Great Article.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEI1l5LM90c

Levels are a system that was invented to ease character progression in pen & paper RPGs. You would only need to calculate and update your new stats when you reached the next level.

Computers can easily compute any complexity of character progression on the fly, which means they are an obsolete concept for video games.

My opinion is:

Generally speaking, it tried to do stuff that other games did better.

Mortal Online is not in the list

Eve Online
I just find the game very beautiful. There are not many objects but some are really really well-done. The details are stunning at times.

Guild Wars
The artists are really god-like, and the graphics quality the devs managed to provide with such a lightweight engine are something to be proud of.

About Age of Conan: I think it's really overrated. Artistically I give it a 1/10.

There's always Guild Wars. It has great tournament-like guild battles (hence the game's name ^^), it's not really f2p though it's b2p (buy to play).

Sorry for raising your hopes up if you meant you don't want to pay a single dime, and not just pay a subscription.

lol Shadenis.

You used sarcasm but didn't realize joshe was actually using sarcasm himself.

Nice xD

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Originally posted by Kyleran
Yeah, recently the MO fanbois seemed to have found this site and have started a campaign to hype the game here.  Not quite sure what sets them in motion.
 

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And I understand that they'd want to do that, since 90% of people here are brainwashed by theme park games, and a lot of others are convinced you cannot make a game better than DF for some reason...

Mortal Online does rock indeed.

I would say 68 hours to "complete" WotLK is actually worth the purchase, especially if you do it within the first free month and unsubscribe right away.
Most non-MMO games out there have like 10-20 hours of game worth for 50-70 bucks.

Now I understand that this is still disappointing but that's the problem of theme park MMOs: aside from the PvE content made by the _devs_, there's nothing much to do.

Wait for the wave of sandbox MMOs that is incoming. Player-driven games don't have that problem.

Yes WAR is all about PvP. Problem is its PvP isn't really any good...

No risk vs reward. Shady mechanics.

I mean. If I wanted to play an BG-centered themepark game, why would I play WAR if I can for example play Guild Wars instead?
There's no comparison in the quality of PvP here.

Hmm, maybe some people think being able to play an Elf or an Orc is more important than well-done mechanics...

Those people who only know (or care about) the over-hyped MMOs (AoC, WAR, ...) make me laugh. You can't make those games your "last hope" just because they "feel" important enough. They're just games, with potentially crappy designers, like all the other games. You can't let yourself be affected by PR and fanbois.

BTW, it's not the right time to say good bye to MMOs. There hasn't been good MMOs for like 2 years. But new good MMOs (who said sandbox?) are coming quite soon.

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Originally posted by supbro
Let me first say AoC has set the benchmark in the MMO genre. Combat and graphics are so far ahead of its competitors, that it will take another 3 years for a another game to compare.

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OK first of all, about combat, hmm, I hope you're not serious or it's sad.

Now about graphics, you probably have lived in a shelter for the last 2 years because AoC's graphics are really not that great, even for a MMO.

And 3 years? wow. just shows you have no clue: there will be MMOs using UnrealEngine 3 released in 2009...

The best thing is that most people on these forums only know about the overhyped commercial MMOs. So, it's always the same pattern:

new commercial MMO => people are excited
hype => people are more excited, fanbois appear
over hype => big-time fanbois with blindfolds appear
closed-beta => rumors start to develop. Most people, and especially fanbois, don't believe them and consider the ones who write about them to be trolls
open beta => rumors are confirmed, lots of threads about it
short time after release => hype doesn't work anymore, people finally accept the truth (except some like the OP apparently) and put all their hopes in the next MMO... and it all starts again.

Everyone should be able to waste their time as they want to, but still...
Try opening your eyes people.

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Originally posted by Mokwee
I for one can say 2004 graphics in a 2009 (AT THE VERY BEST)  release...
 
Epic Fail
 
If i wanted to play DAoC id go play DAoC

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Why don't you go watch the latest movie? I hear the gameplay is somewhat lacking, but the scenario is great and the graphics are just stunning!!

I'm amazed by the quality of that video... Blizzard never disappoints with their trailers (or in game vids for that matter).

You can't kill WoW with WoW 0.1

Now WAR = WoW BGs with fewer BGs than expected.

Awesome =)

When the sandbox part was removed, SWG lost the majority of its subscribers and never recovered.
If BioWare is too stupid to understand what it means, then too bad for them.

The Game Industry is filled with greedy but blind people. BioWare would not be the first one.

Moving on...

Yup, WoW is worse than AoC...

... and vice versa