On November 17, the new MMO Frozen Flame (Steam) will start in Early Access and can then be played by everyone. The game impresses with a unique gameplay concept and beautiful graphics. We at MeinMMO summarize.
What kind of game is Frozen Flame? The survival MMORPG draws you into a world that is repeatedly destroyed and goes by the name Arkana. In it exists a magical flame that can curse living beings and turn them into deranged monsters.
Your goal is to survive only until the so-called Cataclysm occurs, which will annihilate your world and your character. Or you manage to prevent it.
To tackle this, you can play the following content in Frozen Flame:
- Crafting elements as well as taming creatures and building structures
- Survival aspects in the form of hunger, fighting against other players, and cold
- An action combat system where you have to actively attack and evade
- A large, open world where you can also climb and fly
- PvP and PvE
- Various classes and a customizable character
It resembles in many aspects and its aesthetic strongly to the failed survival game Rend, but aims to do many things better with its own ideas.
You can watch the trailer for the game here:
Exciting mechanics even win awards
How does the game work? While you are playing Frozen Flame and battling through the world with your character, a constant danger lurks behind you. You complete quests, craft, and defeat bosses, either alone or with up to 50 other players on the official servers, but you can also create your own.
The aim is to prevent the Cataclysm, which is triggered by a major boss in a fortress. If it happens, the game world and everything in it is destroyed, including your character.
Then you must start from the beginning but retain some of your progress, a few items, and your strength. You will thus get stronger at every world-end until you eventually manage to stop the Cataclysm.
This has been well received: For this idea, Frozen Flame has already won numerous awards. Among them, one for Best Game Design at White Nights 2018 and at the NYX Awards 2022.
Fans are also looking forward to the game, as can be seen from the reddit for the game in numerous threads. So far, there have only been a few betas for the game, in which one could participate with a bit of luck. But now the Early Access is finally set to start.
It has hit potential, just like this Early Access hit with “potato” in the name:
Early Access starts in November – with delay
Where does the game currently stand? Since July 10, 2020, the game has already been running in a closed alpha version. Several betas followed, the last one just on the weekend of October 29, 2022. Apparently, it delivered good results, which is why shortly thereafter the Early Access start on Steam was announced.
This starts on November 17, and from then on, everyone can participate. However, there is still no exact price for it. Access to the beta currently costs 24.99 €, so it is possible that Early Access will also be in a similar price range.
Why was it postponed? Originally, Frozen Flame was supposed to launch on Steam in the 4th quarter of 2020, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID situation and is now finally making it.
The game is expected to remain in Early Access for about 12 months and then become a full-fledged Buy2Play title, so you need not worry that your money is just for early access and the game will then become Free2Play.
What do you think about it? Do you think Frozen Flame can convince more than the survival game Rend, which had a similar approach?
While Rend has already died in 2020, 2022 has already claimed several games. Kritika Online has even been hit twice.
