It could be that gaming fans will soon spend more time in the Wild West.
An MMORPG in the Wild West is a bold yet interesting decision. The developers could hit a nerve with the players, as Red Dead Redemption 2 is already highly anticipated and supposedly Ubisoft is working on a new Far Cry game, which is also set in the Wild West.
Something new in the West
The newly founded developer studio 612 Games wants to give you a lot of freedom with the upcoming sandbox MMORPG Wild West Online. You can work as a gangster in the huge open game world and rob other players or banks, or you will become the sheriff and defend the towns.
However, Wild West Online is supposed to be more than just a kind of “cowboys and indians” game, where it’s only good versus evil. If you want to make a living as someone who searches for resources in the wilderness, you can also take this path.
For example, it is possible to look for a mine and mine gold that you sell in town. But the mine will eventually attract bandits, so it is advisable to pay players to protect you with the money. This is how a player-driven economy in the game world is supposed to emerge, as crafting will also play an important role, which works through recipes.
PvP is the focus
Wild West Online will also allow gangs to organize, take hideouts and plan their next robberies from there. Wars can break out between the different gangs. Bounty hunters and sheriffs will then try to take down these gangs. By the way, there will only be fights between players. NPCs will not come to collect the bounty for a player. Player interaction is supposed to be at the center. Currently, there are also no quests planned, but this could still change.
To bring a bit more excitement to the game and to protect it from overpopulation, the servers are limited to about 100 players.
Currently, some game elements have not yet been fully worked out, such as how to improve the character and what consequences the death of a hero has. A Kickstarter campaign for the game is planned for the end of the month, through which at least 250,000 US dollars are to be raised.
Some stretch goals are already set. At 400,000 dollars, female characters will be introduced, and at 1.75 million dollars, train robberies will find their way into the game, which will be a kind of raid.
Release as a competitor to Red Dead Redemption 2
The base game is definitely scheduled to be released, regardless of whether the Kickstarter campaign is successful or not. This is only meant to secure additional financial resources with which more features can be implemented.
The release of the base game Wild West Online is even planned for the end of this year. Then it will also be decided whether players prefer to play the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2 or Wild West Online.
Andreas says: Wild West Online looks excellent and could have a good chance of exciting many players. The setting is new and fresh, and many of the ideas sound good. I am still a bit skeptical for two reasons:
The focus on PvP and few PvE contents may only appeal to a small portion of MMORPG fans.
The game will have a hard time competing with Red Dead Redemption 2, whose online mode will likely follow a similar approach.
We will see how Wild West Online and RDR 2 differ from each other. There is definitely room for two western online games in the market.
Wild West Online is an action MMO set in an open Western world. In it, you can do what you want. You can follow the law, explore the land, search for treasures,...
