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TESO was going to be a bold and original MMO, but then it took an arrow to the knee :-(
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Who said it was going to be a bold, original mmo?
Just players fantasizing and assuming.
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I'm a huge fan of the series no game tops it's whole IMO. I'd even consider myself somewhat of a fanboi hometeam and all (MD pride).
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
I'm pretty sure that I've never called any game a wow clone. I'm really not a fan of the term, just because peopler an't trying to copy wow, they're trying to copy blizzards success. All the game elements are the same in pretty much every game made between EQ and WoW; even UO uses most of the same gameplay mechanics.
But..
The only thing you could possible take fromthe GI/ Bethesda promotional stunt (I refuse to believe the link right now), is that it's a wow clone. When they describe the features and explicity state that it's "just like world of warcraft" it's very clear that the intent is to be "just like world of warcraft".
The entire theme of the "article" is wow clone. The scans are literally supposed to be the developers, in not so many words, stating that the game is a wow clone. Remember, I don't really think any game is a wow clone. But, if you're going to tell me you're making a wow clone, then ok, if that's choose to label it; more power to you.
Am I the only one that's been laughing nonstop for the last two days? Really, "hey guys, we're making an ES mmo, it's a wow clone". No one else finds this incredibly funny?
Something tells me there are going to be a lot of people going, "oh, you bethesda guys you. Bunch of rascals you are! You got me." in a few weeks or a month. At least I really hope.
I am just now wrapping my head around the full hilarity of the situation and I'm with ya!
This really does seem like some kind of absurd marketing joke (does that exist). It's just too good at being utterly bizarre and hilarious. It's all the opposite of what you'd think they'd say. So the article now reads comically, whereas initially i was pretty shocked and confused by it. Now i'm just enjoying their well executed and sly show of comedic prowess. Well done i say.
Let us hope you're right..
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Previous games - SWG, World of Warcraft, ShadowBane, Warhammer, Age of Conan, Darkfall, Planetside Asheron's Call, Everquest, Everquest 2, Too many.
Bethesda nor ZeniMax Online are liable for unreasonable expectations.
If you do not understand that franchise does not imply any game play characteristics, it is your problem only.
It is IF they are actualy trying to convince me to BUY thier product..... and clearly from the number of comments in this thread from other people who have said they enjoyed TES series...it is very much not my problem ONLY. Unless you think those others are actualy lying about thier own sense of disappointment.
Except the franchise very much does imply very specific gameplay characteristics. That's not anyone fault, because the ES series intended to be a very specific style of game.
The entire ES series is built around a single idea, they will develop a world that we as players can do whatever we want in. Bethesda has always maintained a very specific design philosophy when it comes to the ES series, and over the years they've been very upfront about what kind of game the ES series is supposed to be.
There is no guessing about what kind of game you expect to be playing when it has ES name on it. It is no one's fault, anymore then it's no one's fault to have specific expectations when purchasing a ferrari.
A sandbox MMO based on the best selling sandbox RPG ever, is hardly an unreasonable expectation.
You guys can skip it it all you want, just realize your personal expectation is not something they obviously set out to please.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Just because there are more with unreasonable expectations does not change my point.
It is still your problem only.
Sooner you realize your error, the better.
Fixed in yellow...
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
It was never going to be "bold and original" which is exactly why Zenimax and Bethesda held off on the project for so long.
They cannot take a TES single player RPG and adapt it in it's entirety to fit the MMORPG genre. It simply isn't going to happen which is why so many fans of the series never wanted to see TES in MMORPG form to begin with.
Good thread title...
Enter a whole new realm of challenge and adventure.
Sandbox games exist in multiplayer
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This x 100
Such a simple premise, comical that it is lost on so many.
THose fans could simply not play? This is the problem with fans. They think they're in control and it's up to them.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
I'm not getting into the sandbox debate again it goes no where, all I would have to offer is sarcasm at this point.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Ignorance won't help you to prove your point.
Franchise are rights over intellectual property, no more no less. There is no implication how those rights are supposed to be used.
Look at much used Star Wars franchise, you have all sort of games based on it - arcade, FPS, racing, 3rd person, etc.
While I didn't take an arrow in the knee, I use Skooma because it makes me work harder and longer, so I can make more money,so I can buy more Skooma. I don't see a problem with that.
The sooner you fall behind the more time you have to catch up.
Yes let's make the Elder Scrolls Online to not attract the 10 million people who bought Skyrim...
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Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/Except the game isnt going to sell well because its alienating its entire player base for one that doesnt exist. So in the end the company the ignorant one.
Perhaps you missed the part where they announed "an ES mmo that the fans have always wanted"?
How would a game that is completely opposite of what the fans of ES have come to know, what the fans of ES would want?
ES doesn't sell millions of copies because of the stories, it's almost entirely based on the gameplay.
When it's your fans you're making a game for, and you need them to buy the game, it is very much the fans that are in control. No one sells a product to people who don't want to buy the product. You've got some very stange logic.
It's pointless, this whole debate is, those drawing conclusions are only doing so on one basis, "it's not the game I've dreamed of for years". They're stuck in the delusion of "because I've dreamed it, it can happen and would work."
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Stop speaking for fans please I'm a huge fan and you do not share my opinion what so ever.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Do you also see lottery numbers in your crystal ball? If so, you could start your own TESO project with all the money you got...