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Nice pedigree! It's a shame you didn't get into Ultima Online, as it was probably the best MMO of all time, given the era (I still play private servers every so often, and it's still good).
I'm surprised you didn't mention Secret World as a most anticipated title. Personally, I'm about to explode with delight over it. It looks fantastic, and Funcom has a pretty good track record.
Also excited about ... shit, what's it called? The Free to Play PS3 extension of Eve? Yeah, that. I don't play Eve and never have but I've always been intrigued by the idea of it and this is a good way to get involved in the world of Eve without scaling that huge barrier of entry to the PC MMO.
Also excited about ... shit, what's it called? The Free to Play PS3 extension of Eve? Yeah, that. I don't play Eve and never have but I've always been intrigued by the idea of it and this is a good way to get involved in the world of Eve without scaling that huge barrier of entry to the PC MMO.
I've noticed that you haven't mentioned Star Trek Online in either of your installments so far, despite it just launched a new free expansion that expands the combat system. How about giving us some Trek MMO love? :D
@xenoaroe,
David is going to be covering a variety of different MMOs every week, so he will be covering Guild Wars 2 very soon.
Also, your suggestions are completely helpful, so let us know what you would like to see covered! :)
David is going to be covering a variety of different MMOs every week, so he will be covering Guild Wars 2 very soon.
Also, your suggestions are completely helpful, so let us know what you would like to see covered! :)
DCUO is a flaming piece of shit! I couldn't bring myself to write a review on it, still can't, won't ever, because it would just read as a garbled mess of putrid rage and hate.
Guild Wars 2 sounds cool from what I've heard of it, so I wouldn't mind seeing some more GW2 coverage.
I'm currently bored of MMO's... but having played FFXI, WoW, Lotro, Rift, and a few others i've dabbled with i do enjoy them.
The ones im interested in at the moment are The old republic and guild wars 2. Although secret world is intriging aswell. I'll keep an eye on that.
The ones im interested in at the moment are The old republic and guild wars 2. Although secret world is intriging aswell. I'll keep an eye on that.
Black Prophecy looked really good until I heard it has no in-game auction system, and you never leave your ships. Im still waiting for a proper space combat game, I was really pissed when TOR showed theirs was all on-rails.
Still gona play TOR though, because Im a sucker for KOTOR anything now.
Still gona play TOR though, because Im a sucker for KOTOR anything now.
Anything interesting going on with Planetside 2 other than that gameplay trailer that didn't really show much?
The distinct lack of TERA both in the articles and the comments is disappointing. Then again EME hasn't put much new information out since, like, April, so... e_e
The distinct lack of TERA both in the articles and the comments is disappointing. Then again EME hasn't put much new information out since, like, April, so... e_e
Lol Guild Wars 2. It's not even a true 'MMO' by traditional standards, which is why I always find it funny when people bring it up in MMO conversations. It's a multiplayer RPG MASKED as an MMO, which is absolutely why they can run it at no cost.
I'm not saying it's bad or that you shouldn't enjoy it, just that it should be kept out of MMO discussions and lumped in with multiplayer RPG game discussions.
I'm not saying it's bad or that you shouldn't enjoy it, just that it should be kept out of MMO discussions and lumped in with multiplayer RPG game discussions.
I know League of Legends is not really a MMO, but I'm suggesting it being covered as well if not only because new players are always welcome.
DCUO is shit. Also, I like that they removed the light power from beta just to bring it back as DLC. Real classy.
@Tristrix - A bit more info is coming out in some interviews about Planetside 2 - http://www.diedagain.com/planetside-2-to-have-an-even-mix-of-urban-and-rural-territories but I wish there were more too.
Incidentally, UO is still- in my opinion- the best MMO ever... pre- EA buying out Origin, that is.
That said, it doesn't have all the traits of modern MMOs like level grinding (though there was stat/skill/resource grinding) and dungeons were extremely difficult and dangerous. Not to mention, you lost your stuff when you died unless you could get back to your corpse before anybody else.
Honestly... I'd like to see these traits return, but they're not the "winning formula" it seems.
That said, it doesn't have all the traits of modern MMOs like level grinding (though there was stat/skill/resource grinding) and dungeons were extremely difficult and dangerous. Not to mention, you lost your stuff when you died unless you could get back to your corpse before anybody else.
Honestly... I'd like to see these traits return, but they're not the "winning formula" it seems.
I was just typing something about maybe buying a month of DCUO, but honestly I don't think I'm going to bother with $10 + $15 (mo) to try GL powers. I still read the books monthly, but man has DCUO been off to a rocky start. I could go on and on about how SOE has mismanaged that game. The PSN outage really didn't help much either.
Achievements actually increasing your power was a neat idea, although became a hurdle to playing any alts, the style system was neat but restrictive in the same way, poor tooltips give players so little information on numbers in a game type that is well-known for attracting minmaxers, flavor of the month weapon sets, too many servers leading to poor matchmaking, slow progress, SOE hacked, fee based system + cash shop (AND DLC!), etc.
Maybe it was better on PS3; some say the pops aren't nearly as poor on PS3 and the clunky interface works better when you don't have the freedom of a mouse/keyboard to expose all its flaws.
Had some novel ideas though, including the faster paced combat.
Achievements actually increasing your power was a neat idea, although became a hurdle to playing any alts, the style system was neat but restrictive in the same way, poor tooltips give players so little information on numbers in a game type that is well-known for attracting minmaxers, flavor of the month weapon sets, too many servers leading to poor matchmaking, slow progress, SOE hacked, fee based system + cash shop (AND DLC!), etc.
Maybe it was better on PS3; some say the pops aren't nearly as poor on PS3 and the clunky interface works better when you don't have the freedom of a mouse/keyboard to expose all its flaws.
Had some novel ideas though, including the faster paced combat.
"Smooth shit, Rammstein. That's Guild Wars 1, you insipid douche."
lol. And also +1 for this comment.
Guild Wars 2 seems to be the first game that doesn't copy WoW, or try to completely change what it's doing to set itself apart from WoW. The dynamic event system, focus on personal story, real time combat projectiles, and non-restrictive classes look like they're going to compound on the WoW staples of a stylized, persistent world, and a polished fantasy experience to create something that will be a true evolution of the MMO genre. I'm pumped.
So cover it more!
lol. And also +1 for this comment.
Guild Wars 2 seems to be the first game that doesn't copy WoW, or try to completely change what it's doing to set itself apart from WoW. The dynamic event system, focus on personal story, real time combat projectiles, and non-restrictive classes look like they're going to compound on the WoW staples of a stylized, persistent world, and a polished fantasy experience to create something that will be a true evolution of the MMO genre. I'm pumped.
So cover it more!
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