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When does this game release??
Helrott
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I keep seeing that it released in 2019? What's going on?
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My fear is that we will see a minimum 2-3 year pushback.
I understand the longevity this may bring to the game; however, many backers had a timeline in their head and that timeline has to dramatically shift.
They didn't skirt the question. They told you that most of the game has been imported from Unreal Engine 4 into Unreal Engine 5. They said the developers would all have access in January 2022. Alpha 2 may be a little delayed because of this, but the project itself could be done quicker. The advantage of the new game engine is that programmers and artists can work on the same area at the same time. So instead of one artist working on a mountain region, they could task three artists to that same area to get the work done faster. Also, instead of the area being locked in the database by the employee working on it and the lead designer not being able to check his or her work, now with UE5 everyone can view the work, make any suggestions and give the stamp of approval. In the long wrong this should same the company time. The new game engine could also help with players computers because it will render textures more efficiently, so your video card or CPU won't be taxed as much. I don't think you have anything to fear @pogybait
Rewatch the videos, Margaret and Steven gave several answers about the impact on this project.
The odds of a early 2023 full release are about as likely as my chances of hooking up with Jessica Alba. The game will most likely still be in Alpha 2 at that point.
the average MMO takes 5-7 years to develop, and your average MMO isn't nearly as ambitious as Ashes nor did they have to deal with the government forcing them to shutdown their studio for over a year.
Fortunately Alpha 2 is the point where the servers are supposed to stay up 24/7..........well they'll come down for maintenace and updates quite regularly but they'll be up besides that.
I wanted to switch from New World to this game, because New World sucks.
Yeah, after I quit New World due to the direction developers were going-- that's when I discovered Ashes. I had heard about it a few times over the years but never really looked closely until recently.
Some of us have been waiting since 2017…
As others have mentioned, there is no official release date for Ashes just yet. We've just recently done Alpha 1 testing and we're waiting for future updates from the developers.
I'm going to move this thread to the support section and close it now. If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out again.