General Discussion

Let's face it love it or hate it WoW is the king of the hill when it comes to MMO's they make the most $$ have the most players by far. By every means it's the game to beat when it comes to MMOs.

My question is what game do you feel has a chance of knocking WoW off the top of the hill to become the new King?

My research (which isn't much) makes me come to this conclusion that there is no game to date that can knock WoW off and become the new king. I don't think there is anything in development that would be able to do so either.

There is one game that may put a dent into the shiny purple armor of the WoW Juggernaut and that is Warhammer but I only see a slight dent or maybe a few dings in the armor.

Another possibility is for an eastern mmo to become extremely popular on the western front perhaps Lineage 2? Although again i don't see much more then a dent in that toony shiny epic breastplate of the Death knight known as WoW. It seems to me west and east gamers differ greatly when it comes to MMO structure and playing. It also seems that more eastern players are more acceptable to crossing over to the western front then the other way around.

With all due respect to my eastern gamer bros i do think the Korean gamers are the most geeky dedicated hardcore gamers on the planet.

So what's your opinion, suggestions and/or questions about this topic?

thx

Right now as we speak what's on the horizon that can knock the champ off the hill?

Nothing...Nada...Zip...Zilch...Big "0"

Can't stand WoW, tried the trial and hated it.  But it's gonna take something really special to kill that beast.

There is nothing in the forseeable future that will knock WoW off the top spot.  The only likely contender is WAR, but really, we shall have to give it a few years to realistically see how it will fare.  I suspect that it will be very successful, but that it won't knock WoW off the top spot.  Reason?  Simple, WoW has now entered the piblic's conscious as a mainstream product.  Its success has been put down to a social phenomenom, that is unlikely to be repeated.  Love it or loathe it - WoW is here to stay.

As for some of the asian style games becoming popular in the west?  Due to cultural differences, successful eastern-style games, such as Legends of Mir, Lineage, etc will not be anywhere near as successful in the west. 

Aion looks far better then any game out there atm or comming out this year or next. and if they get pve and pvp right and advertise it probely i think it will have a better chance then then War to steal Wows subs.

I find it funny u mention L2 but not Aion, most ppl wont go near L2 bcs its not wasd and u cant jump.

It just takes one good asian mmo to make that dent your taking about and it most likely to be Aion above anything else atm.

No single game will. WoW is the Counter-Strike of MMOs.

It'll take a lot of other games to pick away at its userbase but it will never go away. Get over it and stop expecting that some MMO will come out and sweep WoW out of the way.

I dont care if WoW is played by 3 people, 11 million people or where there are now, or 6 billion people.

Its not the game I want to play. End of story.

To be honest, I'd be happy if WoW stayed King of the MMOs for quite some time. It caters for a specific player base which I would prefer continued playing WoW. I think most developers/game producers/marketing comapnies realize that it will very difficult to knock WoW of it's throne. It certainly won't be done overnight.

To compete with WoW, any new product needs to be pollished, able to run on any machine, a leveling system that lets you gain rewards accessable by anyone, a varied end game content accessable by anyone.

Most 'matue' gamers think different. They want, good gameplay, an immersive environment, skill based not level based, crafted items that are better than dungeon drops (I'm using the word dungeon to represent any grouped instance/non-instance) and a player eceonomy that flourishes.

"The only thing that can kill Barnes...is Barnes."

-Sgt Elias, Platoon

Originally posted by dannicus

Let's face it love it or hate it WoW is the king of the hill when it comes to MMO's they make the most $$ have the most players by far. By every means it's the game to beat when it comes to MMOs.

My question is what game do you feel has a chance of knocking WoW off the top of the hill to become the new King?

 

My research (which isn't much) makes me come to this conclusion that there is no game to date that can knock WoW off and become the new king. I don't think there is anything in development that would be able to do so either.

There is one game that may put a dent into the shiny purple armor of the WoW Juggernaut and that is Warhammer but I only see a slight dent or maybe a few dings in the armor.

Another possibility is for an eastern mmo to become extremely popular on the western front perhaps Lineage 2? Although again i don't see much more then a dent in that toony shiny epic breastplate of the Death knight known as WoW. It seems to me west and east gamers differ greatly when it comes to MMO structure and playing. It also seems that more eastern players are more acceptable to crossing over to the western front then the other way around.

With all due respect to my eastern gamer bros i do think the Korean gamers are the most geeky dedicated hardcore gamers on the planet.

 

So what's your opinion, suggestions and/or questions about this topic?

thx

 WoW is King , no doubt.  Months before I was banned from Star War Galaxies 1/9/05 aside from giving the Imp players a tough time I also supported the game against a slew of WoW beta boys talking up the incoming greatness of their game. 

 It became my game destination of choice the day after my ban and there I enjoyed the game to the same degree as I enjoyed its spanking of my former gaming host, SOE who could not forgive my RP forums posts  after  6years of&