#web3gaming #2024回顧 #2025展望 #重點項目

First, let's talk about the 5 projects to watch closely in 2025 that are closest to launching:

Raven Quest Game

Category: MMORPG

Project party: Canada

Status: Phase 3 playtest

Successfully raised: No relevant information

Investors: No relevant information

Chain: Immutable

NFT: RavenQuest Land,

Token: $Quest

RavenQuest is an MMORPG that has been in development for 7 years and is about to be globally released! Created by a fully doxxed studio with 10 years of game development experience, and backed by Immutable, it is one of the top 5 games in testing! The classic representative of this perspective-style game is 'Ultima VII: The Dark Gate.' Therefore, it is a very retro-style game.

Because their web 2 version has a long operational history, with as many as 250,000 active players. So the launch of the web 3 version is expected to directly bring web 2 players into the web 3 world.

After Phase 1 and 2 tests, the reviews are consistently good. The main reason is that the game is already a very mature work. In terms of content and mechanics, it is of the quality of a complete work, and players are essentially just playing the game without feeling like they are in a test...

This time, the focus of the third test is the official introduction of land NFTs, meaning the game economy has officially begun! Players can now claim Land NFTs and import them into the game, bringing the number of participants in the third test to a historical peak!



After three tests, the game should be officially launched. The hottest MMORPG in 2025 should be Raven Quest.

Hot reasons:

1) A game with a base of 250,000 active players

2) Free to play, play to own, free to trade

3) The story is rich, complete, and enough for players to play for over a thousand hours.

4) 8 types of professional skills, 12 types of life professions, with very high freedom



5) While playing the game, players can earn silver coins by completing tasks, producing, crafting, and trading, which can be exchanged for $Quest currency. It's play-to-earn.

With people, stories, a complete economic model, and an economic cycle, this combination is excellent. Players who love retro styles must not miss it. The only downside is that there is no Chinese version. I hope a Chinese language pack can be launched upon official release.



Castile

Category: Mythical style card placement RPG

Project party: Hong Kong

Status: Beta test completed

Successfully raised: 25 million USD, with the most recent 8 million USD led by SevenX Ventures, with OKX Ventures, Aptos Labs, and HashKey Capital participating.

Chain: Aptos

NFT: TAROT

Token: $CAST



Castile has gone through Alpha and Beta tests, and gives players the feeling of being a very mature web 2 mobile game.

Next, you need to know how the web 3 model will be implemented in Castile, such as the empowerment of NFTs in the game, seasonal gameplay, prize pools, and reward methods, etc.

Undoubtedly, if viewed from a web 2 perspective, the data from the beta test must be very good. Including revenue (1 million USD), number of participants (220,000 people), player retention rate (40% / month), etc. But one must not overlook the expectations for web 3 rewards. ($CAST has not been launched and there is no airdrop yet.)



So, in simple terms, the part related to web 3 is still not very clear or formally regulated.

Ultimately, everything still depends on the latest tests, new gameplay, and whether there is an economic cycle in 2025. The most important thing is of course when the TGE will happen.

Therefore, currently, we are just waiting for the expectation of when the 'coin will go up.' And currently, there are no TAROT NFTs available for sale. (You can't buy them even if you want to.)

MaplestoryU

Category: 2D side-scrolling MMORPG

Project party: South Korean Nexon

Status: In the 2nd pioneer test

Successfully raised: 100 million USD investment

Investors: Nexon

Chain: Avalanche

NFT: All items in the game can be exported as NFTs for trading.

Token: $NXPC

MapleStory, developed by the parent company Nexon, is familiar to many and has expanded into the metaverse, along with nostalgic elements, ensuring a solid player base.

The style and gameplay may seem a bit old-fashioned, but for veteran players, it adds a layer of familiarity and comfort. Collecting treasures becomes effortless. Moreover, UGC will be a major trend in the future gaming industry, and MMORPGs have an internal circulation economy. Therefore, the basic conditions for this game to take off are all in place.

In 2025, Maplestory will definitely have its place.

Off The Grid

Category: Battle Royale Shooting game

Project party: Germany

Status: Early Access

Successfully raised: 46 million USD in 2022, 30 million USD in 2024

Investors: co-led by CoinFund and Avalanche's Blizzard Fund, with participation from Republic Capital and Morningstar Ventures.

Chain: Avalanche

NFT: All equipment opened from Hex boxes

Token: $GUNZ

Veterans have already introduced Off the Grid as a web 2 game breaking into web 3, suppressing other web 3 FPS games.

Because in the eyes of players, this game is simply a web 2 shooting battle royale game. All the blockchain technology silently permeates the background of the game... completely undetectable.

But if you are a web 3 player, you just need to add an app to connect to your account and trade on-chain assets in the app's market.

Currently, the game is in the Early Access Stage, and all on-chain assets are in the testnet. It is also unknown when they can be transferred to the Mainnet, and the virtual currency in the testnet will be cleared. However, NFT assets will be retained and transferred to the Mainnet.

So how exactly does Off the Grid make money? First, during combat, players can find a cube called HEX, which may appear after hitting an opponent or from treasure chests. Then, by bringing the HEX to any 'Node' terminal on the map, they can extract it.



But extraction will have a time limit, such as 1 to 5 minutes, during which no other players can hack into the node until the countdown is complete.



As long as the extraction is successful, regardless of how many players leave the battlefield, that Hex will belong to the player. Players can use virtual currency in the game to open boxes. Different quality boxes can of course yield different equipment, weapons, or even skins, and it is said that many items are limited in quantity, so they will not be released again after the quarter. Therefore, it should be possible to create a market value. Players can trade their excess or unwanted items on the GUNZ app market to earn profits. If other players hack into the Node during the extraction phase, the ownership of that Hex will be stolen.

So, near the node, there will be a fierce Hex extraction competition.

The Node in the game is defined as a node, currently only available for VC / specific game VIPs, because if players extract boxes through the Node and pay to open them, the Node can take a cut for profit. Currently, there is no secondary market for Nodes. It is unknown whether it will be opened or if new Nodes will be publicly sold in the future.

During the testnet period, whenever daily tasks such as first kills or headshots are completed, players can receive $GUNZ as rewards, which can be used to open boxes or trade items. Therefore, many skilled web 2 players unknowingly earn a lot of money.



Once a season is completed, if you open the assets in the app, they may already be very valuable.

As long as there are many players, a leaderboard, and even esports competitions, the game's economic cycle will automatically form. Plus, if there can be guild wars, national battles, and cross-server battles, the situation of competing for Hex and equipment may often occur, thus allowing the economy to circulate, achieving a true play-to-earn model.

Xociety

Category: PVP, PVE, Battle Royale Shooting game

Project party: South Korea

Status: Beta Test

Successfully raised: 7.5 million USD in 2024

Investors: led by Hashed, Sui Foundation. Joined by other investors including Spartan, Neoclassic, Bigbrain Holdings, and KRAFTON.

Chain: Sui

NFT: Froniter

Token: $NTx, $XCS, $MCT

Veterans joined xociety during the second test and free mint. It is a shooting game that is very promising. The reason for optimism is that this game has PVE gameplay, allowing players to team up with others to farm dungeons for loot. However, this PVE has only appeared once, and subsequent tests focused on PVP and Battle Royale gameplay. Of course, veterans really hope the project team can promote PVE gameplay. Because there are not many shooting MMOs, and this is a very interesting and bold approach. PVE can also increase the game's longevity. It won't just be a matter of constantly being killed in PVP... Additionally, the current XCS shares are also free mint. This upholds the principle that as long as you participate, you can earn rewards without additional costs.

For information regarding XCS, please refer to

https://x.com/Langby2/status/1864211341265043821

The above 5 are already very mature games and are the closest to being launched. I hope they can ignite a wave of web 3 gaming in 2025.

In the world of web 3 games, DYOR, TYOR

Veteran out