ever heard of recalls in the industry? how about this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS3mhjt7TrY&eurl=http://todayyesterdayandtomorrow.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/bayer-intentionally-infects-families-with-aids/

or

http://www.toydirectory.com/monthly/toy-recalls-rss.asp

how about this one?

http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/FON0101/803300537/1289/FONnews

and yet,,,,

http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/16191/ASDA/Food-Safety/uk-asda-recalls-flapjacks.html

at least the online gaming industry wont give you aids, lead or glass lol

Originally posted by lupisenparis

at least the online gaming industry wont give you aids, lead or glass lol

I dunno, a game box could give you a paper cut and it could get infected....

Originally posted by fyerwall

Originally posted by lupisenparis

at least the online gaming industry wont give you aids, lead or glass lol

I dunno, a game box could give you a paper cut and it could get infected....

which could lead to buggy game release since the paper cut leads to the dead hamster that runs the game,

Originally posted by lupisenparis

Originally posted by fyerwall

Originally posted by lupisenparis

at least the online gaming industry wont give you aids, lead or glass lol

I dunno, a game box could give you a paper cut and it could get infected....

which could lead to buggy game release since the paper cut leads to the dead hamster that runs the game,

Everyone knows they have a spare hamster just incase. :P

I'm playing, but a bit disappointed they released with as many missing features as they did.  Sure, no game releases completely done, but I wish they had completed some things like DX10, sieging and spellweaving  before releasing.

Originally posted by Kyleran

I'm playing, but a bit disappointed they released with as many missing features as they did.  Sure, no game releases completely done, but I wish they had completed some things like DX10, sieging and spellweaving  before releasing.

Then again when I first bought DAoC it had everything it promised on the box, just didnt have a CD in it....

(I blame walmart for that - they always seem to have stuff that someone managed to steal from and no one notices...)

Not surprised by the result so far, after 610 votes.  If you sums up the result you get this :

24% thinks it's GREAT (First 2 poll options)

24%  thinks it's AVERAGE  (3rd and 4th option)

32% thinks it's BAD. (5th and 6th option)

The rest did'nt tried the game.

I'm only playing the free month because to me the game like I said came 5 years too late and feels like more of the same and somehow just isn't as fun as WOW and all the loading times piss me off.

I have to say no - to this online action-rpg called Age of Lolan. This game will live only few months and it will die instantly when Warhammer Online and Wrath of The Lich King comes out.

I cancelled my subscription after I reached lvl 51 and I won't come back to this game after my free month ends.

So after 50 lvl's I have absolutely enough of this game, absolutely no motivation to log in again, this is the first time i felt that way and I've played few mmos already.

I belive this is the reason why I feel that way:

- Poor or no economy

- Constantly hyped (by funcom) Cieges - not working

- Spellweaving not working

- Lack of content past 50 lvl

- Poor performance even on very good machines

- Poor race and class design (most melee classes are just different variations of the same mechanic)

- Poor PVP (no penalty for killing/dying, can't lvl through pvp, no pvp rewards and generally lack of any pvp ruleset)

- Instances, instances, instances (heck, there are even instances inside of an instance!)

- Poor animations (seems that everyone like iceskating in Hyboria)

- No DX10 support

- One of the worst UI and chat ever created

- 70% of character skills/talents not working

 This is really looking bad, considering that AOC was in developement for 5 long years (not to mention that it was pushed back 3-4 times).

I give it 6/10

  Just canxed my sub what a flop it was

lvl 49.5 dark Templar

Crafting crap + broke

Gathering Broke + crap

you can ride a mount at 40 but can't afford it till 50+

Grind Grind GRIND rinse and rep.

Result of the poll expected on a american forum

Originally posted by Xoni5

Result of the poll expected on a american forum

hint: polls conducted on a site that doesn't require a subscription to vote on the poll are likely to be more accurate than polls that do require a paid subscription - since by definition, if you're subscribing, you're probably happy with the game.

It is by far the most shallow, broken (not client, but skills, feats, itemization etc..) unfinished pile of crap excuse for a MMORPG I have ever played.

(I voted Wow, what a failure. I'm pissed and I'm out!!)

Originally posted by Xoni5

Result of the poll expected on a american forum

If you can find one in the first place, of course.

Age of epic fail dood.

so far most popular response: I'm not subscribing and am only playing first month.

I guess they're all trolls too?

I'm not an american and I canceled my account some days ago. Pity Cause I love Conan, the books and setting that is. The game needs more time, alot more.

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Originally posted by Xoni5
Result of the poll expected on a american forum

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Originally posted by fyerwall

 

Originally posted by dirtknap69

 

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Originally posted by nblitz

 

 

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DAOC did, EVE still does.

 

O rly? The subs tell a different story.

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Yeah because McDonalds is the best food in the world because it's the most popular? idiot. 
 

 

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Originally posted by dirtknap69 by continuing to subscribe to AoC, you are essentially endorsing the Funcom model of release an unfinished beta with unimplemented features ON THE BOX, then get suckers to pay you while you fix it. You are endorsing HYPE over polished content.

 

it's wrong.

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Do people expect an MMO to release without flaws? I need a serious answer here.

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Why the hell not?
 
Do you expect to rent a recently-built office building to have working bathrooms, electricity, working doors? a few broken door handles is one thing, but entire sub-systems not present or not working?

 

Moreover, do you expect to pay the rent on said office building while the builders fix it? Esepcially when the builders said on the lease that all features were working.

The software industry should be held to the same levels of basic accountability & merchantable quality that every other industry has.

Agreed. The more people forgive shoddy games and use the "It will be patched" mentality, the more the companies willing the companies are to release broken games. The apologists are doing nothing more than bending over and letting the companies have their way with them. Hell, it has gotten so bad that even console games are being released in poor states with a promise of a patch to fix them.

 

A few bugs here and there are expected, like maybe trees showing the wrong texture in a certain area or maybe like my poor ranger going bald sometimes when she changes zones. But to be missing complete aspects of the game when its listed on the box or touted by the devs as a major selling point is not acceptable and should not be accepted no matter what excuse they come up with.

They do have some new things, or at least improved in AoC: combat system, spellweaving, graphics improved.

There's alot of things that can malfunction or have errors.

It's a risk most mature people understand if they take the time to research how MMO-releases works.

Sure we could have had an almost flawless AoC launch,

- but do you want to play the game now or wait perhaps 5 more years that it might take to get it as flawless as a single player game?

MMO companies know that they can launch a buggy game to a certain extent yes, but it's because players are willing to play the game with a certain amount of bugs.

I know I am, I notice some of the bugs, and for those that know what they want from AoC, knows to appreciate the new stuff, and want MMO's to go in a certain direction, they wont be so bothered with the game that they will leave.

I still see nothing gamebreaking in AoC, but that will be an individual opinion because it depends what you are looking for in an MMO.

ok then name one mmo flawless launch just one is all i ask for

and if anyone says wow i will smack them inthe mouth

all mmo's that are out and that come out are unfineshed thats kind of the way it works

deal with it .

thats the way it has been its for damn sure not exclusive to AoC

get over it .