For the god MMO Skyforge, a 15-minute video with English subtitles has emerged, providing a first deeper insight into the gameplay.
An intro video featuring alpha footage from a Russian player has met with the approval of the developers. Originally created to help alpha players overcome early difficulties, it has now received the green light from my.com, the developers of the game, and the video is now available with subtitles, allowing us to learn more about the game – although one notices while watching how unexpectedly many hissing sounds the Russian language contains.
The video already showcases some features of Skyforge. The combat system will be a mix of action and tab-based systems. While you “lock” onto a target using the familiar tab; standard abilities are triggered with a combination of left and right clicks. This resembles classic beat ’em ups.
The individual classes differ in their function and play style. The Cryomancer, recently introduced, plays in a way that you hold down a key for a bit longer to trigger a power-up effect and deal area damage. You charge an ability. This system resembles the superhero MMO DC Universe Online. Additionally, there will be a dash function to evade enemy abilities in a timely manner, as well as resource management. It will be important to kill the opponent with your finishing move, as this replenishes the class resource that determines whether you can enhance abilities or not.
In the quest system, Skyforge seems to adopt elements from Guild Wars 2, with location-based “quests” that can be completed in a given area. Even though the video is prefaced with a note stating that this is just alpha footage and no judgments about the quality of the finished game can be made from it, the game already looks quite good in our eyes.
Skyforge plans a “big announcement” regarding the beta at Gamescom in Cologne, which takes place in mid-August. One can assume that this refers to a launch date. At Gamescom, additional information about new classes is expected to be announced, as currently only 5 of the eventual 10 are known.
What do you think of the video? Are you interested in the game? Is it on your radar? Do you like what you see, or are you rather skeptical?
