Throne and Liberty is part generic fantasy and part weird and wonderful. During the prologue you fight walking trees, transform into a panther (and an eagle), and then it's out into the open world to start slaying goblins, wolves, sentient scarecrows, the whole
Throne and Liberty 's morphing mechanic has a similar problem. Per the lore, certain individuals (mostly the player characters) have the ability to transform into various animals. At the beginning of the game, these are a wolf, an otter, and a hawk, and different species may be unlocked later. Again, this is a lot of fun in concept, but each morph really only amounts to a simple traversal ability - wolves for sprinting, otters for swimming, hawks for gliding. The other animals you unlock at higher levels do improve traversal incrementally, but basically only amount to cosmetic differen
"Everything about Throne & Liberty, from day one, was built with, I would say, the right word is 'massive'," Lafuente says. "Massive scale, everything about it, the world, the buildings, everything. And the tech being built is going to allow things like the castle sieges that have thousands of players participating in a castle siege. That's not an exaggeration, that's already something that has been seen in the Korean life service is thousands of players participating in this castle siege. That's probably the biggest event that we have. And then there'll be other things that have hundreds of players, going down even to guild vs guild battles, which will be more along the 50 v 50, 60. v 60 type of range. Scale is a big part of what we expect in Throne & Liberty, particularly when it comes to PvP battl
In a similar vein, many of Throne and Liberty ** ’s characters are memorably designed** , including, but not limited to, those made with the game’s robust character creator. Beyond that, there’s a lengthy, but uncomplicated menu of craftable weapons, armor, and accessories to ensure your character is always looking their b
Switching character classes, too, is as easy as switching your equipped weapons and associated skills; you can save up to three different equipment and skill sets at a time. Each time you level up, you increase one of your main stats, but every single one of them is helpful for every single class. Even greatsword wielders need mana, and even spellcasters need strength. For someone like me, who tends to be indecisive when it comes to RPG builds, this kind of flexibility amounts to a quality-of-life feature . It’s almost definitely inspired by Final Fantasy FFXIV ’s simple class-changing system , and I’m incredibly grateful for t
Players still need to grind out those items for them to appear on the auction house. Once purchased, they are not max level, which means players will still need to grind for upgrades. There’s a shadow of pay-to-win here, but it’s deeply convoluted and it won’t be common for players to be splashing cash on the best gear. You can also earn Lucent by selling your own gear. If you’re a hardcore player, you could generate enough Lucent to keep buying things from the Auction House whenever you want - no wallet requi
One thing Throne and Liberty does have over most MMOs is a pretty robust system of PvP . There's a spark of brilliance in the chaos of it all, especially the massive guild raids. Being surrounded by 360 degrees of bloody struggle, trying only to stay focused on my own objectives and stay alive, was the most thrilling experience I got out of Throne and Liber
With this knowledge, you'll find yourself utilizing the item enchanting system often as there is little risk in putting upgrade materials into the wrong items. Feel free to enchant as you play, knowing that you can always transfer the experience that item has gained. Use the two main levels mentioned to get the most out of your lower-rarity items before transferring to a higher rar
Tomb Raider is currently in the driest spell the series has ever endured since it launched in the '90s, while Blue Protocol was widely expected to be available by now and still has a vague 2024 release date, and Crucible, as mentioned, was released to a poor reception, shoved back into beta, then killed altogether. So it might have eyes on a broader roster, but aside from The Grand Tour Game, MMOs are all Amazon has right now. What has Amazon learned from Lost Ark and New World that it is channelling into Throne & Liberty? That's a topic it's remaining curiously tight-lipped ab
Amazon’s track record with MMOs is solid, but also undermined by problems. Both New World and Lost Ark had huge launches with over a million players on day one. New World is of course getting revamped later this year with new content from Google World: Aeternum tied into a console release, but its performance on PC has been lacklustre for months. Current player numbers have it hovering around the 5,000 mark. Lost Ark is much healthier, with around 20,000 active players. Those games have given Amazon time to learn the ins and outs of publishing MMOs in the west, but will it be enough for Throne & Liberty to stick the landing alongside its pe
