| 30 posts found | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Recently, Managing Editor Jon Wood traveled to San Francisco California to take a look at Disney Online's Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
Read the whole article here. Cheers, |
|||
|
2/06/07 1:58:26 PM#2
Doesent look interesting at all imo, this wont be a big succes...
|
|||
|
xrebel
 Novice Member
Joined: 8/17/06
The cause of the problem is: |
2/06/07 2:04:17 PM#3
Originally posted by Goddyfather I've looked at it and don't find it the least bit interesting personally... but I'm pretty sure the fact that they have the Disney name behind it will at least make it profitable, if not a roaring success. Retired from WoW |
||
|
LordSlater
 Novice Member
Joined: 5/15/06
Some people say im a virus. But i say they are the Virus, I am the cure. |
2/06/07 3:28:05 PM#4
OMG as if making a console game was bad enough. While the movies were pretty popular there is not enough to the franchise to provide all thats needed to make a competative MMORPG.
|
||
|
2/06/07 3:36:31 PM#5
What do you want for free? I can handle in game advertisement if it means not paying a monthly fee. I play AO for free and the ads dont bother me at all. Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture. |
|||
|
2/06/07 3:38:43 PM#6
Originally posted by Goddyfather So just because it doesnt look interesting to YOU, no one else will like it. 
|
|||
|
2/06/07 3:58:10 PM#7
Just my oppinion
|
|||
|
2/06/07 4:25:18 PM#8
It seems kinda cool except the UI system they talked about that will for sure take some getting use to....but idk yet ill have to wait for it to come out and hear what the majority of people have say about it. .....It's disney if this game is going to be 100% rated G ......then forget it, but i hope it turns out to be pretty cool. |
|||
|
2/06/07 4:55:08 PM#9
I doubt this will be a hit, there a too many half made - crappy looking mmo's out there allready, seems like the mmo genre is more about kvantity and not quality.
But lets see, maybe they will make it good. |
|||
|
2/06/07 5:43:07 PM#10
Originally posted by GoddyfatherYep it is...but be aware we are not the people this game is targeted at. This one is going for a much younger audience than most games AND their parents/family ...not and/or...Disney wanted to create something that adults would feel comfortable playing with their kids..and that means k.i.s.s in all it's terrible glory. Also, most of these players are probably going to be much more "casual" than your average MMO-er, or even just getting into MMOs for the 1st time because of the brand-name. For what it is, it's good...not great, but a nice starter MMO to get kids used to them. and yes, I'm a recovering Disney cast member..I was indoctrinated into their logic and I can see exactly where they're going with this and just how it fits into their grand plan :) -maxstone |
|||
|
2/06/07 7:15:49 PM#11
From my normal MMO stance I would say "God that looks AWFUL!" and I would most definately not play it, but fair enough, Disney (/puke) are trying to relate it to a much different audience to us nerds ;). It is jsut a shame that the graphics IMO are really really really bad :D
|
|||
|
2/06/07 10:40:37 PM#12
Ya know not every mmo HAS to appeal to a certain group of people to be a good mmo.Im sure this is going to be a fun 1 as long as it isnt taken seriously.
Hell ill go play that for free and i may even pay for it if i like it.This is a winner in my books just because it wont have a frickin elf around. What is your physical limit? |
|||
|
2/06/07 10:50:21 PM#13
Hummm I don't know, But I have the feeling that this game Might end selling millions, and might be the only game to compete with WOW hehe, Just mark my words.
|
|||
|
2/06/07 10:53:21 PM#14
Reminds me of Monkey Island 3.. Hmm
--- |
|||
|
2/06/07 11:38:16 PM#15
WoW Killer! ok maybe not, my only comment is it figures the only company that has the balls enough to try semi twitch based combat is fricken disney. I'll try it out heck i played WoW and toon town (which are about nearly the same) why not try this as well. |
|||
|
2/07/07 3:29:52 AM#16
Dunno if the game actually looks like this, but this screenshot has models and textures ugly as hell. 'Say hello to 90s!' written all over it.
|
|||
|
SUMB44
 Novice Member
Joined: 12/27/05
Those who would give up a little Liberty to gain a little security will gain neither and lose both. |
2/07/07 7:32:43 AM#17
Well as horrible and uninteresting as it sounds, I said the same thing about Toontown and apparently it's quite popular, albeit with a younger, less developed set.
The only 'innovation' in the game that appealed to me at all was the player manned, player piloted vessels. That is a huge step forward, and something that had been sorely missing from a number of MMORPG's like SWG. This would be something that would be good to incorporate into POTBS, but they have indicated no such feature. Something like that would also be good for Vanguard and their player created and operated ships. This feature is also something which could have a direct application for Star Trek Online (vaporware?). Really, player manned, player piloted vehicles is something sorely missing from MMORPG's today. Having said that though, I can honestly say that this game does not appear to appeal to me, nor had it before this preview. I think it'll be a hit with young parents with young kids looking to encourage computer use, but in a relatively 'safe' environment. It may even be simple enough for the young parents to play with their kids. Maybe this game will benefit other gaming communities by drawing off the young, immature players. Think of this like that kiddie play area at McDonald's... It'll keep the kiddies occupied with something else, hopefully making other games and communities more enjoyable for the rest of us. (e.g., no more people leaving groups in the middle of a dungeon run because they have to go finish their homework or because mommy says it's bedtime) 
|
||
|
2/07/07 10:30:19 AM#18
for free? I know my brother will try it... and I have nothing against it... Ill probably give it a whirl.
Though Im more cautious due to the Disney name.... general rule, the LESS they controll it, the better a game it should be (case in point: TRON 2.0) 
|
|||
|
2/07/07 2:17:26 PM#19
There is a new wiki dedicated to Pirates Online at PotC-Wiki.com
|
|||
|
2/07/07 2:49:45 PM#20
Originally posted by SUMB44
|
|||
|
2/07/07 3:52:56 PM#21
the player base for this game will be 8 year old boys who want to captain jack sparrow.
players will have names as close as they can to "Jack Sparrow" just like people on fantasy games put "legolas" if there an elf. and with no global chat its gonna be even worse! the singleplayer game was ok, but an mmo... |
|||
|
2/08/07 10:42:06 AM#22
Originally posted by jeppah
And yes i agree, it feels like the name "massive multiplayer online" is being abbused by game developers. Imo 500 gamers in a game does not make the game massive multiplayer, it just makes it online. There needs to be a new definition of what mmo means, or atleast add a new term for the online games which just have a lot of players (a bit more then avg which is about 16-32 players). call it something simple like Gonline, G for Greater. below 100 - Online up to 1500 - Gonline above 1500- Massive multiplayer online Im betting my money that this game is gonna become a Gonline game. Infact from now on ill be judging these mmos and giving them the title either mmo or Gonline.
|
|||
|
2/08/07 4:53:55 PM#23
i actualy hope this game is good, but im not sure how the chat will work...no global chat? sounds crazy to me
|
|||
|
2/08/07 6:50:38 PM#24
and if anyone else is intrested....send a message to my inbox, i want to organize a guild early for a number of reasons that will be explained
|
|||
|
2/10/07 8:37:09 AM#25
What folks are failing to comprehend here is that in a couple years most games rated T and below will be Sans the Global chat and Plus the naming database. People truly have no clue how close WoW came to Speedchat and Name selector just like Toontown. Developers are being slammed and I mean slammed by Senators and parenting group because little Timmay keeps hearing the F word on Barrens chat by folks named donkeyhumper, now that the mainstream media has "Discovered" MMO's you can bet your ass developers will start sanitizing them in any way possible to save public face. |
|||
;)
