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Lack of anything really new to look forward to
Kane72
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Having had played a significant number of hours and characters in many of the top AAA games over the years, there does appear to be a lack of anything new and potentially great on the horizon.
Maybe I'm just missing it, but I always had a game release date in my diary for the next new release to invest my time into but things appear to have changed somewhat.
Are we ever likely to see another MMORPG AAA game that reaches the heights (not necessarily the same type of game though) as WoW, Guild Wars 2, ESO, Lord of the Rings, EVE online, Anarchy Online, Everquest and a long list of others that have been around in the past 10 years and beyond?
Maybe I'm just missing it, but I always had a game release date in my diary for the next new release to invest my time into but things appear to have changed somewhat.
Are we ever likely to see another MMORPG AAA game that reaches the heights (not necessarily the same type of game though) as WoW, Guild Wars 2, ESO, Lord of the Rings, EVE online, Anarchy Online, Everquest and a long list of others that have been around in the past 10 years and beyond?
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My recommendation: You have to adapt.
Well, not for a very long time.
huh, come to think of it I think an Amazon game studio is making an mmo and there is Ashes of creation.
So there you go, that's two. If they get finished and are released.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
Anthem
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen
Saga of Lucimia
Chronicles of Elyria
Shroud of the Avatar
Ashes of Creation
If you want a new idea, go read an old book.
In order to be insulted, I must first value your opinion.
Then make this same thread a year from now and list them all again because there isn't a concrete release date between the lot of them.
Unless it's Shroud of the Avatar, let's be real nobody is gonna give a shit when that heap actually "releases".
"classification of games into MMOs is not by rational reasoning" - nariusseldon
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Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/Mainstream gaming seems to be focusing on 64-player "survival" games, battle arenas and crpgs...
So far so good, just one has kept me entertained since July and I have 4 or 5 purchased and ready to go.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Though any of these kickstarters could end up being the next EVE as EVE itself started as an indie game.
Preferably in the most atrocious English ever, for added comedy value, please.
My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/
So in till then, enjoy what's available and expand your gaming library to other genres. There are a lot of awesome games available that aren't mmos.
Destiny 2 is coming soon (for the PC, already arrived for consoles) and it looks like fun, no matter what its classification is.
Especially with how fickle players can be. Large companies play it safe, go where the money seems to be and only take "educated" risks.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
It's been all about a change of perspective for me. 10 years ago, I saw games as these huge monoliths. You could completely devote your life to one product and pretty much live your life in a virtual world - real life coming second. Games had fairly stable communities and were unique enough to justify this.
These days, communities shift a lot. Games (especially MMOs) are not incredibly innovative. It took me years to adapt to this. I've been looking for my monolith and had desperately given up each time, game after game. I stopped playing for a year and then came back with a new view. It's not about "Which game can I devote my life to?" but rather "What can this game show me?" I play games based on mood, to have a bit of fun in the evenings, rather than an attempt to build a second life in a virtual place.
I have no illusions that a holy grail is coming. But I think you can have fun here and there, in many of the products on the horizon (and those already released too!).
Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent.
"At one point technology meant making tech that could get to the moon, now it means making tech that could get you a taxi."
Of course you must also accompany this with frequent visits to other game forums to criticize the games others are enjoying and force them to defend the games they are playing. Personally I feel these types of people are not worth the effort but they seem to find joy in crapping over what others like.
Please don't turn into one of them.
My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/