Having recently purchased my first PC back in 1998, I was in..Babbages(?) shopping for a new PC game, and stumbled on a little title known as Everquest.
I was like, "Wait...this is like Dungeons and Dragons in videogame form? SOLD!"
It's probably best that they didn't show you having to run back and forth frantically from your PC in your computer room to your PS3 in your living room.
I don't play MMOs to be the hero. I play them to be and live in another world from time to time. MMO worlds have slowly deteriorated into themeparks which are completely void of the feeling that it's actually alive.
For me, MMORPGs should be 40% video game, and 60% simulation. It's just a shame most game developers don't feel the same way.
The animations are so bad, they are borderline inexcusable. I'm only dogging the game because I wanted it to be solid. When I saw these same animations a year ago, I said "bah it's ok they are just placeholder moves." .........Ya I don't think that's true any more.
ArenaNet expands on microtransactions in Guild Wars 2
Apr 24th 2012 10:45PM (Massively)Perpetuum expands the sandbox with player-built settlements
Mar 31st 2012 10:35PM (Massively)Star Wars: The Old Republic blog talks about refining the PvP experience
Mar 31st 2012 9:13AM (Massively)Well said. My only addition would be:
They were so hell bent on voicing the entire game, they assumed people wouldn't care how clunky the rest of the game is.
The Daily Grind: What originally got you into MMOs?
Mar 31st 2012 9:11AM (Massively)I was like, "Wait...this is like Dungeons and Dragons in videogame form? SOLD!"
DUST 514 presented at EVE Fanfest 2012
Mar 25th 2012 7:52AM (Massively)The Soapbox: Nobody's hero
Mar 24th 2012 10:54AM (Massively)For me, MMORPGs should be 40% video game, and 60% simulation. It's just a shame most game developers don't feel the same way.
Grab, smash, and burst: Champions Online summarizes Alerts
Mar 22nd 2012 1:03AM (Massively)I much prefer the combat in CO to DCUO. It's just the rest of the game that makes me yawn.
GDC 2012: Watch Funcom's full The Secret World presentation
Mar 19th 2012 11:42PM (Massively)I don't blame websites such as this for ruining a game before it's released. I blame the combination of developer videos...and my own eyes.
Seriously, you'd have to be blind not to see how shoddy this game is.
GDC 2012: Watch Funcom's full The Secret World presentation
Mar 19th 2012 11:20PM (Massively)The animations are so bad, they are borderline inexcusable. I'm only dogging the game because I wanted it to be solid. When I saw these same animations a year ago, I said "bah it's ok they are just placeholder moves." .........Ya I don't think that's true any more.
GDC 2012: Watch Funcom's full The Secret World presentation
Mar 19th 2012 11:13PM (Massively)