Life Is Feudal: MMO
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Life is Feudal: MMO is an upcoming[1] massive online multiplayer RPG game in the medieval setting, originally developed by an indie studio Bitbox Ltd. and published by Xsolla Inc.[2]
| Life is Feudal: MMO | |
|---|---|
| LiF MMO official logo by Bitbox ltd | |
| Developer(s) | Bitbox Ltd. |
| Publisher(s) | Xsolla Inc. |
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As an ideological successor of the previous game of the previous game, Life is Feudal: Your Own, Life is Feudal: The MMO embodies the characteristics of a medieval setting with full terraforming of the environment, free construction, a branched system of crafts, survival elements, a non-armored combat system and realistic physics. In 2015, at the E3, the beta version of Life is Feudal: MMO was awarded the "Best Indie MMORPG" nomination according to MMORPG.com[3][4]
The distinctive feature of Life is Feudal: MMO from its multiplayer predecessor, Life is Feudal: Your Own, is a stable and pre-generated world with an area of 21x21 km with the future possibility of almost unlimited expansion and opportunity to form an individual system of economics and politics[5][6].
Recommended System Requirements
- OS (64-bit): Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8.1, Windows 10
- Processor (AMD): Phenom II X4 with at least 2,5 GHz
- Processor (Intel): Core i5 with at least 2,5 GHz
- Memory: 4GB RAM
- Graphics card (AMD): Radeon™ HD 5850
- Graphics card (NVIDIA): GeForce® GTX 460
- DirectX: 11.0
- Online Connection Requirements: 2048 KBPS or faster
- Broadband Internet connection
- Hard-drive space: 20GB
Plot[7]
The main storyline of Life is Feudal: MMO goes through the two events: the plot of the mysterious divine intervention which has led to an instant disappear of the greatest empire known to the World - the Vulpic Empire and a constant memory black out of its citizens, followed after that incident. Still, due to some extraordinary reasons, beliefs and religion of people managed to make it through all stages of cataclysm.
According to the official lore, the world of mortals, Sparksvaard, rests upon the branches of the World Tree. The overall Creator of it happens to be unknown.
One day Svefnii, the Sleeping God, the one who blamed for starting the cataclysm, will awaken and plunge the universe into the new chaos, which will leave nothing behind and is going to be the end of the known world.
The World Tree is a tree of immense size. The worlds of Elgverden – all the worlds of the inhabitable universe – are borne upon its branches. It is believed that the branches of this tree can be seen in each of the worlds, but at the very least, they can be seen in the world of people, Sparksvaard.
One of the branches has been found at Abell - the successor of the Vulpic Empire. Most of the survivors made it here, hoping to start a new society within the Realm. Therefore, the main objective of the game is to establish a kingdom which will not be an inferioir to the former one.
Reviews and first feedback
During the stage of closed testing, the game had already became an aim to the game critics. A month after the release in November 2015, the game was awarded the "Best Indie RPG 2015" nomination according to MMORPG.com during E3 2015. The reviewers noted that "Life is Feudal isn’t quite an MMO… yet. You can buy it and play the more limited survival RPG now, but when the MMO portion launches later this year, we expect more than a few sandbox MMO fans are going to find a lot to love in Life is Feudal. With fully customizable housing, PVP warfare, and a deep skill progression system LiF is one to watch, no doubt". The game itself has a score of 7.9 points out of ten based on 228 user reviews.[8]
Reviewers English-language portal Bleeding Coool praised the beta version of Life is Feudal: MMO in 8.5 points out of ten, calling the project "labor of love."[9]
One of the largest German gaming portals GameStar said about the game as a "extremely realistic simulator of the Middle Ages." At the same time, the interface of the game was criticized. It was noted that "to interact with each menu you need a lot more clicks than is really necessary."[10]
References
- ^ Codeman. "Life is Feudal - Life is Feudal: MMO". lifeisfeudal.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ Llewellyn, Justin. "Xsolla Announces Partnership with Life is Feudal: MMO". Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ Andrew Ross. "E3 2015: Life is Feudal isn't just another gankbox". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "MMORPG's Best of E3 2015 Awards - MMORPG.com". MMORPG.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Life is Feudal • View topic - Development News #53 - Guilds are Feudal!". lifeisfeudal.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Life is Feudal • View topic - Development News #55 - 'New game features and mechanics are on the way!'". lifeisfeudal.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Life is Feudal - LoreStories". lifeisfeudal.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "MMORPG's Best of E3 2015 Awards - MMORPG.com". MMORPG.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ Ricchiuto, Madeline (2017-05-01). "Life Is Feudal: MMO Is Very Clearly A Labor Of Love". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Life is Feudal: MMO - Beta-Ersteindruck: Wer Mittelalter will, muss leiden - GameStar" (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-21.