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WoW is a Sandbox

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  • ShakyMoShakyMo Member CommonPosts: 7,207
    But there is nothing sandbox at all about wow.

    If you were to use a themepark with sandbox elements as an example, you would use something like daoc or EQ as an example, not wow

    Wow us just about as themepark as you can get, the only obvious game out themeparking it being swtor.
  • RemyVorenderRemyVorender Member RarePosts: 3,991

    It is the opposite of a sandbox actually. Here's an example of a sandbox:

     

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  • ObiClownobiObiClownobi Member Posts: 186
    The earth is flat, discuss.

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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,372

    It gets too difficult to try and define a sandbox style MMORPG these days, people sometimes water down the term so much that we have some posters arguing that all MMO's are themeparks, and if you've ever played a more sandbox styled MMORPG you can certainly tell the difference in play style.  (Go try Xyson if you want to see a more extreme example of a sandbox by the way.)

    Sure, the lines can be blurry, and you really can't define sandbox style MMO's by the features they may or may not contain, because features (such as quests) can cross the lines for both style of games.

    One thing I'm sure of, when I'm in a sandbox style game such as EVE or Xyson, I'm know it and am quite aware of the difference in design approach compared to a more theme park style design such as Aion, a title I recently became reaquainted with over the holiday break.

     

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  • BeansnBreadBeansnBread Member EpicPosts: 7,254

    WoW

    Sandbox Features: 1/10

    Themepark Features: 8/10

  • NitthNitth Member UncommonPosts: 3,904

    if wow is a sandbox than eve is a beach.

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  • LoktofeitLoktofeit Member RarePosts: 14,247
    Originally posted by Ramanadjinn
    Originally posted by Loktofeit
    Originally posted by Dauntis
    I don't see why people say a "Hybrid" is impossible.

    Can you link to where someone said it was impossible?

    While I doubt he is referring to me I have made that claim.

    I don't feel a hybrid themepark/sandbox is possible just as I don't feel a hybrid amusement park/roller coaster is possible.

    Themepark and Sandbox are two of the various elements that are part of every MMO. Another element is Social. It would be hard to find an MMO that doesn't have some combination of at least the first two elements. Amusingly, in massively multiplayer games, Social is the element that is often so miniscule it almost seems left out but it is usually there in some form.

     

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