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• • Biggest Disappointment - 2008

  • On a related note, I've never understood why a game's graphics can't degrade gracefully so as to still run on older hardware but can still take advantage of people who choose to go out and buy the latest and greatest graphics hardware.

    Out of the MMO's I've played EQ2 is the only one to really attempt this kind of future-proofing.  I think if they'd have automated the process instead of having a hugely complicated video settings dialog that takes 20 minutes to set up (maybe instead a simple Performance <-------> Quality slider that tries to keep things running at a consistent framerate (higher on performance, lower for quality)) that aspect of it would have gone over a lot better.

  • Posted: 5/11/08 6:29 PM
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• • Pc Gamer article: First 10 mins of WAR are Abysmal

  • I haven't read pro reviews for years and years - doubly so with game reviews simply because gaming magazines are notorious for giving the best reviews to the highest bidders.

    I read peer reviews - the pages and pages of comments at Gamespot or on Amazon.  I generally find them to be much more informative.

    Right now they tell me WAR is WoW 2.0 - looks like improved WoW, plays a lot like improved WoW, smells like improved WoW.  Given that they all said the same thing back in '04 about WoW being more like EQ2 than EQ2 was and the general grumbling unhappiness of WoW's current player base I take this to be a good thing for WAR.

  • Posted: 5/08/08 3:18 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • How is everyone waiting for War ?

  • I actually went back to WoW for a couple of months.

    The magic's really gone out of it though - add a tired formula to the fact that the devs are trying to be all things to all people and failing everyone, and I'm even more certain now that WoW is ripe for a mass exodus if a decent alternative ever manages to come out and not have a horrible launch or be released half-done.

    So right now I'm actually playing UT3.. shame nobody's made a UT2K4-style RPG invasion mod for it but I'm sure in time it will come :)

  • Posted: 5/03/08 12:13 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • So now that AoC is flopping...

  • Originally posted by CujoSWAoA
    

    Yeah, glad they're polishing up World of Warcraft 2.

    Given that vanilla WoW more like EQ2 than EQ2 was, this can only mean you think WAR will be a runaway success!

  • Posted: 5/03/08 12:10 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • console apologists

  • Originally posted by Munki
    

    Originally posted by Jimmy_Scythe
    

    BTW, just found some videos of people playing WoW with various controllers. I don't see how your ability to play this game would be affected at all by using a controller.

    Switchblade instructional video

    WoW with a Wiimote

    Not Quite sure what's going on in this one...

    Rogue with a controller

    And WoW on an iPhone

    Okay... So playing WoW on an iPhone looks like a total pain in the ass. But a gamepad doesn't seem to change the experience at all.

    I notice a lack of talking...
    As well as a huge amount of clumsy movement and skill use.
    Looks doable, but I cant see it being worth the effort.

    Making it possible means nothing if the control scheme is inferior (in the sense that someone with a mouse and keyboard can do more things faster), and these examples clearly are.

    If it feels, looks, or controls like a crappy port it won't sell well.  That's true for console to PC ports as well as PC to console ports.

    Like I said earlier, I know it's possible to make a good MMO with current console systems (well, maybe not the Wii, with its lack of rewritable local mass storage), but they have to be designed from the ground up to support being played with a controller and voice chat.

  • Posted: 3/29/08 7:35 PM
    General Discussion