Everwild’s Lead Designer Says Its ‘Something The World Hasn’t Seen Before’

I'm gonna be so disappointed if it's another online multiplayer game

@LX_FENIX I love sea of thieves. But in all honesty this one hasn’t excited me yet. However I do believe it’s possible to have an incredible single player experience within a world that does have open online multiplayer as a mechanic. So I wouldn’t necessarily say that if it is an online multiplayer game then it automatically fits a certain category and is by virtue non-creative and/or disappointing. Someone could actually say the same about the repetitive single player experiences we see everywhere. We basically will just have to see what new mechanics and world interaction this game brings. It still could end up being disappointing but it may not fit in with every other online multiplayer game just because it has it, and it could very well be something new and innovative.

I'm not getting my hopes up. The article a few months back stating the team weren't sure what gameplay direction to take rang alarm bells for me.
I want Rare to be creative, but in honesty I want to see a Banjo sequel, conker sequel or even another Viva Piñata just to see if they're a competent developer still. (I've no interest in online games and as an old school Rare fan, their great days were single player focused)

I’m super excited. Sea of thieves is a breath of fresh air and a true success in sticking to your principles and adapting too. I’m hoping for a pve game where everyone is working together making this huge fantastic forest.

Can't get too hyped. Remember Crackdown 3 (even though it wasn't an Xbox studio they hyped it up)? I was so disappointed in that. Would be nice if they updated it for current gen with actual destruction. I do love Sea of Thieves though when I can be bothered to play it (I hate multi-chapter voyages or being bombarded with a load of maps).

Well he’s not wrong, we haven’t seen anything yet 😉

Look forward to seeing this in 2025.

@pip_muzz Problem is that studios deserve a freedom to create and experiment. But in practice they should be heavily guided as well. Last gen we had things like "The Last Guardian" from Sony where the team was making the game since early PS3 days. So while Xbox can't just do the "Forza,Gears,Halo" thing they also need to still keep their teams in check and guide them towards experiences that the market likes/needs. A delicate and difficult balance to be sure.

Show, don’t tell

Someone should tell him to tamper it down a bit. Don't want or need another molyneux.

Q) Are you interested in Everwild?

A) At this point; not really. All of these vague and broad statements about "how unique it is" and how they are "still playing around with gameplay ideas" hasn't exactly inspired much confidence in me. It looks pretty but a game kind of needs a game to it to truly get me interested and we're all still in the dark about what the game of this game is.