World of Warcraft

There is nothing on the market or coming on the market in the near future that will be the 'WoW killer'.

It's a popular phrase, it's a term of endearment I understand, but I amongst others have said this time and time again;

The only thing that will be a WoW killer will be Blizzard with their next MMO.

I've never been so certain of anything before, nor have I ever professed to be.

This is a fact.

You're partially right. There will be no game that kills WoW, not even Blizzard's next MMO, because unless MMOs fail right away, they never die. It'll take WoW a long time to bleed out because of its high subscription number, but it won't die.

In terms of gameplay, there's been several games to come out that were better than it (that's not hard) but its so accessible it will retain people for years to come.

Ultima Online, 10 years after its release, is still going. It was the first big MMO, and they royally screwed it up with the Trammel expansion, but its still going. So is EverQuest(better version of WoW for you noobs)

Nothing will kill WoW, advertising a game as such is stupid.

While you may be right, that is far from a fact.  I honestly don't see a "wow-killer" waiting in the wings, but i do sense that there are a LOT of players in the American market ready for something new. 

i think WAR and Aion could pose a threat, about killer, i dont know.  10 mil subs is a TON of people and money.  Alot of those subs are 10-20 year olds too, so it appeals to the younger market (like myself) and is easy to get into.  Most gamers these days are young so they want a game that isnt too complicated, like wow, to get into and play.  If WAR is accessible to pretty much every one like wow is, but still brings some new things to the table, it could put a dent in WoWs rep.  Personally, im looking forwards to Aion, it could be the greatest korean MMO to date, and thats not saying much because most are grindfests, but hopefully NCSoft has implemented the western quest based lvling system into the game, to make it less than Lineage 2, and more like WoW, EQ2, etc

WAR is a completely different game from WoW. Its based on DAoC's RvR system (thank God) so hopefully Mythic won't succumb to the current disease amongst MMOs to copy WoW by making everything simple.

Originally posted by SignusM

WAR is a completely different game from WoW. Its based on DAoC's RvR system (thank God) so hopefully Mythic won't succumb to the current disease amongst MMOs to copy WoW by making everything simple.

 

Aye.

What I cant figure out is why companies are trying to copy all the wrong parts of WoW. They skip over the points that made WoW a grabber from the start and think its all about the features and such. What Blizzard did right with WoW was make a game that can pretty much run on an atari 2600, launched it in a reasonably stable and working state (aside from underestimating the load they would get on day 1).

Thing is, Blizzard made sure they were as ready for launch as possible. Sure there were problems. but not nearly as many as most MMOs have at launch. Thats what companies should be copying. Just make sure it runs, its as stable as possible and as fun as possible from the start.

It's not the first time we hear somebody say it about a MMORPG and will not be the last for sure.

I always liked Blizzard's games: Rock N' Roll Racing, Blackthorn, Diablo Series, Warcraft Series (except the first one) and Starcraft. Blizzard still rules as the best RTS developer to me but i feel they are losing their touch with Diablo II and WoW.

So i decided dont acquire "would be RPG" games from them anymore. Their "end game" idea remembers me a pokemon game.

/agree

WoW has kept my attention on and off for 3 years or so... i stray to each new game coming out but i always come back.. WoW just has everything where as most other games glamourize a single aspect of a game... Warhammer is calling itself a pvp game, that in itself will be its downfall and i know a lot of ppl love pvp, the game wont be a bad game it just wont be AS big..  because theyre revolving everything around pvp... and aion is.. well it's just going to be very slow.. i mean i know youve seen the videos of aion, it's slow.. the combat looks slow.. the pvp is slow.. the graphics are 4 years ago.. but yea.. WoW has a decent future

Hello Kitty or the new Harry Potter MMO will be the next WoW killer.