World of Warcraft

I think some of the WoW fans are missing the point that what WoW is sucessfully at came at a cost. 

Just one example is customization.

Have you ever compared the customization in WoW, say compared to SWG.  Its pathetic.  All WoW characters are essentially clones of others in their race.  Every female human has the same porportions for example.  This creates techincal benefits.  Easier to Blizzard to polish when there are less variables and the game is easier on other computeres, when there are less information to load in an render when another character walks by.  I lament the loss of character customization in games. The lack of customization, makes the MMORPG, make it less like a virtual world, and more like a mere game.

As for "next gen" MMOs.  If they just copy WoW's formula, I don't consider them next gen.  They are a step backward.

Think of WoW's entrance into the MMO market, as similar to what happens when Walmart enters a small town.  Sure there it has lower prices and a bunch of crap available, in one place, but it really sucks if you enjoyed shopping at the local market that has to close down.  I am sure most of you have seen the megalomart episode of South Park.  You get the idea.

Originally posted by Ahiles

Originally posted by mmcguire2 

 If your looking for a challenge, try something else.

I wil be sure to remeber that while u play the ever so challenging game that is Vanguard,lol.  Wow is not easy, that is the thing that most of you people without a single brain cell fail to realise.  The game is very well designed, therefore it leads to very good gameplay which leads to ease of use and playablitly.  This is the fact alot of people dont understand and fail to realise.  Simple fact is why alot of other games fail, crap design poor layout poor game architecture, BUT EXCELLENT GRAPHICS  etc etc etc, which leads to crap games.

 

Wow is not easy, it is extremely well designed, hence it leads user to able to pick the game up fast and is easy to play.  This does not equate to the game is easy.  If your 2 brain cell mind cannot grasp this fact, then you should stick with vanguard.

yeah I don't think anyone whose ever run any of the high level instances or raids can say that WoW is too "easy" because it takes a heck of a lot of coordination and communication to not F it up. the people who think WoW is too easy probably play mages or some other class that just button mashes all day... maybe the occassional polymorph!

try being the only tank in a 10-man group and holding agro on 6 mobs while the idiots in your group wail away on everything instead of focusing fire on 1 target at a time like you told them too.... Oi the life of a tank.. we are SO underappreciated.....

Originally posted by ShiloFields

I think some of the WoW fans are missing the point that what WoW is sucessfully at came at a cost. 

Just one example is customization.

Have you ever compared the customization in WoW, say compared to SWG.  Its pathetic.  All WoW characters are essentially clones of others in their race.  Every female human has the same porportions for example. 

Ahiles u r an idiot, the way u r replyin to ppl is immature and u cant even compare wow to what swg was (pre cu). maybe now wow is slightly a better game swg but only because soe decided to try and copy wow. Fact wow is a rly shallow game, eve and swg have more depth in they're ui and options menu than the entire game of wow.

Oh and b4 u accuse me of never palyin wow and not knowing what i talk about, i do play wow and have done for bout a year and a half.

Originally posted by mcharj11

Ahiles u r an idiot, the way u r replyin to ppl is immature and u cant even compare wow to what swg was (pre cu). maybe now wow is slightly a better game swg but only because soe decided to try and copy wow. Fact wow is a rly shallow game, eve and swg have more depth in they're ui and options menu than the entire game of wow.

Oh and b4 u accuse me of never palyin wow and not knowing what i talk about, i do play wow and have done for bout a year and a half.

 

Ever stop and think that is WHY Eve and SWG are no where close to as successful as WoW is that they were too complex and had too much of what you call depth? but it was empty depth, empty complexity, a lot to do and see but why waste the time if all of it isn't fun? just like vanguard...

Honestly, I tried Eve for about an hour before removing it from my hard drive. and I played SWG from day 1 up until just after Jump to Lightspeed expansion, which I beta tested. I loved old SWG. but it was doomed from the beginning with all the problems, bugs, undelivered (until much later anyway) content etc... I beta'd Vanguard for all of 3-4 days before going back to WoW. blood elf palidan saved my subscription, new race and zones kick ass

WoW takes the basic MMO formula and does it better, much, much, much better then everyone else. it's not that it is super simple and easy its that it is SO well designed it appears to be super simple and easy. there is a difference.

yeah, i'm looking for another MMO to devote my free time to, i'm a mmorpg addict, need a new fix, but for now yeah I'm still playing WoW because it's much better then anything else out there right now. and all my friends still play WoW so, that's what is really important to me is the community/social experience, and I happily play WoW with some of the coolest people I've ever met online, and some real life friends/family too

it doesn't matter that "eve and swg have more depth in they're ui and options menu" because the rest of the game sucked or was destroyed by the devs (swg)