I am a sucker for fairly MMORPGs. As somebody who began out with World of Warcraft, Last Fantasy 14’s beautiful graphics blew me away, and the fluidity of Smilegate’s Misplaced Ark gained me over with ease. Chrono Odyssey is one more a kind of beautiful open-world adventures that has me on tenterhooks: it seems completely stunning, has loads of dragons, and its time-based fight system is in contrast to something I’ve seen earlier than. It is simply one among my most extremely anticipated video games, particularly as a result of I’ve discovered myself bouncing off of the extra standard MMOs as of late.
However, because it’s completely mammoth playtest earlier this 12 months (it is at present quantity 17 on Steam’s ‘most wishlisted’ chart), Chrono Studio has gone silent. Launching to considerably lukewarm critiques, gamers had been fast to criticize its efficiency points and issues with hit registration, which is especially irritating provided that fight revolves round taking out enemies’ weak factors, Monster Hunter-style. In response, the workforce dropped two completely colossal developer diaries, detailing a slate of deliberate adjustments, together with a full fight rework.
The second weblog submit dropped on July 30, and sadly we have not heard something since. The official Chrono Odyssey X account went darkish, and there is been no updates on the official web site or Steam web page – pure, radio silence. Whereas CEO Bong-Gun Bae did do a prolonged AMA on his private account on August 16, the official channels remained quiet. Till now, that’s.
On Tuesday September 23, the official account posted a video from a group supervisor known as ‘Jenny,’ which reveals her and two different workers, ‘Seanny’ and ‘Manny,’ go “behind the scenes” at Chrono Studio. It reveals the trio taking the practice to work (apparently a twenty-minute lengthy journey), getting pizza, then attending a gathering.
A second submit on the identical day, which quote-tweets the July 30 dev diary, then states that “there is no such thing as a replace as a result of there is no such thing as a replace,” referencing a Discord remark we see within the video. “[The] devs are doing lots of work [at the moment], so it’s going to be some time earlier than we will present some adjustments and outcomes. Endurance,” it concludes, adopted with three prayer emojis. “Proper? @bongunn [Bong-Gun Bae].”
“Present us one thing small and I am going to convey espresso and donuts to the workforce tomorrow,” Bae responds. “Finest. Motivation. Ever.”
Silence could be a little scary within the videogame business as of late. With video games being canceled left, proper, and heart, most of which we do not hear a lot about till they’re shuttered, it is simple to see why followers had been involved. On this occasion, I am blissful that Chrono Studio is simply onerous at work and taking its time – I actually, really need it to be good.
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Are you excited for Chrono Odyssey? Tell us on Discord, and inform us about your common day at work. I feel you recognize what mine seems like.
