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• • AoC just proved one thing...

  • Originally posted by etomai
    

    [Lots of interesting and valid points, many of which I don't particularly disagree with and others which will only be resolved by time.]

     

    
    

    Y'know, the more I think about it the more I suspect that the real success of Conan will be on the XBox, and that the PC release could almost be considered (by the very cynical) as a kind of extended Open Beta. After all, as you so rightly said AoC is more or less fairly similar to many MMOs that already exist, albeit with a lot more pace under the hood and a beautiful shiny new lick o' paint.

    For those of us who've played more than their fair share of the genre already, it is a step along the road (in my opinion an important one, and one I'll thoroughly enjoy). For most console gamers though, who've never been tempted into RPG territory because of the slow gameplay, lack of action and competition and comparatively subpar graphics, Conan will quite possibly stand out as an attractive prospect. Assuming the engine runs smoothly on that platform, it will most certainly stand up against other console titles sporting stunning visuals and action-based gameplay as it does. Think this is where Funcom really will be taking it to the bank.

    And who knows, Microsoft might be hoping that it'll help boost sales of their console from would-be PC players thwarted by the high tech requirements. Surely even working dads like you can afford to spring for an XBox now and again...?

  • Posted: 5/09/08 11:39 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • AoC just proved one thing...

  • Originally posted by Vortigon
    

    Originally posted by Boneserino

    Use your imagination a little bit and just enjoy the game.   After the first initial oohs and aahs of playing a new game with nice graphics you quickly forget about them and concentrate on the game itself.

    Its the game I want to play not the graphics!  Without the game graphics are just pretty pictures.

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    So true, especially about the graphics and the gimmicky combat.   Once you have played the game for a few days you ignore the graphics, their essentially irrelavent.  The gameplay and immersion is what really matters, and in those areas AoC is some of the worst I have seen in a long time.

    
    

    Sure, let's take out the graphics and the gimmicky combat. Then we're left with a bunch of players, a bunch of monsters, a bunch of quests and a dice-roller. As luck would have it, your perfect game ALREADY EXISTS! It's called Tabletop Role-Playing... go enjoy it, and leave the computer gaming to those of us who sometimes prefer more visual and visceral forms of entertainment.

    It's people like you who were decrying the film industry fifty years ago, complaining that making movies was a waste of time and talent diverting peoples' creative attentions away from an infinitely superior form of entertainment (where you really had to use your imagination) - books. Yet now, miraculously, the two coexist in harmony and people are free to choose whichever they prefer (or both, or neither).

  • Posted: 5/09/08 7:40 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • AoC just proved one thing...

  • Originally posted by Kyleran
    

    Originally posted by Greek_Matt
    

    Originally posted by kujii
    

    If you recall when Warcraft came out, it was pretty much impossible to move in the major cities because of the graphics issues.   Also, Wow had a patch at least every week for months/years. 

    
    Heh, been so long I'd almost forgotten the painful lagfest that was Ironforge c.2006.

    No, people with very weak computers had severe lag issues in Ironforge.  Mine was in the higher end back in the day and I rarely had problems.  Sure, it lagged a bit...but nothing that ever effected gameplay, or kept me from going there. (unlike the Jita system in EVE)

    But yes, they did issue a patch a week, and there were many issues during those first 6 months...which has been true of any game I've played.... so no big deal.  AOC will probably be no different.

     

    
    Older, more low-end systems struggling? Loads of pre- and post-release patching? Sound familiar? And yet now it's put on a pedestal as the very model of MMO gaming performance, the benchmark other MMOs should strive for at the expense of attempts at innovation. Perhaps in three years it'll be Conan setting the standard for low-end system performance compatibility...
  • Posted: 5/09/08 7:17 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • AoC just proved one thing...

  • Originally posted by kujii
    

    If you recall when Warcraft came out, it was pretty much impossible to move in the major cities because of the graphics issues.   Also, Wow had a patch at least every week for months/years. 

    
    Heh, been so long I'd almost forgotten the painful lagfest that was Ironforge c.2006.
  • Posted: 5/09/08 6:58 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • funcom just redeemed themseves.

  • Originally posted by DeadDingo
    

    Originally posted by Greek_Matt
    

    Originally posted by grizzletooth
    

    If I understand correctly crafting is in the game but can't craft till after level 20 and you can't get past 13 in ob so there you have it its stupid.

    
    

    'cept that from May 10th they're opening up the full game in the open Beta, not just Tortage (and with no more level cap). So those with the inclination can find out for themselves.

    yes, they can find out IN A PVP GANKFEST.

    Who do you think will actually survive long enough to make it to higher levels and truly being to explore and craft?

    Um.... nobody?!?

    'nuff said.

    
    Man, Funcom really can't win can they? Got you carebears on the one side decrying the game as a "PvP Gankfest", got the so-called 'hardcore' PVPers on the other side saying it's too limited and restricted. It's a wonder anyone bothers to develop any games at all these days in the face of all this bitter resentment.
  • Posted: 5/09/08 6:53 AM
    Age of Conan