Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.

Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

If a game is asian, hyped and new, remember the name is Age of Wushu!

Originally posted by Kedoremos

Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.

Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

It seems like genuine interest, though. bcbully, GreyKodiak, Biskop and the other avid fans of AoW seem pretty on the level, and their posts seem to be sincere enthusaism.

If anything, bcbully posts are a breath of fresh air around here, as we all have MMOs that we enjoy playing, but it's rare to ever see someone post about the great time they just had in a game. I wish more people did that.

You got me, I am a shill for snail. They were going to use me to smooth out the english translations into something resembling a passable experience, but then they decided that they would keep the old 1990's bad translated wushu movie feel in place...so they sent me out to this message bored. Where 40 people see a post I make and I get payed 10 cents a view...just this post I am going to make $00.65.

This isn't GW2. These are real people discussing the game...

Edit: Except GrayKodiak...

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Originally posted by GrayKodiak
You got me, I am a shill for snail. They were going to use me to smooth out the english translations into something resembling a passable experience, but then they decided that they would keep the old 1990's bad translated wushu movie feel in place...so they sent me out to this message bored. Where 40 people see a post I make and I get payed 10 cents a view...just this post I am going to make $00.65.

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(00.65 @ 00.10/view = 6 and 1/2 views?)

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Originally posted by Kedoremos

Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.

Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

 

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Nah, the game has some rabid fanboys active on these boards but still does not attract enough attention to generate negative posts.

You can see same pattern with other smaller, indie games.

Originally posted by Kedoremos

Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.

Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

 

It's a game that invites plenty of discussion.  There is nothing sinister happening here.  I remember when there were about 3 of us posting regularly about this game.  Now others have taken notice, they are discussing it.  Most of the threads I've seen have been relevent and have spawned healthy discussion.

Originally posted by Crazy_Stick
Remember this is a classic game ( as Nine Scrolls Manual) in Asia released here in the west in an attempt to open up a market. They don't have a big enough budget to buy astroturfing specialists. I am not surprised that it is proving popular here on this site. That's because the forums are populated by a lot of disenchanted veteran MMO players looking for something outside the typical themepark mold. This game has features in spades if not the most modern graphics (understandable considering the age.) 

I was pleasantly surprised by the graphics, shame there is no day/night, weather, but some of the vista are very impressive.

Originally posted by RefMinor

Originally posted by Crazy_Stick
Remember this is a classic game ( as Nine Scrolls Manual) in Asia released here in the west in an attempt to open up a market. They don't have a big enough budget to buy astroturfing specialists. I am not surprised that it is proving popular here on this site. That's because the forums are populated by a lot of disenchanted veteran MMO players looking for something outside the typical themepark mold. This game has features in spades if not the most modern graphics (understandable considering the age.) 

I was pleasantly surprised by the graphics, shame there is no day/night, weather, but some of the vista are very impressive.

I've been trying to get a confirmation but word is the game is four years old in the east. In consideration I think the graphics do well. In the west we are supposed to be a like a patch behind them.

Originally posted by GrayKodiak
yea there is graphical update which I care not one whit about. I mean bring it but it is not gonna make or break the game for anyone.

I can do without game play is great on my old pc atm.