Agony Online

About

Agony Online splits its time between a horror themed MMORPG and a massive 10,000 player battle royale mode. You start in a medieval world overrun by demons where humanity fights back from two continents. The southern land is fully occupied while the northern region serves as the resistance base. Players grind levels to reach the endgame raid event that requires community effort to open a portal to Hell. This final fight pits hundreds of users against Satan and his minions for rare loot and temporary world benefits. The scale of this project stands out because it aims for massive multiplayer interactions on an indie budget. The developers state they are building the game as they go with fun as the main priority rather than strict lore rules. It is unusual to see a single title offering both persistent world exploration and large survival battles without a major publisher behind it. The community driven raid mechanic means player actions directly impact the server state and loot rates for everyone involved.

Storyline

• What are we fighting for? What is the Lore? Most people like simple games and skip quest storylines, so we're keeping the lore pretty simple. Basically the game takes place in medieval times, and demons from Hell are taking over the world. Most of humanity has been wiped out, but there is a resistance on 2 continents; the South continent in this large open-world 646km game has been completely taken over by demons. You start South and around level 70 you finally make it to the North continent which is only about 30% taken over by demons. At this stage in the game, the best warriors in the world gather and train to like level 90~100 and plan a retaliation attack in Hell's core to save the world. 100s or 1000s (our goal) of players enter a giant portal to Hell, which can only be opened when community-driven prominent players collect the essential religious items to sacrifice. Basically its a RAID, taking place with tons of fire, lava, ghosts, extremely difficult mobs, bosses, then you and the remaining end-game players kill Satan for the most Exotic gear, and if Satan is killed and the world is saved, all mobs in the game will be in a weakened state for a few days with higher looting and exp. We're just making this game up as we go, the focus is maximizing fun.