2D MMO Alternative to Tibia/OT with a great community

[manisk]

I realise this game has been in the works for a very long time, but time brings changes and development is speeding up!

Here's an old gameplay video

This is the homepage, you play through steam Phobos Online | 2D MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy world (https://www.phobosonline.com/)

 

[saposafado]

Most people I know played Phobos at one point.
The game is gorgeous and unlike some other 2D games fakely advertise, they actually have their own engine and client. (which is to be fair, outdated)

The story is great, gameplay fun, terrible lag.
They just need time and $$ to get the game rolling.
But at least they rather stay small than pay cheap 3rd world developers to do their work for them.

 

[manisk]

I agree that development has taken a lot of time but the game is building up momentum, here you can read a roadmap - it was a roadmap for 2021 but it is still in the works

Phobos - 2021 Roadmap - Steam News

It has been 7 weeks since Phobos was released on Steam. Now, let's set out our plans for 2021.

store.steampowered.com

 

[oen432]

That's just another OTS.

 

[saposafado]

How so?

 

[manisk]

Please enlighten me, what makes this another OTS? it cant be by definition so it must be that you played a lot and know what the similarities are other than it is visually heavily inspired by tibia

 

[Source]

This is definitely some kind of OTS / a game so heavily "inspired" by Tibia that I would call it a "copy" or an OTS even if the artwork may be technically original just like Medivia's artwork is technically original, but we all know it's an OTS still.

I haven't done any reverse engineering work here (I'm a newb at it anyways), but just by the looks of the client files they're not running OTClient, which is cool, maybe they made their own client from scratch, or maybe they're using some other OT client, one comes to mind but I can't remember the name and I'm not gonna go looking for it, so I'm not sure.

The gameplay video is cute, but doesn't demonstrate anything original, in fact it just looks 100% like a Tibia copy/OTS.
Either way, whether it has anything cool or original or not, I wish them the best of luck with development and hope people will try it out if they feel like it and have fun. Cheers.

 

[saposafado]

I've talked to the owner recently.
Everything is made from scratch, client, server and art.
Obviously it is heavily inspired by Tibia but the gameplay feels completely different.

Join the Phobos Online Discord Server!

Server dedicated to the medieval fantasy mmorpg Phobos Online. | 1,151 members

discord.gg

 

[Eazy M]

Cool game, great feeling and feels unique, though obviously heavily inspired by Tibia. I can see why the devs do get a bit annoyed when people keep saying it's an OT though lol. I would recommend testing it out! +free

 

[Kuzyn]

Im wondering how Source could think that they use otclient. I remember that Phobos was in development at least in 2007.

 

[lukaszml]

In short, a game with potential but wasted years ago.

 

[Keal Atis]

Seems to be more developed than Zezenia.
Does anyone know how many players they currently have? Is it worth starting playing?

 

[Kuzyn]

Seems to be more developed than Zezenia.
Does anyone know how many players they currently have? Is it worth starting playing?

 

[Onimusha]

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zezenia must add map in the client

 

[Silba]

Every negative review from gamers under the age of 25 are just describing tibia.
it's an ot bro, that's not a bad thing.

Looks cool, will probably try it soon

 

[Bloodbringer]

Unlike other games like Ravendawn that are actually a heavily edited OTC / TFS / whatever, Phobos has everything made from scratch, engine, client, all graphic assets (which by the way are the best around for tibia-like games), and everything else.
Some may not realize but Phobos project is almost as old as the OTServ project itself. In fact one of the Phobos' developer was one of the first contributors to the original OTServ project, who decided to write his own engine from scratch back then.
Just recently they launched server in NA which may greatly improve the ping/lag for many people, its worth checking out.

 

[Source]

Im wondering how Source could think that they use otclient. I remember that Phobos was in development at least in 2007.

I don't think you read my post correctly. That's okay though. It's easy to make those kind of mistakes, I do it all the time, so I've learned to double and triple-read posts before answering to try to minimize the amount of mistakes I make.
Like I said in the past I don't doubt they use original software and I don't think they're using otclient, however everything about the game screams Tibia or Tibia-clone still.
Props to them for developing their software themselves and I hope interested people will try it out.
I would've tried it out myself just for fun if I had my old Windows VM with dedicated GPU available to play through.

 

[TheMyth]

That is a bit odd take. In every industry you get inspired by something. Be it art, music, games you name it. So just because it is inspired by by Tibia idk why would it exclude it's ability to be actually a game on it's own.
Just like tibia was initially inspired by Ultima I'm not sure if anybody calls it an Ultima clone?
Many modern 3D MMOs are inspired by WoW but are they called WoW Clones?
Many 2.5D hack'n'slash games are inspired by Diablo but are they called Diablo clones?

If art is theirs, engine is theirs, and gameplay is different than that of tibia then it means they are rather a different game. I don't understand the urge to downplay the project.

 

[Source]

That is a bit odd take. In every industry you get inspired by something. Be it art, music, games you name it. So just because it is inspired by by Tibia idk why would it exclude it's ability to be actually a game on it's own.
Just like tibia was initially inspired by Ultima I'm not sure if anybody calls it an Ultima clone?
Many modern 3D MMOs are inspired by WoW but are they called WoW Clones?
Many 2.5D hack'n'slash games are inspired by Diablo but are they called Diablo clones?

If art is theirs, engine is theirs, and gameplay is different than that of tibia then it means they are rather a different game. I don't understand the urge to downplay the project.

It's not a matter of downplaying, it's just a matter of categorizing what it is.
An apple is a fruit, a chair is a piece of furniture, what looks, talks, walks and quacks like a duck is a duck, and so this engine, like Medivia, is Tibia-like.
That 3D Minecraft Tibia server on the other hand is not Tibia. It's Minecraft with a Tibia twist. Could you call it Tibia-like, maybe, but it's more Minecraft than Tibia.
So again, just a matter of categorizing, not a matter of downplaying. If you'd like to challenge my presuppositions try challenging this notion: Medivia is a Tibia-like.