We've seen a lot of super promising MMORPGs come and go in our time covering PlayStation, but Chrono Odyssey might just have the most impressive pitch we've seen in years. Built on Unreal Engine 5, it's being developed by South Korean studio Npixel, and it's coming to PS5. The gameplay reveal trailer doesn't give us a date, but the project is now firmly on our radar.
Boasting an open world, full-action combat, and a range of playable character classes, it's hard to watch the above footage and not think there's serious potential here. Of course, with no release window, we'd caution against getting too excited, but the game's popping off on the official PlayStation Blog, so there's a real chance we'll actually be playing this one at some point.
What do you make of Chrono Odyssey? Are you as impressed as we are? Wonder when it'll launch in the comments section below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Wow looks awesome which nowadays is sadly a red flag.
Needs to really do something special to set this apart from the rest though! Hard to wrestle players from their favourite mmorpg's these days
As soon as i saw MMORPG my soul left my body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks good but HARD PASS
Looks fantastic. Will be definitely keeping my eye on this.
Well it obviously looks good graphically. And there seems to be more character variety than FFXVI. Is everything just "Monster Hunter" now though? I think I'm really hurting for a new 3D Mario game, it's been 5 years.
It looks so good, is this really recorded from PS5? I mean, its 60 fps have some major dips, which is an indicator for „real gameplay on some machine with less than a 4090“, and UE5 offers good upscaling with TSR which is probably in action here. But these graphics are so much better than what I am used to PS5, still have my doubts.
Might be interested in the game if it wasn’t an MMORPG. Shame.
@Max_the_German
It clearly says captured on PC at the beginning. Not that I don’t think it’s possible on PS5 with Asian hours and optimised coding, but unlikely if it’s multiplatform.
I must say, I very much like the character designs. Best I’ve seen in a while.
Is it gonna be f2p?
I've never really been into the fantasy MMORPG genre, but this looked surprisingly intriguing to me. I probably won't buy it, but I might look into it at some point, which is kind of a first.
I had the same thought - Looks too good to be true.
Been waiting around 20 years for a MMO to come along that holds my attention.
FF XIV came pretty close, but I drifted away eventually.
If this one is actually as fun as the trailer makes it look I'll be all in.
The fantasy setting shown here is exactly what I love. The populated towns, dark ruins, epic wilderness. It all looks perfect.
My fear is that it turns out to be a grindy mess.
@thefourfoldroot1 OK, haven‘t seen this Captured on PC, thank you!
Looks super good. However, Crimson Desert also looked amazing when it was revealed and has been a no-show since. Not putting any hopes in this one haha
Wow.chrono odyssey does look amazing.it got some dragon dogma dark arisen also.the gameplay looks really good.and the graphics looks really good also.word up son
Nothing will ever beat Ultima Online. Long live Britannia!
That kind of action combat might work in an online game if you're in a relatively small country with decent internet infrastructure, like, well, South Korea . . . not so much if you've got people from all over Europe or the Americas playing on a single datacentre for their continent. Never mind the question of how the hell will the "time manipulation" gameplay element play out in a multiplayer game.
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is…
The game looks really cool, but I really wish this wasn't an MMO.
Looks like every other current quasi-fantasy action game. Pretty, but uninteresting. Worse is whatever the Web3 tie-in is. Wonder if Square has already filed the copyright lawsuit over the blatant use of the Chrono clock. Or if they are somehow owned by Square.
@ChakaL00T If it's a Korean MMORPG it most definitely will f2p and will have a gross cash shop to it like most Korean MMOs. I have yet to see a Korean mmo that didn't, for whatever reason they can't seem to understand why things like WoW and FF14 are successful.
@Shepherd_Tallon I think this will be along the lines of BDO imo, cash shop and all
It's MMO and being developed by devs who apparently have a history with NFTs
@pharos_haven well if it's f2p I will try it because graphics looks really good for an MMO, gameplay still convincing. If is full with micro transactions or similar p2p elements it still can be enjoyable for a while without paying so, It's definitely worth few hours to few days playing
Ah shoot. I saw a bit of the trailer earlier in youtube and was saving it for later, looked awesome. Big blow (personally) to hear it's a MMORPG. Sure people will enjoy but not my cuppa.
I didn't know that suits of armor were standard rock climbing apparel ... except for a recent episode of The Mandalorian.
If it was a T rated single player game, I might be interested, but not an M rated MMORPG.
It's DOA, I'm calling it now. There's no way an MMO like this will survive in the current climate.
@pharos_haven tbh I had this exact thought too.
BDO got my hopes up a few years ago. The grind and the shop drove me away very quickly.
I'm hoping this won't be the same, but I'm expecting that it will.
It looks like hub-based chinese crap
Not interested at all but god damn this is how you unveil a game. Not with a pointless CG trailer. Gameplay, gameplay, gameplay
I highly doubt the PS5 version will look as good as this but if its even half as good then oh boy this could be one of the best looking games on the console. Shame its a MMO though and not a epic single player RPG.
Is this a PS5 exclusive?
That attack with the axe ripping through the ground is completely stolen from GoW Ragnarok, animation and visuals
And was that Comet Azur against the dragon??
After watching that, I wish Dragon Dogma 2..Would hurry and be released soon..Lolz.
@CutchuSlow No. PC & XBox Series too AFAIK.
It’s gonna have its work cut out for it if it wants to pull me away from The Elder Scrolls Online! Looks awesome though.
Playstation also backed Abandoned, so this trailer being on there YouTube channel is no guarantee.
Looks promising. Reminds me of BDO only prettier with less pop in. Hopefully it won't have crazy grind of BDO and 5000 currencies. I did enjoy BDO up to a point, so Hopefully this is most of the good from that. Fingers crossed.
@WallyWest @MindfulGamer @Sequel @TheLotteryMan1 @thefourfoldroot1 @LebaneeserScroog Same opinion, if this were an offline single player RPG I'd be really tempted.
Sadly it is a MMO, so hard pass for me.
@LebaneeserScroog my exact thought was why waste this potential on it being an MMO?
@dancingstar93 I was thinking the same thing. Won't it just look janky with people jumping back and forth through time?
@dancingstar93 ok thanks. This site doesn't really tell you what other platform a game is on, so hard to tell if it's exclusive or not.
@CutchuSlow A good guideline would be, if it's not specifically stated to be PS exclusive, assume it isn't.
@dancingstar93 when they say PS5 game. That sounds like it's a PS5 only game. But yeah I will remember that. Though, it would be nice to know what other platform it's on, instead of having to look it up. Other sites mention what other platform a game is on, when they talk about it. I believe this is the only site that does not.
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