[2020] for the first time in a long time I’m excited for a video game

After playing WoW for all my child hood and most of my adulthood, I kinda had this burnt out feeling when it comes to most MMORPGs. I felt the love and inspiration fade away in WoW after many expansions, and the community slowly fade away with things like LFD and continued iterations. Uninspiring game design every expansion soured the great memory I had for WoW. I tried other MMOs such as ESO, and while I love the Elder Scrolls Series, the game just wasn’t my cup of tea.

Into my early adult hood I have felt my love for games in general fade. I found myself not even paying attention to new announcements or pressers, and just playing things to pass the time, instead of wanting to play them. But when I caught wind of this game and delved into the rabbit hole in all its mechanisms, for the first time in a LONG time I haven’t been able to stop thinking about a game, and it’s not even close to release.

At first I thought the games goals were WAYYY to ambitious and out of reach, and I still do believe that there is a massive undertaking to make all the systems not only function in general, but work as the game grows. But for some reason I believe they can do it. Watching interviews with Steven, I can feel a genuine LOVE for the MMO genre, and a drive to make a game where you can truly play how you want, while finding a community that matches your play style no matter how niche. Hearing how he talks about the pitfalls and achievements of past MMOs made me realize that this team really seems to have an understanding of the genre itself and have a vision that has the potential to be the next big thing, and even the revitalization of the whole genre.

Growing up I’ve learned to temper my expectations for things, but this childlike glee I have felt while looking into the game is something I haven’t felt in a long time, and after glancing at posts here I feel a lot of you feel the same.