Asmongold blasts MMO devs for \u201chandicapping\u201d players as New World plans leak Twitch: AsmongoldIn the wake of his extensive criticism of Amazon Game Studio\u2019s new \u2018New World\u2019 project, Twitch streamer Asmongold has expressed real concern over the future of the MMO genre. When Asmongold has an issue with something, it\u2019s safe to say he doesn\u2019t miss and hit the wall with his points. The Twitch streamer has garnered a fearsome reputation over the years and has even taken on Blizzard themselves over the future of their iconic titles, World of Warcraft and WoW Classic. Next on the list, though, is Amazon Game Studio\u2019s flagship MMO, New World. Asmongold really isn\u2019t a fan. Asmongold slams New World In a Twitlonger entitled \u201cNew World, same s**t,\u201d the streamer delves into much more detail that we\u2019ve seen previously on-stream. If you thought his words on camera were harsh, then boy you better strap yourselves in. His main complaint about the title is the concept of microtransactions. These in-game expenditures plan to include everything from XP and Level boosts to fancier gear for your character. Writing that purchasable content \u201cshouldn\u2019t be anywhere NEAR the launch or even within 6 months of release, more like an entire year,\u201d he continues that if \u201cAmazon Game Studios wants to make a real game they can\u2019t design it with artificial roadblocks.\u201d Read More: WoW Chains of Domination release date – Slamming the decision, he states: \u201cPlanning boosts before release isn\u2019t good enough and you know it. That\u2019s why you hid it behind an NDA. That\u2019s why when you tried justifying it on social media you got ratioed into oblivion to the point you had to change your social media strategy into just saying thank you for the feedback. \u201cHere is my feedback\u201d, he concludes. \u201cIf you put out a game that\u2019s designed on release to be in managed decline, I\u2019m not going to play it. I\u2019ve been waiting years for a game that\u2019s worthy of wasting my life on again which is precisely why I say this. I won\u2019t do the remnants of our neglected community the disservice of playing and promoting dogs**t.\u201d Concerns for future MMOs It\u2019s not just New World that he\u2019s sceptical about, though, it\u2019s the future of the MMO genre. With microtransactions becoming commonplace within the genre\u2019s staple games, he says: \u201cWe really just can\u2019t catch a break, can we?\u201d \u201cEvery time a company gets away with this, handicapping players and then selling them solutions becomes further normalized in gaming.\u201d Read More: How to get Valor Points in WoW Shadowlands – Both Asmongold and the wider community have made it known that they are sick of microtransactions, and their inclusion will deter players entirely. It will be interesting to see if Amazon Game Studios adapt their design to veer away from them. To borrow Asmongold\u2019s words, \u201cNew World stands on a razor\u2019s edge,\u201d but for some, it appears the future of MMOs does too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asmongold blasts MMO devs for \u201chandicapping\u201d players as New World plans leak Twitch: AsmongoldIn the wake of his extensive criticism of Amazon Game Studio\u2019s new \u2018New World\u2019 project, Twitch streamer Asmongold has expressed real concern over the future of the MMO genre. When Asmongold has an issue with something, it\u2019s safe to say he doesn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}