New World: Aeternum
Explore a thrilling, open-world MMO filled with danger and opportunity where you'll forge a new destiny for yourself as an adventurer shipwrecked on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Endless opportunities to fight, forage, and forge await you among the island's wilderness and ruins. Channel supernatural forces or wield deadly weapons in a classless, real-time combat system, and fight alone, with a small team, or in massed armies for PvE and PvP battles—the choices are all yours.
What it feels like
The framing of forging a new destiny and opportunity suggests an optimistic tone despite the hostile setting.
What it's about
The island of Aeternum is described as supernatural with supernatural forces players can channel in combat. While fantasy-inflected, the real-world 2021 setting and modern MMO context ground the experience in the contemporary.
How it plays
Close-quarters weapon combat is a core interaction in a real-time combat system. Real-time combat that permits tactical decision-making without a grid or turn structure. Forging and crafting items is highlighted as a core loop alongside fighting and foraging.
How it's structured
The game is explicitly marketed as an MMO where hundreds of players inhabit a persistent shared world on the island of Aeternum. A shared world that continues to exist and evolve with other players whether or not an individual is present. An open-world MMO where players explore a large continuous supernatural island with freedom in how they approach content.
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