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Massively Speaking Episode 185: Bree-to-play
Latest episode: Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
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Posted: Oct 15th 2008 12:39PM Mr Angry said
Completely redesign the avatar combat system, so it's not a complete shower of shit.
Seriously, the boat part is fine, but the avatar combat is just so outdated and two dimensional it pulls the rest of the game down. These changes don't go far enough to address the main issue here, that the system is fundamentally flawed.
Sail a bit / cut / fight a bit / explore a bit / sail a bit
B o o o o ring, the jump between each of these parts detracts from the immersion so much, it becomes very hard to consider this a true MMO, just a bunch of sub-games linked to a chat room.
As hard as it is to stomach, the offline version of a 15 year old game still trumps this in terms of gameplay and enjoyment, and it's testament to Sid Meyer that game still holds up so well today.