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Zindan

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That's exactly what this was always going to be. People were crazy if they thought Pearl Abyss wasn't going to attempt to monetize this game.
They would be foolish not sell some outfits for the characters and skins for various things, the pre-order bonuses have that already. My comment was more in regards to putting out DLC/Updates that interact with the world / systems they've made; new Abyss features, new forts for your troops to claims, new crafts, etc. I never played AC Valhalla, but I had friends who did and they would always tell me about stuff Ubisoft released after launch. So something like that.
 

Mahes

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This has a New World look to it. The perspective and graphics feel very New World. That is not a bad thing as I enjoyed the animation of New World a lot.
 

Valderen

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I have seen any mention of this being a live service, have sort of micro-transactions or even require an internet connection.

That said, anything is possible with Pearl Abyss.
 

Kirun

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I have seen any mention of this being a live service, have sort of micro-transactions or even require an internet connection.
Because they know the blowback they'll get. They have every intent to monetize this.

Whether or not they can do so effectively depends on how well this game does from a sales/review standpoint.
 

Uriel

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The latest lifeskill video has me interested in the game finally, the world seems like it's gonna be massive. I also want it to do well for BDO's sake (hopefully).
 
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Valderen

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LOL, while I understand people, the level of cynicism is remarkable.

We are at a point where we no longer believe that good things are possible.
 

Gravel

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This has a New World look to it. The perspective and graphics feel very New World. That is not a bad thing as I enjoyed the animation of New World a lot.
If they can get the sound of smacking a tree with an axe down, I'm in.

When is this one supposed to release?
 

Zindan

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I would like to know when the other two characters will unlock during the MSQ progression. Will it be early on, or way late?

Having no shop/microtransactions seems like a miss, but also a win. It means we'll have to farm through various content to get cool looking stuff.

The addition of Co-Op seems odd, especially as an after launch feature. What content by that point would people want to Co-Op for?

The Steam page has system recs on it now, and they seem pretty low. Makes me worried that what we've seen in these feature vids is showing the game at its best, even on PC.
 

Mahes

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If they can get the sound of smacking a tree with an axe down, I'm in.

When is this one supposed to release?
Well that and the mining. Say what you will for New World, but no game has ever delivered on sound quality like that game did.
 
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Cinge

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No microtransactions and no cash shop confirmed by their PR director.

I really want to believe. Sucks to be so cynical about it, but history is hard to argue with.

It being a single player game helps a lot. But still even in a single player game, especially with a 3rd person camera view, selling costumes/outfits is almost a given.

I assume its not moddable? I could see having no shop for such things if you can just mod the game.
 

JOESAN21

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Maybe they will add them with update packages the way Skyrim used to. But seeing BDOs success at selling pixelated lingerie there is no way no microtransaction are coming. They will just call it something else
 

Kirun

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LOL, while I understand people, the level of cynicism is remarkable.

We are at a point where we no longer believe that good things are possible.
Except we have a 10+ year record on Pearl Abyss and their monetization practices.
 

Caeden

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There’s no real competitive online mode. So provided it’s cosmetics only…whatever. Sell titty armor.
 

Springbok

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Call me a cynic, but if this game is even remotely the "RPG" experience some people are hoping I'll be shocked. I suspect this will be a massive open world combat sim with very light world building/story stuff. My expectation is the "story" just exists to push you around the world so you can continue to engage with the combat. Watching youtube, there seems to be this sentiment after the last official video that you'll be able to base build, do a ton of meaningful side activities, etc - aka this is fantasy RDR2, or akin to the witcher 3 or something, when to me this looks much more like a Nioh 3. A pure action combat game. Guess we'll see, I'm interested either way.
 
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