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Been 11 years since I last played an MMO for more than a few days...
tixylix
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2005 NGE of SWG was the final nail for me, I didn't like changes to WoW already by that point and so I quit that. I played EVE since 2003, I didn't like changes to that either, I've tried to go back since but it's too populated now for me to care.... PVP just isn't the same with so many people. I last played EQ with PoP, I last played PS when BFRs ruined it, EQ2 had an amazing beta, SOE said they were launching in 2 weeks, the forums went crazy saying "it's too early" and they launched it to it's death any ways....
Then there were several years of boring WoW clones to ignore, all missing the mark on what made WoW good in the first place.
Now I have people calling games like Destiny an MMO and the whole genre being pretty much killed off by this new wave of miss identity. Kids don't even get the concept of the MMO any more, the seamless world with thousands of people being in one place. Now GTA V is an MMO to them.....
Constantly however I've had people telling me "maybe you're bored of the genre" or some BS like that. However Nostalrius came out the other year, I played it for a few months until it got shut down with my friend and we had a blast. It brought back why I loved MMOs, it had all the amazing world PVP of when WoW originally launched and funny enough it had challenge again. I know WoW was considered easy mode back in 2004, but my god how far we've fallen since for Vanilla WoW to feel hard to me now.
I remember playing SWG back in 2003 and saying "if this is possible now, then in 10 years I cannot imagine how complex MMOs will be".... well it turned out SWG was the peak when it comes to simulation, mechanics and ideas, nothing would ever come close to what that game tried to achieve, I forgive it for it's sub 20FPS I used to have to play it in lol.
So sad that I barely even come to this site to check any more
I finally lost hope. I think the biggest blow was the death of SOE, even if they ruined every one of their MMOs, they never listened to their community and hadn't made anything of any worth since EQ2.... I still had hope. They made SWG, EQ and PS, they were the genre back in the day, they had that vision that I had for it. PS2 despite being crap, they tried to actually make PS again and make it bigger than ever. I hated the direction they took with it, but still it gave me hope for EQN... sadly they died and who is left? Blizzard have said they're pretty much out and despite a load of Asian Devs making their crap, there is no one now, DAOC devs are gone, Bioware wont make another MMO and we wont see Fallout online after the ESO flop....
The genre is dead, Destiny is the future and I'm out!
Then there were several years of boring WoW clones to ignore, all missing the mark on what made WoW good in the first place.
Now I have people calling games like Destiny an MMO and the whole genre being pretty much killed off by this new wave of miss identity. Kids don't even get the concept of the MMO any more, the seamless world with thousands of people being in one place. Now GTA V is an MMO to them.....
Constantly however I've had people telling me "maybe you're bored of the genre" or some BS like that. However Nostalrius came out the other year, I played it for a few months until it got shut down with my friend and we had a blast. It brought back why I loved MMOs, it had all the amazing world PVP of when WoW originally launched and funny enough it had challenge again. I know WoW was considered easy mode back in 2004, but my god how far we've fallen since for Vanilla WoW to feel hard to me now.
I remember playing SWG back in 2003 and saying "if this is possible now, then in 10 years I cannot imagine how complex MMOs will be".... well it turned out SWG was the peak when it comes to simulation, mechanics and ideas, nothing would ever come close to what that game tried to achieve, I forgive it for it's sub 20FPS I used to have to play it in lol.
So sad that I barely even come to this site to check any more
I finally lost hope. I think the biggest blow was the death of SOE, even if they ruined every one of their MMOs, they never listened to their community and hadn't made anything of any worth since EQ2.... I still had hope. They made SWG, EQ and PS, they were the genre back in the day, they had that vision that I had for it. PS2 despite being crap, they tried to actually make PS again and make it bigger than ever. I hated the direction they took with it, but still it gave me hope for EQN... sadly they died and who is left? Blizzard have said they're pretty much out and despite a load of Asian Devs making their crap, there is no one now, DAOC devs are gone, Bioware wont make another MMO and we wont see Fallout online after the ESO flop....The genre is dead, Destiny is the future and I'm out!
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Appreciated the classics, but you know that old ass fucking Camaro is just not worth it anymore, taking too much time and money. I'll just upgrade to a new modernized version of it.
"This is the one guys" "Fuck wasted $50"
"This is the one guys" "Fuck wasted another $50"
"This is the one guys" "#$# &%$@ $50"
"Why don't these devs listen to me?" "Cause I am the ONE, to bring everyone together and make MMORPG Great Again!"
Maybe the genre wasn't for you to begin with is better?!
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John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
Middle-aged in the MMO genre and probably going though his mid-life crisis. Meh.
~~ postlarval ~~
5 years ago I would have just agreed with you, but now I see some potential for the future. Keep yourself updated on Pantheon, Shards and Camelot Unchained, they are trying different things and I hope one of them will be spot on. Not that I am holding my breath or anything...
it was a complex almost breathing world where everyone interacted
mmorpg have certainly gone a wrong way since then
"Nostalrius came out the other year, I played it for a few months until it got shut down with my friend and we had a blast."
Something doesn't add up, here...
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~~ postlarval ~~
No it is not crap compared to old school because of course we have way more technology,better processors etc etc.However when scaled back versus old school games were are getting a piss poor effort from devs.
Trying to think of an analogy...
it is like devs back then could give us a Cadillac and they came close to giving us just that.Now devs give us a toned down Cadillac but SHOULD be giving us Lambourghini's and race cars.Then you figure in devs are NOT building these lazy ass versions,WE ARE,they are asking us for the money lmao and guess what,pile of idiots are stupid enough to give them the money.
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