Lol, good point, Cres. If you think about it, though, considering the amount of time we spend with our mmo's, they could almost be called "marriages". Some of the virtual ones outlast the real-life versions, sometimes.
But a game scorned will never go after your house, car, kids and income.
Well, at least I think it won't.
Prenup solves the monetary and property issues, while just being reasonable, for the sake of your children, solves the custody issue.
You will not wake up twitching to try to get your dose of GW2.
Who says? I've done that with several games in my lifetime. If the game is what I expect, and those who play it at the conventions give me every reason to believe it is, I will be getting out of bed to do just that. Also, the fact that you mentioned ganking makes me think you might need to do more research on the game itself. Just saying.
Besides, a lot of people aren't hailing it as the last good MMO or anything, that's just the common misconception about the game's fans. I don't expect to never want to play another game after GW2, but I expect it to be great, and definitely better than any MMO I've played in the past. If it isn't, I'm not going to commit suicide.
i agree it should not be released this way it will be always the most epic mmo of all time!wich can never happen in real life cause they have been hyping the game too long!max a game should be annouced before rel;ease is 3 month!but dum game maker try to annouce same time as say intel announced cpu or amd gpu .dont do that if you want your game to live long!
it is a shame guildwars 2 will suffer just because it was annouced to much in advance gw1 been suffering because of it player left gw2 is coming!it has been what 2 years 4 years since the annoucement!no game can live with this much raving !it is sad cause i played gw1 and it was a good game as corpg goes same as swtor is a good corpg
i agree it should not be released this way it will be always the most epic mmo of all time!wich can never happen in real life cause they have been hyping the game too long!max a game should be annouced before rel;ease is 3 month!but dum game maker try to annouce same time as say intel announced cpu or amd gpu .dont do that if you want your game to live long!
it is a shame guildwars 2 will suffer just because it was annouced to much in advance gw1 been suffering because of it player left gw2 is coming!it has been what 2 years 4 years since the annoucement!no game can live with this much raving !it is sad cause i played gw1 and it was a good game as corpg goes same as swtor is a good corpg
Incorrect. As everyone has said for the past 13 pages were excited about this game because of the features we KNOW are in the game people have seen them working in the game and people have also played with these features. /End thread
I never get too excited about upcoming releases, because I've seen too many failed promises.
Personally, I like to see concrete examples, like actual gameplay videos, before I decide "hey, this could be good" or "meh". GW2 has that going for it - they actually did release demo videos and from those I can reliably conclude they are at least trying to do things differently. It feels different just from watching them.
Compare that to, for example, SW:TOR gameplay videos which when I saw them instantly reminded me of that other game. So I think GW2 will at least bring a dash of fresh air.
Hell, being a freelance 3D artist, I'd get it just to gawk at the incredible range of eyecandy they got in there. If those environments are actually ingame, that is (at least partially) explorable and not just background, my mind will be officially blown away.
Plus the "little" MMO essentials, like night/day, explorable underwater etc.. Sigh. I still want to scream at the SW:TOR devs when I remember that cheap excuse for not having night/day cycles, "because it would interfere with our oh-so-beautiful environments".
It is impossible for this game to live up to the hype it has generated. It has been romanticized to a fault, and the expectations people have put on it go way beyond what a game can pull.
You will not wake up twitching to try to get your dose of GW2. You will not sleep better because of your accomplishments in game. You will not give up your job, family, friends and physical well-being just to get in a few more hours of game time.
This is pretty much what the original EQ did to me, lol.. In a way, I'm happy there hasn't been a game that made me feel like this after I quit EQ.. But do i think GW2 will have this type of effect? Nope, not in the slightest...
Rallithon Oakthornn (Retired Heirophant of the 60th season)
GW2 should stay in development ad-infinum just to keep the gaming community hoping for a good game in the future, in order for them to not realize that their current gaming is about as good as things will ever get and not drop into a gaming depression. Having a "goal" keeps the MMORPG gaming community healthy as they continually try to find justifications for why their current or future or prior game was the best there ever was/is/will be.
Nope. There's a psychological difference when you don't pay a monthly fee. Try it some time. (Hint: This doesn't just apply to games).
When we pay for a game, we heighten our senses to feel the need of 'getting what we pay for'. After doing this quite often I realize I have a whole difference experience playing a game that doesn't cost much (Hint: Doesn't just refer to money).
I can't tell you how many games I played that were $60 and offerend mediocore features that I whinned about. Then playing an indie title with even less features, worse graphics, and outdated engines feeling like I mildly enjoyed myself.
It is impossible for this game to live up to the hype it has generated. It has been romanticized to a fault, and the expectations people have put on it go way beyond what a game can pull.
You will not wake up twitching to try to get your dose of GW2. You will not sleep better because of your accomplishments in game. You will not give up your job, family, friends and physical well-being just to get in a few more hours of game time.
The prior example was just an exageration to put "hype" into perspective. The ultimate game should be able to completely suck you in to the point that you do just what I have stated before without even realizing it. Like the most intense of drugs, it should make you do things you wouldn't normally do. That is the type of stuff that WoW did to many in the gaming community... check out WoW's current hype... Then come look at GW2's hype and tell me you expect it to do better than that.
All that aside, the real reason it should not release is because of the quote I did before: You NEED to have an ultimate goal as to what you want a game to be. A holy grail of gaming to come (but that never materializes). Once GW2 releases, the disappointments accross the board are going to be increadibly large. The bugs, the exploits, the cheats, the gankings, the unfair advantages, the tweaks, the nerfs... IOW, the REALITY of MMORPG gaming will kick in. While its in development you can easily ignore all those things and make the game to be the best that will ever come out. But once it is out, its all over. No pleasant feeling of an upcoming game, no daydreaming of how the PvP will go, ...
GW2 should stay in development ad-infinum just to keep the gaming community hoping for a good game in the future, in order for them to not realize that their current gaming is about as good as things will ever get and not drop into a gaming depression. Having a "goal" keeps the MMORPG gaming community healthy as they continually try to find justifications for why their current or future or prior game was the best there ever was/is/will be.
The absence of credible logic is stunning.
So your argument is that GW2 should never be released and that ArenaNet should just chuck all of the time and capital they have invested in making a quality game because it can never live up to your unrealistic expectations that it will be the digital equivalent of crack? Really?
In every scrape of information I have found on this game I have never read anywhere any claims that this will be a holy grail of anything, only that they are changing the MMO format and making something new. From what I've seen so far it looks like they are succeeding is doing just that and I am looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
But expecting a game that will be completely problem free and will sequester you from your life just to squeeze out a few more acheivements before you pass out on your keyboard all I can say is best of luck to you. Let the rest of us in the land of reality enjoy our game..................when it finally gets released that is.
I'll just let the OB do the walking for the talking.
I might get banned for this. - Rizel Star.
I'm not afraid to tell trolls what they [need] to hear, even if that means for me to have an forced absence afterwards.
P2P LOGIC = If it's P2P it means longevity, overall better game, and THE BEST SUPPORT EVER!!!!!(Which has been rinsed and repeated about a thousand times)
Common Sense Logic = P2P logic is no better than F2P Logic.
It is impossible for this game to live up to the hype it has generated. It has been romanticized to a fault, and the expectations people have put on it go way beyond what a game can pull.
You will not wake up twitching to try to get your dose of GW2. You will not sleep better because of your accomplishments in game. You will not give up your job, family, friends and physical well-being just to get in a few more hours of game time.
This is pretty much what the original EQ did to me, lol.. In a way, I'm happy there hasn't been a game that made me feel like this after I quit EQ.. But do i think GW2 will have this type of effect? Nope, not in the slightest...
If you're looking for Everquest then this certainly isn't the right game for you. As for living up to the hype, well it hasn't been released yet, unlike SWTOR that has been released and certainly didn't live up to its hype, not by a mile. So what this thread should really say is, TOR didn't live up to the hype so therefore GW2 must stop production so our sub numbers wont die off. These transparent TOR love GW2 hate posts are almost amusing.
I'm not sure why people are trying to homogenize the reactions. There are going to be people who are terribly disappinted, who are content with their own expectations, who are are far and beyond elated that the messiah has finally come, and everything in between. The OP describes the problem with putting a game on a pedestal, while putting it on a pedestal. That fact of the matter is that the game WILL come out, and it's going to have reactions across the gambit. The thing to keep in mind is that it's a game, a piece of entertainment, which should never hold that much value in people's lives, period.
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Prenup solves the monetary and property issues, while just being reasonable, for the sake of your children, solves the custody issue.
Who says? I've done that with several games in my lifetime. If the game is what I expect, and those who play it at the conventions give me every reason to believe it is, I will be getting out of bed to do just that. Also, the fact that you mentioned ganking makes me think you might need to do more research on the game itself. Just saying.
Besides, a lot of people aren't hailing it as the last good MMO or anything, that's just the common misconception about the game's fans. I don't expect to never want to play another game after GW2, but I expect it to be great, and definitely better than any MMO I've played in the past. If it isn't, I'm not going to commit suicide.
i agree it should not be released this way it will be always the most epic mmo of all time!wich can never happen in real life cause they have been hyping the game too long!max a game should be annouced before rel;ease is 3 month!but dum game maker try to annouce same time as say intel announced cpu or amd gpu .dont do that if you want your game to live long!
it is a shame guildwars 2 will suffer just because it was annouced to much in advance gw1 been suffering because of it player left gw2 is coming!it has been what 2 years 4 years since the annoucement!no game can live with this much raving !it is sad cause i played gw1 and it was a good game as corpg goes same as swtor is a good corpg
Incorrect. As everyone has said for the past 13 pages were excited about this game because of the features we KNOW are in the game people have seen them working in the game and people have also played with these features. /End thread
Source?
I never get too excited about upcoming releases, because I've seen too many failed promises.
Personally, I like to see concrete examples, like actual gameplay videos, before I decide "hey, this could be good" or "meh". GW2 has that going for it - they actually did release demo videos and from those I can reliably conclude they are at least trying to do things differently. It feels different just from watching them.
Compare that to, for example, SW:TOR gameplay videos which when I saw them instantly reminded me of that other game. So I think GW2 will at least bring a dash of fresh air.
Hell, being a freelance 3D artist, I'd get it just to gawk at the incredible range of eyecandy they got in there. If those environments are actually ingame, that is (at least partially) explorable and not just background, my mind will be officially blown away.
Plus the "little" MMO essentials, like night/day, explorable underwater etc.. Sigh. I still want to scream at the SW:TOR devs when I remember that cheap excuse for not having night/day cycles, "because it would interfere with our oh-so-beautiful environments".
You could always unsub from this site and others like it. Would solve your problem faster than waiting for the game to release.
aww, c'mon. that rant is a thing of beauty. you couldn't script it any better.
Charr: Outta my way.
Human: What's your problem?
Charr: Your thin skin.
This is pretty much what the original EQ did to me, lol.. In a way, I'm happy there hasn't been a game that made me feel like this after I quit EQ.. But do i think GW2 will have this type of effect? Nope, not in the slightest...
Rallithon Oakthornn
(Retired Heirophant of the 60th season)
Nope. There's a psychological difference when you don't pay a monthly fee. Try it some time. (Hint: This doesn't just apply to games).
When we pay for a game, we heighten our senses to feel the need of 'getting what we pay for'. After doing this quite often I realize I have a whole difference experience playing a game that doesn't cost much (Hint: Doesn't just refer to money).
I can't tell you how many games I played that were $60 and offerend mediocore features that I whinned about. Then playing an indie title with even less features, worse graphics, and outdated engines feeling like I mildly enjoyed myself.
Played - M59, EQOA, EQ, EQ2, PS, SWG[Favorite], DAoC, UO, RS, MXO, CoH/CoV, TR, FFXI, FoM, WoW, Eve, Rift, SWTOR, TSW.
Playing - PS2, AoW, GW2
The absence of credible logic is stunning.
So your argument is that GW2 should never be released and that ArenaNet should just chuck all of the time and capital they have invested in making a quality game because it can never live up to your unrealistic expectations that it will be the digital equivalent of crack? Really?
In every scrape of information I have found on this game I have never read anywhere any claims that this will be a holy grail of anything, only that they are changing the MMO format and making something new. From what I've seen so far it looks like they are succeeding is doing just that and I am looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
But expecting a game that will be completely problem free and will sequester you from your life just to squeeze out a few more acheivements before you pass out on your keyboard all I can say is best of luck to you. Let the rest of us in the land of reality enjoy our game..................when it finally gets released that is.
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I'll just let the OB do the walking for the talking.
I might get banned for this. - Rizel Star.
I'm not afraid to tell trolls what they [need] to hear, even if that means for me to have an forced absence afterwards.
P2P LOGIC = If it's P2P it means longevity, overall better game, and THE BEST SUPPORT EVER!!!!!(Which has been rinsed and repeated about a thousand times)
Common Sense Logic = P2P logic is no better than F2P Logic.
i would love to enjoy this game and care less to foruns as this ......
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You must be kidding.....
YES i do want the game! If it is as good as the original Guild Wars i´ll be happy....
If it turns to be better (and it looks like) it´ll be more than enough for me.
I don´t expect the Saint Grial...i just expect a great game.
If you're looking for Everquest then this certainly isn't the right game for you. As for living up to the hype, well it hasn't been released yet, unlike SWTOR that has been released and certainly didn't live up to its hype, not by a mile. So what this thread should really say is, TOR didn't live up to the hype so therefore GW2 must stop production so our sub numbers wont die off. These transparent TOR love GW2 hate posts are almost amusing.
Is it better to have loved and lost than not love at all?
I'm not sure why people are trying to homogenize the reactions. There are going to be people who are terribly disappinted, who are content with their own expectations, who are are far and beyond elated that the messiah has finally come, and everything in between. The OP describes the problem with putting a game on a pedestal, while putting it on a pedestal. That fact of the matter is that the game WILL come out, and it's going to have reactions across the gambit. The thing to keep in mind is that it's a game, a piece of entertainment, which should never hold that much value in people's lives, period.
I'm gonna go with: yes, for anyone who is not already defeated.
Charr: Outta my way.
Human: What's your problem?
Charr: Your thin skin.