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Stradden  7/08/08 8:42:25 AM

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Today we present 7 new screenshots from the independently developed MMORPG, Wurm Online.

Check out all seven images here.

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kesleri  7/08/08 10:03:09 AM

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Sorry to say it but these screenshots look like

 
thepatriot  7/08/08 10:20:16 AM

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Originally posted by kesleri

Sorry to say it but these screenshots look like


 

I agree.  The environment looks okay but the mobs look like total .

 
thepatriot  7/08/08 10:21:21 AM

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I take it back. The whole thing looks like 

 
boinged  7/08/08 12:05:21 PM

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In an attempt to be constructive  I think the following could do with work:

1) Grass overlapping Village Path

2) Wood texture repeated on Village Path

3) Trolls look a bit odd, maybe it's how they're standing

4) Rows of grass on the same screenshot

5) Verandah stone building and roof

 

Hats off to them for succeeding with an independent MMO though!

 
brezel  7/08/08 12:12:00 PM

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... what a waste of development time

 
kishe  7/08/08 5:27:55 PM

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This is actually a roma victor/a tale in the desert done right.

 

Build town just to have horde of barbarians crush it and loot your city/you dry if you dont secure your back.

 

The graphics are sucky but the world is huge, the map is literally so big you could have ten thousand people on same time and it would still feel empty. But the gameplay is pretty solid and this is every sandbox fans wet dream.

 

 

 
Cypher50  7/08/08 11:27:05 PM

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Originally posted by kishe

But the gameplay is pretty solid and this is every sandbox fans wet dream.

 

As Ive commented before here, the gameplay consists of grinding to level crafting skills, grinding to craft, then grinding to keep your crafted items in a usable condition. Plus a big map dosent make a good game!

Wurm Online has a LOT of potential, just needs more development motivation and a lot less grind

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Beta1234  7/09/08 3:37:07 AM

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Don't complain about the graphics! The graphics are better than the gameplay!

 
saluk  7/09/08 4:33:03 AM

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Seems like wurm is what sandbox liberals point to as evidence that sandbox can work, and what sandbox conservatives point to as evidence of the difficulty in making a sandbox game actually good.

 
Flummoxed  7/12/08 1:56:32 PM

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