Everquest Next reveal - Live in 20 mintues

slipsius

http://www.twitch.tv/everquestnext goes live at 12pm PDT

Can't wait to see what this game is going to be all about.

Matabus

This drawing in sand shit is SO AWFUL it's embarrassing.

Justin Meisse

yeah, that was weird - look at this Kotaku article, those gifs blew me away
LINK

I've only skimmed the article but those are some nice looking voxels

CrazyMatt

Looking cool so far.

praetus

animation and voxel system looks pretty sweet.

CrazyMatt

FUCK! full mod tool support and the whole world is made of voxels! full destructibility! awwww I'm wet :O

Rayph

Ummm yea this came out of nowhere and kinda blew my mind wow...

Frawmus

Ditto.. The last fight...That destruction...I am..so excited.

HitmonInfinity

Looks like they're truly approaching this "for the fans" at every level of development. I hope it works out! I would love to see more development go this route.

rube

Looked cool. I'm not a huge fan of the free labor contests, but I'll hold off until more info is released. I did like that you could sell pieces to other players though.

Ninjas

I'll just leave this here:

https://twitter.com/Wolfire/status/363397133728092161

Davision3D

First game that strucks me as next gen!

bounchfx

Really excited to try this out. Seems like EQ + Minecraft. So much more to learn about it though... seems like it should be fun. I hope!

iniside

Davision3D wrote: »

First game that strucks me as next gen!

Yup I 100% agree. All those AAA titles have nothing to do with next gen, compared to EQ Next.

wasker

Wow, this looks pretty rad!

Mark Dygert

I never really liked EQ that much, never really got into, I did get into WoW for a while but never EQ.

But this... this has me excited.

Matabus

Can someone post a link to the video of the giant golem looking thing smashing that building? I can only find the GIF used as the header for the Kotaku article.

Justin Meisse

Ninjas wrote: »

I'll just leave this here:

https://twitter.com/Wolfire/status/363397133728092161

seems like a smart thing to do - TUG licensed it as well.

moose

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2j8YaxJW8g&list=UU7tcHJ4Xq0Glc8vVhOrXt4g"]EQN: Large Scale Destruction - YouTube[/ame]

Matabus

Wow ... that is awesome. Thanks, Moose.

mikezoo

whoaaa that was cool. Gotta agree. A really cool destructive damage system would be awesome for next-gen mmos.

Really hope this works out. I loved playing EQ back in the day.

Frawmus

Im sort of curious of the impact Voxels might have on game design if they catch on. Especially environmental (I don't see character design having a huge change)

ablaine

Looks interesting, but nothing in the reveal really screamed EverQuest to me. Would have liked to see some familiar locales or some combat that didn't look like an action rpg.

Xelioth

This looks incredible. Faster paced action with active movement/dodging/aiming, fully destructible environments, the ability to summon walls from the ground and build your defenses that will actually persist beyond the battle, a leveling system that works more like AAs than actual levels, AI that thinks on its own based on its surroundings. And best of all, it comes from a company who actually knows what it'll take to pull all of this off!

I AM SO EXCITED!


Though I am curious, I missed the livestream and can't seem to find it anywhere. Is it available for watching?

cryrid

Xelioth wrote: »

Though I am curious, I missed the livestream and can't seem to find it anywhere. Is it available for watching?

http://www.twitch.tv/everquestnext/b/439794859

Greg DAlessandro

Xelioth wrote: »

This looks incredible. Faster paced action with active movement/dodging/aiming, fully destructible environments, the ability to summon walls from the ground and build your defenses that will actually persist beyond the battle, a leveling system that works more like AAs than actual levels, AI that thinks on its own based on its surroundings. And best of all, it comes from a company who actually knows what it'll take to pull all of this off!

I AM SO EXCITED!


Though I am curious, I missed the livestream and can't seem to find it anywhere. Is it available for watching?

Yes it is, I just watched both parts:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4nswWwgLEw"]EverQuest Next Worldwide Debut: Part 1 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDq2a3zy_6M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDq2a3zy_6M[/ame]

putka

I'm mostly excited about the player studio part. But do they mean regular 3d asset creation with zbrush/maya etc., or just those in-game made, minecraft type of environment "assets"? Cause that would blow :>

Greg DAlessandro

putka wrote: »

I'm mostly excited about the player studio part. But do they mean regular 3d asset creation with zbrush/maya etc., or just those in-game made, minecraft type of environment "assets"? Cause that would blow :>

I'm not sure, but it looked like in-game assets + tools.

cryrid

It's probably a mix of both. The current player studio for EQ2 is for traditionally made assets (https://www.everquest2.com/player-studio/get-started)

Xelioth

Thanks a ton for those links!

putka wrote: »

I'm mostly excited about the player studio part. But do they mean regular 3d asset creation with zbrush/maya etc., or just those in-game made, minecraft type of environment "assets"? Cause that would blow :>

Both. SoE came to my school not too long ago and gave a talk. They were literally BEGGING us to go into their store and make things. Items, armor, accessories, whatever. They were even talking about getting character animations in there. Now, what they were referring to was EQ and EQ2, but I can't imagine them not carrying over.

They've been practicing on their older games a whole bunch of REALLY neat little toys like SoE-mote. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG6GK6Oo58c"]EverQuest II: Facial Recognition and Voice Modulation - SOE-mote - YouTube[/ame]

And presumably it was all a lead-up to Next.

EtotheRic

I don't play mmo's too much but the art looks pretty cool.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/2/4583410/six-everquest-next-videos-show-soes-next-gen-mmo-in-action
http://kotaku.com/everquest-next-could-fix-everything-wrong-with-mmorpgs-1003801733

iniside

EtotheRic wrote: »

I don't play mmo's too much but the art looks pretty cool.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/2/4583410/six-everquest-next-videos-show-soes-next-gen-mmo-in-action
http://kotaku.com/everquest-next-could-fix-everything-wrong-with-mmorpgs-1003801733

Well, art direction is the only thing I completly hate about new EQ ;p.

bugo

Umm, that does sound too promising... I'm not sure they can accomplish everything as they are saying. If they do, that would be awesome. I just can't see updates on the world as easy as they are saying they would.

Or is just me, looking at the way the guy is presenting it.

Kevin Albers

All of this looks pretty cool. However, almost none of it reminds of Everquest in any sort of way.

I was really big into the original EQ. I'll probably have to pretend that Everquest Next is a totally new franchise, if I am to enjoy it at all. I doubt the things that made EQ good will be implemented in new MMOs any time soon (i.e. a decent level of challenge, large 'shared' dungeon zones etc).

moose

This stuff looks awesome.

Those super-opaque smoke particles really killed the combat though, couldn't see wtf was going on.

rube

Yeah, that thick smoke kinda seemed like it was there to hide the terrain as the damage as applied.

Dataday

The real kicker is that:

1) They are using Voxels

2) They are opening it up for community interaction and development, with user generated content playing a big role.

These are still fairly new to the gaming world. So this, if done right, can help open up a whole new frontier for the way games are made and the user's future expectations.

Xelioth

Kevin Albers wrote: »

All of this looks pretty cool. However, almost none of it reminds of Everquest in any sort of way.

I was really big into the original EQ. I'll probably have to pretend that Everquest Next is a totally new franchise, if I am to enjoy it at all. I doubt the things that made EQ good will be implemented in new MMOs any time soon (i.e. a decent level of challenge, large 'shared' dungeon zones etc).

I'm worried about the same. I need corpse runs. I need expensive buffs that are worth announcing to the world. I need ranger gating... wait. No I don't.

They've mentioned a "hardcore" server mode somewhere around-abouts, and I'm hoping that they'll make normal servers for the people who like WoW and the like, and then the hardcore will be for those of us who want the original EQ back again.

chrisradsby

The art looks fantastic

Greg DAlessandro

Does anyone know how long it takes before knowing if you got accepted to join beta?

If they don't reply right away does that mean you are SoL?

Xelioth

Yourname942 wrote: »

Does anyone know how long it takes before knowing if you got accepted to join beta?

If they don't reply right away does that mean you are SoL?

Nah. Most beta's have a long time between sign-ups and acceptance. As far as I know, EQN's beta hasn't started yet and won't be for a good little while yet, so expect your reply once they actually get things started.

edit: And even if I'm misunderstanding and the beta HAS started, you're looking at a few days minimum before you get an acceptance from most companies.

Jon Rush

Man, I hope this doesn't come out for a long while. I want to enjoy having a life while I can. Vanilla EQ took 2 years of my life... ah, the memories

chrisradsby

I really liked everything but this.
It just feels like an obvious cover up xD It'd be great if it was this dynamic though but I don't know xD No proof of it yet.

eld

chrisradsby wrote: »

I really liked everything but this.
It just feels like an obvious cover up xD It'd be great if it was this dynamic though but I don't know xD No proof of it yet.

It's the classic old trick of hiding the removal of chunks with a big explosion as while it's dynamic it wouldn't look good without the puff of smoke hiding it :P

Both terrain and buildings seems to be built up by voxels with some really nice dynamic tiling to make it seamless.

uncle

Of course it is dynamic, almost everything apart from trees and some assets seems to be made of voxels.

By the way, they are using Voxel Farm Engine made by just one guy. This thing is just bonkers.
Making the engine in your free time and then selling it to people making next Everquest... Damn.

http://procworld.blogspot.com/

praetus

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxE9jVcCsnY"]EQ Next: Q & A @ SOE Live 1/2 - YouTube[/ame]

Xelioth

praetus wrote: »

EQ Next: Q & A @ SOE Live 1/2 - YouTube

Thanks a ton for the link. That and the other talks listed in related videos were full of great stuff!

sprunghunt

the completely voxel based world seems very interesting.

slipsius

So I didnt write since I posted the original link. Buuut, holy fucking hell, that looks amazing! The destruction. The multi-layers. The building tools. I hope to hell the player housing uses the same tools so we can build our own houses. All the giant public quests that will change the world forever. the parkour, although it looks buggy, it has potential.

as a huge eq2 fan, this just makes my pants happy

chrisradsby

After looking at it extensively I can say that I'm very excited and impressed by this. even though I was skeptical at first , it seems amazing to me. Exactly the way to go

LMP

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