The MMORPG Galaxies of Eden wanted to fully focus on social interactions. Even classes that do not have to fight were promised, and those who wanted could have just built a city. Now the developers are shifting their focus and want to improve the game with artificial intelligence.
What is Galaxies of Eden? It is difficult to answer what the game currently is. Until recently, specifically at the end of 2021, the vision was clear. They wanted to be the most social MMORPG on the market, the developers promised.
For this, they relied on two different game modes:
- An action mode, in which the whole game was supposed to play similarly to its third-person shooter
- A social mode, which was supposed to focus on trading, housing, and building entire cities
There was to be no loot in the form of equipment in Galaxies of Eden. Instead, players could only scavenge crafting materials with which they could then create new items or have them created. Players who wanted to focus entirely on crafting should be able to do that too.
The cities in the game were supposed to be built and operated almost entirely by players. There would be NPCs, but overall they were supposed to be quite few in comparison to the entire game world. Originally, Galaxies of Eden was supposed to start an alpha in the second quarter of 2022, but that did not happen.
Here you see a first gameplay insight:
The focus of the game is supposed to change – AI writes better than real humans anyway
What is changing now? On Twitter, the development team has announced that the focus of Galaxies of Eden is supposed to change. Instead of focusing entirely on social features, artificial intelligence is now to be at the center of the MMORPG.
In the future, it will be responsible for “endlessly continuing the adventure” and continuously expanding the virtual universe with new content. In Discord, one of the developers even gets more specific: The new main feature of Galaxies of Eden will be quests that are completely generated by AI.
Why is this happening? As a reason for this drastic change in direction, developer Alkan explains mainly money problems. He justifies the new path as follows:
“No, this is not an April Fool’s joke, and to keep it short, developing a social MMORPG is not possible for us. One of our biggest problems we struggled with was funding. Due to a lack of funding, we were unable to hire people to develop content. Artificial intelligence has solved this problem for us. Currently, [the AI] can write stories and quests much better than the average employee.” (via massivelyop)
Fans are not thrilled – They think the course change is just an April Fool’s joke
How are fans reacting? Everything but positively. Galaxies of Eden was already a relatively unknown title, but now it seems to even frighten its previously loyal fans. The original post on Twitter currently has only a single comment, a picture of the game’s AI with the caption: “Don’t believe its lies.”
Many fans in Discord still consider the whole AI story to be an April Fool’s joke. Several users even repeatedly ask if this is really 100% sure not a silly joke. When the developers deny this multiple times, some quickly turn away.
One simply writes: “This is a shame, I was looking forward to a social MMO. Goodbye” and then leaves the game’s server. Another fan can only agree: “I think you will lose your entire player base with this.”
Currently, we could not find any positive opinions regarding this change during our research. One user merely comments on the studio’s open communication as good.
What do you think about it? Would you play an AI game? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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