The sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei is considered promising. With its freedoms, the ability to build cities in an open world, and the action combat system, it is eagerly awaited by many MMORPG players. A new video of the character editor has now been released.
How good is the editor? When creating your character, you first have a large selection of presets that you can refine afterwards. There are about 30 hairstyles, 16 beards, and 10 different eye colors to choose from.
Additionally, you can make many adjustments with sliders, from body shape to lip color intensity to iris size. Also, with the colors, you have only a rough scheme – such as blonde, brown, black, gray, and white for hair. Within this scheme, you can choose the perfect color.
Overall, the selection is quite large, especially considering that the MMORPG is still in pre-alpha. Only the restrictions on names – 2 to 13 characters and no spaces – received some criticism on YouTube.
You can watch the video here. At the end of the video, you can also catch a brief glimpse of the map of Pax Dei:
Pax Dei excites with housing, gets criticism for PvP
What kind of game is this? In Pax Dei, adventure is the focus. You do not just blindly follow quests but can basically do whatever you want.
- There are no fixed classes; instead, the game uses different weapons, similar to New World.
- You start by collecting resources and crafting items. Crafting is said to play an important role because monsters do not drop equipment. Everything is crafted by players. Additionally, your equipment degrades over time, so you will have to craft it again.
- The focus is on cooperation with other players, as even battles against PvE creatures are tough. The further you distance yourself from the “Heartlands” – something like the safe zone – the more difficult the content is supposed to become.
- The game uses a zoom function that allows you to focus on decorations, equipment, and elements in the open world. This makes even small engravings on worn equipment visible, which is said to play a role in the lore. In a preview that we participated in from MeinMMO, we were shown a mushroom that simply grows on the ground and can be collected.
- It is developed in Unreal Engine 5, leading to really nice graphics.
A highlight is the housing system, where you can build freely in the open world. Away from paths or special Points of Interest, you can simply claim a piece of land for yourself.
If you want, you can connect this land with other players and create small settlements or even large cities. In various screenshots, the developers showed large taverns, forges, temples, and fancy half-timbered houses.
Is there also criticism? Yes. Recently, the PvP system was presented, which not everyone likes. While there are supposed to be no player fights in many areas in Pax Dei, there are in specific contested provinces. Unique materials are also said to be present there.
If you die in PvP, players can loot a part of your inventory and equipment. Additionally, death causes your equipment to be more severely damaged, making it degrade faster. This means it is seen more as a resource like a potion rather than something you farm once and then wear forever.
Learn more about the PvP system here: New sandbox MMORPG on Steam promises complete freedom, now revealing details about battles and PvP.
What do you think of the character editor and Pax Dei in general? Feel free to share in the comments.
