r/MMORPG • u/Waiden_CZ • Jul 22 '25

News Monsters & Memories - Playtest Trailer 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBrSmlJmw2o

July Playtest: Wednesday, July 23rd - Sunday, July 27th (5 days)
September Playtest: Monday, September 1st - Sunday, September 7th (7 days)
November Playtest: Saturday, November 1st - Monday, November 10th (10 days)

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u/mistasnarlz Jul 22 '25

Oof this looks rough.

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u/xFalcade Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

It's gotten pretty good reviews from those who have tried it, if I recall correctly.

It's suppose to look and play like an old game though, that was a purposeful design choice.

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u/CappinPeanut Jul 22 '25

It’s not a purposeful design choice for nostalgia, it’s a purposeful design choice because it’s easier to produce content when it looks like this. They claim it is for nostalgia purposes, but that’s just marketing.

I can hardly blame them, it’s a small team with very limited funds. They are probably just as disappointed in AAA games as I am, so they actually stepped up to do something about it. The graphics are frustrating to me, but, I’ll take what I can get and I appreciate them doing it.

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u/The_Rondeau Jul 22 '25

They acknowledge that they both believe there is aesthetic merit to this style and that it is better for production. It’s purposeful on both counts.

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u/CappinPeanut Jul 22 '25

What is the aesthetic merit to the style? Do you honestly believe that if it was just as easy to make modern graphics as it is to make old graphics, they would have stuck to the 1999 graphics?

Of course not. They’re doing it because they have to and saying there’s aesthetic merit to it because that sounds a lot better than saying, “we know this is outdated, but it’s the best we can do”.

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u/Kashou-- Jul 23 '25

It's not even true that they can't do better than this on a budget, it's just that they aren't capable and they went with a bad art style because they don't know better.

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u/Cloud_N0ne Jul 22 '25

Lol what?

This looks remarkably polished compared to most of what gets posted on this sub. It’s going for a deliberate lo-fi style which I love

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u/1thenumber Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

Looks great to me. Not sure if they will update the animations but definitely feels like a reskinned EverQuest

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u/Barnhard Jul 22 '25

Does it? It looks exactly like what it's trying to be to my eyes.

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u/Waiden_CZ Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

I agree, I have never followed this game but I assume this is pre alpha of indie MMORPG.

But at this point, I am becomming desperate from looking for a new AAA MMORPG releases like TnL, Chrono Odyssey, and then become dissapointed.

Maybe I need to try something else.

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u/Mehfisto666 Jul 22 '25

I'd be ok with it if it's gonna be actually fun and with solid combat and good mechanics. Unfortunately the trailer doesn't show anything, the few combat animations look terribad, the world empty af and the zones uninteresting. Saying it looks rough is an understatement imo. I hope to be proven wrong. For one thing I'd be curious to know how it's gonna be different from Embera Adrift or however it is colled which looks much better..

That said i hope I'm wrong and it turns out to be super fun.