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• • Mabinogi: Commercial Launch Announced

  • Originally posted by veterino
    

    If you are looking for something fresh, try the Mabinogi. Its battle system is really cool.

    Pftt...I'm not mad at the battle system..the whole game sucks.

  • Posted: 3/25/08 11:06 AM
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• • Mabinogi: Commercial Launch Announced

  • Run and run hard, this game is a grind-fest cash-shop required game that tries to push itself as neither. The game is too realistic in some respects and comes off more like a Virtual Poverty Simulator more than an actual game. The severs are also loaded with Pedo's and jerks who wanna watch 10-year old avatars run around in their undies.

     

    Nicely put the game stinks..don't even bother.

  • Posted: 3/24/08 10:33 PM
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• • No Sieges = another delay?

  • In all the commenting about not caring about delays due to lacking PvP functions..your forgetting one key thing: for PvPers, the PvP functions are the only things that matter on release because that's all they're paying for. While PvE players may dabble in PvP and therefore not care if it's a little lacking at first, the PvP hardcore feel that it's a slap in the face not to have it all NOW...in fact they mostly feel slightled that they even have to go through the PvE storyline to even keep up with the items and such so they can PvP.

     

    Personally, I say tough s*(@ to them because I'm a PvE player/dungeon crawler, but I can see why they would claim failure if what they want isn't in.

  • Posted: 3/23/08 5:08 PM
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• • Will there ever be another "SANDBOX" type game again?

  • Originally posted by downtoearth
    

    Originally posted by vajuras
    

    It's not a good idea to cutdown EVE Online because CCP/White Wolf owns a lot of great unique IP like World of Darkness, Scion, etc. CCP is currently working on World of Darkness MMO which will surely be sandboxy.

    
    The List:

    Champions Online (Cryptic studios makers of City of Heroes) -->

    Will be a hybrid (sandbox/linear). Be any hero you can imagine. I dont know how you've not heard of this

    All Points Bullentin --->

    From the mind behind GTA and Crackdown xbox360. What? you never played Crackdown? Well it was a fun little sandbox coop RPG check it out. APB will be good I think

    Fallen Earth---> Scifi MMO

    WELL Online --> Scifi MMO. Promises fast ramp up.

    LinkRealms --> medival sandbox MMO. Be anything you want. Make your own house/realm and populate it.

    Earthrise --> Scifi MMO. Looks great should be good.

    
    There's really a long list. I am probably missing a few that we dont know much about like Blackstar and others.

    dont forget darkfall

    DarkFall get's no listing till it's proven it exists as something other than a nice website and some modeled screenshots

  • Posted: 3/19/08 3:49 PM
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• • Will there ever be another "SANDBOX" type game again?

  • The problem with sandbox games is they don't really attract a "mainstream" audience anymore.  The rewards require much more "work" than should be needed in a game, and most people already have a real-life job to cover that aspect of their lives.

     

    Take the open-beta of a game called Mabinogi...the game is very sandbox with the quests being just  a means to gain skills and small amounts of money. I thought it might be interesting since I've not seen a sandbox game in quite awhile, but good Lord it feels like I'm playing a Virtual Poverty Simulator rather than a game. Go chop wood before you can build a campfire that will allow you to heal yourself, get berries before you starve and your stamina is cut down to nothing, and if you want that neat sword at the blacksmiths (as opposed to hoping someone has made it far enough to actually make one and NOT rape you on the cost) you better have over 180k gold handy because he's a greedy little snot.

     

    Most people don't play games to go through that, ergo most people will be turned off by sandbox games...and since games are there to make $$ (sorry to break that to you) most games will not go that route.

     

     

  • Posted: 3/16/08 7:48 AM
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