As already known, World of Warcraft has been withdrawn from the Chinese market due to differences between NetEase and Blizzard. Tencent, one of the major publishers in China, has made it its mission to fill the resulting vacuum with its own MMORPG Tarisland . To this end, Tencent has now released a story teaser.
What does the story teaser show? The story teaser is the Tarisland Worldview
trailer. It presents moving images that, through a narrator, frame the story of the MMORPG and provide us with the first story snippets.
A dark world is predicted, including fire and brimstone raining down from the sky. Entire planets are shown being consumed by a universal force. This is garnished by a, albeit perhaps overly motivated, narrator, who propagates a somewhat hopeless future for the world. Ultimately, the trailer promises a closed beta test.
Make sure to check out the story teaser for Tarisland:
In detail, there are individual sentences from the speaker among all the lovingly animated images that sound as if they came from Google Translate. For example:
- “Plague, hatred, war, and death; come as I now decree!” (engl. “Plague, hatred, war, and death; come as I now decree!”)
- “The doom looms in sight… there’s no escape.” (engl. “The doom looms in sight… there’s no escape.”)
How do the fans react? Fans are open to the idea and find the visual representation successful. However, there is one detail that has not been well received. This concerns the narrator’s voice. It seems to sometimes choose strange phrasings, as some users comment on the colleagues at massivelyop.com (via massivelyop.com):
- User Leo:
I wonder if they just ran their script through a translation program and thought, yes, that’s good enough
- User John Lind IV:
Poor dialogue = another reason to throw this into the fire and never look back. Why? If a company can’t even take the time to find someone who is fluent in both languages to work on their translations for a trailer, why should I think they would do better in other areas of the game.
Indeed, the phrasings seem peculiar to me at times. However, whether this should be a reason to dismiss the upcoming MMORPG outright is debatable. The fact is that some players wish for more quality in such matters. Hopefully, Tencent takes the feedback to heart before the release of Tarisland.
What kind of game is this? Tarisland is an MMORPG developed by Tencent, a Chinese game developer. It is set to be released globally later this year and is meant to be an answer to the now-missing WoW in China. According to a press release (via mmorpg.com), the developer describes its game as a huge sandbox MMORPG.
In detail, Tencent promises (via tarisglobal.com) the following features at launch:
- 9 fully customizable classes
- No Pay2Win
- A seasonal system
- A diverse class and talent choice
- Raids that include multiple phases
- free trading system
- Cross-Platform for PC and Mobile
Want to know more about Tencent’s MMORPG Tarisland? Then check out the following article by MeinMMO editor Alexander:
Gaming giant brings new MMORPG that is supposed to replace WoW – Beta tests start in a few weeks
