This is a pretty good poll, my answer was ip-based which is far in the minority but the thing about it is with an established ip I would already be aware of how I feel about the world,lore,characters etc.. I have only had a few experiences with original lore but they have yet to wow me as in the case of city of heroes, yes I was glad to play an actual mmo based o superheroes but could have cared less about the lore same with guild wars which off hand is the other mmo I can remember playing with original ip. Wow though Blizzard did create it is questionable as to wether it is original lore or not simply because in my time there all people did was whine and moan about how Blizz was messing up the lore as it was established in the warcraft games before wow. In all I am much more interested in having encounters in places I've seen/read about in established worlds as opposed to taking a chance on an original ip that may wind up not interesting me in the least. Also someone down the way mentioned how people put out crappy games uaing established lore but I'd argue the same with games with original ip, right now mmo's are really in a sad state as people only have a tenious grasp on the technology they use to create games hence you have horrible games based off of original ip's like DnL.Autoassault and others that some will consider ok gamesothers won't such as Anarchy,Vanguard etc.
TY. I was always excited about a mmo based on an IP that I'm a fan of but over time, I found if I was a real fan, they couldn't satisfy me, if I wasn't a fan, then the lore felt too restrictive, mainly i admit in the atitudes of the hardcore fan players and my own pre-conceived notions. Again the poll wasn't which is better, just which you prefer. As I said, I think LoTRO is a much better game than WoW but for some reason it doesn't hold my attn.
Doesn't really depend on if it's original or not. If the developers make a good game, the lore has nothing to do with it. The arguement that SWG failed because of it's IP is a flat out lie. SWG failed because SOE is a failed company.
Not necessarily. Its true the IP itself didn't fail SWG, but I think by just having an IP SoE was forced to take actions it may not have taken. If the SWG game was based on original lore they may have been happy to leave it alone. Because SWG was burdened with an IP that was expected to do better, SoE took action to try to make the game live up to the expectations of those that held the license of the IP.
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Can care less on which, the only things I want are a rich and deep story, and a good frickin game.
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TY. I was always excited about a mmo based on an IP that I'm a fan of but over time, I found if I was a real fan, they couldn't satisfy me, if I wasn't a fan, then the lore felt too restrictive, mainly i admit in the atitudes of the hardcore fan players and my own pre-conceived notions. Again the poll wasn't which is better, just which you prefer. As I said, I think LoTRO is a much better game than WoW but for some reason it doesn't hold my attn.
Not necessarily. Its true the IP itself didn't fail SWG, but I think by just having an IP SoE was forced to take actions it may not have taken. If the SWG game was based on original lore they may have been happy to leave it alone. Because SWG was burdened with an IP that was expected to do better, SoE took action to try to make the game live up to the expectations of those that held the license of the IP.