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• • General: Live Gamer Update

  • Here is another player that will boycott any and all games using the Live Gamer garbage. I just pray that Funcom won't f*** up AoC with this...

  • Posted: 3/31/08 8:40 AM
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• • Jumpgate Evolution: A Look at the Evolution of Evolution

  • Scott Brown being in charge IS good news. Who is publishing the game? I'm assuming not NcSoft (thank heavens), and with any luck (for those that will play the game) the publisher will be......eh slightly more supportive than NcSoft was...

  • Posted: 3/18/08 10:52 AM
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• • Jumpgate Evolution: A Look at the Evolution of Evolution

  • Lego isn't the best example in the world. This once highly succesfull company is still recovering from being on the edge of bankruptcy recently. So it kinda makes sense that Lego and ND work together...

    And playing AA from preorder headstart untill the plug was told, it was quite obvious that ND as well gave up on the game, long before the plug was pulled. True, it might have been because NcSoft made things impossible, but then why are Lineage II, City of X and GuildWars going strong?

    So for those that are going to invest their time and money into this game, let's hope ND has learned from AA (and with Hermann in charge, I personally doubt it, I am however proven wrong more often than I am proven right)

    Myself, I continue to avoid both NcSoft and NetDevil games, but to each their own

    Can't name one developer you ask, but I can name one with two games and 0% succesrate...

  • Posted: 3/17/08 7:27 PM
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• • Jumpgate Evolution: A Look at the Evolution of Evolution

  • Originally posted by Goolz
    

    Why do I get the feeling this is just going to be exactly like Auto Assault but in space....

    
    Damn, you beat me to it...

    I have a very hard time believing anything NetDevil says (especially Herman) after playing Auto Assault untill they pulled the plug on the servers...

    Not being a game developer I can't say whether NcSoft or NetDevil deserves the blame for the AA disaster, so I play it safe and avoid games from both companies.

    Has worked out pretty well, saved me from wasting time and money on Tabula Rasa...

  • Posted: 3/17/08 10:13 AM
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• • The Chronicles of Spellborn: Spellborn GDC Demo

  • I wouldn't touch this game with a ten foot pole. Not saying it's bad, but several of the so called innovations would make this game a waste of time for me:

     

    Gear not affecting stats. Come on, somebody covered from head to toe in plate armour plays the same as somebody in a bikini. Suspension of disbelief instantly shattered for me

     

    Aiming. Haven't bothered playing games with aiming and dodging for 5-6 years. Not starting now

     

    Discrimantion of nonnative players. Either a game is released simultaneously all around the world, and gets equal support, or I don't play it. Wouldn't touch any of the korean imports even if I was paid for it, and even though living in Europe I'd be on the sweet side this time, I will never ever waste money or time on games or companies that do not realise that MMOs are global. Propably means I'll pass on WAR as well, don't know if AoC will discriminate this way

     

    So, propably a good game, hope it doesn't join AA, Earth and Beyond (soon Tabula Rasa as well) in the graveyard, but I ain't going to play it.

     

    Forgot to add: Excellent review loads and loads of usefull information that gave me the possibility to make up my mind whether this is a game for me or not :-)

  • Posted: 3/14/08 11:22 AM
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