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Massively.com wants to know what you think is the best MMO of the year
For all those who think DF is the best game of the year (and those who don't) Massively.com is holding their annual best game of the year vote.
There are a lot of categories and DF is in all of them.
The question is, Can it win any of them?
www.massively.com/2009/12/03/massivelys-end-of-the-year-readers-choice-awards/
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It will win some but I don't belive MMO of the year, and I'm not a hater. The problem is how do you accurately rate an MMO? There are so many different ones with different play mechanics. It is all subjective. Awards don't matter much for a game. The longevity of a game matter more, in my opinion.
The polls are already corrupt. Someone already linked this in the official Aion forums.
Look at every poll and Aion is winning by atleast 10%
It's even voted number one over Fallen earth in crafting LOL!!!!!!!!!
PLaying: EvE, Ryzom
Waiting For: Earthrise, Perpetuum
Best launch of the year
people actually voted for darkfall
thinks back 10 months when darkfall launched and they completely closed up shop not even allowing you to buy a new game
giggles
I agree with you 100%, however for a small company like AV winning something, anything is important. DF has had a very limited number of reviews by the mainstream gaming press. Some of the ones it has has have been done by reviewers who are self confessed massive WoW fanboys. A WoW fanboy is never going to like a game like DF. Its like asking a 12 year old female Brittney Spears fan to review a Thrash Metal album. It doesn't matter how good the album is they will hate it.
If DF can get some attention through things like this then maybe some of the press will take a look at it with an open mind.
. Its like asking a 12 year old female Brittney Spears fan to review a Thrash Metal album.
This is why no one likes DFO. It's the xboxlive of MMORPGs, it's full of 13 year old ethugs that no one else likes, so they made their own community to trashtalk each other in.
Better to refuse to take peoples money to try and keep current players happy than to sell way more copies than your servers can hold and end up with 10 hour queues like Aion did.
Better to refuse to take peoples money to try and keep current players happy than to sell way more copies than your servers can hold and end up with 10 hour queues like Aion did.
Aion only had queues on the highest pop servers and people were too stubborn to go to the lower pop servers. Mine never had a single queuetime
Aion is going to take most of the categories just off the sheer number of people playing it as opposed to the other games on the list.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
Benjamin Franklin
which in a different version is exactly what MO did.
Nevermind the fact of WHY they didnt let more people buy the game becuase the server was getting over populated due to ....demand
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
Please do not respond to me
This is one of the sad things about forumfall. People assume that the players are the same trash talking trolls as the forums. You would be amazed at how helpful players are in DF.
Yes if they see you out in the wild they will slaughter you and loot your sword from your cold dead hands. If you ask in race alliance chat about how to do something you will always get help (at least in EU Human, Dwarf, Elf chat) Not only will people help with your problem but others will join in offering more advice.
The one thing you must NEVER do is moan in any chat about being killed and looted. If you do that you will get abuse. Fell free to ask anything else you want though and people will help. its actually one of the better MMO communities I have been involved in.
I think the face your only allowed one one char helps. Most people don't have a second account and so your character builds a reputation. if your a jerk I can guarantee you will be hunted and slaughtered everytime you leave your city.
The Aion fanboys must have just blindly clicked Aion in every category, since it's winning Biggest Disappointment of 2009 by a landslide. It must take a truly great game to be both the best and most disappointing at the same time.
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The Aion fanboys must have just blindly clicked Aion in every category, since it's winning Biggest Disappointment of 2009 by a landslide. It must take a truly great game to be both the best and most disappointing at the same time.
I know I voted for Aion for most of the choices(I've watched Aion for a while and only played for the first month) and picked it as best game of the year and biggest disappointment just because the year has been so stale it's the only game worth mentioning(for me).
The Aion fanboys must have just blindly clicked Aion in every category, since it's winning Biggest Disappointment of 2009 by a landslide. It must take a truly great game to be both the best and most disappointing at the same time.
LOL! I just noticed that. thats epic
PLaying: EvE, Ryzom
Waiting For: Earthrise, Perpetuum
Well from the list of options it's obvious that aion can shine more then others there's also f2p games in the list lol.
And what's wrong with fallen earth given the most rating for crafting? that game is all about crafting.
Fallen Earth is one of the best crafting games to release in a long time but on that poll it's losing to Aion
PLaying: EvE, Ryzom
Waiting For: Earthrise, Perpetuum
Fallen Earth is one of the best crafting games to release in a long time but on that poll it's losing to Aion
Oh yeah now I noticed it lol fallen earth should deserve 1st for crafting.
Fallen Earth is one of the best crafting games to release in a long time but on that poll it's losing to Aion
Because most people don't even know what "Fallen Earth" is. They did almost zero advertising.
Perfect characterization of some "professional" Darkfall reviewers in these year.
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My vote would be none, IMO nothing that has come out this year deserves that title at all.
No, it is because people are purposefully stacking the polls in favor of there game of choice.
Icarus had TONS of advertising for FE prior to launch, and they have ramped up the advertising campaign even more following release. Please don't spread disinformation.
No, it is because people are purposefully stacking the polls in favor of there game of choice.
Icarus had TONS of advertising for FE prior to launch, and they have ramped up the advertising campaign even more following release. Please don't spread disinformation.
I didn't see a single fallen earth advertisement until mid-November. There's a good reason they probably have around 5k subs.
I would suspect that there is a link to the voting on every MMO's official forums (that are in the running) by now.
Here is the link to a similar thread from DarkFall's official forums:
forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php
You can't really disparage Aion fans for doing something that every other MMO (including DarkFall) is doing as well.
Any of these type of "fan awards" are popularity contests. It's always been that way... probably always will be.
No, it is because people are purposefully stacking the polls in favor of there game of choice.
Icarus had TONS of advertising for FE prior to launch, and they have ramped up the advertising campaign even more following release. Please don't spread disinformation.
Not only that, not everyone likes sandboxes specially post apocalypse/sci-fi many prefer fantasy style games.
Regardless of what game you like or dislike, these polls aren't really about the "Best of". They are about the "Most popular of". I say this because, in my opinion, it is unlikely that the average voter has actually tried the crafting (as an example) in all the MMOs listed. So, they are just going to click on the game they like (presumably the one they are playing). With that in mind, a game like Aion would already have a significant advantage over others since it has a larger player base then something like DF or Fallen Earth. Even if a higher percentage of DF/Fallen Earth/etc players voted in the polls, they could still be overwhelmed by the lower percentage of Aion players.
But, perhaps there is some truth in the idea that a game that sells more copies, and holds more subs, on some level, is a "better" game. Certainly, to the accounts, that would be the case. That said, I would say a number of games on the list have been a bit light on the marketing which could skew results. Additionally, many games have a limited audience that they are trying to cater to. Therefore, they may very well be successful within the market they are trying to work in, but not so much in "mainstream" appeal.
-mklinic
"Do something right, no one remembers.
Do something wrong, no one forgets"
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I guess in a three years when Aion will have 200k subscibers and DF 300k, that poll will look very fun...