The upcoming MMO Skyforge is currently in beta in Russia, and a video shows the character creation process.
We have reported a lot about Skyforge in the last few months, seen many screenshots, but the current game and moving images are relatively rare. This is slowly changing now as the game continues to progress and mature. In Russia, they are already a bit further along, while the western localization is lagging behind (but not too far). In any case, today we have a current video of the character creation for you and take this opportunity to summarize what is known about Skyforge.
The features of Skyforge at a glance
Skyforge is set to be a Free2Play action MMO for PC with:
- many instances and areas
- a fluid combat system
- a pinned browser game-like adept system
- a complex skill system
- the ascension to godhood, which should be more than just unlocking an ultimate ability and should be more of a natural event
- and a profound multi-class system.
The character creation of Skyforge in video
The Russian developers place great value on aesthetics. They adopt a model similar to The Secret World and do not let new items appear on the character; rather, the wardrobe is equipment-independent. As is usual with games with this design decision, great emphasis is placed on character creation.
Character creation is important anyway in MMOs with Asian influence; and Russian games strongly emphasize this, being an interesting mix of Asian and Western design ideas in MMOs. Skyforge is being developed not only by the Russian team from Allods but also by some developers from the West. They are supposed to ensure it resonates here as well. The chances for this are not bad at all, as the developers are from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas. They have explained to the Russians that gender locking is not a good idea.
Here is a video of the character creation from the beta. As starter classes, there are the Paladin (Tank), the Lightbinder (Support), and the Cryomancer (DPS).
