I played WildStar briefly when it went F2P just because I could never convince any of my MMO friends to play it before that, but we didn't last long.
They used to trust my advice on MMORPGs but crap game after crap game has ruined us all. GW2 was …
It's somewhat sad that this site used to be such an good resource for MMORPGs, and now not only is there so little MMORPG news worth discussing, or MMORPGs worth discussing, but this site is reduced to reporting on nonsense like this.
Not surprised and since EQNext had nothing to do with EQ other than the name, I'm not caring either. The world needs a new MMORPG that's like a modern EQ, not yet another F2P cesspool of casual solo nonsense.
Some of their ideas were good - or at …
KOA is actually pretty good. If you're the kind of player who prefers solo in MMORPGs then I'd recommend it even more, since it plays a lot like a modern MMORPG for gameplay and quest content - so you can have the same gameplay/content without the …
Well if you do, it'll truly be a "spin" since there's been so much lag and such long queues that it's like watching an unresponsive web browser sit and spin.
I enjoyed WildStar in the original beta and think it's a good WoW clone - it had more feat…
Archlyte said:
I'm glad I didn't put money into this game.
Indeed. I don't do the backing thing at all even if there is some potential helpfulness about it. I do actually buy games, many in fact, so I feel I do my part to support wort…
I still think FFXIV was worse since it went on longer (from early access thru release) and people were paying for it. FFXIV was also rough in the late beta stages and rather than deal with it they plowed on with early/release. Big difference betwe…
Kind of weak reasons, really, especially #2. I think the best thing(s) you can say about WildStar is that it's high quality, it's closer to WoW than most other clones in terms of "oomph", it had more features and content at release than many wann…
Paper launch so that we can read about it and see what they're up to? Because I see zero reason to pay $300 for a new processor and 1-200 more for a new motherboard and RAM just to get a marginal and unnecessary bump (my i7 3770k that's several yea…
Nanfoodle said:
6. Download something else and wish people well playing GW2.
I would've numbered it as zero since it's the real first step, but I agree.
GW2 was a nice diversion but more like a co-op game - something to play for a few …
I would disagree that MMORPGs being the same or similar is the problem. That's how game genres are.
The real problem is more fundamental.
MMORPGs when they first came out were about grouping, challenge, and danger. And people loved them. But no…
I think EQNext is "wast of time" ware. Nobody needs another MMORPG that's designed to be F2P sludge up front. Nobody needs another massively single player not really an MMORPG.
They had some interesting ideas up front (the way the AI and monsters…
I agree with the OP. I used to love MMORPGs. Now I barely pay attention. Weak game after weak game has left me so jaded I don't even sign up for betas to the garbage anymore.
Over the years they've gone from being a great niche genre with uni…
Group.
MMORPGs should be about grouping with little to no solo capacity and what capacity there is to solo should be so grossly inefficient that it's just time filler while looking for/waiting for a group.
That's how the genre started. That…
Originally posted by Ranadicus
I suspect this is as much about putting gold sellers out of business as adding a subscription option
Almost. A little maybe.
It would be nice if any "news" outlet could ever cover the real story.
It's not so…
It's a dark day when Bliz abandons quality in favor of more profit when they're already drowning in cash from WoW.
It's so sad when people discuss this, like in this article, as a "cool way to pay for you game sub with in game gold" when the rea…
We need more races like the Elin from TERA - races that look like sexy children so the pervs and pedos out there can get their "ooh ahh" on. Ok, just kidding, keep unclenched. But I do kind of find Elin creepy. Very creepy.
I'm probably in th…
That's because F2P MMORPGs generally suck?
F2P works very well for a game like LOL where there's zero pay 2 win and it's a simpler game. I've thrown money at that game to buy skins or champs and felt like it was a worthy thing and that I wasn't…
They should qualify their statement - "our games are too hard to learn for console/mobile players"
Not that I can think of a single game EA has put out that's anything but ultra simple and simplistic due to the fact that they're designed console…