A Quick Review of Evrima

[Madkou]

After confusing the roll in the mud mechanic for a cheating player (lol) I decided it's time to take a closer look at evrima. The game's still very much fresh out of the gate, but now that they've done some things to it, I thought I'd give it a try and share my impressions...

Animations for evrima are the exact opposite of legacy. They look worse, but they seem solid mechanically. Legacy looked better, but still needed some polish matching movement, and speed of movement, or scooby walkn. Evrima is a good looking game, don't get me wrong! Maybe too much folliage lol, but the models, and the scenery are just fine visually.

A quick example of what I mean about the animation is turning. The tail sticks out like a stiff peace of wood, while turning, and it's obvious that the tail needs to circle along with the turning, but overlookable, if it just can't be done. Legacy's dinosaurs, and backdrop is pretty enough for me, tbh. It's a shame they couldn't have to re-used those assets. Compared to it's competition, visually, the isle is still more impressive then them all...even with just ok animations.

The new grouping system is interesting. You still see names like before, but if someone wonders too far out, the name disappears. This is a nice feature for players who take advantage of distance in legacy. you may not want to kill that cute little juvi, but chances are, they're grouped, and in VC telling players a good distance way that you're lingering at a waterhole, and to come to eat you lol.

The new system helps with this, but ultimately it's gonna fail in that respect. It works when players are honest, and are only in-game. Players using VC or sitting in the same room can simply accomplish the same thing as in legacy.

Other elements of evrima seem to take notes from the pages of every bad habit a legacy player has lol. 1 calling for groups! 2 calling to make a group, or show you're friendly (when you're already grouped...), or beg for your life lol (the sound will get you heard and killed anyways). Sound just brings trouble, and makes killing players easier, unless a 2 call for forming a group isn't something heard like it is in legacy. :P Or, they just wanna water it down?

The roll in the mud bit to mask your scent...eh, I'm not seeing that as being a good mechanic. It's going to be too popular a choice to do, and the locations to do it will become way to well known for it to actually work. It might at first when players don't know the map, and are fresh faces, but it won't take long lol. If you're being pursued, it's pointless lol.

Ai's, it's rough if you're a juvi. The fight with collision is a mess right now. Awkward about sums it up. As an adult, it's probly not bad if you can ill in one bite? At least they can't super impose ya and it you that way like in legacy xD.

Will I switch right now to evrima? I kinda feel I have no choice with officials being as barren as they are, but evrima's only got 2 servers with people on them and neither are officials. :P

[velocitation]

Evrima has populated official servers, not many but it does have some

[Madkou]

I'll have to keep a closer tab when I play next I guess. Right now, when I get on EU1 in legacy, everyone's getting off lol. US1 and 2 are ghost towns...I'm in Canada, so I've enjoyed peak times for US servers, but not anymore lol. Gonna be play'n something else me thinks. At least until evrima gets go'n. If I remember to check back xD

[Pablo Croft]

@velocitation: Do evrima official servers ever see maximum occupancy? Do they have admins, and guidelines in place to regulate play until game mechanics take over? If not, It's just a no rules server, and I stay away from those.

[velocitation]

Carniverb の投稿を引用：

@velocitation: Do evrima official servers ever see maximum occupancy? Do they have admins, and guidelines in place to regulate play until game mechanics take over? If not, It's just a no rules server, and I stay away from those.

Yeah they do get full at times, there are admins which take care of the rules but the only rule is no hacking but mixpacking and abuse of the mechanica happens seldom

[Maunomanly]

basically: its ♥♥♥♥

[Pablo Croft]

I thought they'd at least try and regulate carnivore, cross faction mix packing. :P In the absence of a game mechanic to penalise players.

[beebee73]

Carniverb の投稿を引用：

I thought they'd at least try and regulate carnivore, cross faction mix packing. :P In the absence of a game mechanic to penalise players.

Evrima only has one carnivore

[Madkou]

I think they meant carnivores and herbivores hunting together. You know, dogs, and cats living together...end of the world stuff lol. :) velo did say that cross-faction mix grouping doesn't happen often, but tbh if no one's there to watch it, game plays not going to be as intended, I don't think man. Unless that's going to be an evrima thing on officials? I donnno.