Asheron's call...Asheron's Call...

come on Turbine fuel that game with more love!

Has anyone else thought that maybe if Time Warner see LotRO as unprofitable, instead of trying to push for more promotion/marketing of the game, they may just encourage Turbine to develop a fresh new title (or titles) based on a different IP? I don't think it's necessarily a great thing for the playing customer.

Hmm... Warner brothers also pushes another successful IP called Harry Potter.. Now wouldn't that just suck! 'Hurray! I got to level 2 now I need to save money for my dust-buster 2000 flying broom, so I can fly to muggleland yay!!!!'     BARF!!!

i also hope their short term plan is to polish and expand DDO and LotRO before embarking on a new ip.

You know, there's literally Thousands of good commercial quality D&D / AD&D paper quests, scenarios and campaigns in existence already from the last several decades, including ones published in the various company and fan magazines that have come and gone.

Has anyone thought about converting all those pre-existing assets into computer form?  At the very least all the hit tables and loot tables and treasure tables and other tedious data crap has been done already. 

As for Harry Potter, now that J.K. R. is done with books maybe she'd consider creating content for a MMO !

Depending on where you stand Turbine either sucks or blows. The only thing they seem to be successful at is bilking investors.

From a casual glance, it looks like Turbine has hit the magic jackpot.

Right now there are several huge media companies with tremendous power in the merging online media and entertainment arena. SONY/SOE, Vivendi/Activision-Blizzard and EA.

Time Warner is investing heavily in (and in all liklihood ultimately aquiring) content houses to stay competitive with these jugernauts. So turbine has done well enough, and has a large enough catalogue of games and IP to be a desireable partner or aquisition.

Originally posted by Wax_Teeth

Depending on where you stand Turbine either sucks or blows. The only thing they seem to be successful at is bilking investors.

That's so lame. They won so many Game of the Year awards last year for LoTRO and LoTRO topped the charts here for highest rated game all last year. Till Age of Crap...I mean Conan came out.

Go back in your hole Troll.

I haven't played a turbine game yet that was entertaining or felt like anything other than a level grind.  If they can come up with something that doesn't feel like a second job, I'd be willing to give them another shot.  Hopefully they spend this forty million wisely, and by wisely, I mean I hope they don't rush to get another second-rate game out onto the market as fast as humanly possible.  

Originally posted by Felixcrow

 I mean I hope they don't rush to get another second-rate game out onto the market as fast as humanly possible.  

And here is Troll #1's brother...Troll #2 who also talks out his butt.

LoTRO isn't a 2nd rate game. It took more awards than any other game last year.  The critics gave it rave reviews.

It wasn't rushed to market. It had the smoothest and most  successful launch of any games released in the last few years- if not the last decade.

LOTRO will impress me when they start adding servers. Maybe then Turbine can fund their own development.

Originally posted by silkakc

 

Originally posted by Felixcrow

 I mean I hope they don't rush to get another second-rate game out onto the market as fast as humanly possible.  

 

And here is Troll #1's brother...Troll #2 who also talks out his butt.

 

LoTRO isn't a 2nd rate game. It took more awards than any other game last year.  The critics gave it rave reviews.

It wasn't rushed to market. It had the smoothest and most  successful launch of any games released in the last few years- if not the last decade.

Did I say that Lotr was rushed out?  No, I didn't.  Did I even mention LOTR in my post?  Hmm, can't see that either.  What I did say is that I hope Turbine doesn't  rush to put out another second rate game.   There's enough second-rate games out there right now that you should be able to see what I'm talking about.  

If you're gonna accuse someone of being a troll, at least get your facts straight before you do, cause right now,  I'm thinking that you're the one wearing the troll hat and talking out your butt. 

Perhaps TW is doing this as a way to save/expand AOL...

In the beginning, AOL was the only way to play some games online [the original Neverwinter NIghts for example].  Perhaps they intend to make AOL a portal again - rather like a $OE Station pass - go through AOL and pay $5/month per title instead of the "normal" monthly fee, then sell advertising on the launch page?

Interesting development, we'll have to see how it pans out...

Asheron's Call 3 would be the only thing that would bring me back to the MMORPG community again!