Image Credit: Amazon New World vs Breakaway: what has Amazon learned? For some folks, though, it will just be about exploration and survival in a sandbox world. For some, it will be about getting the best gear, for others joining the best guild and dominating the player-vs-player space. When asked about what the end-game looks like in New World, Studio Head Patrick Gilmore said that the answer depended on the person. Your missions in this world are really self-guided, and that means you'll have to make your own fun in the massive sandbox. To muddy matters even more, unlike traditional MMOs, there aren't really any quest givers to speak of. It's littered with resources at this point, and a few monster mobs, but by and large it's a fairly generic-looking continent without a lot of personality. In its current state the world is really rough and unfinished. It’s the basket in which you’ll find all of Amazon’s eggs - all of its innovation and potentially where everything goes wrong. That said, the vast majority of Amazon's MMO felt fairly benign in an industry filled to the brim with interesting mechanics and new ways to play.īut then there’s this world. Because the game’s still in alpha at the moment, there’s not too much more here to talk about in terms of real gameplay or mechanics - it all revolves around collecting resources, upgrading gear and then banding together to lay siege to another clan's fortress.

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