Publisher gamigo confirmed recently that Trove, the free-to-play MMO with a familiar cubey aesthetic, is Nintendo Switch-bound and will be arriving "Summer 2021". The game is already available on PlayStation and Xbox, as well as PC, and it has 'over 28 million players' according to the publisher. Not to be sniffed at.
As a massive multiplayer online title that takes heavy inspiration from Minecraft (you've heard of that, right?, you can partake in a variety of online quests and activities with your buddies in the voxel-based sandbox world — including mini-games, puzzles, building, fighting, crafting, trading, and something called Bomber Royale mode.
You can get a good feeling for the overall game, its classes and RPG-style systems in the reveal trailer above. We haven't played the game on other platforms, but it seems that online worlds are generated afresh every time you play, although you can create your own private worlds, fashion them to your liking, and even submit ideas to be considered for integration into the game itself.
It's hardly looking like the most original game to grace the Switch eShop, but then again it is free-to-play — will you be checking it out this summer? Let us know below.
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Will certainly add and might give it a try, although Dragon Quest Builders and Terraria have got me covered in this domain.
Everyone likes saying drop, now, don't they.
Free to play? No thanks. People that make free to play all seem to have a mindset that doesn't understand how to make a compelling game. Or feels like they are trying to trick me into playing.
I remember picking this up on PC back when Cube World's demo left so many people eager for more. Trove was a clear attempt to copy Cube World's aethetic, but without actually providing worthwhile gameplay. Neither of these games turned into anything worthwhile. This one is fun for maybe an afternoon. I haven't touched it in years, but back when I tried it, it was just an absurd pointless and repetitive grind that they would occasionally update to add more layers of grind to. A very transparent attempt to get people to pay them far more money than their lazy game is worth.
I played this alot back on the ps4, got some dlc, have about 5 chracter's, They better allow be to transfer my stuff over.
I had a pretty good time with Trove on my PS4 (back before it got shut off and pretty much mothballed in favor of my Switch). I will definitely be downloading this and giving it another go. Like any other MMO, it can be a lot of fun if you have friends to group up and quest with...but it can also be fun solo (with random players around). Looking forward to adding another MMO to my Switch library this summer then! (Although I finally pulled Onigiri off my Switch...it seems like its only gotten worse optimized in time, rather than better?)
Also...I'm a little surprised nothing has been said on N-Life about CURSED: FOAD yet (though yes, I hate the horrid name of the game)...played some rounds with my girls...pretty fun game...reminds me a lot of a PUBG style game on Switch now.
@Mynameishello
InifnityMiner is a Minecraft plug-in, not a game.
I assume you're referring to Infiniminer. Yeah, it did come before MC. However, there were no commercially-successful games based on IM before MC came out. Not even LEGO games are as commercially-successful as MC was. MC and IM are two completely different games. IM is only a mining game, whereas MC is more of a survival LEGO game with multiplayer. MC paved the way for other successful games that draw inspiration from it. Like Terraria, Space Engineers, Starbound etc.
Minecraft is a well-crafted, revolutionary game the world had not seen before and to think otherwise is contrarian.
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