Secret level episode

[Akela]

I watched the episode of the show and the first thing I thought was... god, what a dumb way to scare possibly new players away. Draw your own conclusions.

[EazyLee]

I didn't mind the episode but It also didn't seem like a new world based episode. Other than the mention of Aeternum there was NOTHING related to new world in that whole episode. (other than dying and respawning)

[Akela]

Originally posted by napkinfactory:

they couldn't care less. you are subscribed to amazon prime and that's all that matters. your monthly fees pay for this additional advertisement, thinly disguised as a TV show. it works exactly as intended.

I mean yes, but the game has to be profitable on its own.

Originally posted by EazyLee:

I didn't mind the episode but It also didn't seem like a new world based episode. Other than the mention of Aeternum there was NOTHING related to new world in that whole episode. (other than dying and respawning)

Yes, there is a bit of New World in his political propaganda.

[Kurgan Nazzir]

Originally posted by EazyLee:

I didn't mind the episode but It also didn't seem like a new world based episode. Other than the mention of Aeternum there was NOTHING related to new world in that whole episode. (other than dying and respawning)

Nothing related? The episode is nothing but New World. The entire episode is Aelstrom's backstory that is only briefly touched on in the game; Aelstrom being the very first NPC players interact with on the beach. The game mentions him being kicked out of Prydwen without giving any details, whereas the episode shows why (because he's an idiot who kept trying to overthrow the king). The woman on the beach is Urda, the second person we meet on the beach. The town he keeps going to to fight the king, as already mentioned, is Prydwen, the capitol of Monarch's Bluff. The episode also touches on the corruption, when he's getting the armour and trying to gain power, but without explaining it to people not familiar with the game. I'm not sure if King Zimah or Scaevola are mentioned anywhere in the game, I don't think they are, but I've also never done the Monarch's Bluff chain because I only recently had any characters start there.

https://gamerant.com/secret-level-new-world-aeternum-episode-aelstrom-backstory/

[ZeroGiven]

Originally posted by Kurgan Nazzir:

Originally posted by EazyLee:

I didn't mind the episode but It also didn't seem like a new world based episode. Other than the mention of Aeternum there was NOTHING related to new world in that whole episode. (other than dying and respawning)

Nothing related? The episode is nothing but New World. The entire episode is Aelstrom's backstory that is only briefly touched on in the game; Aelstrom being the very first NPC players interact with on the beach. The game mentions him being kicked out of Prydwen without giving any details, whereas the episode shows why (because he's an idiot who kept trying to overthrow the king). The woman on the beach is Urda, the second person we meet on the beach. The town he keeps going to to fight the king, as already mentioned, is Prydwen, the capitol of Monarch's Bluff. The episode also touches on the corruption, when he's getting the armour and trying to gain power, but without explaining it to people not familiar with the game. I'm not sure if King Zimah or Scaevola are mentioned anywhere in the game, I don't think they are, but I've also never done the Monarch's Bluff chain because I only recently had any characters start there.

https://gamerant.com/secret-level-new-world-aeternum-episode-aelstrom-backstory/

Well, yeah, but other than all that, nothing about New World.

[EazyLee]

Originally posted by Kurgan Nazzir:

Originally posted by EazyLee:

I didn't mind the episode but It also didn't seem like a new world based episode. Other than the mention of Aeternum there was NOTHING related to new world in that whole episode. (other than dying and respawning)

Nothing related? The episode is nothing but New World. The entire episode is Aelstrom's backstory that is only briefly touched on in the game; Aelstrom being the very first NPC players interact with on the beach. The game mentions him being kicked out of Prydwen without giving any details, whereas the episode shows why (because he's an idiot who kept trying to overthrow the king). The woman on the beach is Urda, the second person we meet on the beach. The town he keeps going to to fight the king, as already mentioned, is Prydwen, the capitol of Monarch's Bluff. The episode also touches on the corruption, when he's getting the armour and trying to gain power, but without explaining it to people not familiar with the game. I'm not sure if King Zimah or Scaevola are mentioned anywhere in the game, I don't think they are, but I've also never done the Monarch's Bluff chain because I only recently had any characters start there.

https://gamerant.com/secret-level-new-world-aeternum-episode-aelstrom-backstory/

Well, that went completely over my head... It's been so long since I started playing I completely forgot who Aelstrom even was. The lore in this game is terrible to keep up with

Still... not a lot of new world related stuff then other than one NPC you meet at the start of the game. They could have used the episode to advertise everything good about new world but instead chose another approach.

[D#]

I have never played the game but thought the episode was pretty amusing. Definitely MMo vibes, with some Arnold thrown in. it is cool that you meet him on the beech in the game; had i been a new world player I think i would have appreciated the episode even more.

I have only made it through 5 episodes so far but the Warhammer and Sifu episodes were far and away the best.

[Pony]

I had some good laughs. It was pretty well done. That's all it needs to be. You're overthinking things because you're salty about the game.

[Awesomer]

i played at launch, the episode made me come back to make a new character.

[bozzybear]

Originally posted by ZeroGiven:

Originally posted by Kurgan Nazzir:

Nothing related? The episode is nothing but New World. The entire episode is Aelstrom's backstory that is only briefly touched on in the game; Aelstrom being the very first NPC players interact with on the beach. The game mentions him being kicked out of Prydwen without giving any details, whereas the episode shows why (because he's an idiot who kept trying to overthrow the king). The woman on the beach is Urda, the second person we meet on the beach. The town he keeps going to to fight the king, as already mentioned, is Prydwen, the capitol of Monarch's Bluff. The episode also touches on the corruption, when he's getting the armour and trying to gain power, but without explaining it to people not familiar with the game. I'm not sure if King Zimah or Scaevola are mentioned anywhere in the game, I don't think they are, but I've also never done the Monarch's Bluff chain because I only recently had any characters start there.

https://gamerant.com/secret-level-new-world-aeternum-episode-aelstrom-backstory/

Well, yeah, but other than all that, nothing about New World.

Other than being completely about new world and being based in the world and around the characters in it...yeah nothing about New World

[Kenedori]

It was lame. The post are longer than the episode.