During the award ceremony of the The Game Awards 2019, between a surprise announcement and welcome confirmations, the first title in development at the Amazon Game Studios. The game in question, N, is an ambitious project, full of mechanics drawn from numerous genres such as survivol, MMO, sandbox, cooperative and competitive team. In short, different styles of play that, if put in the right order, can give life to a truly huge and interesting title. There was no shortage of combinations with other software house works already tested; Ultima Online for example, but even survivol like The Forest or Rust seem to be those titles from which Amazon has drawn on for the realization of its project. In development for over two years, the game is set in 17th century America, the so-called "exploration" era.
A world to discover
Just during an exploration we would be catapulted to the island of Aeternum, a place rich in a powerful substance called Azoth believed to be a source of eternal life. Once we have landed we should survive fighting against other players, who may not look favorably on us, and against the "Corrupt", magical entities of which not much has yet been revealed. These unexplored lands are in fact the den of the supernatural and, as such, the invaders are not well regarded. It will be up to us to choose to make the right alliances, create a base for the future in sharing with other people, specialize in an art or a profession thanks to a complex crafting system that will allow us to advance our character as in a RPG. Just as the title suggests, these lands, which will be able to accommodate the beauty of 10 thousand connected users, represent the new world ready to be colonized and made better thanks to our contribution and the creation of new and flourishing civilizations.
In the new trailer shown at the kernesse, no game scenes have been seen, but a simple video with different characters and magical entities that populate the island. At the beginning of the movie we can see what to all intents and purposes appear to be two animals during a fight in a lush green area. Time passes, and the verdant island changes, deteriorates, the trees lose their foliage and the sculpture at the center of it all, although largely destroyed, remains and reveals a mysterious stone. Three men wearing armor approach, one of them grabs it and is immediately overwhelmed by a red light.
Again the years pass, the island continues to deteriorate and become more and more gray as new explorers, this time with more modern armor, arrive in front of the statue. The mystical stone no longer has any effect, but those who used to be three "healthy" warriors are now the "Corrupt" of the game that assault new adventurers along with magical creatures until they overwhelm them, transforming them in turn. Soon after, hundreds and hundreds of overwhelmed men make their way to a fort that is trying to defend itself from this mysterious island force. The clash will be paid dearly, closing the video with a close-up of a mysterious warrior woman with the mystical stone around her neck.
Owners of themselves
In New World we will be free to choose who to become and which path to take; explorers, soldiers, blacksmiths or farmers are just some of the many professions with which we can specialize to create a new civilization. It will also be feasible to choose to be bandits, to forge alliances to fight together with the darkness or to be "men of the world" and isolate ourselves from everything and everyone with the relative risks and dangers, thus living off hunting and fishing that nature will know. offer us. Everything, or almost everything, will be possible in these unexplored lands ready to become the basis of future colonies. These varied possibilities are due in large part to the excellent crafting system that the game offers. Each object in the game will in fact be buildable by the players. Amazon Game Studios he also stated that there will not be a rigid subdivision of classes to allow everyone to follow their vocation or to change in the course of work without setting any limits.
Significant news concerns the quest system. If in a classic RPG we are used to taking assignments in exchange for rewards, or for example looking for precise materials in a certain place and then making a weapon with those components, in New World the roles can be reversed. We will ask others to provide us with certain materials, perhaps to mercenaries on duty, with the promise of contextualizing it within an economy made up of exchanges and interaction with each other for the common success that is precisely that of creating a new world. Fighting for survival against warriors from different eras and a wild nature, making weapons and armor so as not to leave our skin, grouping as many players as possible to favor organization and creating social hierarchies are the basic components of the first title developed by Amazon that enters. of arrogance in the gaming market.
The game will be released in May 2020 on Steam and can be pre-ordered at the cost of € 39,99 or € 49,99 for the Deluxe version. In addition, it has been announced that in April it will be possible to participate in the Closed Beta for those who pre-order the game, also receiving exclusive in-game content.
