If you enjoy the pixel style of the great SNES role-playing games and can relate to the genre of MMOs, you should definitely check out Drakantos.
The Key Facts:
- Developer: Wingeon Game Studios
- Genre: Fantasy MMORPG with top-down perspective and pixel art graphics
- Payment Model: Free2Play
- Status: In development, testing phases take place regularly
- Target Release: Unknown
- Product page on Steam
What Makes the Game Stand Out? Drakantos initially resembles Apogea, but stylistically moves much closer to SNES role-playing games and visually reminds me strongly of classics like Secret of Mana.
The focus is also different. While Apogea aims to attract fans of old MMO classics like Tibia or RuneScape, which prefer little to no guidance, Drakantos has shown to be much more beginner-friendly and guiding during tests.
At the beginning, you choose one of several pre-made heroes, determining the appearance (which can later be adjusted with skins) and the playstyle (the respective abilities can be customized with artifacts and spheres). You cannot create your own character.
After that, quests guide you through the first steps until you eventually land in the MMO part, where you can switch heroes if desired. From there, you can dive into the next quests or explore the world. Additionally, you can select specific missions via an overworld map that multiple players can work on in parallel.
The developers promise housing, player trading, crafting, guilds, global events, optional PvP, and much more. All of this sounds exciting enough for me to keep an eye on Drakantos. This might also be because I devoured just about everything on the SNES that was in any way like Secret of Mana, Terranigma, or Illusion of Time.
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