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Stars Reach – new social sandbox MMO by Raph Koster announced

29 points| hooby | 1 year ago |starsreach.com

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littlestymaar|1 year ago

I dont know who Ralph Koster is or why this announcement deserves the front page, but I have to say the art direction is surprisingly dull: there are plenty of indie games made with just free asset packs that have more personality than this…

meheleventyone|1 year ago

Raph is a prominent game designer, one of the designers of Ultima Online and writes a lot about game design. This is interesting at least because people have high hopes that he will build another good systemic sandbox MMO.

I agree though that this looks surprisingly dull and also that the trailer doesn’t do a great job selling the systems side of things either.

smusamashah|1 year ago

The lighting, textures on the characters has a weird feel and lighting on them.

ergonaught|1 year ago

"I don't know why this deserves the front page"

When you catch yourself writing that, just go ahead and delete it.

Eventually, you'll prevent yourself from even thinking it in the first place.

Life will improve.

hooby|1 year ago

This game is definitely gonna be known for it's systems, mechanics and simulation, and not for it's graphics - that much is sure.

ergonaught|1 year ago

Just last week I was wishing that another MMO in development would consult with Raph because they desperately need his input, wondered what he was up to these days, and then bang, this.

At the least I think he has a much higher chance of delivering than Garriot has done.

Vecr|1 year ago

Logo looks kind of Star Trek. So does the ?cat? creature. The early animated show I guess? Is Stars Reach a unique enough name though? I'm getting results with and without the apostrophe.

Alex3917|1 year ago

I'm surprised the webpage and FAQ doesn't answer the single most obvious question: does this support player housing?

hooby|1 year ago

Full player housing, with building options similar to Landmark. Also player-cities, and even player-governed planets.

smusamashah|1 year ago

One of the tweets from official account said that it does.

meheleventyone|1 year ago

The trailer shows some house building in it.