Is Drakantos an MMORPG? A co-op OARPG? The reply to that query is the first topic of Wingeon Sport Studios’ June dev weblog, which confirms that the title is “an MMORPG at its core,” although it’s additionally trying to do issues a bit in a different way from the usual method of the style.
Whereas Drakantos can have acquainted options like a populated open world, questing, and a market board, it’s going to additionally supply up dungeon delves and map cases accessed by the Adventurers’ Guild function, which opens up the sport’s map and lets gamers tackle completely different missions, all of which could be taken up by 4 gamers both in pre-made events or through matchmaking that runs whilst missions are in-progress. These missions can supply a large assortment of actions and aspect aims to finish, will dynamically alter their issue based mostly on social gathering measurement, and supply selectable difficulties that may be unlocked as energy stage grows and guild ranks are unlocked.
Quests are additionally being achieved in a different way too: As a substitute of being the first technique of character development, quests will unlock options like techniques, outlets, and artifacts, all of which could be shared throughout the complete account. Quests will also be completely different based mostly on the character or character archetype gamers choose.
Whereas the dev weblog is generally targeted on classifying itself as an MMORPG, it additionally supplies just a few different tidbits of data, together with a video peek on the character Liam that additionally showcases open world and dungeon gameplay, affirmation that future dev blogs will probably be releasing each three months whereas different teases will probably be shared on social media and Discord, and a really tough projection of launching in mid-2025, although that might change if Wingeon feels that Drakantos isn’t “an MMORPG designed for long-term play.” So sure, it’s certainly an MMORPG.
