6. Camelot Unchained
Platforms: PC Release: Unknown Payment model: Buy2Play with subscription Website: Website of Camelot Unchained
What is Camelot Unchained? The MMORPG is intended to be a spiritual successor to the classic Dark Age of Camelot and focuses on PvP battles between three factions. PvE plays only a minor role. In Camelot Unchained, large sieges take center stage.
Nevertheless, there is a vast world that you can explore, and you will face wild beasts. This way, you improve your hero and prepare him for PvP battles.
How did the crowdfunding campaign go? The Kickstarter campaign ended in May 2012 with a sum of $ 2,232,933. The developers at Citystate Entertainment have found several investors and secured additional millions as financial boosts.
How is the game doing today? The MMORPG Camelot Unchained has not yet been released. It is currently in beta status, and test sessions are taking place where new game systems are being tested, and the servers can be stressed.
Recently, there was a preview of the race of Fir Bog, giant monsters that are said to even be able to tear down fortresses.
The announcement that the developer team will now additionally take care of another online game called Final Stand: Ragnarök did not sit well with fans. However, work will continue on Camelot Unchained. When it will be released is unknown.
5. Ashes of Creation
Platforms: PC Release: Probably 2022 Payment model: Buy2Play with subscription Website: Website of Ashes of Creation
What is Ashes of Creation? The MMORPG from Intrepid immerses you in a vast world that you can change through your actions. For example, if you mine too much, this could awaken a dragon in the mountains that attacks your city.
You explore the world, help build cities and kingdoms, trade, craft, and try to make something of yourself in the world. The sandbox MMORPG Ashes of Creation does not rely on a predetermined story but allows you to write your own.
How did the crowdfunding campaign go? Through Kickstarter, the developers managed to raise $ 3,271,809 in June 2018. Another crowdfunding campaign followed on the website, and the developers sell items and access to the alpha and beta through a shop.
How is the game doing today? Even in spring 2021, the alpha of Ashes of Creation has not yet started. It has been postponed to June 1, 2021. The developers are working hard on the MMORPG and introducing new classes while consistently showing new videos. For example, of boss fights or new regions.
Problematic is that the alpha of an MMORPG should already be very representative of the final product, as MeinMMO author Alexander Leitsch explains:
