Most quests include choices, with players having important consequences for their actions. Quests, which include a required level in order to be undertaken, are carefully planned out. The map marks quests and places of interest to make it easier to traverse. ![]() To boost its story, the game features a mature and grim mood, shown through visuals that include gory images such as fighters being sliced in two.Įxploration is important, with the world of Broken Ranks having many cities and locales that deserve to be visited. The game is story-driven, with players finding themselves in many dilemmas in which they’ll need to make decisions. Hence, they begin as common citizens with almost no fighting skills, but they end up being the ones who shape the future of this medieval world. The main idea is that players go from zero to hero. Players take on the role of refugees who have been forced to flee their homeland due to an invasion. Additionally, RPGamer was given the chance to play a beta of the game, which has an innovative battle system and a welcome focus on the story and its dialogues.īroken Ranks is inspired by games such as Baldur’s Gate and Path of Exile and is a new and improved version of The Pride of Taern, the studio’s first game that has been successfully running for more than 10 years. RPGamer had the opportunity to talk to one of the members of Polish studio Whitemoon Games during PAX Online about the upcoming release of free-to-play MMORPG Broken Ranks. I'm Krzysztof Danilewicz, the founder of Whitemoon.The effort that the creative team has put into carefully designing Broken Ranks’ story and combat system is noticeable and pays off. I studied Computer Science at the Wrocław University of Technology. I started Whitemoon in 2005 just after finishing my studies, so I didn't have an opportunity to work on any other projects. I jumped straight into the deep end and started making the MMORPG Pride of Taern, my first bigger game. The other two guys who have been working on the project from the start are Tomasz Lechowski and Gabriel Marczak. Tomasz is our art mastermind while Gabriel is the word guy. A programmer, an artist, and a writer are all that you need to start an MMORPG adventure. They were gamedev rookies just like me, making their first footsteps into the world of electronic entertainment.Īfter our initial success, the team has been growing steadily, with more artists, more programmers, and more writers. With time, it turned out that we also needed a project manager to tie it all together and let us better pursue our common goal – the release of Broken Ranks. Some of us were recruited from among our Taern players.įor a small, indie team, it is hard to promote the game in the mainstream games media. That is why we are trying to reach out to smaller streamers and more genre-focused media outlets as this type of undertaking has a bigger chance of success. We also hope that if the game has enough players outside Poland and becomes “a thing”, we will attract more attention from major websites. There are also many issues that we have to face as far as the promotion of the game is concerned. Broken Ranks is a free to play MMORPG for PC (Mac and Mobile versions planned) by Polish studio Whitemoon Games. #Broken ranks gameplay Pc#įirst of all, it’s the F2P model – most players are super careful when it comes to microtransactions, so we are constantly explaining how this will work in Broken Ranks. Second of all, we are going to release the game in a client-only model, so the game (at least at launch) will not be available on Steam/EGS/GoG. This is also something that makes players suspicious, but we are walking the path of other MMOs which also start as standalone titles. We’re already making an appearance in the media worldwide and we attracted some attention and positive feedback from the players, so we’ve broken the ice. ![]() Now, our goal is to expand and attract more players to the game at launch. ![]() We are using online events (like PAX Online) to get in touch with content creators and media and pitch the game. We worked with some streamers during the Closed Beta event and it was a blast to see how they play and react alongside their viewers. Broken Ranks is a journey through a spectrum of emotions evoked by our elaborate and mature narrative. This is something we will do more in the future, closer to the launch. Take part in decisive moments that will forever.
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