickstarter hype, this one going all the way back to 2015. It’s been a while, but fans are hoping that upcoming MMORPG Crowfall is worth the wait.
Like the other games on this list, Crowfall is trying to do something that sets it apart from the swath of safe, WoW clones we’ve seen released over the last decade. Crowfall’s big hook is its Throne War feature. Each server is a unique, “Campaign World” which has a finite amount of time to exist, and will progress through four seasons, spring through winter, which according to the developer, Artcraft, will usually last a few months. Player characters will compete to complete objectives during the campaign world’s time period, and walk out a victor, which of course, comes with spoils.
Every time a campaign world resets, Artcraft will use the opportunity to potentially change up the rules of each world, ensuring that the newly reset experience feels different than the last. Also, not all worlds are created equal, and certain worlds will be more challenging and riskier, than others. For example, you can go to the world of The Dregs, which has the most plentiful and useful resources that you’re going to want to bring back with you when the world resets, however, it’s also the most dangerous, and it’s all or nothing. Losers get squat. Other, safer worlds, on the other hand, will at least give losers something more for their efforts. You can choose the stakes you want to play with essentially. There’s also a permanent world that will not reset, where you can keep permanent housing and such.
Gameplay wise, Crowfall appears to be taking the traditional MMORPG foundation, and infusing it with elements that would be familiar to survival and sandbox video game fans. The environment is destructible, villages and strongholds are up for grabs, and players can scavenge supplies and build up their own structures.
Like many other in development upcoming MMORPGs, Crowfall’s full launch is very much in the air still. All we know is that it’s definitely not this year.
