The reason this game actually needs to fail.

Myria

Originally posted by eric1000

If ToR becomes a resounding success then we can look forward to more of the same for the next millenium; and nobody wants that.

Therein lies the rub, and, I suspect, the answer to the puzzling question of why so many on this site are quite literally terrified that ToR will succeed: If it does it will show, yet again, that lots of people -- indeed the overwhelming majority -- do want exactly that.

Because, you know, what kinds of games the general public prefers -- and, thus, what AAA titles you're likely to see in the future regardless of the fate of TOR -- hasn't been blindingly apparent for a good decade now. Nope, the failure of TOR will usher in a new era of sandbox goodness where everyone is your best friend.

sanosukex

Originally posted by Anubisan

Originally posted by sanosukex

not true at all most people I talked to that don't like this game are huge wow and Rift fans.. and honestly how many times can you people say this is EXCATLY what should of been expecting and to expect more you will be dissapointed.. Yes we got a nice story driven single player rpg with very unfinished unpolished MMO elements.. so guess sure if you were expecting a decent single player game with tacked on MMO features you may love it... but for anyone who felt they should of raised the bar at all in the MMO elements is going to be very dissapointed.. The problem is the MMO aspect is what is going to keep people playing month after month.. when its not even close to up to par to todays games in that aspect  why even bother once you get past the storys. And yes the game is new but again this game is competeing against MMO's of TODAY not MMOs of 2004. So people should not be expecting a MMO that feels like its from 2004, story or not as a MMO as a whole I'm horribly dissapointed

I guess we shall see soon if SWTOR is successful for the long haul or not. I personally think it will be as I am enjoying it more than any other recently released MMO.

I don't think it is fair to compare any new game to MMOs that have been out for many years and have had loads of added development time. You have to give games a chance to grow into what they will become. SWTOR has launched with a more solid foundation that pretty much any other game I have played recently. Does it have everything I would want in an MMO? Of course not... It hasn't even been out for a month. But the game is already fun and polished, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt.

I think a lot of you have expectations at this point that are so utterly unrealistic that no new game will ever be able to meet them. I feel sorry for those of you who can no longer enjoy new games. It must really suck to see nothing but the negatives in everything. I predict there will be a lot of disappointed people around here when GW2 finally releases.... just like with every other game.

id be happy as could be if they even tried in the combat/class system. If they had no used the same generic classes the same generic talent trees we have seen for ever.. there was literally no thought put into making these classes and skills.. everything is such a rehash of whats done before it. I have a level 20+ of every single advanced class now and can't find any enjoyment in a single one..  they are not just boring to play but even the non mirriored classes play so much similar to every other class. There is no benefit in even trying to come uo with interesting talent hybrids since they went with stances and ammo types and each talnet tree reflects a specific stance or ammo type so you are gimping yourself going hybrid in most cases. Not to mention the trees themselves are utterly laughable giving you just two abilities in most of them then rest is just your standard +5% crap. Really i don't think it's asking for much for a dev team with this much time and resouces to actually make it feel like they put some love into there game and not just copying everyone else and throwing on there already done(in single player) story to top it off.

pierth

Originally posted by Cthulhu23

Well, at least we got all the haters confined to one thread.  Now if we can just find a way to move the entire thread to another site, life would be a lot more enjoyable for the COUNTLESS people who enjoy this game.  

 

The fun part is how many of them used to be fanbois. It brings the lulz.