I have absolutely no idea where to ask, so I might as well do so here. I pretty much have zero faith in Atelier after their horrendous treatment of Nekodancer and essentially killing it off instead of trying to do something, so Dead Maze may end up being the last shot I take at any of their games. AFAIK there's been a closed beta going on for a while, so I might as well ask - how's the game? Does it have any sort of PvP in it? The trailer only seems to show PvE.

No PvP. It's Co-op.

It’s full on PvE, but if you’re into causing havoc, there are ways to kill other players. A good example is jerrycans (they haven’t been fixed yet, to my knowledge), especially when you have a group of people fighting the Sacramento Suburbs boss.

I’ve had a great time playing it so far though, even if it does piss me off sometimes. I had a great time going through the story, and exploring maps more, fighting bosses or enduring through a secret passage end-game is really fun. Finding new friends, even if you don’t end out talking to them after and adventure or boss fight, is good too.

In my opinion, my current experiences with Dead Maze is that it's actually more enjoyable than Transformice. The teamwork aspect is a nice change to the extreme competitiveness that you see nowadays on Transformice, and so far the storyline has been quite interesting. You can tell that the admins have put a lot of thought and consideration into the game.

I'd definitely recommend checking the game out when it comes out for all to play on the 13th ^^