None of them.......they are all doomed !!! mu ha ha !!!!

Seriously, I think i'll pass on 2009.  None of those games would take me away from Warhammer Online.  If I had more time, maybe I'd try one.

None of the above. If SW: TOR were on there that would win the vote.

Originally posted by Stradden

Today, we continue with our nominee announcements for the 2008 MMORPG.com Reader's Choice Awards with our Most Anticipated Game category. Here, readers will vote for their most eagerly anticipated game with an expected 2009 release date.

• Runes of Magic
• Aion
• Champions Online
• Chronicles of Spellborn
• Darkfall
• Earthrise
• Jumpgate Evolution
• Stargate Worlds

Vote for the Most Anticipated Game for 2009

Jon, what about the option NONE OF THE ABOVE?  Just a thought and my view on 2009.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Originally posted by almeric

Wow, this is just like the best developer "poll"... you really hate SOE, huh?

My most anticipated games for 2009 are as follows:

#1)  The Agency (I don't even like shooters, but I LOVE the concept of this game)

#2)  Champions Online / DC Universe Online - tied until I learn more about both

At least one of my 3 made your mind-boggling list, but still not good enough to get me to cast a vote.

 

Considering how badly things are going for SOE right now it is a wonder they are still in business.   I think you will see changes in the upper management of SOE if the new titles don't achieve the success they anticipate. 

Since Smedley is aiming for the console market along with a game store approach for their new titles I  think a lot of people that play MMO's are generally not very excited about any of their new titles.  Console compatible games tend to be very dumbed down for controller use, developers won't force a console user to use a keyboard/mouse.   Many of us don't like games where you can buy your way to the top either.

As a MMoer of over a decade (UO on) who has beta tested over 27 MMO's from big titles through to "small went pop a few months after release" and actually tends to enjoy testing moreso then playing a lot of titles I have to say I'm really excited about the move to consoles and keyboard. New controllers give access to a minimum of 18 buttons (leaving one directional for mouselike activity) and at least another 16 east to reach and use hotkeys (on the 360). That sounds like as many if not more hotkey options as I've needed in most games. Dozens of movement/button combos on the Wii (which I love playing and the new crop of 'mature' games is a huge plus for the system). PS2 and 3 offer the same options as a 360. As someone who owns a current 360, Wii and PS2 I don't see how this is a bad thing at all.

The whole dumbed down thing isn't true at all and since you can pick up a console pretty cheap these days (less then a top of the line gfx card here in Oz) if people are concerned about getting 'pwnt' by console players then go buy a console to play on even ground. Main reason people don't seem to like this concept is evident in your post. It's SoE/Smedley and while I can understand some people not liking what Smedley does he seems to have a job and SoE at least don't abandon titles and have saved a few of them from the scrapheap even if they've made changes to some of those titles. EQ is STILL running and being developed and new content added.

I play a lot of MMO's and I play a lot of console and I'm a registered Atari tester. I'm eagerly awaiting the next step in MMORPG development. Because let's face it the actually MMO thing has been on consoles now for over 18 months. X-box live allowed me to play MMO for a long time in everything from racing games that involves buying and selling cars and even 'paint jobs' for cars, or FPS with leader boards. I get updates to my games, new maps and patches and have voice coms to help with the building of a community.

As for my vote I can't go past Champs Online. Cryptic had the best release ever with CoH and know that there's no point in promising the earth. I still log into CoH to mess about with things like fly and superjump because sometimes stuff like that is simply fun!

Dark Fall - not because it will necessarily prove to be the best, but since it is the most anticipated, i.e a make or break game. It has potential to give the genre a boost or a change of direction it needs or it may come out to be a big flop. "Most anticipated" has something risky aobut it, that I do think fits the next year's launch of DF more than the others.

And the ardent protagonists have been waiting for so long. That is to anticipate for real... 

Aion: Tower of Eternity got my vote.

Where is fallen earth???

Jumpgate looks awesome (I really, really liked it at PAX), but I have to vote for Aion. Game is polished to the extreme and ready to release already. I think NCsoft trying to time it, though. Probably release Aion after Darkfall for maximum effect.

Aion got my vote

Since I have onley played Aion (cb and ob)and Stargate Worlds (cb) and Aion was bether by a loth

Aion got my vote also, though RoM has my interest and so does TCoS, even though it's server setup has put a lot of people off...

Chronicles of Spellborn and Aion look like the best 2 bets for 2009.... i guess we will see hopefull in january when it is supposed too come out in NA (TCOS)

My most anticipated game of 2009 is Star Trek Online (due year-end 2009) and it's not on your list, so no vote from me!

Originally posted by tmr819

I, too, would have voted for Fallen Earth -- only it's not on the list. :(

The rest, well, meh.

The only MMOs in development that interest me -- STO, SWTOR, and GW2 -- won't be out in 2009, unfortunately.

Last I heard, over on the Star Trek Online website, STO is supposed to ship this time next year (late 2009). It's not been officially confirmed, but all signs say yes thus far.

Take that as you will,

LL

Eve expansion in March.  Best designed MMO.  If you don't agree it's because you haven't played it. (starting a character and playing it for a week is not even gracing the game, in fact I quit after my first month and came back and am here to stay.)

Darkfall... if it is anything like UO, which it sounds like it is, it will be worth a shot.

Aion for me.  No NDA, NCSoft not a amature society, very good gameplay and graphism.

Fallen Earth.

I was almost tempted to vote Darkfall, just because im excited to know if the game will deliver or not. The game itself however is not appealing to me so voting for it felt lame.

Jumpgate Evolution seems interresting and I will probably keep my eyes on it.

My vote went to Aion. Simply because almost everything about that game is perfect for me. I already know for a fact that I will like it because of all the feedback/playervideos from the NDAless betas and the Korean release.

Another Fallen earth vote here.

Aion, although JG:E, Chronicles and SG:W look interesting.  I'm also curious about how darkfall will turn out, although not enough to vote.

I'm gonna go with Darkfall because it is everything that I ever wanted in an MMO