People who say that do so because they're projecting their own desires upon the development of the genre; you can clearly see it in all of those who say that WoW's to blame for the current stagnation. Their eagerness for WoW's ultimate demise is justified, though, and is a part of a utopian thought process that determines that with the fall of the king, a new and better system will surge from the ashes. You know, fight the power and all that. So just let people say that and both enjoy and constructively criticize their views, because when the king DOES fall, it'll be them who back up the re-configuration of the genre, while the rest mourn and wail in nostalgia of "better times" (I mean, just look at what happened to SWG, man) until they realize they have to move on.
Azeroth04 - what MMOs that have come out since WoW took off in popularity that have been a direct emulation of WoW? If this is happening so much that it is actually holding back the entire genre then this should be a simple matter.
Guild Wars? Matrix Online? D&D Online? Auto Assault? Dark and Light? Vanguard? Well, maybe GW but what do you expect from former members of Blizzard.
What MMOs have been changed because of WoWs success?
I can only think of EQ2 and SWG. EQ2 changed for the better and SWG changed for the worse.
So, GW is made to emulate WoW(maybe) and SWG was changed to be like WoW and failed and the entire genre is being held back?
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i dont bash it..i had some fun 5 months..last month it was boring
i didnt even bought bc
Azeroth04 - what MMOs that have come out since WoW took off in popularity that have been a direct emulation of WoW? If this is happening so much that it is actually holding back the entire genre then this should be a simple matter.
Guild Wars? Matrix Online? D&D Online? Auto Assault? Dark and Light? Vanguard? Well, maybe GW but what do you expect from former members of Blizzard.
What MMOs have been changed because of WoWs success?
I can only think of EQ2 and SWG. EQ2 changed for the better and SWG changed for the worse.
So, GW is made to emulate WoW(maybe) and SWG was changed to be like WoW and failed and the entire genre is being held back?