Going away from the usual business model discussion for a bit, I thought this looked promising, so I'm posting it (though as an instanced action RPG it technically doesn't qualify as an MMO, I'm pretty sure nobody cares to make that distinction anyway):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc08kd29n4I
This is the closest thing to a Cuhraaazee (i.e. Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Rising, God of War, Bayonetta et al.)-style action RPG I've ever seen. Most action RPGs have this sort of plodding pace ala Tera or Dark Souls - even Dragon's Dogma has a much slower pace than a lot of those kinds of games, and it was made by staff that worked on Devil May Cry. The emphasis on fast action and crazy-high combo chains really feels like a character action game.
Granted there's a lot of games I've never touched (like C9 or Dragon's Nest), but even from second-hand footage it's plain that they have a lot of janky elements, which Black Sheep does not appear to share (also, what is with Korean games and using Black in their name somewhere? Black Desert, Black Gold Online... Heh), at least at first glance. Looks like a more refined version of Vindictus, really.
Man, so many neat things coming out of Korea that I won't get to touch for years. Dammit all. Sometimes I really do feel like I was born on the wrong side of the planet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc08kd29n4I
This is the closest thing to a Cuhraaazee (i.e. Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Rising, God of War, Bayonetta et al.)-style action RPG I've ever seen. Most action RPGs have this sort of plodding pace ala Tera or Dark Souls - even Dragon's Dogma has a much slower pace than a lot of those kinds of games, and it was made by staff that worked on Devil May Cry. The emphasis on fast action and crazy-high combo chains really feels like a character action game.
Granted there's a lot of games I've never touched (like C9 or Dragon's Nest), but even from second-hand footage it's plain that they have a lot of janky elements, which Black Sheep does not appear to share (also, what is with Korean games and using Black in their name somewhere? Black Desert, Black Gold Online... Heh), at least at first glance. Looks like a more refined version of Vindictus, really.
Man, so many neat things coming out of Korea that I won't get to touch for years. Dammit all. Sometimes I really do feel like I was born on the wrong side of the planet.
