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

[Alar]

Yay! Still no new information whatsoever!

This is coming from a Blizzard fan.

 

[Exort]

*yawn* It's World of Starcraft. We all know it is. No surprises coming.

They said it is a completely new IP a long time ago.

 

[beniki]

Oh wow! I'm so super hyped for this MMO now because Blizzard said it would be good! It doesn't matter that I don't know the classes, the setting, or even the real name yet! Because some guy I never heard of before told my favourite internet news site it's going to be good, I totally and completely believe him!

Yeah.

Seriously, games tend to flop because of over hype. Starting this early without even a screen shot or actual title is not going to help you.

And it's going to be Starcraft. They just don't want to admit it yet.

 

[beema]

When I saw this headline, I initially thought it was a joke response to that "joke" from Bungie.

 

[Bullfrog1983]

I wish they would forget MMOs and make Warcraft IV.

 

[timeadept]

GOD DAMNIT BLIZZ! Another one? Another update that says absolutely NOTHING about what the new game is going to be like? I'm cautiously hopeful that Blizz will prove to be the undisputed King of MMORPGs by taking LEAPS forward with Titan but Blizzard's ability to say so little with so many words and STILL provoke a reaction is astonishing!

 

[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.

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?

It's a recent interview and they're saying the same vague stuff, so I'm going to comment on their continued lack of specifics and meaningless spouting of hype.

 

[Talvrae]

Breaking News: I really dont care
I stand by what i have said for years. Blizzard is overrated

 

[Twilight_guy]

They do realize that people can only spend their lives playing one game or the other right? Your new MMO has to compete with WoW just as much as any other game and Blizzard might end up losing to themselves.

 

[Lightnr]

SO THATS WHY DIABLO III IS STILL NOT COMMING OUT! (despite having a completely functional graphics and physics engine 3 years ago) IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!

(and for those thinking they should take their time to make a sweet game - no - ok? Think about it - Mass Effect 2 was a completely revamped game, with a new engine, and new combat, new skill mechanics, DIALOGUE, and a complex story and it was in production for what, two years start to finish? Yea. There is no way you can not get 5 classes fun and polished and ship the game out with nice campaign and pvp, unless there are 2 people allocated to that project - which is obviously the case. Come on blizzard!

 

[TsunamiWombat]

I'd snort and roll my eyes but it's blizzard. Them saying this shit is, at this point, more "duh", then "Wuh?"

 

[Scars Unseen]

After watching WoW go downhill, they'd have to blow more than my mind to get money out of me.

Maybe a kazoo.

 

[Bobbity]

No, really? The company that made WoW is confident that their new game will be just as good? Amazing.

Anyhow, I'm kind of looking forward to this new game. As much as a I love WoW, it's getting more and more outdated by the day. Cataclysm helped, but in the long run, they pretty much need to start from scratch.

It'd be great if there was some sort of guild/account transferral system though, so that people playing WoW actually have an incentive to abandon years of work. Otherwise, Blizzard might well defeat itself.

Also, who doesn't think that this is going to be World of Starcraft?

 

[Nouw]

I'm betting it's going to be either the next cigarette or a terrible MMO which will have it's ass smacked by the 40K MMO.

Note that people can't spend their lives on two big things as easy as it sounds like. Splitting up my game time between two is hard enough because they're both addicting and fun.

Sams believes that the new MMO won't necessarily steal customers from WoW, but become a second game for Blizzard fans to enjoy at the same time

To me, this says one of two things.

Either it will be free to play, or this guy needs to get his head checked.
Heres hoping its not the latter.

You sir are a genius. When it gets announced to be free, we will all look up to you!

 

[Aeshi]

Really looking forward to this.

 

[Nocta-Aeterna]

Blizzard VS ArenaNet
Round one
FIGHT

 

[WolfEdge]

*yawn* I wonder what they'll rip off this time. Or maybe they'll have you click crap really fast but do it in such a way that to the untrained eye it appears to be skills?

Isn't that kind of the point of a computer game? Is there any other kind of input other than clicking your mouse and pushing buttons?

Would you like some well-aged brie with your vintage wine?

 

[Roggen Bread]

Seriously - why do we need to get away from "slaughter X of type Y"?

If I just want to level a character very fast to enjoy the endgame I do not need big storys or complicated quests where I got to read the text first. I just want to need where to go und which dudes to kill.

Because no game developer should purposefully make an entire section of their game useless or boring. If a studio is going to design a game with leveling, it should make leveling interesting, fun, and necessary. If the only plan is to make it all easy and pointless, then they're better off cutting it from the game entirely.

Of course, that an interesting idea. What if someone made a game that was nothing but "endgame"? Y'know like raiding and PvP, except there's no levels, only tiers of gear. I wonder if that would sell well at all.

I did not say easy or only consistent of.

And of course - it is not too bad to bring a little alternation in leveling.
But to demonize simple kill-quests isnt the right way.
To be honest, I think it's quite fun just to slaughter through endless hordes of enemies.


And to the endgame-only-game: The leveling phase was created for the player to learn how to use the caracter. I believe it is necessary. Take WoW. If I logged into my 85 Warrior and never played one before I'd be completely overwhelmed. It is a good Idea to start with few spells and hand them to you.