1. Guild Wars 2: huge respect for ArenaNet, loved how they went their own way with Guild Wars, and love the stylish GW2 trailers and what I hear of the GW2 features. Character models need to be pimped though, they look too much like GW, it's not 2005 anymore.
2. The Secret World: great horror/mystery theme, great game director Tornquist (Dreamfall, Longest Journey)
3. Star Wars ToR: made by Bioware, one of the better game companies around. Love what I've heard up till now from the game and their approach to MMO gameplay.
4. World of Darkness: being developed by CCP, 'nuff said. Plus I loved the clothing and char animation video that showed off the engine CCP will be using for EVE Incarna and WoD.
5. Final Fantasy XIV: got my attention because it scored so well here on mmorpg.com, plus read many positive things about it. Square Enix is also a company that put great love and heart into their game, which is often noticeable in the little details.
6. TERA: videos looked great, sounds interesting as a little side MMO to play.
7. Blizzard's secret MMO: Blizzard had a smash entrance into the world of MMO's, conquering the field as a modern-day Alexander. They have a big surplus of cash now to make the games as they want them to be. Their new MMO will prove (to me) whether they can do more these days than just milking the IP's they've got and if they haven't lost their creative touch.
The ease with which predictions are made on these forums: Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
Curious how Tera is making people's list. Its the latest flashy MMO to reveal but not the only one. Blade&Soul also looks good but both are too far out to make the list I think.
1) APB i don't give a shit about the urban crime genre (in fact i hate the glorifying of gangsters and criminals), but this is about the only one i have any REAL hope for. cuz of the GAMEPLAY (funny how most MMO'ers place much more importance on the setting than the actual game mechanics). and cuz of the extreme customization/personalization of characters, musical themes, cars, clothes. these are actual REAL ways of expressing yourself and standing apart from the crowd. not the stupid limited class/skills choices of typical MMOs, that MANY other players also chose the same way you did. the item acquisition COULD be a grind in this game, depending what the range of power is of the lowest to highest grade armour and weapons, and how long it takes to get them. believe it or not (i know its a pretty alien concept to most of the types that hang out here), i don't like having the best gear and going up against noobs that gearwise (and statwise if they have stats, i sure HOPE they don't!) have no chance against me. i like a challenge, and feeling that my real life skills are what won battles. pretty crazy, i know.
2) DCUO i don't give a shit about superheroes but this looks like a an actual real GAME with no dice rolling
to a lesser degree cuz they sound like they COULD be grindy:
3) The Agency i don't give a shit about the spy setting, altho its cool that its a first for MMOs
4) The Secret World i DO give a small to medium shit about this setting, altho it wouldn't mean a damn thing if the GAMEPLAY was gonna be the same ole stand still and trade blows bullshit.
everything else that comes to mind (i'm sure i missed one or two) seems like the same old garbage gameplay with a few new concepts tacked on (that will amount to nothing REAL in the gameplay department). so sick of all the concepts being bandied about that don't change a damn thing about the real gameplay. grind grind grind....
I'm confused. Lineage 2 was created by NCSoft's in-house development team.
Tera is being developed by Bluehole Studios which has nothing to do with NCSoft. So where's the connection?
Bluehole Studios was created by NCsoft programmers and Designers who got sick of dealing with NCsofts bull**** and ran off using some of the L3 code to make TERA. Though now Bluehole and En-Masse(the US company for bluehole) is made up of old NCsoft people, Blizzard people and new people. So while they maybe using NCsoft code, they are a new and different company so you cannot really judge them on the same basis as NCsoft.
Well its obvious what majority of mmorpg.com members want for mmo after this topic seeing all these replys.
Themepark ala WoWlike
So in near future mmo scene will be prolly dominated by WoW/SWtor/GW2/FFXIV/TERA
Games played:AC1-Darktide'99-2000-AC2-Darktide/dawnsong2003-2005,Lineage2-2005-2006 and now Darkfall-2009..... In between WoW few months AoC few months and some f2p also all very short few weeks.
1) APB i don't give a shit about the urban crime genre (in fact i hate the glorifying of gangsters and criminals), but this is about the only one i have any REAL hope for. cuz of the GAMEPLAY (funny how most MMO'ers place much more importance on the setting than the actual game mechanics). and cuz of the extreme customization/personalization of characters, musical themes, cars, clothes. these are actual REAL ways of expressing yourself and standing apart from the crowd. not the stupid limited class/skills choices of typical MMOs, that MANY other players also chose the same way you did. the item acquisition COULD be a grind in this game, depending what the range of power is of the lowest to highest grade armour and weapons, and how long it takes to get them. believe it or not (i know its a pretty alien concept to most of the types that hang out here), i don't like having the best gear and going up against noobs that gearwise (and statwise if they have stats, i sure HOPE they don't!) have no chance against me. i like a challenge, and feeling that my real life skills are what won battles. pretty crazy, i know.
Think about what the community for that game will be like. I shudder.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
With MMOs taking off and becoming mainstream, MMO fans are starting to get a plethora of choices we didn't have before. Here is a list of upcoming games that I'm personally looking forward to and why I'm keeping a close eye on them.
8: Xyson : "The Apocalypse is at hand." Post apocalyptic games are nothing new, though we haven't seen many in the MMO genre. Xyson first intrigued me by its simple teraforming videos that showed players doing simple things such as cutting down trees or creating a road on a plot of land. It expands on these sandbox features with skill based gameplay, a player run economy, an "evolution" system, and even going as far to say they will have a form of Permadeath. There have been a fair amount of games with tremendous feature lists, but this one is more than just a little appealing. What I feel holds this back from being in the top 5 is simply that the development team is somewhat unknown and they may be overambitious with their project, and this could turn away a strong sandbox player base that may not be willing to support a company through a Pay to Play Beta. Xyson is Scheduled to release May of 2010.
7: TERA: Highly graphical and stylized characters, "direct" player impact on the game world, fast paced non auto-attack combat, and -- oh yes, controller support on launch. TERA has 6 different races to choose from and 8 different classes and the models look absolutely gorgeous. As you can tell the art is Anime in style, so you'll see swords the size of people . One issue with TERA is that the developers had taken code from another upcoming game -- Lineage 3 -- and used it for TERA, resulting in a lawsuit by NCSOFT and which resulted in a loss for BlueHole Studios. What effects that will have on the game are unknown at this point, but it still remains a game to keep your eye on in the future.
6: The Agency : One thing that caught my eye about the agency is that its kind of like the spy-thriller in the MMO genre. We really haven't seen a game like this, in the sense that the games premise is that you work for competing agencies that allow you to become a trained operative in their employ. Not much has been revealed about The Agency but what we do know is that it will be slated to release on the PS3 and that you will be able to create your own agency as well. One could expect the gameplay to be very action oriented as it will be releasing with controller support, so gone will be the 10 skill bars full of skills.
5: DCUO: With my own recent disappointments in the Super Hero MMO genre I can't help but take notice at what SOEs focus with DCUO is. Taking it the route Cryptic wanted to go, but just couldn't, they plan to release this game utilizing the widely known and highly popular DC Universe, and simultaneously release this game on consoles as well. In a stark move seemingly in complete contrast to Cryptic, Sony will not be requiring a monthly fee to play this game, and will only charge the Box sale price and perhaps Downloadable content or microtransational items (which have yet to be confirmed as to what extent this might, if at all, be expected). What we do know is that they are touting a wide range of character customization options akin to other super hero games, two opposing factions and purportedly a class system based around cherry picking your powers.
4: Earthrise: In the same vein as Xyson, yet set in a much more futuristic setting Earthrise is directed at the Sci-Fi lover in all of us. No Class restrictions, a futuristic post-apocalyptic setting, character progression when you're both online and offline, and FPS style targeting are just some eye catchers that make me really take notice of this game. If you haven't taken the time to look up on some of the character and terrain models, you should. From what I can see this game is shaping up to not only have a strong feature list, but the game looks great graphically as well. Heres a good in game video courtesy of MMORPG.com. This would be my second most anticipated game if it weren't for the stagnant nature on the information released about it. Though beta is supposedly under way there has been little on the hype level for the development team which makes me wonder how long the development cycle will last.
3: Final Fantasy XIV: I hate chocobos, and the sequel to Final Fantasy XI isn't something I originally thought would be on my personal list of games I'm looking forward to as XI didn't really keep my interest past the first month. What does interest me in this game is that for one, Square Enix is a fantastic developer, two, the game will be releasing both on the PS3 and the PC, and three the armoury system. The Armoury system isn't really new in theory, you switch a weapon and suddenly you have a different play style, but being able to work on whatever class you feel like at any instance is a big plus for me. The classing system in FFXI was something I did enjoy tremendously, eventhough the flow of the game was too slow to peak prolonged interest, the idea of being able to work on any various class via the Armoury system does excite me more than a little. I also have a high quality MMO to look forward to in FFXIV as SE's production values are always high.
2: The Secret World: Funcom is a little hush hush on this project... or so they'd like you to believe. Dark Days are Coming, they say, but I beg to differ, I feel that good days may finally come to Funcom if they can pull TSW off correctly. Fighting your way in a twitch based, zombie killing, real world combat zone just sounds fun... but adding three different "secret" factions in an MMO setting and removing the need for classes and leveling really makes me want to believe in Funcom this time. They know how to make games, and though plenty of people feel they've been burned by them before, TSW offers something the genre hasn't seen before, and thats the game setting. The game revolves around urban legends in the very real world urban settings which could turn out to be one of the first, if not the first, real horror MMORPGs if they choose to take it in that direction.
1: Star Wars The Old Republic: You may ask why this is number one, or some of you may already know, but there are many reasons why SWTOR is my number one upcoming MMO. The features sound similar to much of what we've seen before, so in some sense you could argue that BioWare isn't rocking the boat too hard when they began developing this game. What can we expect though? Fast pased RPG combat with no auto-attack. A complex, non-linear story based progression system. Supposedly hundreds of hours of story based content available for groups and solo players alike per character. Vast, open worlds spanning the breadth of the Star Wars Galaxy thousands of years before Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker was alive. The sheer content of the game and the supposed ability to share that content, and have those you share it with to effect it in unpredictable ways sounds like an RPG gamers dream to me. Sprinkle on that its fully voiced, the iconic star wars weapons and races from both the EU, movies and games will be appearing, and each character will have their own story with plenty of alignment choices to progress your characters skills and its hard for this RPG fan to ignore it as my most watched upcoming game.
I think 1 and 3 are safe bets for great gaming if you appreciate their styles. I'd have to point out that FF XIV looks like it will hit retail first, and SW:TOR may even be as late as mid-2011. Number 2 is an eccentric choice and to be honest with you after AoC I would be reluctant to ever buy and play another FunCom game at launch. Sure it looks interesting, but until we start getting more information on how it actually will play I would say it isn't one to put high on a list. Plus its release date is likely to be mid-late 2011. If I were to add one to the list it would be WoW Cataclysm, sure we are probably talking just a few months of new content , then meagre patches and endless tier class suit chases, but that is fine for me as it might be fun to play the game 1-85 once more, preferably on a new or newish server, but certainly I wouldn't sub to WoW for more than a few months.
6. Aika (if/when it is available for IP outside NA)
Hard to put them into order, actually, except that WoW would probably be towards the end of the list. If any of those games manage to make me feel at "home" in a way I haven't for a few years, then I'll stick with that one ^^
4)FFXIV - Never played FFXI but this game looks promising. Sometimes I think I would enjoy a more slow-paced game where missing a 1 second global cooldown didn't screw you over.
3)Tera - Just seems interesting. Combat looks really fun. As long as they keyboard/mouse controls are good then I may play it.
2)Heroes of Telara - They have a ton of ideas that could change the face of MMOs. Sadly, they never update (ever) so anyone who even has the slightest interest in this game is starved for information at the moment.
1)That mmo game of our dreams we think about all the time. (This should be everyone's #1, right?)
Haven't played an mmo in a while. Sometimes I think I like anticipating MMOs more than actually playing them...
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1. Guild Wars 2: huge respect for ArenaNet, loved how they went their own way with Guild Wars, and love the stylish GW2 trailers and what I hear of the GW2 features. Character models need to be pimped though, they look too much like GW, it's not 2005 anymore.
2. The Secret World: great horror/mystery theme, great game director Tornquist (Dreamfall, Longest Journey)
3. Star Wars ToR: made by Bioware, one of the better game companies around. Love what I've heard up till now from the game and their approach to MMO gameplay.
4. World of Darkness: being developed by CCP, 'nuff said. Plus I loved the clothing and char animation video that showed off the engine CCP will be using for EVE Incarna and WoD.
5. Final Fantasy XIV: got my attention because it scored so well here on mmorpg.com, plus read many positive things about it. Square Enix is also a company that put great love and heart into their game, which is often noticeable in the little details.
6. TERA: videos looked great, sounds interesting as a little side MMO to play.
7. Blizzard's secret MMO: Blizzard had a smash entrance into the world of MMO's, conquering the field as a modern-day Alexander. They have a big surplus of cash now to make the games as they want them to be. Their new MMO will prove (to me) whether they can do more these days than just milking the IP's they've got and if they haven't lost their creative touch.
8,9,10. Can't think of any more.
The ACTUAL size of MMORPG worlds: a comparison list between MMO's
The ease with which predictions are made on these forums:
Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
Curious how Tera is making people's list. Its the latest flashy MMO to reveal but not the only one. Blade&Soul also looks good but both are too far out to make the list I think.
I love seeing the yet unamed WoD Online getting so many tips of the hat!
You've all renewed a little of my faith in the mmorpg.com community
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Has anything been confirmed on L3?
1) Guild Wars 2 - Loved teh original so I am all for this one
2) TERA- fear that it might become a grind like AION in later stages but I am interested atm
3) The secret world
1. Final Fantasy XIV
2. TERA
3. Everquest Next
4. Wheel of Time MMO
5. Aerrevan
Tera was created by the L2 team so... L3=Tera?
1. FFXIV
2. CoH Going Rogue (XP pack)
3. Guild Wars 2
4. SWTOR
5. TERA
Aside from that most mmos not out arent interesting for me or havn't released enough info to hype me up.
MMOs played: Too many
Watch List: FFXIV, CoH:GR, GW2, SWTOR, TERA, Earthrise
1) APB i don't give a shit about the urban crime genre (in fact i hate the glorifying of gangsters and criminals), but this is about the only one i have any REAL hope for. cuz of the GAMEPLAY (funny how most MMO'ers place much more importance on the setting than the actual game mechanics). and cuz of the extreme customization/personalization of characters, musical themes, cars, clothes. these are actual REAL ways of expressing yourself and standing apart from the crowd. not the stupid limited class/skills choices of typical MMOs, that MANY other players also chose the same way you did. the item acquisition COULD be a grind in this game, depending what the range of power is of the lowest to highest grade armour and weapons, and how long it takes to get them. believe it or not (i know its a pretty alien concept to most of the types that hang out here), i don't like having the best gear and going up against noobs that gearwise (and statwise if they have stats, i sure HOPE they don't!) have no chance against me. i like a challenge, and feeling that my real life skills are what won battles. pretty crazy, i know.
2) DCUO i don't give a shit about superheroes but this looks like a an actual real GAME with no dice rolling
to a lesser degree cuz they sound like they COULD be grindy:
3) The Agency i don't give a shit about the spy setting, altho its cool that its a first for MMOs
4) The Secret World i DO give a small to medium shit about this setting, altho it wouldn't mean a damn thing if the GAMEPLAY was gonna be the same ole stand still and trade blows bullshit.
everything else that comes to mind (i'm sure i missed one or two) seems like the same old garbage gameplay with a few new concepts tacked on (that will amount to nothing REAL in the gameplay department). so sick of all the concepts being bandied about that don't change a damn thing about the real gameplay. grind grind grind....
now in post apocalypse flavour!
now in steampunk flavour!
now in wild west flavour!
*gag* all tastes like crap in MY mouth.
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I'm confused. Lineage 2 was created by NCSoft's in-house development team.
Tera is being developed by Bluehole Studios which has nothing to do with NCSoft. So where's the connection?
"There is as yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Whatever MMO comes out for the 360 that isn't FF11 lol.
Mne eto nado kak zuby v zadnitse.
1) SW: TOR
2) GW2
3) FFXIV
4) World of Darkness
5) The Secret World
6) Earthrise
7) Black Prophecy
8) APB
Feel free to use my referral link for SW:TOR if you want to test out the game. You'll get some special unlocks!
Bluehole Studios was created by NCsoft programmers and Designers who got sick of dealing with NCsofts bull**** and ran off using some of the L3 code to make TERA. Though now Bluehole and En-Masse(the US company for bluehole) is made up of old NCsoft people, Blizzard people and new people. So while they maybe using NCsoft code, they are a new and different company so you cannot really judge them on the same basis as NCsoft.
Well its obvious what majority of mmorpg.com members want for mmo after this topic seeing all these replys.
Themepark ala WoWlike
So in near future mmo scene will be prolly dominated by WoW/SWtor/GW2/FFXIV/TERA
Games played:AC1-Darktide'99-2000-AC2-Darktide/dawnsong2003-2005,Lineage2-2005-2006 and now Darkfall-2009.....
In between WoW few months AoC few months and some f2p also all very short few weeks.
FFXIV at least is not a completely pure Themepark. Crafting and gathering matter a lot more than usually, which is a sandboxish element.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
I think 1 and 3 are safe bets for great gaming if you appreciate their styles. I'd have to point out that FF XIV looks like it will hit retail first, and SW:TOR may even be as late as mid-2011. Number 2 is an eccentric choice and to be honest with you after AoC I would be reluctant to ever buy and play another FunCom game at launch. Sure it looks interesting, but until we start getting more information on how it actually will play I would say it isn't one to put high on a list. Plus its release date is likely to be mid-late 2011. If I were to add one to the list it would be WoW Cataclysm, sure we are probably talking just a few months of new content , then meagre patches and endless tier class suit chases, but that is fine for me as it might be fun to play the game 1-85 once more, preferably on a new or newish server, but certainly I wouldn't sub to WoW for more than a few months.
1. Aerrevan
2. Guild Wars 2
3. FFIV
4. The Secret World
5. WoW Cataclysm
6. Aika (if/when it is available for IP outside NA)
Hard to put them into order, actually, except that WoW would probably be towards the end of the list. If any of those games manage to make me feel at "home" in a way I haven't for a few years, then I'll stick with that one ^^
ff 14-wish there was a release date
1) SW:TOR
2) World of Darkness
3) EVE Ambulation Project (i know its an expansion but still :P )
I only have three.
1. SWTOR
2. FFXIV
3. Tera Online
Guild Wars 2 of cause
Looking at the List of up coming MMOs Id have to say:
1) Black Prophecy
2) Guild Wars 2
3) Star Wars: The Old Republic
4) Earthrise
4)FFXIV - Never played FFXI but this game looks promising. Sometimes I think I would enjoy a more slow-paced game where missing a 1 second global cooldown didn't screw you over.
3)Tera - Just seems interesting. Combat looks really fun. As long as they keyboard/mouse controls are good then I may play it.
2)Heroes of Telara - They have a ton of ideas that could change the face of MMOs. Sadly, they never update (ever) so anyone who even has the slightest interest in this game is starved for information at the moment.
1)That mmo game of our dreams we think about all the time. (This should be everyone's #1, right?)
Haven't played an mmo in a while. Sometimes I think I like anticipating MMOs more than actually playing them...
1. SWTOR
2. Tera Online
3. APB
4: DCUO
5. FF XIV
6. WoW Cat
7. Blade & Soul
8. GW 2