Games - Monsters & Memories (1 Viewer)

[Slade the Magician]

Sitting at work waiting for stuff to happen, so I was looking through articles and posts on Reddit.

I saw one mentioning how TLPs made someone wish EverQuest would get a true remaster. A comment in that post mentioned checking out a game called Monsters & Memories.

I looked it up and it looks like an EverQuest inspired MMO by an indie studio. While I am not jumping onto a hype train yet, it is really really cool and encouraging to see something like this being developed.

I don't want to say it's a rip off because it makes it sound derogatory. I want to say it appears to be a rip off in the best kind of ways. It appears to have a lot of the same classes as EQ, plus some additional new looking ones. Has zoning. Focuses on group content rather than soloing. Wants to be a subscription based model, without any micro transactions, nothing to buy for in game power or convenience.

I'd love for it to succeed in it's current stated objective. I am hopeful, but also cautious because of how every company in the last decade or more has really pulled the rug out from people.

Either way I wanted to share what I found, don't think I've seen anyone mention it yet before. Looks rad.

Monsters & Memories Website

 

[Slade the Magician]

6:10 mark shows some character creation, which is ugly but endearing

Edit: Found a link to their Discord on that YouTube video.

Monsters & Memories Discord

 

[naamloseeen]

So one of the guys that started this is ALovingRobot (forget his real name) who worked at SOE on EQ1 and Vanguard (and maybe EQ2?).

He has videos on YouTube and Twitch where he interviews former EQ devs about the good old days. He even did an interview with Jen Chan at some point. It's really a shame he didn't get Brad before it was too late. Anyone that's an old-school EQ player should definitely give them a watch. There's a lot of insight into how the game got to be what it is today. Developers will cringe at some things like the original game being run from MS Access.

They've been working on this new game for a while, and it's slow going, but if it ever gets released we can definitely expect it to be EQ-like.

 

[Zeusdracco]

This has piqued my interest. gonna watch that video tomorrow when i get home from work

 

[Knightly]

It's very cool, I like the art, although it evokes Stranger Things quite a bit. Course...their stance on us...

- Do not post links to malicious websites, or websites and message boards which contain third party programs or hacks.

 

[randomguy420]

I've watched several of his interviews with old EQ devs, great hearing them talk bout creating some of my favorite zones to 1.0 epic quests and everything inbetween

 

[nyghteyes]

Look at this stinky old thread!
/cast resurrection

So this game has been steadily developed. They have been adding to the team and have had multiple full weekend playtests, I think 8 now. More will come every month or 2 until EA. Sometimes they don't email out blasts they just post in the announcements so if you are interested I suggest you turn on notifications for that channel.

They spin up servers as necessary during these tests.

Early Access will begin in January

This project is certainly a labor of love, they have taken great care in so many details. It has that old school feel but lots of QoL and their own taste into it not just trying to copy something that is already great.

They currently dont seem to have a negative stance on boxing as long as youre not being disrespectful to other players.

Some important things to note:

• No mapping system, get out that grid paper and colored pencils (or crayons for some)
• Soloing is possible but its going to be really slow, and will need to be over-leveled for dungeons, by quite a bit
• Crafting is a very integral part of the game right from the beginning but not required.
• Lots and lots of Classes & Races
• Night and day affect vision and monsters, celestial body position (moons) affects lighting (and more?), tired or rested matters (create fires at your camps)

Playtest Channel

Just wanted to share my experience for like-minded gamers, this game is an absolute gem.