Blizzard's New MMO Will "Blow People's Minds"

[Xanthious]

I'm sure it's going to be awesome. . . . if it ever actually gets released in the next decade or so. In all reality this game is what, at least three years out if not more? I just can't bring myself to really care about some mysterious project we know absolutely nothing factual about other than it's going to be an MMO. Great! Wake me up in two years when we MIGHT have some actual information grounded in facts.

 

[Dogstile]

You're going to blow my mind blizzard? I could make a joke about that, but i'm not sure if I should.

Anyway, I look forward to it. They've messed up the balance of wow so much that i'm hoping they'll go back to balanced classes.

 

[Nuclear Pancake]

Lol I take it complemantry is industry for farming twice as much money from the current WOW players.

 

[kebab4you]

and it will fail because it cant stand up to wow

if anybody can create a MMO that can stand up to WoW, i'd imagine it's these guys

Oh how funny it would be if WoW killed off there new MMO. "We have crafted a monster!"

 

[mattaui]

I'm really tired of them making announcements that have absolutely zero content in them. "We're doing a new game, it'll be great!" and then "It'll be really, really awesome!" and finally "No, really, you have no idea. Here's a secret, it'll be like WoW, sort of, only a lot better."

I get it, they're really excited for their new property. Oh, and they want people to play both WoW and their new game. Well, again, that's hardly a surprise. Apple hopes you buy all their products too, not just an iPhone.

I say this as a huge Blizzard fan that owns and has played all their games over the years, so I really would like them to give us something more concrete. Otherwise, they'll hype it up so much that when specifics are released, it'll feel underwhelming.

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

and it will fail because it cant stand up to wow

if anybody can create a MMO that can stand up to WoW, i'd imagine it's these guys

the sheer brilliance in what you both said simply astounds me. and i'm surprised more people haven't commented on it. bravo!

OT: cautiously optimistic.

 

[Light 086]

With Blizzard's talk about new MMO's, support for old MMO's, and content regarding it, I have to ask this: What the fuck are they doing about Diablo 3?
It's been postponed for more than a year now. What's the new release date holiday 2012?
So they can take that new MMO of theirs and shove it for all I care, because I want Diablo 3.

As for MMO's the one I'm waiting on is Final Fantasy (14 I think?) for the PS3 and only because most of my friends are going for it. I didn't go for WoW, because 2 of my friends who play it (and one still does) warned me away from it and I didn't really enjoy it from what I played. That and some of the people I met were total fanatics and control freaks, so maybe my opinion is skewed.

 

[uppitycracker]

and it will fail because it cant stand up to wow

if anybody can create a MMO that can stand up to WoW, i'd imagine it's these guys

the sheer brilliance in what you both said simply astounds me. and i'm surprised more people haven't commented on it. bravo!

OT: cautiously optimistic.

haha, i just find humor in my comment, that really goes both ways.

 

[RandV80]

I'll bet anyone $5 that it'll still have a fetch quest or make us kill 10 giraffes, just for old time's sake.

Haha, I actually saw this as a problem with the Starcraft 2 campaign. They put so much effort into making each level 'unique' and 'original', that by the end I was wondering what happened to the levels that just let me build up a base and crush the enemy at my own leisure, without any sort of wierd restrictions or objectives? Just because it usually gets overdone doesn't mean it should be scrapped outright... just don't over do it.

 

[cerebus23]

Well one thing blizzard has no credators that they have to worry about, they can work on anything for as long as they want till they think it is ready.

Overhyped? they barely said anything about it other than this claiming it will blow our minds.

For me it would blow my mind if this mmo had any story or good lore in it, cause they sure tossed out any story and butchered any lore in WoW for that mmo.

I am not a huge wow fan but blizzard made a game that 12 million people have been playing for the last 5 years or so, tho those numbers will be dropping off sharply out of pure boredom and games like guild wars 2 and sw tor, and everything else in the pipeline till people find some other game that can hold their interest, wow has clearly peaked and in decline anymore.

But bottom line they have a built in fan base that is millions strong if they can come up with a new game that fills in the holes in wow and improve stuff then a good chunk of those people will be all too happy to give anything a go they put out.

 

[Snowpact]

I'll bet anyone $5 that it'll still have a fetch quest or make us kill 10 giraffes, just for old time's sake.

I take that bet and raise you 20.

 

[Denamic]

I'm really tired of them making announcements that have absolutely zero content in them. "We're doing a new game, it'll be great!" and then "It'll be really, really awesome!" and finally "No, really, you have no idea. Here's a secret, it'll be like WoW, sort of, only a lot better."

I get it, they're really excited for their new property. Oh, and they want people to play both WoW and their new game. Well, again, that's hardly a surprise. Apple hopes you buy all their products too, not just an iPhone.

I say this as a huge Blizzard fan that owns and has played all their games over the years, so I really would like them to give us something more concrete. Otherwise, they'll hype it up so much that when specifics are released, it'll feel underwhelming.

You realize that it's the journalists that hound them for comments and that Blizzard isn't the ones making the same announcements over and over?
Right?

 

[Fetzenfisch]

i just want more to do in combat than pressing my number keys. D&DO did a first step in a littl bit more action, and blizz are the right ones to make it actually feel like action again.

 

[CpnChaos]

Wait, haven't I read somewhere that it's a massive multiplayer ACTION game? And that the MMO thing is a mistake?

 

[Optimystic]

I have to laugh at the fact that the company making the product is telling you that their product is "really, really good".

The difference is the company making the claim.

If Blizzard, Bioware or Valve tells me "it'll be really, really good" then my objections are pretty much quashed right out of the gate.

Ion Storm, not so much.

 

[Mathak]

In the Netherlands we have a saying; "We from ToiletDuck, recommend ToiletDuck!". So yeah.

Still, it's Blizz, so it'll be awesome anyway.

 

[Littaly]

Of course it's gonna compete with WoW! It may not be the same type of game, but where the hell are people going to get their time from O.O