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The Latest on Project L | dev diary (Free to play confirmed, Illaoi the Kraken Priestess revealed)
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Wach Arcane if you haven't already and that will change guaranteed.
2 JP devs already have tried it, including Bamco. Poorly done, but an effort nonetheless.
Will have to see how it plays. i can't stand the arksystem anime fighting games so if its in line with those(looks similar at a glance)that will be me out. Even so I'm curious to watch from afar and hope it turns out well.
If Project L is successful it'll change the entire scene.
Also they definitely need to add Teemo. He can be the Project L Hawkeye.
Also they definitely need to add Teemo. He can be the Project L Hawkeye.
Yes. I know nothing about her, but yes to that design. Finally.Illaoi is such a great choice.
Seconded. I'll also throw in that people should play "Ruined King", the turn-based RPG. I had no interest in League at all and those two pieces of media absolutely sucked me into the world.
Still won't play League tho, lmao
I got 150+ hours on Wild Rift because of Arcane lol. Was a total skin bitch but got to Diamond I solo...or Emerald, one of those.
I want my girl Seraphine in this game.
I really like her design
Yeah I watched Arcane, I'll play Ruined King at some point, I'll play Project L, I'm curious about their MMO but I'll never touch actual LoL lol
Our Illaoi: "How do I press a button?"
Their Illaoi: "Yeah so I just solo'd the top, their jungler, and their mid all at once."
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I AM SO FUCKING HYPE LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
ILLAOI
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I AM SO FUCKING HYPE LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Between her & Marisa, I'm glad buff women are getting more love in fighting games now.Illaoi is such a great choice.
They will continue selling their games because there's nothing wrong with the model and it appeals to different audiences.
F2P is not necessary, or good, for everything.
Street Fighter 6 looks to be trying to justify the price tag, at the very least.
Eh ...we'll see.
The fighting game genre can be tough to crack. Big games from established franchises can fail if the community doesnt like it for whatever reason.
Also, the whole "big IP + Free to play = going to dominate entire genre" predictions have not gone well recently so maybe a bit of restraint on that is in order.
It's more the staff on this one combined with Riot's budget + IP. It would be extremely hard for it to fail.
Glad to hear the official confirmation of F2P. As Tom said in the video, it's unsurprising if you play a lot of Riot games. How this game is monetized will be the real test for players. Will characters be easily attainable through gameplay? Will it have a Legends of Runeterra-esque model where you literally won't have to pay any money for new characters after a while? Will there be a $60 "buy every character" pack? Knowing Riot, probably not for that last one.
Also, seeing Illaoi is nice. After she was the main character of Ruined King, her inclusion was inevitable. She will likely be the first character who has effects that control the stage, so I'd like to see how the dev team handles that.
Also, seeing Illaoi is nice. After she was the main character of Ruined King, her inclusion was inevitable. She will likely be the first character who has effects that control the stage, so I'd like to see how the dev team handles that.
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I'm actually curious about how they handle tournaments. Most of the other games involve doing a separate competitive seen run by Riot themselves, but the FGC is inherently different in that a lot of the events are run by the community. Will Riot team up with those community members, or will they stick to their existing playbook & do their own tournaments (with EVO being the exception because of the Cannons)?
Likewise, will Riot force everyone to switch to PC since they have the money to make & maintain the set-ups on a large scale?
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I'd think it would be smart to do a hybrid approach where they have their own scene with other FGC tourneys tangentially involved.
And we all going to PC eventually for this so do it now or get dragged kicking and screaming.
Project L being successful would be a huge win for every dev making a fighting game. The market for fighting is not like MOBAs where only a few can thrive. It's really in the best interest of all involved to try and elevate the genre as much as possible and try to break it through to new audiences.
I'm no fortune teller, but I would say no. Mainly because how can you do an M rated game on F2P? Especially MK who pushes M consistentIy. With what SF6 is adding, I don't think that will have a problem justifying what they charge.
F2P was a given with Riot.
It really was a two minute video just to say it's F2P and show the most basic concept art.
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It really was a two minute video just to say it's F2P and show the most basic concept art.
The issue is that the aforementioned community events can't really afford to do that on such a large scale. Riot most definitely can, but that's why I'm asking. Especially since this game will probably be available for a consoles anyway (hopefully with cross-play)
If not happens, this could have repercussions for the entire FGC. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this is why Sony has been scrambling to fix the input delay problems of PS5 (with MultiVersus being their first big success story), so they can solidify the system in tournaments next year before Riot tries to bring everyone to PC.
Yes it's Riot, but it isnt like a bunch of League devs decided they wanted to make a fighting game. The people making the game aren't new to this. The Canon brothers are the creators of Evo, Rising Thunder, and GGPO, to name a few things. There's few people who know fighting games like they do. And that's not even getting to the rest of the experiencesd people on the team, people like Clockwork.
People are excited not just because of what they're hearing and seeing, but because they know the game is in really good hands.
I'm really surprised you haven't been banned for being a troll account yet
Riot are experts at their craft, it will definitely make a splash, even more-so now that Project L is confirmed F2P.
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Riot would have to help fund these tourneys if they want the FGC help.
SF6 is probably the only other fighting game besides NRS games that's at least trying to justify the full price tag, so they should be fine. My concern is everyone else. And while Smash should generally be fine, they've been backsliding on single-player content lately.
Don't you mean "if they want to help the FGC"?
That said, yeah. It's not like Riot doesn't have the money to burn in doing so.
I think they will do like what Capcom does and have their own tournaments but then also do a big Evo event. I think the Canon brothers being such a big part of this game and also still having that tie to Evo makes it inevitable.
As for if it will be on PC for tournaments? Probably but will be interesting to see since we don't have any platforms but I can't see this not releasing on PS5 and Xbox. Compared to all of their other games, it needs no additional work to figure things out.
Some people have always been weird about this game.
Yes, I'm sure this game, made by a devteam that have never shipped a finished game, let alone a fighting game, will be the greatest thing ever and save fighting games as we know them.
It's a Riot Game and it's F2P. It's going to be a massive success by default lol
Like it's going to make Multiversus 150k concurrent players look small.
Not sure why people keep saying it'll take over the scene. It's a game that's impossible to fail, but it is also a tag fighter so I don't think people will drop their games en masse to play this. I do think they'll pull in a lot of people who don't play fighting games rn though which is great for the FGC health.
That said, I am excited to see the fire they light under all the other FGC devs' collective asses wrt monetization and netcode
That said, I am excited to see the fire they light under all the other FGC devs' collective asses wrt monetization and netcode
F2P is both my biggest excitement and biggest concern for this game. I'm cool with paying for characters and cosmetics, but I do hope it doesn't nickel and dime people too bad, and I hope there's always a reasonably priced option to get all the released characters so far.