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• • Why the WoW insult?

  • I agree.  I think it's just because it's number one.

  • Posted: 6/03/08 12:00 AM
    General Discussion
• • Why I hate second life

  • Originally posted by tillamook
    

    I don't think it's a game, I think it's more of a platform, for social and development. In alot of ways it has pretty powerful development tools, though I think there is plenty of flaws.

    Couldn't agree more.  They're making a platform for users to create.  You make and experience what you want.  That's the draw.

  • Posted: 6/02/08 11:53 PM
    Second Life
• • Whats everyone opinion on why this game isnt super big?

  • Smaller development budget
    Although the team has gone up and down in size, they've never had the money and manpower of a WoW. In fact, as has been discussed recently for most of 2007 they were operating with only 15 people. It's very difficult to compete against studios of 100s with those numbers.

    Smaller advertising budget
    Of course word of mouth also helps, so the big get bigger. (My sister has never played a computer game in her life, but she knows WoW because, in her words "I lived on a college dorm - it's impossible to not know.") Yet there's something to be said for traditional advertising. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would like this - many of whom may never have played an MMO before - who don't even know about it.

    
    True.  It has been a success, that's for sure, considering its market and its investment.  It's just a smaller scale game and smaller scale goal.  I can assure you that Blizzard intended on making WoW as successful as it is because it's proportional to how much money they put into it.  But there's nothing wrong with making a profitable game in a niche market.

  • Posted: 6/02/08 11:51 PM
    City of Heroes
• • Missing the Point

  • Yes.  Take time to enjoy the slime and weak wildebeast...

  • Posted: 6/02/08 12:49 AM
    General Discussion
• • omg its an asian grinder

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    Originally posted by Majinash
    

    The diffrence isn't so much in how you grind, its how much you grind. 

    Very true.  I did a study abroad in Japan, and even back in SNES days they have these crazy games that are ALL ABOUT LEVELING UP.  There's no plot/characters, it's all killing monsters.  As streamlined as possible.

     

    But hey, perhaps it's a form of meditation?

  • Posted: 6/02/08 12:46 AM
    General Discussion