Void
Yeah, and?
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Splattercat did a video yesterday that hooked me. This game is basically a single-player version of Ultima Online with Everquest influences. Every 10 levels (I got to 20 in just a couple hours last night) you can hire a party member to help you out, and they actually do a great fucking job. The cleric heals way better than a real cleric ever could at least.
You can play co-op but the main point of the game is not having to bother with that if you don't want. I guess there are rare spawns and frustrating grinds just like EQ but I haven't made it that far yet. Getting a character to 50 unlocks Hardcore mode, for those into that. Talent trees are decent but not super amazing either. Enough to give you a little diversity in builds but a wizard is still going to be a wizard.
Tons of crafting materials that I haven't used (make sure you find the bank to store all that crap), repeatedly doing a skill gives you a tiny boost to it, can even buy multiple houses if you make a ton of money, gate scrolls...essentially UO stuff. Fucking great.
Oh, and when you find/buy a backpack, it doesn't increase your inventory like I assumed it would. You have to press B to open the shared backpack. I'm assuming it is shared across your own main characters, since there is no way to have two in game at once, but haven't tried it. But it works as spare storage as well.
Anyway, I am loving it so far. It scratches that itch with familiar mechanics that I enjoy while not being overly complicated either.
Here is the Splattercat video. It will give you a very good feel for the game if you aren't convinced. Despite the fact that he sucks at all these games and constantly misses things that are obvious or displayed blatantly across the screen.
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