'Atlas' Video Leaks from Studio Wildcard - It's a Pirate-y Seafaring First-Person Game - MMORPG.com

  • KattTruewalker
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    Well, well, well... what do we have here? Ark:Survival...... Pirates?

    Studio Wildcard’s trailer shows off a decidedly different game compared to Ark: Survival Evolved with players controlling seafaring pirates and search for treasure. The undead walk among them as well in skeletal forms at least on land, possibly on the open sea as well.

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    Aug 6, 2018

    'Atlas' Video Leaks from Studio Wildcard - It's a Pirate-y Seafaring First-Person Game | MMORPG.com

    'Atlas' Video Leaks from Studio Wildcard - It's a Pirate-y Seafaring First-Person Game | MMORPG.com

    Studio Wildcard slipped up over the weekend by revealing a trailer on the ARK: Survival Evolved YouTube channel. The trailer, "Atlas", shows a new game seemingly in development by Studio Wildcard that is a decided departure for the company. It features first-person seafaring action with players...

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  • FishSt1ck
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    @katttruewalker
    I guess it's not a bad move for them as they already have a rich survival sandbox base and now seemingly added a pirate game over that. As far as the video shows it seems quite extensive, using the complete range of Ark:Survival combined with different types of ships (including a rowboat) and some new pirate specific tools.

  • KattTruewalker
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    @fishst1ck The landscape does look awfully familiar as well, it'll be interesting to see how this progresses and whether they can improve on some of the clunkiness of Ark - the combat in there reminds me of PotBS.....

  • Clumsy George
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    Is this a Steam or PC only game...The water...seems dull after seeing perfect water like only Sea of Thieves has...The game doesn't look that bad but then i saw all sails from three masts fall down at the same time and speed without seeing any crewmember doing a thing....And therefore the line has been drawned ...i play Sea of Thieves with my Friends and because of THOSE Friends...That they have skeletons in their game doesn't bother me , but digging up the chest is pure theft of Rare's genius...." Mom!....Bring me my "tools" please...Looks like meat is back on the menu, boys" .
    Mom: " Cheaters? , George"
    George: " No Mum, much worse....Thieves of original ideas ...i can't stand idle..."

  • FishSt1ck
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    I've never played PotBS, the video does show a lot of that clunkiness of Ark though. I don't think I'd be interested in a Ark:Pirates with S&B combat though, but it's definitely interesting enough to keep an eye on.

  • Hynieth
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    I never liked ark. In my opinion it looked awefull controlled terrible and had really poor design decisions.

    This might become a great game to many people, probably not to me.
    What's it going to take to build a ship like a galleon in SoT? 1 day? 2 Days? And then it sinks and you have to gather and build a new one probably. Fun if you've got no job no kids etc but I've got a game where I can set out and have fun instantly.

  • Sir Lotus
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    I don't know how I feel about this. It seems to be just a proof of concept so far, as most of the models are from Ark and some even from modders. People are also speculating, that it's made by Snail Games, not Wildcard. Which would kinda mean the quality will be more than questionable.

    I'll reserve my judgement for now. I want to know a bit more about it.

  • Skulliah
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    Well it's good to have some competition! Some islands seem to look quite impressive but it's really far from the beauty of the Sea of Thieves.

    It looks like you will be able to build your own ship but how they float on the water is not meticulously designed as Sea of Thieves. What I like from Rare's game is this cartoonish style and all the crazyness in it. The fact I can shoot myself out of the cannons, even eating bananas, hearing the machiavellian laughter of the skellies or having Megan as your pet following you.

    The strength of Sea of Thieves is to be able to create our own adventures and stories, meet other players and build friendships with them. The cooperative part and teamwork is what I love so much as well!

    I think Atlas will be more suitable for those who prefer PvP but I look forward to see how the gameplay will be!

  • Luci6396
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    looks neat. if it makes sot devs try harder and gives them some ideas im for it haha. i dont see switching from sot though. its so fun and unique and what i want. A FEW THINGS I SAW THOUGH that would be great in sot were the boxing ive been askin for that haha and dual pistols

  • m1sterpunch
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    This is a player made mod I'd guess? The animations alone are terrible and it looks like a game that's on par with Elder Scrolls Morrowind. Not that it was a bad game but it came out about 15 years ago. This won't come close to competing with Sea of Thieves. SoT has some things that bother folks but no one can deny that the game world is beautifully polished and that everything added fits the art style and overall feel of the game. And the foundation of the sandbox is solid.

    I couldn't play this game based on the ship model alone. It's cringeworthy. None of the elements seem cohesive at all. The idea and scale is nice, but this trailer doesn't sway my loyalty for Rare whatsoever!

  • Wilderness03

    As long as I can have more than 5 bullets and less than 20 trips to the ammo chest I'm sold...
    It looks great for how early it is.
    And any sense tells you they're keeping an eye on SoT fails....

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    @clumsy-george said in 'Atlas' Video Leaks from Studio Wildcard - It's a Pirate-y Seafaring First-Person Game - MMORPG.com:

    but digging up the chest is pure theft of Rare's genius...."

    @clumsy-george perhaps Rare could add the ability to open up the chests to see the shinyness from within.

  • Shuoink
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    that 2 minute video has more content than sea of thieves does currently. The clunkiness is a huge turn off, but the artistic style and realism is a bit more than sea of thieves has to offer. IF sea of thieves looked a little more like this it would be amazing as opposed to the cartoony style, both our good in their own ways..
    it was only a matter of time before a studio came along and did everything better than RARE. The actual gameplay on this will be the kicker, if its clunky like ark it will be a huge turn off, hopefully some competition gets RARE to step it up in lots of areas.
    Intriguing to say the least

  • WilliamHerschel
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    Looks janky, and has a pretty uninteresting art style. But conceptually there are a lot of cool ideas especially with cities and different gameplay mechanics.

    Unfortunately it also looks like this game has monster closet skeletons. The next step up in this genre should have AI that that is clearable and generated outside of player view.

    Zelda: Breath of the Wild's camps are basically how skeleton AI should be handled in games like SoT.

  • mich2mars
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    @katttruewalker I'm not sure, is it a mod for Ark or an early proof of concept for a new game using existing assets?

  • SupriseAutopsy
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    If this is a real release from another developer they'd better be careful. Rare's legal team would probably love to point out the "similarities" in court lol. If Bethesda successfully hit Mojang just for including a dragon in-game then these guys are done.

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    It's apparently a leaked video for a new game being developed by Studio Wildcard, although there's no confirmation of this and the video was removed from their youtube channel but not before others had saved it.

    It does look extremely Ark like, but I don't think it's a mod, although I have used a mod which allows you to build ships etc It also reminds me a lot of Dark and Light by Snail Games, which isn't yet complete....

  • Totenigena
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    It does not look bad. I have seen things that have already been commented on in the forum, and it is something that I hope (we hope many) to be able to do within SoT.
    Do not go ahead, for the love of the Kraken!

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    Well...it's interesting to say the least. I and a few of my mateys spent quite a bit of time on ARK. It was an interesting game to explore. I even had a dedicated XBox for a server as well. I can't say it's anywhere as visually interesting or artistically beautiful as Sea of Thieves...but more Pirate ain't a bad thing :-D

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    Wow, it looks like Sea of Thieves has changed the tide... you wait ages for a pirate game to come along then three turn up at once!

  • EibeDionysos29

    Is nobody concerned that it's just another Pirate-MMO?

    I know, MMOs bring in the most money, but where are the Pirate-games which aren't focused on MP with an optional SP-part? I find it quite sad that we have to look at indie-developers, since bigger studios don't seem to be interested in those anymore.

    Everytime I see a trailer for another Pirate-MP-game, I just yawn and continue to wait for a decent SP-one.
    Since years.
    And don't get me started on AC 4: Black Flag...

  • MattyDove74
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    Hard to believe Rare is getting away with, blantantly ripping off this game. If only they would have stolen rewarding content from the game, it could of been forgiven...

  • Zannarii

    Looks like flop of the year,

  • KnifeLife
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    @eibedionysos29 said in 'Atlas' Video Leaks from Studio Wildcard - It's a Pirate-y Seafaring First-Person Game - MMORPG.com:

    Is nobody concerned that it's just another Pirate-MMO?

    I know, MMOs bring in the most money, but where are the Pirate-games which aren't focused on MP with an optional SP-part? I find it quite sad that we have to look at indie-developers, since bigger studios don't seem to be interested in those anymore.

    Everytime I see a trailer for another Pirate-MP-game, I just yawn and continue to wait for a decent SP-one.
    Since years.
    And don't get me started on AC 4: Black Flag...

    I know on Ark they had a single player mode, it was just the base game obviously and nothing was changed from the MP aspect. Exept that you had alot more control over the games settings so you could optimise it to you're prefrences.

    I personally never did it myself however i actually was always in a solo tribe when i did play ark, i never liked the politics of a big tribe so i used to keep myself tucked away on top of an ice berg at the corner of the map.

    But im digressing, it was always hard to play solo, like a sloop i suppose but you always had alot more options and I did feel it was alot easier to manage. So hopefully they will kind of keep that system in Atlas because it does open up alot more choices for the game.

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    But im digressing, it was always hard to play solo, like a sloop i suppose but you always had alot more options and I did feel it was alot easier to manage. So hopefully they will kind of keep that system in Atlas because it does open up alot more choices for the game.

    Of course, if Atlas will have a pure SP-option, with AI for crewmates and the grinding scaled so you don't have to farm weeks non-stop to just build one ship, then I'd buy it immediately.

    And I also would be really happy if it could cause some... threat for Rare (Aside from Skull & Bones), so they have to work extra hard to keep the players from jumping ship. As to be honest, Sea of Thieves is basically Salt (An older indie-game, mind you), except for graphics, physics and ship battles.

  • Gem Pheenix
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    @m1sterpunch I guess you've never played ARK huh? This isn't a mod, this is just the extent of wildcard's abilities.

  • Madame C
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    @katttruewalker Ah, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  • KattTruewalker
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    It is, what interests me most though is the move towards more water based games - meaningful things to do on and with ships and the seas.

    I've played a fair few mmorpg's and the closest you could get to the water used to be either paddling/swimming in it or fishing - until Archeage, really and that was a fairly clunky experience. Before that there was Voyage Century and a couple of very niche pirate mmorpg games.

    It's refreshing to see the progress being made particularly where players can sail 'on' ships with a crew of other players, rather than 'being' the ship and a ship that actually works pretty much like the real thing as well. Combine this with some land based adventures/questing system and a world of lore and stories and we might start to see games that include the whole of the world - land sea and sky being utilised fully.... maybe.

  • EibeDionysos29

    @madame-c sagte in 'Atlas' Video Leaks from Studio Wildcard - It's a Pirate-y Seafaring First-Person Game - MMORPG.com:

    @katttruewalker Ah, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

    ...what if I tell those "Atlas totally rips SoT off"-people that SoT ripped Salt off? :P

  • KattTruewalker
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    @eibedionysos29

    Not just Salt, there have been a fair few games with small scale sailing in, during the last few years - I think it's just an idea that's come to the fore now, we have boats in Rust, mods for Ark where you can build ships, mods for Skyrim even, although they're all based on the horse mechanics - Stranded Deep is another, Blackwake, ships and sailing in Black Desert and Archeage, quite a few indie early access games are trying their hand at it. It's great to see!

  • Nebenkuh

    Some people actually think this or Skull&Bones could be a threat to SoT? :D

    Atlas, assuming it is indeed a leak of some early concept stuff, looks interesting in scale and could be quite fun if it plays similar to Ark or Conan Exiles. However, the artstyle and technical quality can't hold a candle to Sea of Thieves, it's gonna be janky/clunky as hell and it's gonna be a very different genre. Ship building looks interesting, but it's probably going to require a lot of grinding, and persistent servers means that some dude is gonna destroy everything while you're at work.

    Skull & Bones looks extremely pretty and will bring the technical quality expected from Ubisoft. But that technical quality is all Ubisoft have going for them. Gameplay wise, most of their library is bland and unimaginative. S&B looks to be nothing more than a fancy third person MOBA with pirates, casualized and arcade to the max, most likely with a huge microtransaction and lootbox store. Now there might be a market for this kind of game, like there is for most Ubisoft games, but it's entirely different from Sea of Thieves target audience and genre wise, S&B is even more different to SoT than Atlas seems to be, since it looks like you're controlling an entire ship rather than one sailor and, well, it's a MOBA.

    Atlas and S&B might sipphon a few players from SoT. It's certainly a good thing that other devs are starting to pay attention to sailing and pirate themed games. But I don't think these two games will pose any meaningful competition to Sea of Thieves. Maybe in 2-3 years we can see a SoT killer on the horizon, but Rare has a massive headstart and Microsoft isn't exactly a small publisher.

    I think we'll be sailing the sea of thieves for quite a while. :)

  • EibeDionysos29

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    Indeed it is, so I don't quite get why some people seem to think that SoT is the first game of its type and everything else is just a ripoff.

    Although I'm afraid that colossal ships like ship of the lines won't work without the help of AI. Or do we really need almost one hundred players to just man one?

    And as previously said, a pure SP-game again would be perfect after a long time of only MMOs.

  • Zannarii

    @eibedionysos29 looks like beeing a Crew maybe Captain, not beeing a Pirate, Arrrr

  • Sytoki
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    No no no...I swore I would never buy a wildcard game again...but...just when you leave...they pull you right back in...I’ve spent 3 years of my life playing ark survival evolved...I can’t keep doing this....aaaahhhhh....

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