being a massive star wars fanboy would only make him biased in its favour. This way we get a much more honest opinion based in fact not opinion.Woodsey said:
Except the interface. If there's one thing NO ONE EVER wants to rip off, it's the user-friendly interfaces from WoW. Why?Lacsapix said:
I don't think that knowing what Tatooine is and knowing its relevance counts as being a fan boy.Puzzlenaut said:
Not happening with TOR.Leviathan_ said:
There are still plenty of BioWare employees from other studios working there; they don't hire an entirely new work force. Just like Ubisoft haven't with their new studio that's working on Splinter Cell.drisky said:
Looks like I touch a Nerve.fundayz said:
Cause it is the most cluttery interface imaginable. Which would explain all the UI add-ons I see on cursed gaming site. Personally I've played the demos and I want to play more of SWTOR end of discussion. If you don't like it, awesome I don't care about your opinion.Cid SilverWing said:
Yes they are and that's the problem. SWTOR is just adding to the pile of unimaginative, cookie-cutter MMO's out there. That's why many people, including myself, have just moved away from the MMO genre in general: nothing truly new has come out.Britisheagle said:
Sure, all games copy features from similar games but no genre does it to the ridiculous extent that MMORPG's do. Yes, some FPS are very similar and people DO complain about them; for example, the CoD series has been widely critiqued since MW1 for taking the same content making some tweaks and new maps then selling it as if it was a brand new game.Britisheagle said:
Just out of curiosity, what do you not find interesting about GW2?Dr. wonderful said:
Not to nitpick for nitpicking's sake, but you mentioned trinity three times when "trinity-based class system" covers all the rest. Also "direct control over one character" seems like a flimsy addition meant to pad out the list. And saying that the combat doesn't require skill doesn't seem accurate, though you're right in that it isn't an "active" roly-poly sort of deal. Oh and "a level system designed to separate players into tiers of content" seems to be the same bullet point as "leveling-content-zones." I understand the point you're making, just trying to weed out some repetition and whatnot.adamtm said:
Okay, so apparently "clone" means something different when you put a game's name in front of it. I don't get that, but okay. However, the negative connotations of the term are implicit in its typical usage. This analyst-guy isn't using it as a term of endearment or respect for its quality/appeal. He's not saying "it's a WoW clone in that it will succeed greatly and appeal to the same audience." He--and just about everyone else that trots out the term--are using it negatively to say what they really mean to say: dated and familiar.adamtm said:
Doesn't make his personal opinion any more relevant. It just means he gets more press and is better at making financial projections (which are curiously absent from this article and the source). We don't know what his experience with MMOs is and there's no reason to take his WoW-clone claim any more seriously than another player. What I mean is that we can throw this blurb in with all the rest and leave it at that. No reason to give him more attention than anyone else who has played it.fundayz said:
Actually it does. Unlike the average player, his livelihood and reputation depend on his ability to analyze and make predictions about upcoming products. Sure, his job focuses more on the financial aspect of media but you still need to understand said media in order to make accurate predictions.rsvp42 said:
But what I'm saying is that a single person's gut-level reaction to a game isn't any more significant just because it happens to be his job. It's still a personal opinion based on his playtime. There are thousands of opinions out there with varying degrees of praise and criticism. My own time with it felt quite different than WoW on a gut level, even if I ignore all the obvious differences.fundayz said:
