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I no longer tolerate text based quests. Hate the way they are presented right now, just been mashing through them since reading the boxes has been such a chore.
That is all.
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Though I know a lot of folks don't mind, after playing AOC tortage, SWTOR, and now this, I just can't go back to wall of texts quests because I like the RPG aspect of MMORPG and ignore the immersion of the story which voice does makes me care less about the quests. It worked for 8 years or so, but not anymore. Thats one of the reasons I wont play Final Fantasy despite having awesome graphics. I just feel the PVE questing itself is stale...but then again..in all fairness, I didn't get very far so maybe Ill pick it up as a couch game for my PS4 and save ESO for the PC :=) lol.
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Voice overs for quests are like super high end graphics- nice to have but not at all necessary for an MMO.
I do think that full voice overs will eventually become the norm for MMOs eventually.
Boycotting EA. Why? They suck, even moreso since 2008.
If playing SWTOR has taught me anything, it's that i won't tolerate poorly written questss. I'd rather read a page of well-written text in LoTRO than listen to 10 minutes of crap that passes for quest dialogue in SWTOR.
To me, it's all about quality. I don't care if it's voiced, written or sent to me via smoke signals - as long as it's good quality.
"Id rather work on something with great potential than on fulfilling a promise of mediocrity."
- Raph Koster
Tried: AO,EQ,EQ2,DAoC,SWG,AA,SB,HZ,CoX,PS,GA,TR,IV,GnH,EVE, PP,DnL,WAR,MxO,SWG,FE,VG,AoC,DDO,LoTRO,Rift,TOR,Aion,Tera,TSW,GW2,DCUO,CO,STO
Favourites: AO,SWG,EVE,TR,LoTRO,TSW,EQ2, Firefall
Currently Playing: ESO
SWTOR is fairly hit and miss.
A lot of it is really bad writing that seems like someone wrote in their high school English Literature class. There is some parts of the class quests and a few of the planet quests that are well written.
WoW does it best. Just some flavor voice when clicking on npcs and voices for bosses in raids and dungeons.
Doesn't "telegraphing" refer to certain ground based markers for spells? (e.g. area has red circle, don't stand in it!) If so, that's also present in ESO. Almost all the modern MMOs are using that.
"Id rather work on something with great potential than on fulfilling a promise of mediocrity."
- Raph Koster
Tried: AO,EQ,EQ2,DAoC,SWG,AA,SB,HZ,CoX,PS,GA,TR,IV,GnH,EVE, PP,DnL,WAR,MxO,SWG,FE,VG,AoC,DDO,LoTRO,Rift,TOR,Aion,Tera,TSW,GW2,DCUO,CO,STO
Favourites: AO,SWG,EVE,TR,LoTRO,TSW,EQ2, Firefall
Currently Playing: ESO
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Now playing GW2, AOW 3, ESO, LOTR, Elite D
Is reading that difficult for you?
Hence why all the modern MMOs suck big time. Now seriously, i dislike that whenever i strike with my sword or whatever skill there's a geometric form at my feet , and its large too. In ESO i did not project those geometric forms myself at least even though they were presented by the enemy from time to time.
Same. I grew up on text based games. VO's are nice, but aren't a deciding factor for me. As long as I am engaged in the game, as long as it isn't a shallow, glossy experience with cute crap everywhere, then it will gain my interest. I think WildStar has a decent amount of depth, but I just can't see myself in a Rachet and Clank MMO.
While i agree with you on this, i think its silly that developers feel the need to have big name actors do voice overs. I can give 5 shits who does the voice overs, as long as the person doing it is not a complete boob.
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I know what you mean. Read one book, read them all... Watched one movie, watched them all... Heard one song, heard them all... I think I'll go shoot myself now...
but seriously... In 2014 lack of voice overs sticks out like a sore thumb. And it would be even weirder in an ES game since they are fully VO'd.
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You do know Wildstar is going to be box + sub fee right?
And for the same price as a full VO game, nonetheless! I guess the actors' fees weren't so outrageous after all.
Edit: Apologies, I actually looked up the price for Wildstar... Looks like a pretty good deal.
The same exact cost as Wildstar...
$59.99 + $15 a month
you idiot.