I was a bit skeptical when diving into Eldegarde because of how it was sold to me—being described as World of Warcraft meets ARC Raiders. It was a questionable proposal since I scarcely have time for World of Warcraft these days, and scarcely have interest in ARC Raiders. I kid, of course, I know quite a lot of people enjoy ARC Raiders, but personally, I’m not a huge fan of games where the player has to make the majority of the fun.
I had hoped that Eldegarde’s conceit of an MMORPG-styled Extraction Game would bridge the gap and pull me towards it, but unfortunately, it did not—falling prey to my aforementioned issue. It has some interesting ideas, but not enough gameplay to sustain a whole game—or at least my attention for a long time.
As far as I could tell, there is not much of a traditional story in Eldegarde, at least not in the form of a straightforward narrative, which makes sense for a game of this type. If the goal is to drop players into a world and... Read more