Originally posted by Rayshe
AA had abit fo a following that was growing

Actually, AA's biggest mmorpg.com cheerleader rarely comes around any more. Maybe she got tired of waiting.

But I'd say it's the usual pre-release message board tussle. Fan of game A wants to spread the word about game A, which pisses off a fan of game B...because he wants game B to "win"...which pisses off first fan when he uses uncomplementary names...

Add salt, 5000 messages, and some simple trolling+topic grenades. Full-on pre-release war, exactly the same as every other game in mmorpg.com's history.

I have not seen many people comparing these two games.

As for the hype, it reflects the preferences of people visiting this site. Apparently, themeparks are still the most popular kind of MMO here. Look at games which are the most popular and rated as highest...GW, TSW,...

It's a hype meter, obviously the bigger more well known game will have more hype? I don't understand the confusion here.

It's Elder Scrolls vs an unknown IP, which do you really think will be more hyped?

Neither have really been tested/played by Western players, so at this point this is hype, that is all.

Originally posted by coretex666

Look at games which are the most popular and rated as highest...GW, TSW,...

Which really doesn't prove much apart from "the buzz surrounding Jacobs only began about a week ago"? Your aware that the next release shuffles the list again, pretty much the same as always, right?

God, you made me visit this site's horrible "home" page, shame on you.

Originally posted by Icewhite

Originally posted by coretex666

Look at games which are the most popular and rated as highest...GW, TSW,...

Which really doesn't prove much apart from "the buzz surrounding Jacobs only began about a week ago"? Your aware that the next release shuffles the list again, pretty much the same as always, right?

God, you made me visit this site's horrible "home" page, shame on you.

 Ye

As you mentioned in the previous post, the behaviour of posters and generally the way the forum goes is quite predictable. The hype, the battle of game "A" supporters vs game "B" supporters,...

Quite luckily, some interesting discussions appear now and then. I would not classify this one as such though. Sorry for influencing you to visit the home page.

From lurking on these forums for quite some time it is apparent to me that IP is in most cases the most important factor in a lot of players decisions. Take TESO for instance, when people hear that a familar IP is releasing they immediately think OMG Skyrim online I cannot wait without basing their hype on a feature set.

Personally for me when a new MMO is announced, the first thing I do is look at the feature set and base my hype on that rather than simply a name and existing lore. Granted I could give a crap about lore in ANY game if the feature set ends in another clone. This is where the hype with TESO baffles me, at the surface there isn't a single thing I feel is a completely original idea or does this title seem to have the ability to move the genre forward. Then you look at the Archeage feature set and it completely trumps EVERYTHING. So time and time again players consume these clone's content in a matter of weeks to months then complain about nothing to do. Maybe you would have known this would happen if you based your decision on what features would provide more long term satisfaction instead of simply an existing IP.

Originally posted by steelwind

From lurking on these forums for quite some time it is apparent to me that IP is in most cases the most important factor in a lot of players decisions. Take TESO for instance, when people hear that a familar IP is releasing they immediately think OMG Skyrim online I cannot wait without basing their hype on a feature set.

Personally for me when a new MMO is announced, the first thing I do is look at the feature set and base my hype on that rather than simply a name and existing lore. Granted I could give a crap about lore in ANY game if the feature set ends in another clone. This is where the hype with TESO baffles me, at the surface there isn't a single thing I feel is a completely original idea or does this title seem to have the ability to move the genre forward. Then you look at the Archeage feature set and it completely trumps EVERYTHING. So time and time again players consume these clone's content in a matter of weeks to months then complain about nothing to do. Maybe you would have known this would happen if you based your decision on what features would provide more long term satisfaction instead of simply an existing IP.

ArchAge doesn't trump anything, yet. We don't really know what will be in the final release coming to the US - that is the problem. Until we do, sit on your hands and wait.

All you are doing is adding to the HYPE.

Originally posted by botrytis

Originally posted by steelwind

From lurking on these forums for quite some time it is apparent to me that IP is in most cases the most important factor in a lot of players decisions. Take TESO for instance, when people hear that a familar IP is releasing they immediately think OMG Skyrim online I cannot wait without basing their hype on a feature set.

Personally for me when a new MMO is announced, the first thing I do is look at the feature set and base my hype on that rather than simply a name and existing lore. Granted I could give a crap about lore in ANY game if the feature set ends in another clone. This is where the hype with TESO baffles me, at the surface there isn't a single thing I feel is a completely original idea or does this title seem to have the ability to move the genre forward. Then you look at the Archeage feature set and it completely trumps EVERYTHING. So time and time again players consume these clone's content in a matter of weeks to months then complain about nothing to do. Maybe you would have known this would happen if you based your decision on what features would provide more long term satisfaction instead of simply an existing IP.

ArchAge doesn't trump anything, yet. We don't really know what will be in the final release coming to the US - that is the problem. Until we do, sit on your hands and wait.

All you are doing is adding to the HYPE.

While we don't know what changes will occur via localization, since the game is released in KR and many are playing it, we do have alot of concrete information to base our hype on. Whereas in many cases I have to agree when a game isn't released yet, much can change.