![]() Until yesterday's announcement, however, the last update on the Crowfall website was from April. Monumental acquired Crowfall from original developer Artcraft in December 2021, and at first posted updates quite regularly, especially in March 2022. It's also worth noting that Monumental has not been particularly communicative. It's equally hard to imagine anyone coming back and spending money when the game's already been shut down once. But most importantly of all, you can be a guinea pig.Presumably, then, part of this big rethink will be figuring out a way to do both of these critical things, but it's hard to imagine how that will be possible without significant compromises or more investment. And if you're a fan of old PvP games like Dark age of Camelot, or Shadowbane, which is actually where the makers of this game come from, then I heartily suggest you do. Nevertheless, there are many great community resources to help you with all of this should you wish to take the plunge. Crowfall is a game that lacks a kind of lazy exploration phase, and with a respec option not yet in (I'm assured it's coming at launch), can punish careless talent point spending. ![]() The only thing I struggled with was getting up to speed on character builds so early on. It's chunky, and the character classes offer interesting possibilities. I haven't had a chance to do much in the game beyond a bit of levelling. Here's some actual gameplay footage, from a recent HungerDome tournament. The other world type is HungerDome, a kind of battle royale, where 12 teams of five players duke it out. It's a place to recklessly romp around in, or to get used to the ins and outs of player battles. Here, a permanent three-faction war between Sun, Earth and Moon rages. There are the God's Reach worlds, which are slightly more casual places for warring. And it's here that you can employ a kind of feudal hierarchy, specifying lords and ladies and even monarchs if you get that far. But the extra fun comes from collaborating. This is a place that persists, hence the Eternal part of the name. You can lay blueprints a bit like in Fortnite, and expand with new biomes and other things. ![]() Linked to these Dreg wars are the Eternal Kingdom, a separate building world where everyone can build their own kingdom. Watch on YouTube Here's a new Crowfall cinematic that's just been released. These campaigns can take days or weeks or months, but at the end, there's always a winner, and those winners take the best rewards. This is a place of siege warfare, of castles and forts and 100v100 battles. The glitziest are the Dregs, where the big wars between guilds happen. There are a few worlds in the game, some of which change, some don't. There's a level-cap of 30 which you can get quite close to in a few hours if you're speedy. There's a bit of monster fighting, but only really to serve as a tutorial while you quickly level up. In general, it's an online fantasy game about fighting other players. It's an MMO I've been following since it Kickstarted in 2015 (after which it raised more money via player investment and in-game property sales), and one I've played a bit of recently. And you can gain immediate access to it now by signing up for the beta. Crowfall, a player versus player MMO you can win and lose, finally has a release date: 6th July.
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