The MMORPG Worlds Adrift is currently in beta, and the developers have not yet commented on when the official release will be. Looking at the recently published roadmap, one can guess why this is the case.
Worlds Adrift is an ambitious game. It aims to provide a large sandbox world divided into floating islands. You travel between islands using airships, collect resources, and build a base and new ships.
Along the way, you encounter other players who can also attack you, leading to action-packed aerial battles or skirmishes on the islands. Great player freedoms are supposed to be the focus. Developing this takes time.
Worlds Adrift still has a long way to go – the release is likely still far away
What the developers still have to do is shown in the recently published roadmap. It contains some things that are not necessarily game-changing, including:
- New hairstyles and beards for male characters
- An improved hotbar
- Adjustments to the crew system
However, there are also elements that will have a significant impact on the MMO:
- Wars over territories
- New regions
- An improved climbing system, as the old one often led to players’ deaths from falling off cliffs
- Reworked knowledge system
- Expansions of shipyards
- Sunken treasures
- The item shop for cosmetic items
- Overheating of ship engines
- Adjustments to cannons and turrets
The launch is likely still a long way off
The complete roadmap is divided into things the team is already working on, features coming soon, and game elements that are still only planned. This indicates that Worlds Adrift still has a long way to go, even if updates are released regularly.
Whether all these things really need to be finished by the release is still unclear. But apparently, we will have to wait quite a while for the launch of Worlds Adrift.
But even the beta of Worlds Adrift is already quite fun.
