Gloria Victis a low fantasy MMO launched last week. Has some server/login issues buy it is buy to play at $10 and is a gem of a game.
Sorry, I know it is super obnoxious when a random person on the internet corrects you, but this is a person pet peeve of mine and I’m trying to spread the word.
High Fantasy: a fantasy work that takes place in a distinct, self contained world. Examples: Lord of the Rings (technically it’s presented as a mythological history of our world but because the geography and history don’t reflect this at all it’s considered high fantasy) A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones (Martin himself refers to his works as high fantasy in interviews) Mistborn Wheel of Time
Low Fantasy: a fantasy work where people from our world visit a separate fantasy world, either some other realm of existence or hidden within our world, or magical elements intrude upon our world. Examples: Harry Potter Chronicles of Narnia Neverwhere Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan
Lots of people get this wrong, even the Gloria Victis mislabels it’s game as low fantasy, but googling low fantasy v high fantasy will provide countless websites that reiterate the distinction. It has nothing to do with the amount of fantastical elements.
Sorry again. Not trying to be a duck and signal you out.
There is also division how much magic is in the world.
Well since some Open World EOS fans wait for Avowed (and so does Theme park POE fan). Avowed will not be some Witcher 3, EOS type little Magic in the World that main character mostly can only fight in melee like Witcher 3. Avowed is from same world as Pillars of Eternity. POE has tried to have Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 as inspiration and is high in amount of Magic much like Dungeons Dragons.
Oh and high magic world is not always best I am not super fan of Games of Thrones and newest LOTR TV series is ruined and garbage. I am not saying Games of Thrones TV seroes was bad but it was like 8/10 to me while original LOTR movies the first one is 10/10 to me.
There are things I do not know about Avowed. How much Open World / Theme Park will Avowed be??? I do not know honestly.
This is 100% sure Avowed will have Unreal 5 graphics and be in same lore and Magical world as Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2 and will also have Magic more or less at least if you choose to pick such class that can cast spells. I do know Avowed is single player game. Avowed you will control from first person view your character compare to Witcher 3 or Skyrim. Avowed I would guess it is more Open World then POE1, but that is my guess and how it will be exactly remains to be seen.
