Blizzard's New MMO Will "Blow People's Minds"
- Thread starter Tom Goldman
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world of warcraft 2.0 "titan"
all the stuff you love just set in the future with a game breaking class
all the stuff you love just set in the future with a game breaking class
The Starcraft and Diablo players might have a thing or two to say about that - unless the subscription is for just the MMO projects. But I agree with you, and think that most companies should adopt this. Maybe do like a $15 for the first game and $5 for each additional, especially since WoW is so profitable, you could probably use the profits just for that game to cover the expenses for that and all their other projects combined and still see profit.Yvl9921 said:
Tom Goldman said:
you're on, I have faith that this might just revolutionize MMORPGS and be amazing.
Since Blizzard hasn't said anything to move the status quo, I'll repeat it because I feel obligated to.
*Ahem*
"The next Blizzard MMO will NOT blow people's minds; it will rely on the same predictable bullshit of forcing you to grind for hours at a time, so in turn you loop your friends into their scheme so that they can help you gather electronic waste on an accounting database.
You will all pay a small monthly fee for the 'privilege' of playing a "game" that does absolutely nothing but slowly bore you to death, yet you can't seem to bring yourself to quit because the gameplay is scientifically designed to be addictive by virtue of Random-Chance Operant Conditioning."
In short, as a game it will suck dick, but it will still make mega-bushels of cash every month because it's a social gathering point.
Blizzard's statement is hype and nothing else. Read it if you want, but I'd personally disregard it until Blizzard actually puts something on the table.
*Ahem*
"The next Blizzard MMO will NOT blow people's minds; it will rely on the same predictable bullshit of forcing you to grind for hours at a time, so in turn you loop your friends into their scheme so that they can help you gather electronic waste on an accounting database.
You will all pay a small monthly fee for the 'privilege' of playing a "game" that does absolutely nothing but slowly bore you to death, yet you can't seem to bring yourself to quit because the gameplay is scientifically designed to be addictive by virtue of Random-Chance Operant Conditioning."
In short, as a game it will suck dick, but it will still make mega-bushels of cash every month because it's a social gathering point.
Blizzard's statement is hype and nothing else. Read it if you want, but I'd personally disregard it until Blizzard actually puts something on the table.
Sams went on to add that the age of "sleep" had come to an end and concepts such as reality, family and productivity were outmoded and over-rated vestigial organs in the evolution of a new race of master grubs, fed only by their monitors intoxicating glow and a new cross-promotional gamefuel drink that would endow them with "a limited degree of photosynthesis."Tom Goldman said:
Sorry. It just seems like they lack souls, or empathy. Or a hybrid of the two I'm currently calling empathoul. Ask your pharmacist.
Considering how so much of WoW was taken from EverQuest(1) and Tolkien it is a little hard to say that they did not have "rehashes and copycat". (Example: In EQ gnomes had a steampunk culture complete with clockworks and robots. WoW... has gnomes having a... steam... punk... culture with... robots...) Keeping in mind EQ is 12 this month I find it quite difficult not to laugh when they think WoW was so innovative.Wandrecanada said:
Here are just a few EQ things "borrowed" by WoW thought to be innovative:
Gnome with steampunk culture (as was my example)
Instanced Zones for raids and certain quests
Gear that once put on gos from tradable to no trade
Giant megadragon roaming the world wreaking havoc on player and NPC alike (Kerafyrm/The Sleeper did it in EQ 10 years ago)
World trashed into a shadow of what it was where continents are islands (EQ2's entire premise which launched about the SAME time as WoW did so way before Cataclysm)
Only thing truly different (other than graphic but then EQ's 12 and still popular) is that WoW spells/abilities/disciplines that EQ has to maximize your potential. This made WoW more button-mashing than skill/intelligence based and the game infinitely easier.
By this point, the WoW fanboys have their panties in a twist so here I will say: I DID try WoW. Yes only the 2 week trial but then I was on it 6-8 hours every day of said trial and found the game too clunky (camera/controls) and lacking in difficulty. I LIKE that in EQ(1) everything wants to rip me apart and teabag what is left. I LIKE that it requires skill to maximize my DPS as a Ranger.
And before anyone can criticize my game fairly, I have to ask one simple thing: Did you ever play EQ and if so, how recently? If your complaint is that EQ is "too hard" then tell me... do you only play Easy Mode of games?
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As to Titan, I will say "wait and see" we heard the same thing about Vanguard, Age of Conan and LotR Online. Vanguard was too much for 90% of computers to handle so no one plays it. AoC dwindled to all but dead in the water. LotRO is now free-to-play just so people play it.
Will Titan sink or swim? Dunno,but compared to the Big 3 out now (EQ, EQ2 and WoW) it has some stiff competition.
so basically 'world of starcraft' ?Samechiel said:
i how ever, will not be playing it, what ever its gonna be, Blizzards game have been, largely a waste of my time so far, not bad, there good (cept WoW, it sucks) just way to over hyped
sides I'M looking forward to the Warhammer 40K MMO,(and Space Marine) it just sounds more awesome
just coz they said they aren't doing it doest mean they're not telling fibs they are trying to keep it under wraps after all. Wasn't titan the name of one of the planets you go to in the original starcraftNile McMorrow said:
(been a long time since i played that but it sticks in my mind for some reason)
hell maybe it'll be "Rock 'n' Roll Racing" online lol
They've got a lot to live up to. Just look at some of the MMOs coming out in the near future. SW:TOR has upped the interaction level with fully voiced characters, and Guild Wars 2 has an incredible design with a persistent, dynamic world.
I wish them the best of luck, but they've got some strong competition in the near future to be the "best." But I figure that enough Warcrackheads will make at least a temporary move for long enough to be financially in the black.
I wish them the best of luck, but they've got some strong competition in the near future to be the "best." But I figure that enough Warcrackheads will make at least a temporary move for long enough to be financially in the black.
Actually as I read this, I can't help but think they're preparing for WOW's end. Nothing lasts forever, (except diamonds, darn you Zales!) and considering they made such a huge change with Cataclysm, they might be feeling the time is drawing near. Perhaps they don't see where they can go with WOW after this, or even just because they know that eventually some new product WILL come along and steal their thunder. They might as well be the one making that thundersucker.Worgen said:
Of course, it's all just my opinion, but thats how I see it. They know that eventually they're going to have to switch to something else, and so they're preparing for that time. I'm probably wrong about it all, heck I don't even play WOW. I just see this in their recent statement.
Blizzard believes it will blow people's minds that they have actually been working on a WoW Clone the entire time that is on the "Microtransaction" model.
In all seriousness, nothing that Blizzard will produce will "Blow our minds." It's just another MMO that we've seen around the market. How many times have they said this with EVERY World of Warcraft Expansion?
In all seriousness, nothing that Blizzard will produce will "Blow our minds." It's just another MMO that we've seen around the market. How many times have they said this with EVERY World of Warcraft Expansion?
I find it disheartening you don't believe me. While I have played WoW for 6 years now, I can't recall a quest wherein a giraffe is killed. Database searches show that a giraffe is never the objective of a quest either. There are okapis killed, but never a giraffe. I could very well be wrong, however, as I have not played very much of Cataclysm.CannibalRobots said:
According to Wiki, it sounds like it could be "Halo in a WoW format". Sounds like World of Starcraft to me. Release date of 4th Quarter 2013. But we'll all be dead by then anyway.