To the OP:

I would actually say the opposite. When's the last time a AAA sandbox MMO was actually developed? It's been years if not a decade almost. Look at all the non Sandbox MMOs and look which ones make it....maybe 2 or 3? Every other one seems to disintigrate.

I would say the market is ready for a AAA Sandbox. There are plenty of us Pre Tram. MMO players who would leave the garbage that is out there now to play a quality game with Freedom, options and doesn't hold your hand the whole time.

Originally posted by engellen
you dont sound like most people that have played darkfall for a long time.

^this

Originally posted by Raxeon

Originally posted by Aragon100

There is no sandbox qualities worth the name in DF UW.

You have to see it as it is, a big PvP-arena.

no not really but if you say so ok

Actually yes, really. You are sure to be dissappointed at launch if you're expecting much more.

Originally posted by Atrocitus

First off, I am NOT, repeat, NOT in alpha/beta/whatever...Got it? In NO WAY HAVE I PLAYED THIS GAME YET......

 

I've seen plenty of videos of the game, listened to the 'devs' speak on the game, and have read plenty about it. Heres why this game will not only tank, but tank bigtime.....

 

Regardless of how long this 'team' of devs have been working on the game, content will be shallow. Its as simple as work force= gameplay. And they have an extremely small dev team. And we all know how fast gamers fly by content these days. There simply will not be enough to do

 

Customer service after launch will be relatively non existant. Again, with hardly any funding, how in the hell can they get a sizeable team to deal with the problems in and out of the game? And c'mon people, we all know how the first few weeks of a mmorpg go. People will be crying about tickets not being answered, bugs everywhere, blah blah blah........

 

The game engine is horribad. Any sizable pvp will end in massive vaporlock. Once again, the almost non existant team won't be able to handle this.

Have you seen the AI in the videos? The mobs just stand there. Period. Its comical.....

 

 

 

I could go on and on, but don't feel like typing any longer. Point of the matter is don't get your hopes up for this game. All signs points to sub par mmo. Once again, I have NOT participated in the game...

It is an Indie MMO so it cant be an "Epic Fail". Epic fail is when you take $300,000,000 and make a game that sucks so bad and doesn't even come close to living up to the hype like SWTOR did and like what TESO is going to do. Those games are/will be EPIC Fails.

The Repop will probably just end up a fail.

Originally posted by Crazy_Stick

SWTOR is currently the most polarizing game written about in forums on MMORPG.com where every thread is liable to lead to a fight between posters that love or hate it.

 

True or False?

 

If false please nominate your candidate game below in a post. Do you think there is a particular trait of SWTOR that makes it such a contentious topic for posting? Let me know.

 

 

I dont think so since a VAST majority of people hate the game than like it. You're more likely to find yourself with a bunch of like minded people hating this game.

GW2 is probably the most polarizing game.

Originally posted by drivendawn

Originally posted by azzamasin
WOW, not to sound a complete idiot but who in there right mind could endure such pathetic combat.  I thought Vanguard was slow when I tried it a few months ago but this takes the frikken cake.  Sure the scenery and gfx look amazing and the UI 'isn't half bad, but that combat is lets jsut say........the worse thing I have ever seen in an MMO.  It may as well go complete turn base liek the old FF games.

WOW, blah blah blah i like action combat. Ok we get it you want action combat and thats your opinion, but some of us like the tactic style combat so we are nutty not your game move on. lol 

Well sad for you because this is not tactic combat because it is still in real time and not turn based. It looks turn based because of how slow and in place it is. But in reality, its not.

This game will be as unpopular as its failed predecessor.

Originally posted by Raxeon

Originally posted by WizGamer
One serious thing that broke my immersion in Darkfall was the god-awful character design and animations. The characters looked like Everquest 1 models  with worse animations. Is there any update to this? 

umm yea there is ...

maybe there is. Nobody knows for sure. Everyone just hopes.

Originally posted by zymurgeist
So no high resolution textures then?

I think most old school MMOers who have been playing MMOs for 15 + years and recognize the best days were years ago would sacrifice Hi Res textures for better game mechanics any day.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

Originally posted by grimal

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

Guild Wars 2.

I've tried to play some WoW and LOTRO, but the quest hubs and slower combat makes those games boring as hell.

Dude, totally.

I could never play one of those quest hub games again.  They are just so old school.  DEs are like where it's at, bud.  I'll definitely be playing this game and ONLY THIS GAME for the rest of my life.

GW2 TO THE END BRO!!!

You just said you were playing SWTOR. There really isnt more a hub friendly game than that. 

Originally posted by kadepsyson

Whoa since when is Guild Wars 2 free?

I feel like a fool for buying it.  Unrelated as that may be.

I tried to warn you all. But nobody would listen. They just keep supporting the business model of, "Recouperate costs and profit in first 3 months...then who cares how good the game is after that."

Originally posted by Kinchyle

 

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Originally posted by grimalThird, I am playing SWTOR and having a lot of fun.

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That makes one of you

 

I lol'd so hard in class when I read this now everyone is looking at me like a freak. Thanks.

Originally posted by Betaguy

Originally posted by Souleater04

An interesting article that pretty much sums up my thoughts and feelings on The Elder Scrolls Online so far. What do you folks think?

heres the link

I don't like no name reviews... from oddly named websites,

So you like only reviews from well known sites which have historically been so inaccurate its almost as though the game in question paid for the review? Think of all the hype GW2, SWTOR, WAR, AOC had from big name sites, AND THIS SITE before and during launch. Look what happend. 

The article linked from the OP are just regular people like us with impressions on the game, many of which align with my exact concerns. 

Do you only believe news you hear from CNN, MSNBC, and ABC? if so then sucks to be you.

Originally posted by Shadanwolf

OP...today I don't share your concern.I have not played an ES game.....but I have played many mmog's and know DAOC VERY WELL..So far from all I've heard , I'm encouraged.Matt F is being true to the ES lore...yet making an mmog.

Given my deep disappointment with GW2 WvW( 24/7 zerg where you try to score points ....sigh ) ESO  is my only hope.

ESO's pvp sounds so damn similar to GW2 and that's what is turning me off. A Huge PVP zerg land where everyone scales in level and gear regardless of their actual game progression. I smell fail all over. I would prefer public pvp dungeons, ala Darkness Falls in DAOC and frontiers. But really I would prefer Public everything like EQ1 had and have specific objectives in Cyrodil that would drive much of the PVP there naturally. I hate being forced and funneled where to go and what to do in an MMO, especially an Elder Scrolls one.