I miss my Pyro/Elem/Storm...I was rocking with that setup. I was involved in a couple of huge battles in eastern Freemarch (can't remember the town) and it was EPIC. I'll be pre-ordering for sure.

-Zen

I didn't play the beta for long, but it WAS very WoW'ish. I enjoyed it overall, especially the wide variety of class combinations, but it did remind me a lot of WoW.

I'm pretty sure it was Lode Runner on my Commodore 64.

Protector II was awesome!

And please stop speading false info, Mac computer does'nt cost a lot more than a Windows one with same spec. You jsut have less choice of config. And the way you put it, you would be a idiot to does'nt have a computer under Linux that would have cost you less ;)

If you don't define "a lot" as more-than-double, then alright....

I sell laptops where I work and here's a quick comparison.

Sony VAIO EB27: $899.98 CDN

Intel Core i5 @ 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR3/1066MHz RAM, 500GB SATA hard drive, 15.5" LED-backlit screen (1366x768), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 (512MB dedicated RAM), 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, DVD±RW/DL/Blu-Ray, HDMI-out, 3.5 hours battery life.

Apple Macbook Pro: $2049.00 CDN

Intel Core i5 @ 2.53 GHz, 4GB DDR3/1066MHz RAM, 500GB SATA hard drive, 15" LED-backlit screen (1440x900), nVidia GeForce GT 330M (256MB dedicated RAM), 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, DVD±RW/DL, 8 hours battery life.

The Macbook I chose for comparison was the closest I could find that matches the specs of the Sony. The Mac does have slightly better specs (except the battery which is a lot better, but not user-replaceable). However, the Sony has Blu-Ray playback and dedicated HDMI out (Mac requires a $35 adapter). The Sony is also available in 4 colours.

With Apple, you are paying for a brand-name. It's not higher quality (I take back more defective Apples than Sony or Toshiba), and they are NOT impervious to viruses (our tech at another location had an iMac with over 40 trojans). Drink the Apple Kool-Aid if you want, your choice.

 If they have the money to blow on a computer that costs 3-4 times the amount of a more powerful PC, then they can easily afford Windows as well so it shouldn't be an issue.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Quit your whining and spend the money to get Windows 7. You made the decision to buy a novelty fashion accessory, so the extra $169 (CDN) shouldn't be a stretch. If you wanted a computer for gaming, why would you ever buy a Mac in the first place? Macs have their place, but gaming is not it.

Thanks very much!  I sent my two free keys back. Enjoy!

Zen

I'd like one please. xaos_starfox@hotmail.com

Thanks!

xaos_starfox@hotmail.com

I'd appreciate a key as well please if anyone has a spare.

Thanks in advance!

Zen

 

*Microsoft recently jacked up the price for X-Live. What the shit? What was they even for? PS3 and the Wii give there player free online access. Greedy Microsoft scammers out to get us all, and milk our money dry, the best they can.

 

I'll agree that jacking the price is a stupid move, as is their procedure for cancelling a Gold Membership. But the solution is simple...don't subscribe if you don't like their policy.

 

*More online Games claiming to be MMO to justify a sub cost, when the game in fact isnt a MMOG at all. This marketing scam is growing out of F^^^ing hand. More and more developers are placing Online Requirements for their games to try to bundle it in with the MMOG market. Hey is Diablo a MMORPG? If not, then why is DDO and Guild Wars considered MMORPG?

 

DDO and Guild Wars do involve interactions between thousands and players online and those players have the option to play together to complete quests and run dungeons, etc. That is one of the definitions of an MMORPG. However, calling APB an MMORPG is not really accurate; it's closer to Unreal Tournament or GTA IV  in online style than an MMO.

 

*Prices for Console System games have gone up $10, but for what? Don’t hand me that Graphics bull shit. I seen many PS3 games that look like they could be run on a F^^^ing X box 1. Iam not buying the hype over the Graphics nonsense. More and more Console System games seem shitty and shittier. Most of these games seem Worst than the last Gen{{PS2/Xbox/Gcube}} console system games when it comes to quality.  Damn I don’t mind graphics like Dante Infernal, as long as the gameplay is damn good, which Most games of this generation seem to focus on graphics over gameplay quality. More and more Buggy ass Console System games are getting released. We need to fight this System (pun intended)

 

Red Dead Redemption, Infamous, Final Fantasy XIII...these are some of the better games I've played on my PS3 within the last year. All of them have been quite good IMHO. The trick is to play the demos and read multiple reviews for each game before buying it (as some reviewers are biased). If you're dumb enough to make any purchase without doing any research, then you only have yourself to blame when you aren't happy with the product. Look at Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Graphics and gameplay-wise, I thought it was great. But, it's only about 7 hours long apparently, which means I won't be dropping my $70 on it (when it was new). I'll wait unit it drops to $20, then consider it.

 

There are a lot of great game out there, you just need to do your homework.

 

*More and More MMORPG Developers are releasing unfinished products, and over hyping the fan base to get Box Sells. This has become 1 of the biggest scams in the MMORPG market, and is the number 1 cause of the death of this genre. I even something wonder, do the Developers of these scams, pay forums to cover up criticism? I have seen many cases where critics for a unreleased game would get the ban hammer to shut them up. And if you want more evidence that Developers are going undercover in the Community forums, just look at the incident over on WarhammerAlliance.com during beta. Behind the sense, Mythic wanted WarhammerAlliance to remove any critic’s statements, but when WarhammerAlliance refused, Mythic turned away from that fan forum, and removed total support. What a F***ing scam that was. How many other developers are doing this shit?

 

There may have been cover-ups, and there are definitely games that have been released that aren't complete (STO, etc). Again, see above, do your homework and you won't get burned. I think that all MMO publishers should have a free trial from the day of launch so that we as potential customers can "test drive" the product.

 

I have no sympathy for people who stumble blindly forward into a game and then aren't happy because the game is a disappointment. It's your fault for not researching. Yes, the publishers/developers should be held responsible as well, but the onus is on you, the player, to do your homework.

Damnit, thought this was the real thing...not a "what if".  Damn you, sir.

Originally posted by bigsmiff

Originally posted by Schutzy121

I want some details from the people who play this to give some advice if I should play it or not.

I thought it WAS a great game until they announced the gay marriage RP option. I uninstalled it today.

Wow.  Just...wow.  Time to grow up and open your mind.

Nope. Not unless they offer a trial version soon after launch. I think all developers should offer a trial version from the get-go. If I'm going to pay monthly for a product, I want to try it first. Cryptic really let me down with STO and it will take a great deal for them to get me back.

I played from the beginning for a few years, then I quit and whent back briefly a few times. I don't think I'll ever go back though. Way too much grinding and elitism for me. I currently play RoM and EVE; the former because it has a lot to offer, is fairly well developed and the fact that you can make your own elite gear is great. The latter because after the big disappointment that was STO, I needed to get my sci-fi fix.

I'm waiting for SW:TOR and Black Prophecy. I'm interested in seeing what happens with Infinity, TERA, TSW and FFXIV.

"nobody gives a crap about story..."

I happen to care a lot about the story, as do many others.  Good job generalizing though; it really makes your opinion meaningful when you generalize.  Your rant tells us what *you* want in an MMO, but please don't speak for the rest of us.  I'm certainly capable of forming my own opinion about what I want from a game.  Classes, lots of content and a great story are elements that I look for.

Also, please don't bundle Bioware and Lucasarts into the same group as others ("bandwagoners").  Both of these companies have given us some amazing titles in the past.  I think a lot of people (notice I don't say "everyone") would agree that the X-Wing series and the original KOTOR were both pretty amazing.  Bioware has never done an MMO and they have a long history of releasing quality titles.  Give them a chance to do this and if they fail, then so be it, I'll move on.  I've been disappointed by the industry many times over the last few years, but I'm hoping that Bioware and Lucasarts will pick up the slack and provide me with a game I can play for more than a couple of months.

One of my only hopes for FF XIV is that it's much more fast-paced than XI is.  I love the FF series a lot, but the slow-combat in FF XI really turned me away from it.  Also, I hope they make the control-system for PC different than the one for console to take advantage of us mouse/keyboard users, heh.  That isn't a deal-breaker for me, but it'd be nice; I guess I could use my 360 controller with Windows assuming that the Sony gods won't smite me for it, lol.

Either way, really looking forward to this.

- The character graphics look low-res, I am running 1920x1200 at max video settings and characters still look like poorly stretched bitmaps.

I'm running at 1680x1050 and the graphics look fine. They are using the Unreal 2.5 engine as far as I know, so while the graphics might not be as modern-looking as say, Crysis..the graphics are pretty good in my opinion. I'm wearing gear right new on my 35 AM that looks pretty sweet. "poorly stretched bitmaps"? I'd call that a big exaggeration.

- The environment, although good, looks very samey from area to area.

I disagree.  Slywood looks quite a bit different from Hawksmouth.  Stonedeep is pretty cool-looking (it used to be an ocean) in my opinion.  Have you even seen Green District?  The art direction in this game deserves a reward I think.

- The zones are the same for all classes, this means if you decide to roll one or more alts you will be replaying the same content again... and again... and again.

This is true, I hope they add more zones for every level range, especially the lower levels (under 30).

- At lot of the early quests are kill 10 boars, kill 10 bears, kill 10 wolves, into the next zone kill 10 boars, kill 10 bears, kill 10 wolves... you get the idea.

What MMO doesn't have this?  And actually some of the quest chains are pretty sweet and involve no animal-killing at all.  There's a low-level quest in Hoggsridge where I have to place an eavesdropping device in a tree, then set a tent on fire, then kill a leader, etc.  There are quest chains in this where you do one part at one level-range, then come back later and do another part.  One of the better things about this game is that they use the whole world for every level-range.  I remember having to go back to Hawksmouth in my 30s as part of a quest chain.  It's nice to see those areas that I started in again.

- The boars and bears look very similar (grey/brown sacks?) and at a distance wolves aren't that distinct either.

I agree that there should maybe be more variety in mob types, but it does get a bit better as you level.  Stonedeep has different-looking mobs for example.  But really, almost ALL mmos are like this.

- The game doesn't use itemization like most MMOs, the theme is "dress to impress", woot! Ummm... no not really. This means 15 levels later you will still be wearing the same poorly stretched bitmap clothes you did at the start, the items that you can buy or make are the same items that you could have picked at character creation... huh? ... and best of all there is no character preview option anywhere in the game, so you don't really know what you are buying until you have bought it... that sucks! The idea of not having item stats is a good one, but you really, REALLY need to make it work aesthetically... otherwise, why bother?

WRONG!  My toon looks way different at level 35 than she did at level 1.  I have a helmet that I've seen very few other people wearing; the recipe was given to me by a guildie.  The sword I'm wearing is pretty sweet-looking as well.  Most of the stuff I'm wearing I either made through crafting or got as a quest-reward.  The guildies and other friends I play with also look a lot different than they did when I first started playing with them.  The fact that you can change your look whenever you want may not appeal to you, but it does appeal to a lot of others.  As for previewing stuff, when you pick up a new item you can preview it by taking it to the dyer (even if it's above your level).  You can also preview it when buying something from a NPC vendor.  Granted, I'd like them to add the ability to preview from a recipe, but that may come later. Having a game that isn't gear-based is refreshing.

- You are supposed to be able to enhance items with "sigils", so far I have only received 1 sigil as a quest reward, +0.5% healing....

The sigils get better.  I have a total of a 6% bonus to my run speed, which stacked with my pep level, actually does make a difference.  The sigils get better as you level.  One of my primary skills has a 10% bonus to damage output.

- European servers... what can i say? Tumbleweed...

Don't play on them, so I can't comment.  But the NA servers are more populated than they were a few weeks ago.

In general this game has some really good ideas, some different stuff, innovative stuff, that makes you think, yeah this is cool. They just haven't got the variety of content to back it up. I want to like this game, but at level 15 I feel bored... I've played too long for everything to still feel the same, to be wearing the same outfit, to be killing the same boars, to not have run a dungeon or equivalent (because there aren't any, sorry maybe one? high level?). I don't feel like I have anything to look forward to.

You can do Exarch at level 20 (if memory serves) which is pretty cool.  At level 15, it's kind of hard to judge the game.  I think they've done a great job so far.  Sure, more content is needed and a few more other features, but this game as caught me more than any other MMO has over the last few years.  I'm thrilled that they didn't make another damn WoW clone.

I'm currently playing Spellborn and am loving it.  Manual targeting and dodging is what's keeping me drawn to it.  Give it a shot, they're offering two free weeks to everyone right now with no limitations.  Give it to level 10 before you make a final judgement though as the combat system does take some getting used to.

Hope to see you there!

Overall, I love TCoS.  The sound and graphics are excellent. I love the fact that I don't have to pick a target, I can just point at a mob and use a skill.  I love that I can attack a group, then move on to another group, then another without much pause.  It's a game that has a lot of unique things going for it.

What I'd like added are things that are most likely going to get added anyway. 

- a quest tracker

- the ability to move UI elements

- more options for clothing/armour/physical features during character development

- the ability to skip the tutorial

- the ability to enhance gear earlier into the game

Overall, they've done a great job I think.  The fact that I was just entering combat the other day when the client crashed and I thought I'd be dead when I logged back in and wasn't was amazing.  It shows that the devs have put a lot of work into TCoS.

Originally posted by Zayne3145

What is with all these 'WAR is the best game evar!!!' and 'WAR IZ BEST MMORPG!!1!' posts? This kind of unashamed fanboyism is actually making me want to play the game less.

Agreed.  One of the reasons I got burnt out on WoW after 3 years is the constant barrage of kiddies insulting my intelligence with the worst spelling and grammar I've ever seen.  PUGs were a nightmare because there was rarely a sense of teamwork; everyone was concerned for their own loot drops, etc.

Granted, I met a lot of cool people too and did get into groups with them that worked out nicely. 

My point is that if WAR already has that type of community, then that's one reason for me to not play it.  I'm also not a big fan of PVP, so that's another reason.

If you like WAR, then great, enjoy it.  But please stop the childish "WAR rulez! I am gunna pwnz u!!!1!!!!" posts.  We get it, you like the game.  But try expressing your opinion in an already active post, instead of flooding the boards with redundancy.

Non-consentual PVP and the harsh death penalty.  Yeah I know that's two.

When I did play EVE, I lost a ship in PVP because I got disconnected. When I came back in, I was dead and had lost a nice ship that I worked very hard for. Sure, I guess I could have sent in a petition, but I figured there wasn't much point as GMs don't typicially hand out things for free.

I realize that CCP is very up-front about the PVP rules and the death penalty; overall, I think the game is great. But, I've never been a fan of PVP and the fact that a player has to work harder for what they have (in comparison to other MMOs) should justify a leaner death penalty. Yes, I am aware of the insurance thing, but that still involves flying around to get a new ship and equipment, etc.

If EVE started up a second server with consentual PVP, I'd play it forever. Call me a carebear if you want, makes no difference to me. I'm just voicing an opinion here. Thanks for reading.