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I am interested why it is that MMORPGs are pretty much the only genre that must reinvent itself with every new game (somewhat defying the idea of genre). The only thing where everyone can agree on is that it features "massively-multiplayer" and a so…
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I haven't read all the in-depth commentary of the devs, but of course knew about the dynamic event design it would have. Now, I did just play and also believed that the hearts (generally) guide me through the content. It is how the game is introduce…
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Originally posted by GrumpyMel2 Lol Sanya.... your engineers have clearly not watched enough old Star Trek episodes..... One of the very first lessons I learned as an engineer was to always TRIPLE the amount of time you give Management or the CS…
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I don't see why this is scary at all and it doesn't have to do with "gamers". If you unleash a large number of people to an (essentially) matematical problem, they home in to the solution by using a combination of brute force trial and error and sha…
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Vampires: female fantasy about eternal love and romance. Zombies: male fantasy about protecting your kin with a chainsaw.
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Your score description (still) seems off. Anything from 0-4 is hopeless, 5 poor etc. You should seriously consider to make 5 truly average. Suggestions about such a scale have been provided in the editorial by Jon Wood where he asked for feedback ab…
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I like to share some tips for future Community Managers: First off, make sure that developers and players never communicate directly. If developers annoy you with stuff they want communicated, throw it away and rewrite it (only if you absolutely m…
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Good article. I don't want to repeat the same stuff, so I am adding another perspective. They used to be a great company and they used to have good games. Then inexplicably bad creative direction crept into their games (I am leaving NGE out, reall…
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I made an extensive suggestion here, but wanted to stress the point that you need to use sub-genres. In other gaming sites people quickly see "Racing Game" or "Platformer" and the like and it sets their expectations. WIth sub-genres I mean "Sandbox"…
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A couple of suggestions from my side. Score Stick to the 10 Point scale. As you say, it works well with MetaCritic and you want your reviews to appear over there as well. But [1] enforce consistency and assign each number with a [2] proper meani…
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Originally posted by Slapshot1188 The concept of letting players fill a wider range of roles is a positive.. BUT... the simple fact that they stick to a system where players HAVE to fit pre-determined group roles is not good. Let's move pa…
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I pretty much expect from columnist to state an opinion, but then I also want them to write something meaningful, something they noticed or discovered, something to stop by and read about their findings. This site could be the headquarter of MMORPGs…
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Bill Murphy : […] It astonishes really the way in which so many drop World of Warcraft for some new game, get tired of said new game, and then go back to WoW to await the next messiah. I just don’t get it. Why even leave Azeroth in the first place…
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Originally posted by Shinami Americans know that gaming is about having fun and feeling that level of fun is rewarding enough. Americans know the difference between high stake games, competitive games and average gaming. [...] Majority of Asia-Prime…
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Gear is a very good game metaphor. For the sake of illustration: you could copy World of Warcraft but make it a stone-age setting, where the characters don't have any gear at all. The gear would become unlimited buffs, e.g. Snowserpent Mail Helm >…
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At this point I just note that in recent memory, three out of few columnist have contributed an opinion on this very community and — more or less polite — pointed out that something is wrong, with tips how to fix it. This is interesting.
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I would make a "gaslight fantasy" world — somewhat 18/19 (and early 20) century but in a free-form kind of way in the same way as traditional fantasy treats the middle ages. There are Golems alongside Automatons (think Droids, Warforged, classic Go…
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Played them both at the GamesCom, next to Guild Wars 2. My thoughts only, so please take it with a grain of salt. RIFTS: Felt very old school MMORPG to me. This may be a good thing for people who love the classic EverQuest-kind of feel. It has cri…
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They all will want to stay out of the wake of the Cataclysm, so don't expect major MMO releases this year and not too soon in the next year. I guess toward Q2 seems more realistic.
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Originally posted by Baseline and the dev was [...] making fun of the guy asking saying "yeah, because in star wars, han and chewie just got in the falcon and said "let's d*ck around, let's fly off that way and go mine that asteroid for loot. No? We…
