I heard the same sentiment echoed from several of other staff at the event, which suggests that Barunson Entertainment & Arts are aware of the challenges and are supportive of efforts to mitigate them. For one, he was very forward about the challenges involved in adopting a game with an Asian revenue model to a model that works for the new target audience. A number of positive notes came out of the conversation with Wes. I had a chance to sit down with Wes Conner, a producer at BE&A Corp and lead on the effort to westernize Astellia for the introduction to its new audience. It’s still not an easy launch as games like ArcheAge have been relatively quick to prove.

Clearly, they’re still not games for everyone, but I can’t say it’s the death sentence it once was. Landscapes are very nice in Astellia Online and the art style in general is really enjoyable to look at.īlack Desert Online and a handful of other games have released East to West and been pretty successful. Not long ago, I would have just given it a pass and not payed any attention at all, but things have changed a bit. Astellia Online is a Korean MMO that’s headed to Western markets. The fact is, there are some challenges ahead of Astellia Online and it doesn’t really take much effort to overcome that when you’re exploring the potential of the game. You readers deserve to hear about these games from an unbiased source. It’s terrible the things I have to do for this job, and they really don’t pay me enough, but I do it for you all.

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