I hear allot about gamers wanting the old school approach to MMOs and thats why the're excited for RIFT, but from playing both games to some degree(Guild wars 2 demo, and currently playing RIFT beta) I dont see the excitement in that. The quests do the same thing the've always done, and thats thats send you from a to b or have you kill x amount of y enemy. Thats not an evolution of a genre, and its not even fun, your kidding yourself if you say you enjoy the endless repetition; what you really enjoy is the reward at the end. So if work is all you want in an mmo then Im not going to stop you from playing a game like RIFT, but for me I know that just because the MMO genre has gotten stagnate for a while, doesnt mean that returning to old school will be better; theres an evolution that will defeat both old school and stagnate MMOs, and that my friends is why I choose Guild Wars 2. 

I honestly can't vote on this, because of how little my anticipation is for any of them.

I guess it would be between GW2 or SW:ToR, but I doubt I'll even play them until a year or so after release... when someone I know will just badger me into getting one of them, and I'll end up getting bored a week into it. Much like the 3+ times I got dragged back to WoW by people who saw something in it that I, for the life of me, just can't see.

Close call between GW2 and TOR, but TOR wins due to the IP and BW. I'm pretty sure GW2 will win the poll, TOR's got too much of a WoW stigma attached to it in this site.

GW2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xD

Guild Wars 2 of course!

GW2 atleast for now but if something better comes around im most certainly willing to try .. but atleast for now it seems that theres nothing else that interests me more

Dont mention GW2 or Rifts otherwise we are going to have all the noobs turn up on launch day. :)

Between Tera and GW2 i choose Tera mostly because its releasing sooner.  Will play both ofc.

Rift is off my list after i tried it in last beta event. Swtor appeals bad to me for some reason. Not going to mention DCUO since i dont like superhero games.

Tor for the simple fact I'm, a SW fanboi with GW2 a close run 2nd have some interest in tera but superhero games are not my thing and well um RIFT I can't help but feel played it 4 times before.

GW2 ftw!~ no doubt bout it! XD

easy one, GuildWars2 :-D!!

im asking myself where u found that 2h gameplay video?

It is rather sad when only one of those games is even remotely interesting.

My vote is for Guild Wars 2. Not only for the not-subscription pay model. GW2 has great graphics, a very developed and deep lore, and It seems like GW2 is fun everywhere, not only in PvE, the PvP promises to be good too.

Rift - easily the most overhyped MMO. It's very generic (yes, i've played it)... and a lot of people will still play it... and then wonder why devs still make generic mmos... when they continue playing them...

GW2 - overhyped, but still awesome (yes, i've played it)

TERA - easily the most underhyped MMO. Was not interested in this game at all but played this at PAX and was instantly hooked (actually was booted off the demo machine cause I was playing too long :P) VERY addicting combat.

DCOU - played, meh

SWTOR - played, very meh. This game will be a huge flop, I predict.

Originally posted by blindside044

Rift - easily the most overhyped MMO. It's very generic (yes, i've played it)... and a lot of people will still play it... and then wonder why devs still make generic mmos... when they continue playing them...

GW2 - overhyped, but still awesome (yes, i've played it)

TERA - easily the most underhyped MMO. Was not interested in this game at all but played this at PAX and was instantly hooked (actually was booted off the demo machine cause I was playing too long :P) VERY addicting combat.

DCOU - played, meh

SWTOR - played, very meh. This game will be a huge flop, I predict.

yah i played them all too... 

GW2 Best game. ever.

Originally posted by jcsadone

Originally posted by Yuui

These games certainly do not hold any interest to me due to the fact that they are JUST machines

 

 

TERA - we get bombarded with supposedly "relevant" news info and posts on how awesome it will be, but so far the only real feature it seems ot have is non-targeting combat. Otherwise its just prettier aion or any other <insertyourgrindgamehere>. Now it would all still be good if it was f2p, but  its p2p game(published by heinious and horrible frogster in europe, so europeans are yet again screwed) and a p2p game with huge multi-million investments and budgets and bills reaching almost a billion dollars.  Now where did i hear already about a hyped p2p game with huge budget and too much hype? Oh right, apb.. II predict a huge disappointment from the community once the game is released. Maybe it will go f2p in few years but it will certainly won't get a huge market share.

 

Star Wars: The Old Republic  - everything I said about TERA still holds true, except that the combat is utterly weak in this one. I will admit, I had a HUGE hopes when it was anounced that third kotor saga part will be a mmo. However after that all I saw was a hype and disappointing little bits of actual information(from story to gameplay). The hype is dangerous for this one. Of course since its Bioware, it might get overrated and praised like fps effect II, but IMO that won't be the case. The game has nothing innotive nor interesting. The core essence of what made KOTOR great is gone and we have yet another rvr game with focus on pve And the only feature that is fully advertised is voice acting?  The whole info suppresion, the fired employee blog, the lack of actual info and too much hype leads me to believe that people will be either hugely disappointed with this or will try to justify  on why it did not achieve anything significant or why it is undeserving to be a part of kotor awesomeness.

 

Guild Wars II - well, this still has its hype, but its managed and controlled (unlike TOR or TERA). However all I see so far is guild wars 1 with better graphics. None of the mistakes guild wars made are fixed, sadly.

 

DC Universe Online - sadly so far it seems that the champions online situation will repeat itself, game will stumble around for a year or so only to go f2p afterward.

 

Rift - now this has a lot of hype, but the actual info leaks and bits somewhat justify it. The rift dynamics sound interesting and the multiclass system as well. I certainly hope it won't be just another grind to play as it has all the elements of good old school mmorpg in its development, which i like.

 

 

Overall, while of this list I will choose Rift, that is certainly NOT my most awaited mmorpg.  It goes somewhat like this:

1. Secret World

2. ArcheAge

3. Faxion

4. Rift.

 

About Your opinon on Guild Wars II - there is only few things from first part. Everything from mechanics, the way world works, gameplay (You can't even use same movment system that was in first GW). So either You don't know anything about GW, or You don't know anything about GW2. There is no other option Dude. I could understand if You call "Old Republic" a WoW with public quests from WaR, but hey... GW2 GW with better graphics? Seriously?!

 

as far as I understand, GW II is still an instance-based game. Pretty much a co-op singleplayer game, which is sad, at least for me, because it takes away from the immersion.

Now if GW II actually had at least a bit more persistence, the features they announced would be interesting.

The worldvsworld feature seems nice, but when you think about it, its just an expanded feature that was in gw1, just increased in the playercount.  Its also disappointing that the game still goes on with classes - it could benefit a whole lot more if it did not limit players into a class.

So yeh its not "just guildwars with new graphics". its guild wars remix. The devs took the current formulla, remixed everything and added new features and named it GWII. Now I would praise them if this was singleplayer game(blizzard for example should have done this with diablo III, instead of making it into entirelly different game from dII), but this is a mmorpg. And I expected devs to fix the mistakes (lack of persistence) and to bring something seriously new, but so far everything points to "hey lets take an idea of guild wars, write a new story and add new graphics". I certainly hope that I am wrong - GW1 was a decent game, despite its utter lack of persistence.

What the hell are you talking about ?!?

GW2 is open world it's not instanced!

Have you even read about it or watched ANY video?!

Originally posted by Yuui

Originally posted by jcsadone

Originally posted by Yuui

These games certainly do not hold any interest to me due to the fact that they are JUST machines

 

 

TERA - we get bombarded with supposedly "relevant" news info and posts on how awesome it will be, but so far the only real feature it seems ot have is non-targeting combat. Otherwise its just prettier aion or any other . Now it would all still be good if it was f2p, but  its p2p game(published by heinious and horrible frogster in europe, so europeans are yet again screwed) and a p2p game with huge multi-million investments and budgets and bills reaching almost a billion dollars.  Now where did i hear already about a hyped p2p game with huge budget and too much hype? Oh right, apb.. II predict a huge disappointment from the community once the game is released. Maybe it will go f2p in few years but it will certainly won't get a huge market share.

 

Star Wars: The Old Republic  - everything I said about TERA still holds true, except that the combat is utterly weak in this one. I will admit, I had a HUGE hopes when it was anounced that third kotor saga part will be a mmo. However after that all I saw was a hype and disappointing little bits of actual information(from story to gameplay). The hype is dangerous for this one. Of course since its Bioware, it might get overrated and praised like fps effect II, but IMO that won't be the case. The game has nothing innotive nor interesting. The core essence of what made KOTOR great is gone and we have yet another rvr game with focus on pve And the only feature that is fully advertised is voice acting?  The whole info suppresion, the fired employee blog, the lack of actual info and too much hype leads me to believe that people will be either hugely disappointed with this or will try to justify  on why it did not achieve anything significant or why it is undeserving to be a part of kotor awesomeness.

 

Guild Wars II - well, this still has its hype, but its managed and controlled (unlike TOR or TERA). However all I see so far is guild wars 1 with better graphics. None of the mistakes guild wars made are fixed, sadly.

 

DC Universe Online - sadly so far it seems that the champions online situation will repeat itself, game will stumble around for a year or so only to go f2p afterward.

 

Rift - now this has a lot of hype, but the actual info leaks and bits somewhat justify it. The rift dynamics sound interesting and the multiclass system as well. I certainly hope it won't be just another grind to play as it has all the elements of good old school mmorpg in its development, which i like.

 

 

Overall, while of this list I will choose Rift, that is certainly NOT my most awaited mmorpg.  It goes somewhat like this:

1. Secret World

2. ArcheAge

3. Faxion

4. Rift.

 

About Your opinon on Guild Wars II - there is only few things from first part. Everything from mechanics, the way world works, gameplay (You can't even use same movment system that was in first GW). So either You don't know anything about GW, or You don't know anything about GW2. There is no other option Dude. I could understand if You call "Old Republic" a WoW with public quests from WaR, but hey... GW2 GW with better graphics? Seriously?!

 

as far as I understand, GW II is still an instance-based game. Pretty much a co-op singleplayer game, which is sad, at least for me, because it takes away from the immersion.

 

Now if GW II actually had at least a bit more persistence, the features they announced would be interesting.

 

The worldvsworld feature seems nice, but when you think about it, its just an expanded feature that was in gw1, just increased in the playercount.  Its also disappointing that the game still goes on with classes - it could benefit a whole lot more if it did not limit players into a class.

 

So yeh its not "just guildwars with new graphics". its guild wars remix. The devs took the current formulla, remixed everything and added new features and named it GWII. Now I would praise them if this was singleplayer game(blizzard for example should have done this with diablo III, instead of making it into entirelly different game from dII), but this is a mmorpg. And I expected devs to fix the mistakes (lack of persistence) and to bring something seriously new, but so far everything points to "hey lets take an idea of guild wars, write a new story and add new graphics". I certainly hope that I am wrong - GW1 was a decent game, despite its utter lack of persistence.

Its a persistant world, the only instanced areas are dungeons and the mists (WvW), just by your few posts you obviously have a massive lack in knowledge of Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2...

The only game I'm really jivin' for is Blade & Soul. but it's not on the list so I have to abstain.