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I dove into the world of Illuvium once again for this sponsored video on Illuvium Overworld Beta 2.0! I did a video on the first beta, and while I quite liked it, there wasn't enough to do to keep me fully entertained.
How'd I like it this time around? Watch:
New Mechanics!
The movement in this game is just unbelievably slick. I could fly around for hours with this jetpack. However the new beta introduced two new awesome ways to move:
- Gliding, which takes far less stamina and is akin to a wing-suit
- Sliding, which is an incredibly fast way to travel down hills and slopes
They also added new environmental elements, such as bubbles that bring you hundreds of meters into the air and then pop leaving you to fly/fall/glide to your hearts content. Another environment brought about lily pads that float around a toxic lake. The only way to get from one side to the other without dying in the poisonous waters is to land on these moving lily pads and continue on from there.
Another new items on the list is little critters around the maps which can be stunned and then picked up for materials.
Pros
Alright for me the pros are so insanely strong it's hard to overstate them.
- The game LOOKS GORGEOUS.
Honestly I don't know if I've ever seen a game look so nice. I could live in these environments, they feel so real and beautiful.
- The movement is 10/10.
I've never played a game with better movement. Period. The jetpack is so much fun, the ability to not only double jump, but jump 10x without hitting the ground is incredibly freeing. The new gliding and sliding are icing on the cake.
Cons
- Lack of things to do.
The environments are LARGE and there's often gaps of 5 minutes where I was just looking for the next thing to harvest or battle. This is only a beta though after all, so I'm very lenient on this point. Many new things were added in beta 2.0 vs the 1.0, so I can't wait to see what they keep adding in the future!
- That's it. There's no other cons.
Final Thoughts
Genuinely this game NAILS what it is trying to accomplish: Gorgeous open environments to explore, and a FUN time navigating throughout them. Auto-battle vs Illuvials and capture them to make them your own!
It feels as though this is the base of something that could be incredible, but also still feels a bit too empty for my personal taste. I truly think this game, with the addition of things like intentional jumping puzzles, NPCs, zone bosses, and other things to do in each area, could literally be an S+ tier game that competes with any web2 game out there.
I look forward to continuing to watch them build closely, this is definitely for my money, the best looking web3 game out there right now.
Let me know what you think!
~Copper
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