ArcheAge explores the possibilities of an open world in a new video

@Vinzix The game looks so good that I've decided not to consciously follow it. I don't want to be disappointed in any way.

@Mendus

Yeah, that was my first thought too. :P But I do have to say they're quite reminiscent of a tube of toothpaste.

@Orphan

...um...facing tractors to water crops is NOT what I consider "hardcore written all over it" either. Just saying.

@Utakata

When you have to gather the materials, to build said tractors, gather the fuel, then fill them up with water, drive them to the crops you planted, water.

I'm pretty sure just that small factor of the game alone speaks "hardcore" as opposed to "CLICK BUTTON ON TOOLBAR. .... OK DONE"

@(Unverified)

Baloney. That's not hardcore either. Maybe time consuming, but anyone with a bit of patience can do it. Hardcore suggests only a few exclusively elite players can ever hope to accomplish it. This is clearly not the case. Nice try though.

@Utakata

Well, that's what you get for stating the obvious...

...if these are the types of players to play ArcheAge, I hope it never releases here. Other then that, I think this will be an awsome game...just needs to to be devoided of these downranking ex-WoW raiders to make it hospitable. /shrug

@Utakata You didn't "state the obvious", you just simply ignore the meaning of "hardcore" in a gaming context so do yourself a favor and question yourself first, Google things before writing them.

@HackJack

...um...do yourself a favor. Stop using terms "hardcore" and "casual" to describe a game....those terms are highly subjective, tends to lead peeps into stupid and useless arguements. Perhaps I was not hinting that enough in explaining why ArcheAge is not hardcore in the way the Fangs of the Farther quest line is WoW. (That is, you don't likely need 24 other top end geared players to build a tractor.)

You are maybe correct to suggest it's not casual either. But that is why I don't like to use those terms. And I addressed the OP of this thread as such, because I thought he/she was actually trolling. But sadly it appears many others believe in this rather archaic and obtuse concept. Which is extremely dissapointing. Because I really don't want to play a game surrounded by players with this mentallity...I seen enough of this crap in WoW.

And another note to the side: No...I am not going to look up "hardcore" on Google. Are you kidding me? I really don't want to going through a billion porn links to look up a word that fits your canned definition. You're not paying me enough to do that.

@Utakata

Well you have right , at least partially.
Just don't judge game by some argument on comments part of mmorpg news site.

People overall seem to be more extreme on interwebz these days.

As for ArcheAge - I doubt this game will attract alot of those 'hardcore' WoW fans you speak of.

WoW is themapark heavily oriented PvE game with lot of instances.

People won't find much of this in ArcheAge. So "hardcore" ex-WoW PvE raiders - doubt many of them will find their new home in ArcheAge.

@Utakata

Credibility was lost when referencing "hardcore" to a Cataclysm raid in WoW.

WoW hasn't been "hardcore" since Vanilla days.