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• • David Allens new MMO looks like a bad WoW rip off

  • Originally posted by Azure77
    

       Alganon , DA mmorpg is one I m watching. The graphics released , names and such are place holders. This creep who posted this failed to say that Alganon is offering key features like study(ing) skills off line , skill+level system , family system , libary system (which has to do  game  knowledge  unlocked in game and among other things.)

       You can hit their site , Alganon.com to learn more than straight up basing it . WoW biggest thing now its the more than 80% chinese gamers , which they report directly to Chinese government and bow down to the Red Army for numbers.

     

         Alot of games are worth watching which arent on the radar , among is Kaos War and Alganon.

     

    I agree some of the Unknown game on the market are actually some of the best i have played :) good to see Kaos War has a tech video now i remember when the only thing on the site was some screen shots.

  • Posted: 5/14/08 9:05 PM
    General Discussion
• • David Allens new MMO looks like a bad WoW rip off

  • I dont know i might check it out what have we got to lose?even if it is a WoW clone if that game is so good how bad can this 1 be.

  • Posted: 5/14/08 8:01 PM
    General Discussion
• • Would you tweak or overclock my system for AOC?

  • I had much better performance With XP then i did with Vista and to be hones i dont think the extra Lighting visuals and what ever else DX10 brings is worth the expense of losing Framerates what you need to ask is do you really need the extra little bit of fluff DX10 Brings?the game looks amazing without it.

  • Posted: 5/14/08 7:51 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Downloading Trial...some questions

  • Originally posted by Johnhost
    

    Ok so I played it, played through Archet (whatever it's called) town starter quests.  Here are my thoughts.

     

    • Graphics - The outdoor environments are very well done.  The world is very nice, the place looks geographically real and has so many touches to make it seem real.  Indoors and in towns the blocky graphics of the buildings are not so nice.
      • Character graphics are really poor.  The faces look painted on, the outfits look so also.  It's very low poly.
      • The UI feels like a EA hack 'n slash Lord of the Rings game mixed with a WoW interface.  It didn't impress.
      • Keyboard movement is frustrating with the little bounce they put in when you turn.  Again it feels like a mouse only driven hack 'n slash controls, not really smooth.
      • The spell/action icons are poorly done
      • The animations seem almost non-existent. What animation there was is not that good.
    • Combat - Not much to say, I only got a small taste, but it seems like your basic button mash.  I didn't find any strategy by level 6 to mash in any order...just hit buttons until everything dies.  The large auto-attack button again makes me feel like it's mouse driven hack 'n slash.
    • Quests - I guess EQ2 spoiled me too much.  I was used to full blown voiced quests, this was a quick hail and a wall of text.  The world felt very wooden, like if the graphics weren't immersion breaking enough the lack of voices (especially in a tutorial/Newbie zone) was too much.
    • Story - Obliviously they try and bring you into the story, but like watching a clip of a film for 2 minutes, you don't really get into the story.  Again everything felt staged and boring.  (don't know about later on in the game)
    • Help - I hit the help button once and it took me the LOTRO website, not to the help section, just the main page...it wasn't helpful.
    • ETC - Only horses for mounts?  Boring.  Fishing sounds nice, but who doesn't have it?  No swimming underwater, no underwater zones?  Boring. 

    My conclusion then is this.  This game is PERFECT for someone (any age really) who loves the LOTR video games released so far.  Moving from the EA hack 'n slash games into this game will be a natural transition (once they get used to the MMO controls).  The game has a fairly linear path to take, the graphics are about the same as other LOTR games and the UI is similar as well.

    For someone coming from Everquest 2 or games like Oblivion this is going to be a let down.  The freedom of Norrath and Cyrodiil are lost with Middle Earth.  Not only can you not be evil, but lack of choice abounds. 

    I think if your new to MMO's or a huge fan of the LOTR lore, you will enjoy this game for awhile.  If you don't mind older blocky graphics, you will like the basic gameplay.  There is nothing new, just third hand-me-downs mechanics from EQ1 which released in 1999, and their character graphics are about the same  (actually I think EQ1 characters are better looking).

    If you don't care much for LOTR lore but don't mind low poly graphics, go with WoW.

    Well you know what i was gonna say you give some good points but guess what sorry the only good POINT i seen you make was that the World was very well done, i guess every has there own opinon but some of the things you said here are just plain Wrong the only 1 i will point out on is the Oblivion Remark seriously dude how on earth can you use that game as a comparison? 1 it is not an MMO and 2 it total different class of Medieval Fantasy the others i wont bother with because obviously you dont know enough of the Lore to know why some things are not there, oh and you played through archet? i like people who can make a review on the overall game by playing through the Tutorial heh.

  • Posted: 5/14/08 7:24 PM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • Requim: Bloodymare goes open beta May 15th

  • The only thing i dont like about this game is the size of the client,everything else is cool.

  • Posted: 5/13/08 10:11 PM
    Requiem: Bloodymare