The Life is Feudal MMO from Bitbox is now officially Free2Play. At least that’s what the developers claim in their latest patch. However, there is a catch.
What is Life is Feudal? Life is Feudal is a sandbox MMO with many survival elements. The goal is to survive in a medieval world, build cities together in a guild, and compete with other guilds.
The game relies heavily on realism and requires a lot of time and dedication to develop your character. The focus is strongly on PvP.
Only one character is allowed on the mainland
What is new about the payment system? The developers announced in the new patch 0.25.22.5 that Life is Feudal is now “fully Free2Play”.
New and old players will now receive a ticket to Abella and thus to the mainland thanks to the patch. Additionally, they will receive a premium account for three days.
However, for additional characters, a fee of 10 euros is still required. Strictly speaking, it is only Free2Play for one character. By the way, the ticket is not returned if the character gets deleted.
How did the payment system work before? Life is Feudal was originally designed as a Buy2Play MMO. However, since patch 0.2 in February, it has been “Free2Play”.
Players could create a character for free and try it out on the starting island. There they could already test and experience most features.
However, if they wanted to play with guilds and enter the mainland, they had to invest money. A transfer cost around 7 euros.
On the website, however, there is little mention of this. There, under “Get the game,” several packages ranging from 27.99 euros to 92.99 euros are offered first. These include premium accounts for 30 to 90 days, as well as shop currency and 1 to 3 transfer tickets for characters.
Big differences between starting area and mainland
How important is a switch to the mainland? The starting area of Life is Feudal is good for getting to know the game and its features. But the real gaming experience only develops on the mainland, also because all constructed buildings are regularly destroyed to ensure that new players always find a place.
Only on the mainland does guild life begin; there players take care of the maintenance of the lands or their own equipment. Because when switching to the mainland, players retain their skills, but their equipment and inventory are lost.
The map is also huge. It takes over 8 hours to traverse it from north to south, and there are dangers lurking everywhere along the way.
If you really want to get to know the game, you have to tackle switching to the mainland. And one character alone is only enough to experience a fraction of everything in the game.
What are the player numbers of Life is Feudal? The game has been in early access since January 2018 and had a well-populated niche in the meantime. According to Steamcharts, over 3,000 players played it on average in February 2018.
The numbers dropped until the major update 0.2 in February of this year. After a small upswing, the numbers dropped again, and in June, only 573 players on average logged into the MMO.
With the new changes, they hope to attract new players again.
Our author Benedict watched Life is Feudal for more than 40 hours in 2018. Here is his report on it:
