KickStarter Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem - open world isometric action-RPG

[Sykar]

Release date set now to Febuary 13th this year. Video with announcement and character customization options at the end, starts at the 2:17 mark:


Glad we can play as female as well. Character customization is limited but ok nothing special though except for the eyes. Though not sure how much I should care about such a minor detail that you will likely never really see in game.

 

[udm]

They're launching the game and the video they put out to garner hype is about customising your character's head, eyes, body, gender and starting weapon?

...

'k.

 

[4249]

I read somewhere that they've completely ditched the open world aspect, which was one of the main selling points when the game was still called Umbra. Is this true?

 

[Sykar]

I read somewhere that they've completely ditched the open world aspect, which was one of the main selling points when the game was still called Umbra. Is this true?

Yeah. They have some open side regions which are quite large and you can turn off quest markers but it is not a big open world map like it was in alpha. The story missions are fairly linear, closer to PoE or D3 even than open world.

 

[what am i doing]

I like the art style, atmosphere, and music I've seen so far but at the end of the day my only real question is this: can I make a big army of skeletons Diablo 2 style?

 

[Sykar]

I like the art style, atmosphere, and music I've seen so far but at the end of the day my only real question is this: can I make a big army of skeletons Diablo 2 style?

Sadly no.

 

[fantadomat]

So is this another diablo clone or is it something better?

 

[deama]

Did they fix that retarded leveling scaling -%attack speed per level?

 

[Sykar]

So is this another diablo clone or is it something better?

It is an amalgamation of D3 and PoE.

 

[Bara]

Well steam achievements are up for Wolcen

Apparently there will be building construction for the end game? Other than player housing did they mention anything about building?

 

[Daedalos]

A proper necromancer class should be a formal requirement of any ARPG to be even considered worthy.

'muh skellingtons!

 

[Sykar]

Well steam achievements are up for Wolcen

Apparently there will be building construction for the end game? Other than player housing did they mention anything about building?

Nothing so far to my knowledge.

 

[Sykar]

Cosmetic gear customization:

I like the art style, atmosphere, and music I've seen so far but at the end of the day my only real question is this: can I make a big army of skeletons Diablo 2 style?

I found out now that there are summon spells in the game which were not present in the beta:


How big the army can grow in the final release I do not know, sorry.

 

[luj1]

So is this another diablo clone or is it something better?

It is an amalgamation of D3 and PoE.

And Lost Ark and God of War.

The game looks fun, I only hope for enough content (it doesn't look like it) and post-release support.

 

[Sykar]

So is this another diablo clone or is it something better?

It is an amalgamation of D3 and PoE.

And Lost Ark and God of War.

The game looks fun, I only hope for enough content (it doesn't look like it) and post-release support.

I have never played God of War and I am unsure which element of Lost Ark you see in this game. Could you elaborate?

 

[Daedalos]

Fuck yeah, it looks like the necro/summoner class is in after all. tons of new skills featureing zombies, golems n stuff.

dis gon b gud. the graphics are next-gen imo and on-par with D4 or lost ark

 

[Xunwael]

So this is actually releasing in like three days? A Full Game release? Not one of those "we're totes releasing bros, but WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE, here's act 1-2 out of 5 planned and also 70% of the features are missing"?

'Cuz it looks pretty cool, but I'm getting real tired of these early access titles pulling the rug out from under you all the time, even during their "full releases".

Guess I should just wait a few weeks extra.

 

[ADL]

Patch notes for release
https://steamcommunity.com/games/424370/announcements/detail/1718622688305803252

It's come a hell of a long way since I backed this on Kickstarter in 2015

 

[Perkel]

They removed GOG version. Incoming Denuvo DRM. Can't wait for game to stutter because of DRM.

 

[luj1]

on-par with D4 or lost ark

It's basically Lost Ark we'll play before Lost Ark. Good move.

 

[Bara]

They removed the gog version a while back and refunds were given I think.

I believe gog asked them to actually get the game to parity with the steam version as there was a growing gap?

Relations broke down after that so they decided to drop gog.

So still really freaking stupid but not as stupid as Denuvo... yet.

 

[Perkel]

So still really freaking stupid but not as stupid as Denuvo... yet.

They were already on GOG there is no reason to remove game especially if it is early access. They could just release release version there and there would be no problem.

 

[luj1]

Any indication it will indeed have Denuvo protection? I couldn't find any confirmation.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

The new story mod is SO lame, I cant even.

 

[Daedalos]

The new story mod is SO lame, I cant even.

Yeah because traditionally, ARPGs were always at the FOREFRONT of amazing story, writing and C&C, right?