Originally posted by Santorini

Excuse, me, jerk, he wasn't bashing it, he was telling it like it is.  Says who?  Says everyone attempting to play the beta on a PC.  You obviously aren't there.  We are.  This will fold fast if it goes live without significant changes to PC gameplay.  Bill's entirely too glowing review says to me that he's greasing the wheel so that he will be able to continue publishing his views through the tightly restricted access SOE has given him.  In other words, it's not a balanced view.  It's not clear from what he wrote which platform he's playing on, but if he's on a PC, he's glossing over a lot of roughness that make the game nearly unplayable.

 

So, you're obviously one of the people who doesn't like the different style of gameplay. That's fine, and it's a completely reasonable argument. However, there are those of us who are playing the game that honestly don't mind the change. Personally, i find it refreshing. I have had no difficulty in adapting to it.

I honestly don't see the need to make accusations questioning the writer's integrety simply because you do not share his opinion. Yes, there are two sides, but the author goes out of his way to mention that this style isn't going to be for everybody:

"I can agree with Drew Wood’s earlier assessment that DCUO will not be an MMO for everyone. Many traditionalists might hate its console-esque style combat. But I, for one, am very pleased to report that DCUO may be the first superhero MMO that truly makes you feel super."

Honestly, while your opinion is fine and valid, I think that you owe Bill Murphy an apology for that unjustified slander.

Originally posted by cosy

a bit late no ? in 8h the game go live

Telling people what we know and think about the game JUST before the game's launch? I'd say it's perfect timing, but why let good criticism go to waste?

Originally posted by charlionfire

... uh well TERA's MMORPG forum logo has currently been changed to Rift's.

I understand Rift is in hyper-marketing mode, but really? 

:-]

Jeepers and Jinkies.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have someone working on it now.

Jon

Originally posted by Azrile

Really, I'm not sure what I was expecting here on this site.  But come on, they added 4,000 quests today.  They completely redid about 75% of all the zones in the game. 

I just found it ironic that it isn't even mentioned no this site, yet the featured article is about GW2 not having any news.  It's really ironic since it looks like Blizzard has started advertising on this site.

And of course this isn't my primary source of WOW news.  (mmo champion and wow insider).

Tomorrow's lead story, a question and answer session with the artist who picked the color to use on leaves in AOC.

So we've just skipped right over my explanation?

Originally posted by Azrile

Ok, so by far the largest MMORPG in the western world is implementing the biggest change to content ( ie about 4,000 new quests are being added today) along with drastically changed landscape in almost every zone in the game... all this is happening today.

I come to this site, and the featured article is about the lack of news from GW2.  The 'best' news they could come up with is there is no news about an upcoming game that is probably more than 6 months away from release.

Guys, relax. We have to wait for little things like confirmation before we rush out and publish something. That's how we roll. We're not ignoring WoW.

Recently, RTSGuru.com's Joe Iuliani had the opportunity to interview Chris Sigaty, Lead Producer of Starcraft II. Chris was extremely gracious in allowing Joe to interrupt his lunch to get a few quick questions answered. Check out the interview and let us know what you think in the comments!

RTSGuru.com: I know it was mentioned that there would improvements to the achievements, is there anything you can add to that?

Chris Sigaty: Improvements are more like additional achievements. We're planning to include achievements like Blizzcon, for the players that are here. Things like adding maps that we've put together. Adding content, that players can get by participating in various events.

Read more Starcraft II: Chris Sigaty Interview.

Disclaimer added to top of article. You can stop your ridiculous crusade now.

I'm curious, what exactly is it you think would be in it for us, or for Mr. Tingle to doing whatever it is you're accusing us of?

Also, I'll remind you that spamming our forums is against our ToS. you made your point in the previous thread. Why create a whole new accusation thread?

Originally posted by theartist

Originally posted by Stradden

Originally posted by theartist

This got reviewed before FFXIV?

[Mod Edit]

 

And if we reviewed FFXIV before the reviewer had ample time to play it and experience a fair cross section of the game's content, I suppose we wouldn't get any flack for that?

We're reviewing the game, we're just taking the time to do it right.

 

Hmm....

 

So this garbage got reviewed before FFXIV?

Football Manager Live launched quite some time ago. FFXIV hasn't been out that long. Our reviewer is playing the game, and it will be ready when she has had ample opportunity to play, as i said in the previous comment you JUST quoted.

So, in your mind, our entire review process should screech to a halt while one of our reviewers is playing a game?

Originally posted by theartist

This got reviewed before FFXIV?

[Mod Edit]

And if we reviewed FFXIV before the reviewer had ample time to play it and experience a fair cross section of the game's content, I suppose we wouldn't get any flack for that?

We're reviewing the game, we're just taking the time to do it right.

Originally posted by xochipilli

so this s the type of colunist we have in mmorpg ? lol

one that says its right to sell XP and mounts for items, aswell as special content ?

if it was my company that dude would be fired for sure..........

its a shame....

So we should fire someone for having opinions, which he clearly and planily puts forward?

Just because you believe something, doesn't make it the only viable opinion. You don't have to agree, but maybe practice a little bit of respect for someone who thinks differently than you do?

Originally posted by theartist

I mean I came here to see what this site had to say about the game. I've came here in the past to see long time reviewers of the genre give their opinions on matters in the game. I always found there to be an optimistic take on a game's review here, I think I recall APB even getting a decent score.

Is this game just really that bad? You guys are going to wait even longer to review it? Maybe 6 months down the line?

We do have one in the works, but we are trying not to review MMOs too quickly after they come out, and want to give our reviewers time to actually play the game. That's why we released a first look preview, so that you could get an idea of the early gameplay without as unfairly assigning a score to it.

Hi-Rez Studios, the team behind the MMOFPS Global Agenda, have announced that they have acquired the FPS IP Tribes and plan to create an MMO in that universe called, Tribes Universe. In an interview with Gamasutra, the company revealed that their new MMO will accomodate much larger battles that the small scale conflicts currently available through Global Agenda.

Global Agenda, though, was was designed around 10 vs 10 team play, not Tribes-style large scale battles. As the game switched to a subscription-free model in June, Hi-Rez experimented with adding larger warzones but found there was "no practical path" for scaling the game up significantly.

"We can’t transform Global Agenda to a large scale battle format, but since we liked this concept a lot, we decided to create a new game based on large scale fighting," said Hi-Rez CEO Erez Goren in a forum posting (registration required). "In order to develop the new game many significant steps had to be taken."

Those steps included combat alterations, "a significant rewrite to the unreal engine servers to allow for 100+ players to be fighting in the same map, a new UI system that is more efficient, a different implementation of character visuals, a new terrain system, etc."

Check out the Gamasutra article, here.

Nevermind

Originally posted by maskedweasel

To summarize, all they are really saying is that,  they will sell whatever it is players will buy.  Whether that is  content, or boosts, it seems they are open for whatever the community is willing to shell money out on.  I guess thats something.

 

I think it's more reasonable to say that they will look at how best to continue generating income from the game as they move past launch. some games have subs, GW1 had expansions, some games have microtransactions... They don't know yet beyond launch.

Originally posted by obeloviper95

Terrible writing here... i wish i didnt read it... its just another persons oppinons.... i might as well just go to the forums and read everones complaining jiberish there... even this writer some how contradicted them self in one article... i hope some one saves this article so they can tear it apart after the game is actually released...

You think THAT was jibberish? You should read the column I wrote before this: http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/4585/Reading-Comprehension.html

Originally posted by Naoroji

Hey guys, I'm sorry, but, are you sure you actually asked ArenaNet, instead of heisting Eric's quote offa GuildWars2Guru? ;)

 

Yup, called 'em ourselves we did.

Earlier today, a PC Gamer article was released titled, “Guild Wars 2 will sell you more dungeons". The title seems to have caused some confusion among some fans and we contacted Guild Wars 2 developer Eric Flannum for some clarification. Here is his response reassuring players that no decisions have been made as of yet and when they are, they will be based on player feedback:

Hey there, after reading the PC Gamer article I wanted to make sure that we clarified a few things. First, we haven’t decided on what exactly we are or aren’t going to offer for money post release. My answer to the dungeons question was meant to say “we’re open to whatever our players seem most interested in.” If after release you guys would like more story content, more dungeons, more events, more maps or whatever it’s something that we have to consider because ultimately making you happy is what makes us successful.  Whether we release that in DLC (like the bonus mission packs in GW1) or whether we do it through expansions (Like Eye of the North) is yet to be determined. As to whether or not there are going to be items like XP boosts available in the in game store I can only reiterate what we’ve said before (and will continue to say) that we’ll release details on it when they are available and that our core philosophy of not requiring you to spend additional money to play the game and not making the game difficult or painful to play in order to encourage you to buy things from the store still stands.

We here at MMORPG.com would like to thank Eric and the rest of the Guild Wars 2 team for their prompt reply to our inquiries.

Originally posted by Sunrock

In the article he say: "I honestly can’t believe how many people are still pissed that there isn’t going to be any space exploration in TOR. I’m sorry guys, I like a good exploration MMO as much as the next guy, but I’m going to have to agree with the guys at Bioware who say that the exploration of empty space just isn’t what the Star Wars IP is all about." Hclearly cant have read many posts regarding this thread.

Most are upset about that the game is featuring a tunnel shooter instead of 3D space combat mini game in the same style as is featured in Hailo Reach. There is amlost no one that wants free roaming space exploration.

 

So, you didn't see the next paragraph where I addressed that?

Originally posted by Kyleran

Originally posted by GrumpyMel2

Jon,

Why do you assume that the people who are discussing the relative merits or lack thereof of some of Biowares design decision with SW-TOR are doing it because they have some expectation of pushing Bioware to change those decisions....or even trying to astro-turf the game?

This is a gaming site.... I assume that the people posting here are doing so, in part, because they enjoy the hobby....and enjoy the intellectual excercise of discussing different aspects of that hobby, including opinions about design decisions and game mechanics with other enthusiasts. Really, is it any different then fans on a sports site discussing the relative merits of the Designated Hitter Rule?

Frankly, if the discussion here was limitied to a simple regurgitation of the known mechanics/features of any particular game....rather then a discussion of thier merits.... and "What if's" and so forth...this site would be about as entertaining as watching grass grow.

Note...that is not the same as trolling....which would be posting to simply annoy, frustrate or get a rise out of some-one. I'm sure there is a fair share of that going on surrounding TOR.... but alot of fans and critics alike simply enjoy expressing thier honest opinions and enjoy exploring the basis by which others hold differing viewpoints.

This!

I'm in agreement, for some reason all I kept seeing in this article was Jon calling people trolls because they post in gaming forums their thoughts about what they like/don't like about this game.

What the hell else are these forums for but for PVP between its members?

Oh, I know, to sell advertising revenue, I forgot.

 

That dig at the bottom really helps your argument.There is a difference between healthy debate and discussion and name calling and chest thumping. Stating an opinion as fact, without any actual form behind it falls into the latter category.

Haters gonna hate and fanbois gonna fan, but it's too soon for people to be jumping up and down making fail or win statements beyond, "I like this because..." or I don't like this because..."

I'll leave the irrelevant dig about our revenue structure alone. i'm done arguing that point with you.

Originally posted by Yuui

One sentence summary of whole article:

"this game is not innovative, deviates from KOTOR lore, is themepark, contains almost no new ideas and is generic mmorpg, but don't worry its still going to be omg awesome and you all need to like it and think on how awesome it is, just because its TOR"...

 

yep entire article about taking a few (out of many) shortcommings this game has and creating somes sort of excuse for it.

Those bright-colored screenshots of VERY-cartoony-looking characters do not inspire trust in this game too...especially that one with overmuscular(seriously looks like WWE wrestler) malak-clone-gorilla jumping in the air....

Wrong.

The article doesn't present any of these thigns as shortcomings, merely a look at what it is. I understand that YOU think they are shortcomings, but that doesn't mean that they are. Please don't put words in my mouth.