"The Old Republic will be the biggest failure in MMO history," says EA developer
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Yes I've never heard of it.Me55enger said:
OT: I guess this guy hasn't heard the word about ff14 then.
Biggest failure I doubt, will it fail possibly wont attract any new people to MMOs thats for sure so it's going to need to syphon from the existing base and it wont attract WoW's base if it's released too early in that field I'll be amazed if it beats out AoC for a launch day even, that was about perfect timing for a release even if the game tanked.
Personaly I dont care for swtor most definently wont pick it up however one thing you cant do for a MMO is release it without information it's not like a single player game if your MMO dosent suck why no public beta, why no info? You cant fly blind into MMOs they are a significant time investment which leads me to beleive much like APB the game is either bad or they have little confidence in it. And from the tiny bit of gameplay shown animations/movement look stiff, it looks linear, combat is nothing new basic unpolished trinity stuff, space flight is just an onrails shooter, and if that 20 gig number is right then thats worrysome wows about 27 gigs nearer 40 with cata and very little of that is poured into resources or sound.
The whole dynamic of swtor just looks wrong why is there so much focus on single player stuff, and how chaleging can the game be if you have an army of npcs you can bring at your beck and call not to mention how would you do end-game content sureley fighting humanoids all the time would get damned boring real fast.
Not to mention the fanbase, there are few people on earth I would rather spend time with than diehard Star Wars fans the occasional kid on wow I can handle the 30 year old manchild nooooooooo.
Personaly I dont care for swtor most definently wont pick it up however one thing you cant do for a MMO is release it without information it's not like a single player game if your MMO dosent suck why no public beta, why no info? You cant fly blind into MMOs they are a significant time investment which leads me to beleive much like APB the game is either bad or they have little confidence in it. And from the tiny bit of gameplay shown animations/movement look stiff, it looks linear, combat is nothing new basic unpolished trinity stuff, space flight is just an onrails shooter, and if that 20 gig number is right then thats worrysome wows about 27 gigs nearer 40 with cata and very little of that is poured into resources or sound.
The whole dynamic of swtor just looks wrong why is there so much focus on single player stuff, and how chaleging can the game be if you have an army of npcs you can bring at your beck and call not to mention how would you do end-game content sureley fighting humanoids all the time would get damned boring real fast.
Not to mention the fanbase, there are few people on earth I would rather spend time with than diehard Star Wars fans the occasional kid on wow I can handle the 30 year old manchild nooooooooo.
It's EA Louise again. Take with a dumpster's worth of salt.
Seriously, "Biggest failure in MMO history" is currently APB, and it's going to take a hell of a bad game to top that (although FF 14 is certainly trying).
Seriously, "Biggest failure in MMO history" is currently APB, and it's going to take a hell of a bad game to top that (although FF 14 is certainly trying).
Maybe he's just lowering expectations...
In any case, I probably won't be getting it because I don't currently have a PC that I can play it on. Though if by some miracle it came out on console, I suppose I might play it for a month. But I don't really want to get into a game subscription service, not even for Bioware. I've made up my mind on that.
In any case, I probably won't be getting it because I don't currently have a PC that I can play it on. Though if by some miracle it came out on console, I suppose I might play it for a month. But I don't really want to get into a game subscription service, not even for Bioware. I've made up my mind on that.
hmm well i am a huge fan of the kotor series and bioware, but from the start i didn't want them to make the mmo...but i'll wait and play the game before i make any final judgements. even if its just like a single player game with buttloads of content im sure ill like it, as normally i hate mmo's and dont play them because of the fact they are mmo's
Played at PAX. I'll give BioWare the benefit of the doubt for the story and morality system things, but in terms of overall gameplay, it should be renamed from "Star Wars: The Old Republic" to "World of Warcraft: Star Wars Edition".
Anything star wars related cannot fail, its a physical impossiblity. The fans could find fault after fault and just accept them. Like Star Wars galaxies.
Note: Star Wars is posssibly the one thing other than Morrowind that brings out the geek in me. ^^^^ the above is not hate speak
Note: Star Wars is posssibly the one thing other than Morrowind that brings out the geek in me. ^^^^ the above is not hate speak
it is interesting to see most of the people think old republic mmo will be a great success.The_root_of_all_evil said:
but in fact it looks like a very crappy game.
i was a kotor 1-2 fan myself, i also love the jedi knight series.
however this game lacks tons of aspects in it.
- lightsabers was looking like a toy, after design changes, it still is.
- art design is not based on games like kotor or jk, instead based on clone wars animation games.
- the gameplay is closed and restricted like the other mmorpgs, not so much variety for the players.
- they say ship combat will be something like a minigame. however there should be a fully developed space combat.
- i don't hear anything about player created contents, housing or sandboxing.
i will not be surprised if this game crashes quickly.
other than that, SWG was a very good game. i liked the rebel vs the empire clashes in cities that can be happen randomly. i also liked the teras kasi / bounty hunter classes. however they spoiled the game.
O rly? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Masters_of_Ter%C3%A4s_K%C3%A4si]EightGaugeHippo said:
When I first read his rant I thought he lost any credibility when he started whining about the sound, and how much effort they put into it and how proud they were of dialogue and whatnot.
A) Dialogue/Sound takes a ton of time and space to do properly, and
B) Dialogue is what Bioware does, it's what sets them apart from other devs. Why cry when they end up being focused on doing that right?
Seriously, any legitimate concerns he has are buried under a fair amount of tears and bullshit.
A) Dialogue/Sound takes a ton of time and space to do properly, and
B) Dialogue is what Bioware does, it's what sets them apart from other devs. Why cry when they end up being focused on doing that right?
Seriously, any legitimate concerns he has are buried under a fair amount of tears and bullshit.
I thought we agreed never to speak of that again. Looks like we didn't bury it deep enough.-Zen- said:
OT: This from the EA Louse again? He's very biased at the moment, so I wouldn't put much stock in what he says.