The MMORPG Pantheon Rise of the Fallen is considered by many fans to be the great PvE hope. We at MeinMMO have taken a look at how the game looks after 7 years in development and where it stands.
What is Pantheon Rise of the Fallen? The MMORPG aims to provide a true old-school experience while stepping in the footsteps of Everquest. According to the developers, they want to show how the MMORPG genre could have developed had there never been a World of Warcraft.
The team from Visionary Realms, which is behind the development, is not very large. They have been working on Pantheon for 7 years.
The focus of the game is on story-driven quests, dungeons, and raids that you should all experience as a group. Pantheon uses a tab-targeting combat system as well as the classic Holy Trinity of damage, tank, and healer.
Many innovations for Pantheon, but a release is still far away
What’s new? In a newsletter, the development team announced the latest information and the next big goal. They are continuing to work on the alpha roadmap to let the first players experience how Pantheon plays as soon as possible.
Until then, we might still have to be patient. Nevertheless, work is progressing at full speed, after the team received a financial boost at the beginning of the year.
Just in June, the monthly update brought the following new things into the game:
- The monk class
- The combo system has been revised
- A new skill tree for the mage
- Diverse UI changes
- The AI of the opponents has been completed
- Improvements in the game’s code
- New animations
- New enemies
How does Pantheon play? So far, we cannot provide much information about it, as we have not been able to play it ourselves yet. However, a video already shows us some gameplay material. As promised, there is classic MMORPG gameplay here, with the RPG in focus.
We also see diverse areas and many battles that already look quite decent for a pre-alpha status. Unfortunately, we did not see anything of the game’s story.
In this video, we see around 10 minutes of commented gameplay from Pantheon:
Why is the game exciting? After the rise of the giant World of Warcraft, many MMORPGs have taken a similar direction. Thus, the developers rightly ask, “Where would the genre be today if it weren’t for WoW?”
This genre is often dismissed as an old-school MMORPG because it follows the “old school”, that is, everything prior to WoW. Pantheon Rise of the Fallen will definitely not be for every player, but it seems to hit exactly the niche that many players want to fill. We are eagerly watching how the development progresses.
When can I play this? So far, there are still no dates. The developers released an alpha roadmap some time ago, with tasks that still need to be completed before a playable version is released to the public, and this is continuously shrinking. Therefore, it is conceivable that we might be able to play an alpha version in 2021 or 2022. However, the game will not receive a final release anytime soon.
What do you think of the idea? Would you give Pantheon a chance? Were you not aware of the game, or are you already waiting for it? Feel free to leave us a comment!
Until then, we have 18 MMORPGs, which are set to appear at the earliest in 2021 for you.
