In this context, we will also provide a lot more information about Albion’s factions – the Disciples of Morgana, the Keepers of Albion, the Undead, the Heretics and the Hellish Demons – as well as publish the first (of hopefully many) novels. the players) coming to the lands of Albion in order to explore and populate them. In that, we are describing the overarching setting of a group of settlers (i.e. Outside of that, we are currently working on developing the lore of Albion together with the published fantasy author Peter Newman. Similar to games such as EVE Online, we expect a lively meta-game developing in parallel to the pure gameplay mechanics of Albion Online, where guilds and players are involved in heavy politics, espionage and treason in order to progress and increase their power and influence in the world of Albion. That means, the story of the game is ultimately written by the players themselves. With the sandbox nature of Albion Online, the world and economy is purely players driven. I know it’s a sandbox MMO, but is there an over-arching story to be had or are the players the story? I’ll need to take a look a recipes next time… if they have them… yeh, there’s probably a wiki. I’m assuming this person knows what they are doing or thought this looked nice. As opposed to growing one plant nine times, I guess you could do this. Players can login with any of their devices from wherever they want to join the one-and-only world of Albion with their same account and character. Albion Online offers a truly cross-platform MMO experience, being available on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iOS. Players can fight against other players in Albion’s dedicated full-PvP zones for the ultimate prize: The victorious character may take all belongings carried by the defeated.Ħ. Full-Loot PvP. In the world of Albion, the winner takes it all. In the form of 5-vs-5 PvP fights, guilds will fight for dominance of Albion in battles determined by strategy, preparation and skill.ĥ. Guilds can form their empire by conquering the land of Albion from others, which allows them to build new cities and villages, harvest precious resources and defend themselves against the wilderness and unwanted invaders. GvG territorial warfare. In Albion Online, players can join powerful guilds that fight each other over territories. Many Roles To Play. Albion Online is a role play game in its truest sense: Fight your way to fame and honour as a ferocious soldier, live in peace and prosperity as a farmer, become famous as the world’s greatest armorsmith or constantly live on the edge as a diplomat or master-spy for your guild – the player driven world of Albion offers fun and opportunities for all players and playing styles.Ĥ. One day a warrior with heavy armor, sword and shield, the same character may be a master craftsman, equipped with precious crafting tools the next day.ģ. You-Are-What-You- Wear. There are no classes in Albion Online, players can unlock the abilities to equip their characters with whatever items they wish. There is no one path through the game, it is the players who path their way through it, while possibilities remain limitless.Ģ. All items and buildings are crafted by players, towns and villages are formed and trade routes established. Player Driven Economy. Collect & Craft, Transport & Trade, Farm & Fight. We want to revive the MMO space with the following differentiating features in the game:ġ. Jonathan Amarelo, Head of The Videogame Backlog: So for anyone that may not know, what exactly is Albion Online and how does it differ from the rest of the MMO’s out there?Ĭhristian Ziegert, Head of Operations at Sandbox Interactive: Albion Online is a medieval-style Sandbox MMORPG developed by independent Germany game studio Sandbox Interactive. Here I am just crafting my life away! It was a pretty sweet crafting experience. I got an opportunity to ask a few gnawing questions and I thought I’d share them with you in the latest Q&A with Christian Ziegert. He described it with an almost childlike awe that grabs at your inner nostalgic gamer and makes you say, I remember when “I thought like that about MMOs (or games in general)!” It got me thinking and an opportunity came up to be in Albion’s alpha so I took it. There hasn’t been an MMO that’s kept my attention for very long (and I’ve unfortunately tried a few).Īlong comes my buddy Anthony and he reminds me of a game I thought was interesting, but didn’t give it much time on my brain: Albion Online. Then I moved into FFXI and WoW and loved both of those, but after so long I’ve lost that love’n feeling. I’ve had many a days where I wished I could go back to enjoying MMOs more like I did when I started out with Ultima Online and the freedom that it represented in your character and the world.
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