This is one of the most promising Realm Crafter games we have come across so far. The features look promising. The game is backed up by some deep and impressive lore. It’s 11 months in development has lead it far into the development phase, moving into the alpha phase within the next few weeks.
            Etherea: Dark Genesis promises to have very interactive and player immersive features. Mostly the adaptive storyline. The storyline will mould and change according to what players do. The entire game does have an “overall” storyline, not just side quests. Though side quests are abundant none the less. Some of the other features include: Player housing, crafting and player run economy, guilds, PvP.

The story of Etherea: DG is all about how the four races; Panterrans, elves, humans and Minotaurs, have been lead into the world of Etherea. They were lead by a Mage who was visited by a shadowy figure in his dreams. The mage opened portals from the main land into Etherea. The storyline starts a century after those events. It promises to reveal more about the  shadowy figure, reasons behind everything and all that. Personally I can’t wait to find these things out. The story will be one of the main strong points of Etherea: DG.
Your character can be one of the four races mentioned before. The Minotaurs being knowledgeable, organized and decisive in military tactics. Surprisingly the Minotaurs are a very philosophical race. Well at least its original.

The Humans are well, humans. They are inferior to the other races combat wise, finally a game which brings humans out of the “all rounder” arena. Yet they excel at mercantile business. So if you’re a crafter the humans are right for you.
The Elves are as per usual all natural and hippy, but what do you expect, Tolkien did a good job of ramming that into our heads.  Also they give the stereotypical “HAHA we’re better than you!” attitude to the elves. The only unique thing is the fact that the Elven elders are lying to their people about the new land, Etherea. Communism anyone?
            The Panterrans are basically cat people. Though the sketch shows them to be more lion than pussy cat.  They are a tribal culture, so hopefully they will be good fighters or paladins or whatever.
The classes of the game have not been officially confirmed yet but hopefully when the project moves into alpha it will be announced.
The forums seem very lively and the community is amassing. The dev team is made of 15 constant devs and 11 part time devs. They all show good enthusiasm which will hopefully be reflected in the final game. The devs are lead an enthusiastic hard working determined  leader. Kudos to you all!
This is definitely a game to look out for in the near future.

by Joe Hart