Xsyon may not be the best looking game, but where the title faults in the super hi-def bloom that burns cornea and frightens small nocturnal creatures, it makes up in offering freedom to players. Throughout the short history of the MMO genre, there have been quite a few attempts at allowing the player to build the world around them. Star Wars Galaxies, more notably, allows players to build cities to focus their guild. Those cities, likewise, are able to take part in the overall galactic civil war.
In Xsyon, the developers have decided to take a different approach to the idea of post-apocalyptic. Rather than being in a world that is destroyed, that you are merely trying to survive while the world around you builds up (or remains stagnant), you are taking part in the rebuilding of the new world. Most, if not all, of human innovation is gone, kaput, and the leaders have fallen back to the old days of God worship and scavenging.
The manner in which Xsyon hopes to keep its players is to allow them to shape the world as they see fit. Before the game launches, those who preorder will be given access to a very small section, from which point they will be roaming around, exploring new areas, and discovering new methods of crafting, building, fighting, and more. As the players progress, so does the game, with players deciding everything from the foundation of new cities, even to terraforming of the current terrain. The environment is in a state of constant flux, and it is up to the players to decide the future of the world. Everything down to the quests are player-given, where players can obtain quests ordered by the chief of the “tribe” (guild). New skills, new items, new objects, new creatures, most will be discovered in-game before they are announced.
Xsyon looks to be shaping up into a title similar to A Tale In The Desert, where early players will have a very different experience than those who join several months or years down the line. Of course, the fact that I can create my own cooking recipes is enough of a reason for me to dip into my pocket, but then again…I’m irresponsible with money.
There won’t be a trial for Xsyon until the game launches, and there won’t be an open beta (more on that tomorrow). Preorderers are given access to Prelude, a pre-game world that they have a great amount of freedom to shape and discover.
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