All Posts by jimmyman99

Originally posted by elondor

I hope this whole trend of having minions dies out real soon, it defeats the purpose of a massive multiplayer game.  Might as well just make it a single player game, sell it for 49.99 and leave it at that.  

Just because everyone gets a minion(s), it doesn't mean that you can solo all the way to game over.

The concept of Gods and Heroes to classical MMORPG concept is like Dark crusade vs starcraft. If someone doesnt know what Dark Crusade is, its a cool strategy game where your single unit actually consists of several unit soldiers. Get my point?

Originally posted by Hjorth

Hey i have alot of trouble finding a game to play wich i like. So now i come to you to seek some help. Hope you can help.

Dont have much to go with, but from the info you provided, id recommend EQ2, SoR, Eve, VSOH. Eve is the most complex out of those.

For a long time I logged into VG just to look at the scenery, the world (at high details) is extremely beautiful. I hope future games will follow VG in terms of graphics quality, but without as much lag. I took many many screenshots from VG at high res and high details and use those screenies as wallpaper. Often people unfamiliar with computers ask me who painted that painting and then I had to go into lengthy details explaining them that thats no painting, its an actually screenshot from a 3d gameworld.

Originally posted by zaxxon23

 

Originally posted by tapeworm00

I think Orca just killed you, mate.

 

With a blanket "not in the spirit of the game" line?  Sorry, I tend to think beyond such cliches and black/white assessments of morality.  The fact that hundreds of millions of dollars is spent in the secondary market every single year further proves that I am not even remotely close to alone in my opinion. 

Yes, gold selling lets someone earn some money.
Yes, there are millions of dollars spent on secondary market.
Yes most people leave the game where gold selling is rampant.

Out of those 3 facts, pick one which influences MMO games the most and in what way (bad or good).

Originally posted by Die_Scream

If you are lucky enough to have a rig that can run the game on highest settings, I'd like to see a screenshot taken at highest settings, and same shot taken at lowest settings to compare.

If you might also include your specs it would help as well.

Some of my Screenies (click on each to bring it up to 1280x1024 - the resolution I play VSoH and all my games)

Specs:

Intel DualCore 6300

BFG Nvidia 8800GTX

2 gigs dual channel RAM

6-7 hard drives (over 2 terrabytes of data) for movies and games

These screenies and many others u can find here:

mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/1192903

Why make a similar MMOrpg if the current one is still cashing in a big $$$? The only reason to create something new is if a) old one isnt making money b) old one is getting obsolete, new one will upgrade, improve old one and will take over cashing in big $$$.

My guess is, if Blizz is making a MMO, it would be a different type of MMO.Maybe a MMORTS or MMOFPS in starcraft world. Or, at the most, it would be a scifi MMORPG. I doubt Bliz would voluntarily create something that will directly compete with WoW.

Im overgeneralizing here but hardcore games (that require a lot of time investment in order to progress in game) tend to have stronger communities. Games like EQ1 or Eve have really strong and stable guilds, if you are looking strictly for the social factor. Light games like WoW arent known for strong communities, people tend to 'tire" out of those games quickly and leave the community. Its best to join a hardcore game and hardcore guild, but it would require a big time investment and great dedication from your part.

I hope you find your game and friends. Good luck.

Cant really see much strategy from the vid, just some minor FPS action.

Originally posted by Agricola1

"Agricola marrys the Olson twins in a spectacular S&M wedding"

"I prefered Vanguard Pre-NGE."

"Brad Mcquaid gives an interview on his latest project."

"Blizzard purchases Madagascar."

"CCP CEO Hilmar makes a plea bargin and squeals on his former employees."

"What about a Harry Potter MMO?"

"Which MMO should I play?"

"Is Guild Wars an MMO?"

"AoC has Boobies!"

"WAR doesn't have Boobies!"

"EA Release BF: 2242 MMO."

"BF: 2242 becomes an Olympic event."

 

ROFL.. Simply Brilliant!

I voted AOC(WAR would be second choice), but after a chain of fiaskos, disappointments and plain old scams, im not betting my money on anything. I'll have to wait and see.

...oh my, I better check my CC statements, Ive had some probs with SOE billing, its impossible to get a refund out of them other then calling your CC company and reversing those charges.

Originally posted by DruNk_DwArF2

Originally posted by Gameloading

Yeah, well forums like this also have ratings which ranks games like CoH and DaoC over WoW, even though their subscriber base is a fly compared to WoW, so that right there tells you not to take forums seriously when it comes to predicting a games popularity.

Well,just because something is rated higher then something else means it has to be more popular...Forums are a great way of getting predictions as many people express their opinions freely it's a great way to see what people currently think about the game,although it isn't all that reliable because a games success is usually based on how it launches.

Originally posted by Savvon

Speaking of failures,

AoC seems cool, but has RYL combat mechanics (twitch game mechanics) and you play solo for the first 20 levels. That’s cool for the first time around, but what happens to all the alt junkies out there? Might be beyond repetitive for them. Then again, this is all hearsay because many of AoC’s systems are still in development.

And WAR will be very short lived because WARHAMMER 40K (which many thought WAR was in the first place) will tower over WAR. Who wants an imitation when the real thing is around the corner?

Originally posted by amaya_chan
Hey guys, just looking for a bit more advice. After looking this up, I'm curious to know what you think.

I've seen many forums about 1 GB RAM vs 2. They were all so mixed up in opinion, I couldn't figure out a final answer towards my question. I suppose there really isn't one, but I'd appreciate a more clear idea.
I'm looking to invest in a new computer, since the one I have is a good 5-6 years old. It can't even run the free MMOs smothly. I get something ridiculous like 5-15FPS, if I'm lucky. (Based on Hero Online, it's pretty choppy gameplay)

My friend advised going with 2GB, but that does add up in cost, so I wondered how I would fair with 1GB? The minimum on some of these games says 512 to 2GB recommended. If you saw my first question, then you know already that I'm going for WoW or EQ2. It seems WoW uses a lot of RAM, but the issues for EQ2 are greater from what I have read. Some places I came across claimed that they had slow gameplay with 2 GBs, while other sites claim that 1GB and a good graphics card can run it well.

The specs I'm going for :

• – Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 641 w/ HT Technology, 3.2GHz

• – 1GB DDR2-667MHz SDRAM (2x512)

• – nVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB

• – 160GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive

So, I'd really love some opinions on this ^.^

GE is generally following Asian MMO model - little variety in terms of content , which means theres lots of grinding involved. Pretty graphics and great music adds some charm to it, but I doubt anyone is playing an MMO for the sake of graphics or music alone. Gameplay is very limited and linear. GE may be popular in the East (I dont have the numbers so I say may be) but I highly doubt it will break any record in NA. If anything, it will be a niche game with Vanguard population levels (10-20K pop max) after release pop spike.

Originally posted by Liliane

 

 

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Originally posted by jimmyman99

WoW seems like ultra intelligent game if compared to Granado Espada. I think 95% of development time went into developing graphics engine.

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I don't think that's fair. There is nice game in Granado Espada too, but maybe it's not that well design, but still pretty good try. They just need to change and fix a few small stuff and game could be great.

 

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WoW seems like ultra intelligent game if compared to Granado Espada. I think 95% of development time went into developing graphics engine.

Originally posted by Lazzaro

So 2007 is almost here. (Man time fly's) But anyways what do you think will be 1. Biggest Disappointment 2. Biggest Flop (could be the disappointment too) 3. Biggest Sleeper Hit. 4. Most anticipated. 5 Most sucsessful (besides Eve, WoW, and older MMO's, this is for the new ones) And any others you want to add.