Warhammer Odyssey: The Old World Lives Again Online
The world of Warhammer Fantasy might have been destroyed, but you can still explore the Old World in a new game, Warhammer: Odyssey.
Fans of the World-That-Was (blown up forever) have a chance to visit familiar shores once again in Warhammer: Odyssey, a fully-featured mobile mmorpg coming soon to your Android or iOS fueled device. Recently announced by Virtual Realms, Warhammer Odyssey opens up the world-that-was, specifically Marienburg and the Drakwald Forest, to that classic MMO experience. For having been blown up by Archaon the Chaos Gods (band name), it’s in surprisingly good shape, existing in at least two video game.
This latest one revisits the MMORPG, marking the first time for Fantasy since Age of Reckoning which launched a decade or so ago and shut down its servers in 2013. But it’s a mobile game, which means you’ll be able to play it on the go–and it’s got planned episodic content, which puts me in mind of the recent chapter-style expansions for Star Wars: The Old Republic, aka the things that have kept that game still going strong. Warhammer Odyssey has only recently been announced, but it seems like they’ve got their fingers on what make the world of Warhammer Fantasy so resilient: it’s grim high fantasy flavor.
You can see it in the classes you can play, whether you’re a powerful spellcasting High Elf Archmage or a fast-moving, quick-shooting Witch Hunter, you’ve got a foot in the grit of the Old World. Plus the artwork for this is drop-dead gorgeous, so that’s a huge plus and sign that the game is going places. It’ll be interesting to see how much of this content is designed to take advantage of many players, vs. being a single player game that you can occasionally run into other randos on, but we’re excited to see what comes of it. Here’s the full announcement details:
Morrslieb the Chaos Moon grows large in the skies above the Old World, under it’s wicked visage doomsayers take to the city streets and those creatures who would bring the walls of man crumbling down become ever more bold. However, all is not lost! Those that would stand against the darkness and chaos that threatens civilisation have come together once more, honouring ancient pacts as they did in times long past. Now is the time for heroes, now is the time to forge your odyssey!
In Warhammer: Odyssey, craft your adventurer depending on your personal playstyle with six memorable character classes.
- High Elf Archmage
- High Elf Shadow Warrior
- Human Witch Hunter
- Human Warrior Priest
- Dwarf Slayer
- Dwarf Engineer
Each class offers unique ways to play, such as the lightning fast attacks and crippling debuffs of a Witch Hunter, or the devastating offensive spells and restorative healing abilities of an Archmage.
In addition to building your character, players will be able to join forces with friends in groups, make new allies by enlisting in a Mercenary Company to defeat fearsome foes or get involved in Marienburg’s legendary commerce to grow rich at the auction house.
Warhammer Odyssey Homepage
We’ll keep you up to date with Odyssey news as it develops, but for now, bask in that Old World glow.
