PVP is amazing to watch in Black Desert Online, and killing another player means you can loot their items. Once you’ve got a fancy new body, you’re up against 49 other players. The class and items on these corpses are randomized, so you’re forced to figure out your class and specializations on the fly, which is a neat concept. I’m assuming there will be some template bodies placed around the map. By “dead” I mean you spawn as a “Black Spirit” and possess a nearby body. How Is It Different?īut how does Shadow Arena work? Well actually, everyone starts out dead. So it’ll play differently from Fortnite or PUBG regardless. The combat is reminiscent of character-action games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta, and there are no guns (bows and spells don’t count). That’s because Black Desert Online, while a bit of a grind fest, has amazing, responsive gameplay. But this time, I’m actually quite excited. Now normally, I’d sigh at another studio shoving a battle royale mode into their game, since I’m personally not a big fan of the genre. This new mode will be called “Shadow Arena” and actually has a pretty unique approach. That said, there was just too much to cover, so I’ll only be talking about the Archer and battle royale announcements.
The presentation is half an hour long and is absolutely packed with details on upcoming content. He dropped the details during their keynote at a Festa Event in Amsterdam. This new mode proclamation came to us by way of Jae-Hee Kim, the executive producer for BDO.
The Korean combat-oriented MMO just announced that they’re currently working on a battle royale mode for the game, along with the reveal of the new Archer class. The battle royale empire genre can’t be toppled! The newest victim to want that easy cheddar is Pearl Abyss with Black Desert Online.