You know, if we're ever to escape this MMO madness, you people are going to have to stop falling for every mom and pop gimmick that comes out each month. MMOs suck. End of discussion. Why do they suck? Well, it's simple. They all boil down to the same boring rinse and repeat formula. Paint a turd gold, it's still a turd. Why the rant? It seems as if the upcoming Conan MMO isn't dead on arrival after all. Check out the news:
Eidos and Funcom have announced that over 100,000 gamers registered for the Conan: Hyborian Adventures Beta over the Easter period. Despite a rigorous sign-up process, which included the detailing of personal information and PC technical capabilities, 50,000 gamers registered within the first 24 hours, boding well for the game’s developers.
Grrrr. Stop it. Stop supporting crap. Demand something better for your hard-earned cash. Demand that game companies offer something fresh. By catering to their pockets, you are hurting the industry.
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12:50 PM on 04.11.2007
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why are you getting pissed off just because he said mmos suck, most of them do, and i play ALOT of mmos,so i can already tell this one is gonna be shitty.
Also, eigokyoukan. You didn't get the first comment lol
@ eigokyoukan:
This is a blog, not a news site. It's about the writer's opinions on gaming news and culture. Stop sucking.
The problem is for every half-way decent MMO that is out there, 20 horrific ones are also launched……
The MMO realm is over-saturated IMHO. Having personally played SWG, Horizons, Lineage 2, Guild Wars and WoW.....I can say SWG was fun for about 3 months and WoW is a great game....the others just suck....major suckage…..not much uber leetness to choose from out there these days.
eigokyoukan ..... go pwn yourself
Summa....keep up the great work. I have been a long time reader, but just registered to comment today. I'll be getting more involved in this wicked hella pissah community.
“GG”
I like World of Warcraft. I play it casually. I personally think there is more to do in a game like WoW than there is in a game like Crackdown (which I know is one of your favorites). I mean hell, WoW has lasted me about two years and crackdown lasted about a week.
Hey Summa, did I miss the post where you got a large amount of play time on this game? Why hate on it when you haven't played it? I'm not MMO fan, but I try to withhold hate until I've spent a good amount of time with a game. Maybe thats just me.
They just want what is best in life.
There are some good MMOs out there, but the problem is that 90% of MMOs suck ass. And the thing is, we can "vote with our wallets" as much as we want, there's still enough of a market in Korea alone to make ANY grindfest MMO profitable.
Stop supporting bullshit, kids.
I'm looking at you, WoW players.
In conclusion to eigokyoukan: One bad cock that has a shit-ton of STDs will spoil the whole bunch of cocks, and DToid is better for him leaving.
Signed up for Conan because it was free, I wanted to see how it would run on Vista, see the graphics first hand, and see if the gameplay dynamics had changed significantly enough to make it a worthwhile purchase... so far the only thing that somewhat interests me is the user created cities idea.
What would really tickle my whistle would be an expansive MMO with fully functioning political systems, and paths that don't force you to fight i.e. you can purely be in the political administration, or business world if you choose to. The potential for inter-community conflicts would be great, assassinations of leaders, spying, bribery.
Imagine for example if resources were distributed around these maps in limited supply, they can be captured, monopolized, and traded. In political disputes they can be withheld (which would lead to, for example, one colony not being able to produce gunpowder or types of armour). Trade can be disrupted by foreign armies, leading to a situation where new occupations would be created based on changing circumstances (i.e. hiring mercaneries to guard trade routes).
It would be expansive and expensive, but I'd play something like that in an instant, as opposed to spending 100+hours of my life hack/slashing critters to gain levels and fearing ganks.
Their only 'redeeming' quality is that you can play with thousands of people you would probably never want to be associated with if you actually met them. I am not sure about everyone else here, but my experienced with social interaction in MMO's have been almost exclusively negative. I never want to play one again in my life.
Don't get Summa STAAAAAAAAAAARTED!