Originally posted by Selector

Originally posted by Scottgun

Buy-to-Play like GW? Nothing I can think of.

Traditional sub? Perhaps wait for the reboot of Final Fantasy XIV. Their previous spanking seems to have humbled them.

Free-to-play? Maybe Lord of the RIngs Online. Otherwise, take your tower and monitor and place it in your driveway and run it over with your car. It will be more fun and less destructive (to your soul at least.) :)

So did you do that to your new PC too?

Of course not. It's like the boy who was asked why he was hitting himself in the head with a hammer and replied because it felt good when he stopped. Likewise, after playing yet another f2p cash-shop grinder, it felt good to stop. :)

Originally posted by bcbully
I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect. 

Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments.  The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.

GW2 for me, played it VERY briefly and couldn't help but feel like it regressed the genre instead of evolving it in a good way.

Luckily, I didn't waste any money on it.

Of the games I did invest into (time and money), none let me down. I guess I pick winners (as far as my personal taste goes).

Just read another thread disputing the results of this thread. 

To be honest, when I made this thread I had no intention of inserting a poll (until it was suggested) because it was frankly a forgone conclusion which two mmo's would be coming out on top.  

But at the same time, I think this poll also demonstrates why the 'best game' polls are nonsense; for the same reason that the more interest a game has, the more votes it will attract regardless of the polls 'label'.  You may as well label McDonald's 'best restaurant' and coca cola 'most disappointing drink'.    

That's my two cents worth anyway.  

Originally posted by Vhaln

Originally posted by bcbully
I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect. 

 

Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments.  The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.

And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.

I oddly enjoy reading these threads just to hear others opinions. Also read the what are you playing now thread, was actually kinda funny that I noticed it goes like this:

Most Disappointing- GW2

Playing now - GW2

I laughed because it's true for me. I fell for the huge hype up until they announced there was no trinity and I was a bit heartbroken by that. I love playing healer/support and for me, spam cleansing debuffs isn't really my idea of fun support. I tried guardian, tried so hard to love it and I hated it. Buffs/debuffs are just so spammable...

I just can't get into GW2 combat, no matter how hard I try, and I'm not quite sure WHY I hate it so much. I've leveled 3 different classes to 40 and found them all to be boring. Right now working on a Mesmer, but so bored with it. Instances were horrific to me, the pure randomness isn't enjoyable. Zerg Wars as someone put it is correct. There isn't really any reason to interact with anyone, or use strategy. We've been farming the Kessex event belt and that's about as much interaction with people as I've ever gotten. At least the community is pretty nice though.

Overall GW2 isn't necessarily a "bad" game, it just seems targeted to a casual audience. And I admit I'm playing it now because there's nothing else worth playing =(

EDIT* Tera is going f2p finally, get to get rid of GW2 yay

Originally posted by GrannyCakes
I thought Rift is actually pretty cool. Don't know why its on the list.

Neither Rift nor TOR should be on the list as both were released in 2011. 

Originally posted by KingJiggly

Originally posted by Vhaln

Originally posted by bcbully
I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect. 

 

Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments.  The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.

And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.

Unless the fans of GW2 decide to choose a target and vote en mass to rig the poll, GW2 as the biggest game of the list (and the most threatning with no subscription, no holy trinity, no raid and more individual freedom) will collect the more hater votes.

Originally posted by Gaia_Hunter

Originally posted by KingJiggly

Originally posted by Vhaln

Originally posted by bcbully
I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect. 

 

Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments.  The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.

And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.

Unless the fans of GW2 decide to choose a target and vote en mass to rig the poll, GW2 as the biggest game of the list (SWTOR is long forgotten) will collect the more hater votes.

 

Why shoould it be on the poll when the MMORPG.com staff don't even include it in their "best of" lists or even an honerable mention. Or is Pirates 101 just lightyears ahead of WoW?

Originally posted by Psychow

Originally posted by Gaia_Hunter

Originally posted by KingJiggly

Originally posted by Vhaln

Originally posted by bcbully
I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect. 

 

Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments.  The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.

And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.

Unless the fans of GW2 decide to choose a target and vote en mass to rig the poll, GW2 as the biggest game of the list (SWTOR is long forgotten) will collect the more hater votes.

 

 

 

Why shoould it be on the poll when the MMORPG.com staff don't even include it in their "best of" lists or even an honerable mention. Or is Pirates 101 just lightyears ahead of WoW?

It actually is in the list but it is just easy to miss.

Not that I was disapointed with any game - I only played GW2, TSW and PS2 this year (from the MMO genre) and all were what I was expecting.

Originally posted by Scarfe

Just read another thread disputing the results of this thread. 

To be honest, when I made this thread I had no intention of inserting a poll (until it was suggested) because it was frankly a forgone conclusion which two mmo's would be coming out on top.  

But at the same time, I think this poll also demonstrates why the 'best game' polls are nonsense; for the same reason that the more interest a game has, the more votes it will attract regardless of the polls 'label'.  You may as well label McDonald's 'best restaurant' and coca cola 'most disappointing drink'.    

That's my two cents worth anyway.  

Yup, the bigger/popular games will usually be the best and worst.

Originally posted by Kuppa

Originally posted by Scarfe

Just read another thread disputing the results of this thread. 

To be honest, when I made this thread I had no intention of inserting a poll (until it was suggested) because it was frankly a forgone conclusion which two mmo's would be coming out on top.  

But at the same time, I think this poll also demonstrates why the 'best game' polls are nonsense; for the same reason that the more interest a game has, the more votes it will attract regardless of the polls 'label'.  You may as well label McDonald's 'best restaurant' and coca cola 'most disappointing drink'.    

That's my two cents worth anyway.  

Yup, the bigger/popular games will usually be the best and worst.

Ofcourse, the more popular the game, more people will play it and more the chances of being disappointed like GW2.

Sadly, as most people here, Bore Wars 2.

Just a little surprised I'm not the only one feeling this way about GW2. I had been following every step of it's developement whole-hearted, over all those years. I was bored after 3 hours, done for good after about 3 weeks. But although I had sworn myself it'd be the very last game to let my hopes and anticipation get up for, and it turned out the way it did, I still wish ArenaNet and all their beautiful and talented staff members the very best for GW2's future.

Well, maybe not Colin Johansson. *lol* Just kidding. ;)

But, hey, life goes on. ;) And so do Next-Hope-MMOs. BTW, can't wait for Final Fantasy XIV 2.0. <3

If there's one thing in the world regarding MMORPGs I haven't experienced yet, it's the same game failing horribly TWICE :D

So there's always something coming. ;)

Originally posted by evilastro
Rift, the advertising for the expansion was so enticing, but the game was still crap.

Mark me as interested... so how would you transform it to make it suit your needs?