Originally posted by Jack_Target

I've never played Rift, but in every demo I've seen it looks 95% identical to WoW.

 

And this years Oscar for best portrayl of an MMO Critic goes to... <drum roll>....

I too was following this game... so sad it all went wrong!

And UO2? Another one that got away. I think they got to the stage of releasing videos for it?

VGExtended?

 

I dont own this game   

 

Alexrho

Haaanggg on! You don't own it but you play it a lot... surely that must be a cheat there!

Or do you mean you don't OWN it - you are not the developer, publisher, owner of the company?

Good grief, how did this dead thread turn up on the activity board?!

Fire teachers... nope, we didn't. You must be thinking of a different country - though I have no clue which one.

On the Virginmedia forums in the UK there are reports of the same thing, and for Rift too.

Sad, sad, sad.

Whether the UI looks like WOW or not is really a pointless issue. It is not as though WOW invented the UI - different windows for different aspects of the game, tooltips, target windows etc they were there before. What the UI does, it what it is supposed to do; look nice, and make the game easy to play, all the commands accessible without going through some arcane ritual and mass confusion.

A User Interface should be for the user and if a system works - use it. Don't re-invent the wheel; WoW didn't so why should Rift or any game that comes after.

Vanguard extended (anytime soon?).

EQ2, yes its OK.

Champions Online is F2P now too... worth it for a the hour here and there.

But then he did say he was looking at it whilst it was patching - so you can forgive him there surely.

Perpetuum has interesting P2P model... you just pay for the month you play. No box fees or the suchlike. Have to say, I tried it and its not for me - but I only spent 8,95 to play it for a month to find out. Which, to me, is quite a bargin considering its normally 39,99 or 29,99 to get the box or DL.

Having said that I do have 2 DAoC accounts on the go, EQII Extended (Silver) and Warhammer unlimited, LOTRO, and if everbother to log in DDO - so I am not in short supply of MMO's to waste my time in.

 Battleforge?

Originally posted by mistraven

Dresden Novels - Jim Butcher
 

Now that could work!

Originally posted by Cristina1

I agree with the OP, from reading what this games DEV's posted since its announcement, it does sound like it will be just a single player Star Wars game with a multiplayer element, yeah they will call it MMOORPG, but they wont fool me :)

 

Its a shame, as it will have no lasting appeal and will be swamped by true next generation MMOs by the time this comes out.

All very interesting I am sure but what about the chopsticks idea?

Originally posted by Joppari

Originally posted by Arun

Originally posted by Joppari

Originally posted by Arun

So you did predict:

That sticks would go out of fashion?

 

Sticks are fashionable?

 

As a tool a la 2001: A Space Odessey although that was a bone in that shot. Also the atlatl weapon (stick and arrow) that allowed humans to hunt successfully. I suppose in some regard "sticks" were fashionable with the ol' walking stick / cane of the late victorian England. Mind you so was smoking a pipe and smoking jacket so... erm... what was the point I was trying to make... erm... there was one... think it got lost somewhere on page 14 or 15 (probably on page 1 just before the title of the thread.

 

 

 

Chopsticks? That could work.

True! 1 Billion people can't be wrong about those can they!

Originally posted by Joppari

Originally posted by Arun

So you did predict:

That sticks would go out of fashion?

 

Sticks are fashionable?

As a tool a la 2001: A Space Odessey although that was a bone in that shot. Also the atlatl weapon (stick and arrow) that allowed humans to hunt successfully. I suppose in some regard "sticks" were fashionable with the ol' walking stick / cane of the late victorian England. Mind you so was smoking a pipe and smoking jacket so... erm... what was the point I was trying to make... erm... there was one... think it got lost somewhere on page 14 or 15 (probably on page 1 just before the title of the thread.

Originally posted by Draccan

Originally posted by Arun

 Don't put the OP down at all. Just look at his post history - this guy is the Nostradamus of games!

 

He predicted WoW would never succeed!

He predicted Darkfall would be the greatest game ever!

That Final fantasy 1 would be the last in the series

That the wheel would never catch on

That fire was just the most useless invention ever

That sticks would go out of fashion as tool before we learnt to walk upright!

 

So listen to him.... he knows what he is talking about! Honest!

 

 

What a weird post to make!!

I never said WoW would never succeed.

I never played nor commented on Final Fantasy.

And after writing FAIL for years on Darkfall...

 

Why the lies?

Oh dear...

So you did predict:

the wheel would never catch on?

That fire was a useless invention?

That sticks would go out of fashion?

I am in shock... 

 Don't put the OP down at all. Just look at his post history - this guy is the Nostradamus of games!

He predicted WoW would never succeed!

He predicted Darkfall would be the greatest game ever!

That Final fantasy 1 would be the last in the series

That the wheel would never catch on

That fire was just the most useless invention ever

That sticks would go out of fashion as tool before we learnt to walk upright!

So listen to him.... he knows what he is talking about! Honest!

 I put it through google translate and it still made no sense whatsoever...

Originally posted by Hammertime1

This game is ok, if you see it for what it is - a midevil Counterstrike.  

Best description ever! Mid - Evil ... so not totally evil like say DnL but not mildy evil like Auto Assault but Mid-evil.

Well done!