The New WarCry Gives You a Top-Down View on MMOs
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I died a bit (in a good way) when I saw the entry for Myst Online. It's... technically accurate, if a bit bare-bones. ;P
They're going to be VERY upset indeed, as there appear to be no more forums. All comments are placed at the bottom of the article, in User Group format.Owyn_Merrilin said:
Ah well, they can come join us whippersnappers.
And it's not a joke. I'm very surprised at how complete it all feels already on day one. It's kind of eerie, actually. There was way too much work put into this for it to be a prank.
Pretty much this, I was expecting a bare bones, barely functioning website to function as pranks, but was surprised to find the sleek website you've created. Nice to see you've breathed life into the old website I'll definitely make sure to investigate it fully since I've always wanted to play MMOs but being primary a console gamer I've never had a place to see which one(s) I'd enjoy.lacktheknack said:
Nah, Forsaken World. They released a high value CS pack for a fraction of the cost (Fat fingered the sale price from ~850 CS currency to 20 CS currency) on Saturday and the entire community went wild on them. Once they realized the error they took the servers down for 9+ hours on Sunday and rolled the whole thing back to last Friday before the sale. The whole holiday weekend's activity was lost in the process. to make up for it after the roll back, they released a "we're sorry" gift code that was kinda nice. . . but underestimated the power of an angry group of gamers. They found a way to exploit the gift pack in the morning and continued to do so until the GMs woke up on the west coast.Atlys said:I am really digging this new site. I frequent sites like MMOBomb, MMORPG.com and (when I absolutely have to) MMOHut. This will make a nice addition to my MMO searching databases.
That MMO wouldn't happen to be Mabinogi would it?Jhereg42 said:
Things are calming down in game at least, but the game forums are still a toxic mess of rage and stupidity. I actually really feel bad for the GMs trying to sort this out.
Wow that really does sound like a mess. I hope they can get that sorted out, but it is nice to see that the GMs are trying to make it up to everyone for the loss of a weekend. One little typo and a world can come crashing down.Jhereg42 said:Nah, Forsaken World. They released a high value CS pack for a fraction of the cost (Fat fingered the sale price from ~850 CS currency to 20 CS currency) on Saturday and the entire community went wild on them. Once they realized the error they took the servers down for 9+ hours on Sunday and rolled the whole thing back to last Friday before the sale. The whole holiday weekend's activity was lost in the process. to make up for it after the roll back, they released a "we're sorry" gift code that was kinda nice. . . but underestimated the power of an angry group of gamers. They found a way to exploit the gift pack in the morning and continued to do so until the GMs woke up on the west coast.Atlys said:I am really digging this new site. I frequent sites like MMOBomb, MMORPG.com and (when I absolutely have to) MMOHut. This will make a nice addition to my MMO searching databases.
That MMO wouldn't happen to be Mabinogi would it?Jhereg42 said:
Things are calming down in game at least, but the game forums are still a toxic mess of rage and stupidity. I actually really feel bad for the GMs trying to sort this out.
Site is pretty borked. Want to look at the second page of a category? Have fun with your non-functional links that just point you to # on the current page. Too much focus on pretty pictures, not enough on basic page functionality. The big-picture objective is pretty enough, but you have to implement it competently if you want anyone to jump on board.
I was checking out my favourite MMO, Ragnarok Online, but some of the information on the game was inaccurate and it didn't really have much to say about the meat of the gameplay that would make you want to pick it over other games. It doesn't really indicate that the game is I kind of wish the pages for the games went more in-depth about how the game plays and not just what content is present. Even knowing that not every game can be played by the site staff, surely there is a way to get more information from the game operators. Using RO as an example, the most compelling reason to play is that you have complete control over how to build your character; not a single stat point or skill is decided for you automatically, but there is no indication that this is even a feature (despite being the core feature!) of the game.
Im really not that into MMOs but I would like some sort of questionare as a way of narrowing down the games to a handful of choices. I understand that would take a considerable amount of effort involved catagorising every MMO, but something like that would be a really amazing tool for new MMO players and someone moving onto their next game.
There's some nice descriptions for each game, and it's handy with a collection of basic information.
I see an opportunity for you to add some screenshots of your own with actual gameplay. Most MMO publishers create screenshots that are really just setpieces with the UI removed. Having screenshots with typical gameplay and the UI showing can be very telling.
Speaking of screenshots, the links to the full galleries results in a 404. For instance http://www.warcry.com/codex/gallery/564
I see an opportunity for you to add some screenshots of your own with actual gameplay. Most MMO publishers create screenshots that are really just setpieces with the UI removed. Having screenshots with typical gameplay and the UI showing can be very telling.
Speaking of screenshots, the links to the full galleries results in a 404. For instance http://www.warcry.com/codex/gallery/564
Thanks for the bug reports, guys. As with anything in this world, there's room for improvement and we're busy tracking down every broken aspect of WarCry now. I wouldn't go so far as to call the whole thing borked, but know that we're working to fix it. Keep the reports coming in!
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That was actually a concept I had early on in development but you're right it would take a long time to create. It's still on the white board though - I'd love to have a graphical interface that let you make decisions to narrow down your tastes to a the perfect game for you.Ross Tuddin said:
Thanks Caramel!Caramel Frappe said:Just checked the website out.... anddddd holy crap is it beautiful.
I love it, very well designed with the coolest layout I could picture. Plus, all the features sound to good to be true- but alas it's all true. I must say this is highly amazing, noble, and grand overall along the fact you guys are even giving free giveaways.
That's just... super awesome if not spectacular. Sorry if it sounds like I am being to kiss-butt but.. just makes me feel so happy that there's staff that care for the people and do these awesome deeds. We love you guys
