I think if TOR would have just stuck to VO for the main story line and not every side quest, it would have been a much better idea.  Like Pokket stated, it was cool the first time around., the 2nd or 3rd not so much.  I thought LOTRO did a really good job with having just enough cut scenes that left you wanting more and those parts of the story felt important.

IMO, single player MMO is an oxymoron.

Originally posted by Torvaldr

Originally posted by Ramonski7
Is he trying to say playing online games in a negative thing? If so, does he count political games as part of that equation? Cause the game he's playing online stinks to high heaven.

lol, Now that is insightful.  He's the same type that demonized D&D when I was a kid and worried about backmasking in record albums (yeah I'm that old).

Those were the good ole days!  Long live the PMRC!

I was at a Q&A session with John Carpenter, (the man who directed the original Halloween, Escape from NY among others), and he basically said the movie industry has come down to bunch of suits are responsible for green lighting your film based on a bunch of figures calculated by some number crunchers before you have even shot a single frame of film.

Unfortunately I think the MMO market in alot of way especially with the big corps like EA is operating the exact same way.  Everything has to follow a certain formula otherwise the game will never be made.  I am hoping the some smaller indepedent games like the Repopulation or Archage to do well and maybe we can escape this cycle.

The last couple of games I got pumped up for were STO, TOR and TSW.  Sadly by the time I had played several hours in beta/head start I realized while I love the IPs/Theme, the execution of the mechanics were severely lacking whether it be the complete linearness of TOR or the disappointing combat in TSW.

Lastly, if you have some constructive criticism for Pokket by all means share your advice, but if all you are going to spit out is she's a doody head and I don't like her please don't bother posting.  You'd be better off by just not reading her articles.

Originally posted by divmax
For me, playing an MMO is mostly about participating in an interactive story. For anyone to complain about the cutscenes getting in the way of levelling, just sounds silly to me. Its like saying the game was getting in the way of the game. 

I think that cut scenes when done correctly can enhance the story, but in some cases they can be intrusive and ruin it.

Originally posted by Gyrus

Originally posted by JerYnkFan

Originally posted by Gyrus

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The problem is that those on MMORPG.com simply refuse to recognise the game(s?) that have.

 

Facebook games such as Farmville exceeded WoW numbers years ago.  And, dear Pokket, they did so by "coming up with a new game for people to play".

 

Now, before I get howls from the gallery about how browser games 'don't count' I suggest you check the games list here.

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Case closed.

I think the arguement is not in terms of numbers of people playing/subscribers, but the amount of $ that it brings in.

 

Like I say, people don't want to recognise these games.

Zynga does pretty well for itself IIRC? 

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/31/facebook-zynga-14-percent-revenues/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/facebook-revenue-will-reach-4-27-billion-emarketer-says-1-.html

So... lets see... 14% x $4,270,000,000 = $597,800,000 per annum?

 

Oh and it was this thread http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/247530/page/1

 

Gyrus - I see your point, but I don't think that when someone like Anet or Bioware starts making a MMO that they are thinking "Hey how can we get more subs that Farmville."  IMO they are shooting for the WOW crowd, but I do see the point you are trying to make.

Originally posted by Gyrus

The problem (in this case) is not that no-one can bring down the giant.

The problem is that those on MMORPG.com simply refuse to recognise the game(s?) that have.

 

Facebook games such as Farmville exceeded WoW numbers years ago.  And, dear Pokket, they did so by "coming up with a new game for people to play".

 

Now, before I get howls from the gallery about how browser games 'don't count' I suggest you check the games list here.

MMORPG.com rules even allow games like Farmville to be added (See my thread from several years ago "Farmville vs MMORPG.com)

Travian was listed and it is a considerably worse game than Farmville.

Zynga might also be an "evil" dev... who here cannot name a few others?

 

Case closed.

I think the arguement is not in terms of numbers of people playing/subscribers, but the amount of $ that it brings in.