I think MMORPG hit the nail on the head with this pick. EvE is that game that can every everything for everyone (unless you want Elves and Dwarves in your game). There is the more causal play in the high sec space. There is a bit of challenge that is still quite manageable in the low sec space. There there is the thrill of complete player vs. player of zero or null sec space.
There have been single people who've brought down entire corporations (EvE's term for guilds) while hundreds have tried and failed to do the same.
Players can craft and play the economic warfare on noobs or other players. There is no global chat channels or auction houses if you want something at a fair price you'll need to hunt a little and research it... or just pay the price your own sector of space.
I'm not surprised that EVE was picked. mmorpg.com has a good relationship with CCP. Back when the game of the year awards were still picked by the actual players, mmorpg.com would host the awards and CCP would ask all of its players to go to mmorpg.com to vote for EVE. Now that the awards are picked by the staff, it only makes sense they continue to pick EVE as game of the years to appeal to the EVE playerbase. Oh and Wooping, I know of another mmorpg that has a subscriber base that continues to grow and not drop. darn...what was it called again? help me out here...something about a world and war and crafting?
I think it was also growing a tiny bit faster than EVE.
Wow has lost total subscription numbers. At least when you look at the numbers worldwide.
The last official number I have found claim 11.5 million subscribers. The game has been growing in subscribers since its release up to that point. If WoW has lost total subscribtion numbers, it is because the game went offline for a long time in China.
The game just keeps gathering layer upon layer of detail and depth. Im on a hiatus of internet spaceships currently but I am sure in the future I will pick it back up sometime. Stuff like the record players online EVE and these awards really give me a sigh of relief. Maybe the market for decent MMO's isnt quite dead yet.
Originally posted by Woopin I think this is well deserved. Each patch brings people back or new people, EvE is one of very few MMO's that subs grow and grow over time. It the playerbase is growing all the time CCP are doing something right maybe other people in the MMO industry need to take a step back and see how CCP handles things. In fact I can only think of EvE for subs growing over time and not going down.
Well said and it's those reason I really believe we will see products like Darkfall & Fallen Earth climb to new heights over the next year. Huge gratz to CCP, you earned it.
I left COH over year ago, came to EVE and just couldn't imagine leaving.
The world would be a better place if more mmo/mmorpg's were as well designed, with a rich range of game-play and sandboxy tools for players to develop the content, as CCP has done with EvE.
MMORPG is single handedly destroying all credibility of this industry. "Quote: "Still, as we've said numerous times, subscriptions aren't everything" Sorry but PAID subscriptions of MILLIONS of players ARE the votes that pay the bills for this industry. Got that ? So you PISS on those players ... Nothing more nothing less.
Hmm, I think it's likely you took that out of context on purpose, but I'll humor you.
All that I meant there was that when choosing a game of the year, we weren't going strictly by subscriber numbers. It's that simple. Nothing more, nothing less.
To follow up on the steakhouse/zagat analogy:
Mc'D's sells the most burgers. They are not the best burgers.
MMORPG is single handedly destroying all credibility of this industry. "Quote: "Still, as we've said numerous times, subscriptions aren't everything" Sorry but PAID subscriptions of MILLIONS of players ARE the votes that pay the bills for this industry. Got that ? So you PISS on those players ... Nothing more nothing less.
Hmm, I think it's likely you took that out of context on purpose, but I'll humor you.
All that I meant there was that when choosing a game of the year, we weren't going strictly by subscriber numbers. It's that simple. Nothing more, nothing less.
To follow up on the steakhouse/zagat analogy:
Mc'D's sells the most burgers. They are not the best burgers.
Wait, how dare you piss on the millions of daily MC'D's customers? :P
The category isn't Most Popular Game of the Year, it's Game of the Year.
I, like others here, do not play Eve.. it's just not my cup-o-tea gamewise... I'm strictly a "landlubber" and can't get used to being a "ship" all the time. "Walking In Stations" might help that, though.
That said.. it's always a hoot to read threads for awards like these, and to see those who disagree with an award - for whatever reason, often because their favorite MMO didn't get it - get all bent out of shape and turned inside-out about it. Ever want to see a crowd of sore-losers get together and whine in protest all in one place, this is the place to find it.
What's especially fun is when they tell mmorpg.com staff how their awards should have been chosen. The award was for "Best Game", not "Most Popular Game"... It's really not difficult, at all, to discern the two; for me anyway. Yet, how many in this thread have already cited population numbers as a reason to denounce the award? Oh yes, and every winner is selected because they buy advertising space here. I wonder if that logic would work if the award was for "Worst MMO of the Year"? Think a game dev would "buy" that kind of award with ad space?
Anyway... Grats again CCP and very good choice, mmorpg.com.
"If you just step away for a sec you will clearly see all the pot holes in the road, and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
Great pick, I totally agree. EVE has so many things that make it a great MMO.
For those of you that are interested in playing, don't buy into the "i can't catch up to older players" critique. The way training is set up is in diminishing returns. Older players might have some skill trained to 5 and you to 4, but the difference is 5% most times. You take 2 days to train something, they take 2 months. The large majority of people I run into are only 2 years old tops.
Originally posted by Gameloading Oh and Wooping, I know of another mmorpg that has a subscriber base that continues to grow and not drop. darn...what was it called again? help me out here...something about a world and war and crafting?
I think it was also growing a tiny bit faster than EVE.
Depends how you look at it. But yeah it still is rare for a game to raise in subs over time.
Wish I could get into that game, it just felt really boring. I would actually watch tv while I played it as it takes 30 mins to 1 hour to fly sometimes.
Good choice! While i love EVE, i wish some other game, good game was launched this year, but nop, EVE it's still great, even with the fleet lag or some of blobs fest, but still it's a game that evolves, while others just are clones for a quick buck. See Aion this year or/and other failures.
I just hope that some other developers try something new and interesting, example Face of Mankind is not bad, Dawn of Discovery yeah it could be interesting and so on, where the devs try new things, not the same shitty formula. No brainwashing, dumbdown mainstream gameplay, for zombies with an IQ of 10 or maybe 50:)
I agree with the choice also, even tough i never "really" played the game past the 2 weeks trial. This only proves one thing, the MMO's industry right now is in a big sucking trend...... peoples are tired of the old warrior, mage, healer fantasy mmo's.
I disagreed with tentonhammer's community of the year award for EVE simply due to their explanation for why they awarded it but this game of the year award... Yes, this one fits due to the reasons this site gave.
Whereas many may not like the raw cruel aspects of this game, its continued growth shows that when a game company does take the time and invest the effort into working with the community that supports their game, it can and will thrive. 6 years later and it's still growing -- niche or not... CCP deserves high praise and recognition for the efforts they put forth to work with their community.
Perhaps other companies may look at this and decide it's not such a bad idea to work with their user base to provide enhanced content without all the squeezing for every penny they can get. Yes, this is a good choice and a good message to the MMO game makers on what CAN work.
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Congrats EvE, I may try you one day! Just dubious about the catch up grind. The majority of things I read are pretty positive.
I think MMORPG hit the nail on the head with this pick. EvE is that game that can every everything for everyone (unless you want Elves and Dwarves in your game). There is the more causal play in the high sec space. There is a bit of challenge that is still quite manageable in the low sec space. There there is the thrill of complete player vs. player of zero or null sec space.
There have been single people who've brought down entire corporations (EvE's term for guilds) while hundreds have tried and failed to do the same.
Players can craft and play the economic warfare on noobs or other players. There is no global chat channels or auction houses if you want something at a fair price you'll need to hunt a little and research it... or just pay the price your own sector of space.
One of those games I will always go back too.
Congratz to CCP and the EVE playerbase.
See you in the dream..
The Fires from heaven, now as cold as ice. A rapid ascension tolls a heavy price.
Gratz CCP!
Amazing universe and always improving. That's how you do it!
Wow has lost total subscription numbers. At least when you look at the numbers worldwide.
The last official number I have found claim 11.5 million subscribers. The game has been growing in subscribers since its release up to that point. If WoW has lost total subscribtion numbers, it is because the game went offline for a long time in China.
Good pick MMORPG
The game just keeps gathering layer upon layer of detail and depth. Im on a hiatus of internet spaceships currently but I am sure in the future I will pick it back up sometime. Stuff like the record players online EVE and these awards really give me a sigh of relief. Maybe the market for decent MMO's isnt quite dead yet.
Well said and it's those reason I really believe we will see products like Darkfall & Fallen Earth climb to new heights over the next year. Huge gratz to CCP, you earned it.
I left COH over year ago, came to EVE and just couldn't imagine leaving.
Yeah, Eve just keeps getting better and better and they are very careful to balance the game between the veterans and the newer players. Good choice.
The world would be a better place if more mmo/mmorpg's were as well designed, with a rich range of game-play and sandboxy tools for players to develop the content, as CCP has done with EvE.
Hmm, I think it's likely you took that out of context on purpose, but I'll humor you.
All that I meant there was that when choosing a game of the year, we weren't going strictly by subscriber numbers. It's that simple. Nothing more, nothing less.
To follow up on the steakhouse/zagat analogy:
Mc'D's sells the most burgers. They are not the best burgers.
The only logical choice.
Here's to another seven years as the best science-fiction simulation available.
Never played EVE but glad it won.
Hmm, I think it's likely you took that out of context on purpose, but I'll humor you.
All that I meant there was that when choosing a game of the year, we weren't going strictly by subscriber numbers. It's that simple. Nothing more, nothing less.
To follow up on the steakhouse/zagat analogy:
Mc'D's sells the most burgers. They are not the best burgers.
Wait, how dare you piss on the millions of daily MC'D's customers? :P
The category isn't Most Popular Game of the Year, it's Game of the Year.
Congratulations to CCP, the title is well deserved.
The game has totally changed after Dominion. For 0.0 it's a totally different game and that is why it was chosen.
First... Congrats to CCP on a well-earned win!
I, like others here, do not play Eve.. it's just not my cup-o-tea gamewise... I'm strictly a "landlubber" and can't get used to being a "ship" all the time. "Walking In Stations" might help that, though.
That said.. it's always a hoot to read threads for awards like these, and to see those who disagree with an award - for whatever reason, often because their favorite MMO didn't get it - get all bent out of shape and turned inside-out about it. Ever want to see a crowd of sore-losers get together and whine in protest all in one place, this is the place to find it.
What's especially fun is when they tell mmorpg.com staff how their awards should have been chosen. The award was for "Best Game", not "Most Popular Game"... It's really not difficult, at all, to discern the two; for me anyway. Yet, how many in this thread have already cited population numbers as a reason to denounce the award? Oh yes, and every winner is selected because they buy advertising space here. I wonder if that logic would work if the award was for "Worst MMO of the Year"? Think a game dev would "buy" that kind of award with ad space?
Anyway... Grats again CCP and very good choice, mmorpg.com.
and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
Great pick, I totally agree. EVE has so many things that make it a great MMO.
For those of you that are interested in playing, don't buy into the "i can't catch up to older players" critique. The way training is set up is in diminishing returns. Older players might have some skill trained to 5 and you to 4, but the difference is 5% most times. You take 2 days to train something, they take 2 months. The large majority of people I run into are only 2 years old tops.
Seriously, not an issue. Give it a try!
Well with the amount of failure MMOS out there I am not really surprise EVE won myself. Yet I still find EVE, boring, bland and overly hyped.
But congrats EVE you still beat out all the other 2009 boring bland MMOs xD
Depends how you look at it. But yeah it still is rare for a game to raise in subs over time.
Wish I could get into that game, it just felt really boring. I would actually watch tv while I played it as it takes 30 mins to 1 hour to fly sometimes.
Good choice! While i love EVE, i wish some other game, good game was launched this year, but nop, EVE it's still great, even with the fleet lag or some of blobs fest, but still it's a game that evolves, while others just are clones for a quick buck. See Aion this year or/and other failures.
I just hope that some other developers try something new and interesting, example Face of Mankind is not bad, Dawn of Discovery yeah it could be interesting and so on, where the devs try new things, not the same shitty formula. No brainwashing, dumbdown mainstream gameplay, for zombies with an IQ of 10 or maybe 50:)
Woot woot !! Go EVE go !!! Rock on !!
I vote for EVE as game of the decade ! After all how many times and how many awards has it received over the years on MMORPG.com ?!
Eve's an outstanding choice.
I agree with the choice also, even tough i never "really" played the game past the 2 weeks trial. This only proves one thing, the MMO's industry right now is in a big sucking trend...... peoples are tired of the old warrior, mage, healer fantasy mmo's.
I disagreed with tentonhammer's community of the year award for EVE simply due to their explanation for why they awarded it but this game of the year award... Yes, this one fits due to the reasons this site gave.
Whereas many may not like the raw cruel aspects of this game, its continued growth shows that when a game company does take the time and invest the effort into working with the community that supports their game, it can and will thrive. 6 years later and it's still growing -- niche or not... CCP deserves high praise and recognition for the efforts they put forth to work with their community.
Perhaps other companies may look at this and decide it's not such a bad idea to work with their user base to provide enhanced content without all the squeezing for every penny they can get. Yes, this is a good choice and a good message to the MMO game makers on what CAN work.