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[Column] General: What Now?
MikeB
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Love the games or hate the games, there’s been a lot of excitement in the MMO genre over the last few years. But now with Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Secret World, and TERA behind us, what’s left to look forward to in the not so distant future? We’re running down a couple of our favorites in this week’s The List.
I’ve always had a thing for the underdog and I’ve also got a lot of respect for a developer that admits making a huge mistake and commits the time and resources to make amends by turning things around. The Final Fantasy brand has no doubt suffered overall over the past decade or so, but Square Enix wasn’t interested in allowing Final Fantasy XIV to fester in the terrible state it launched in. Instead, Square Enix put together a new team and game plan to get the game back on track and has been making serious headway towards a relaunch. I’m personally interested to see how ‘A Realm Reborn’ shapes up and whether or not Square Enix can make amends with fans and attract enough new blood to really breathe life back into the game.
Read more of Michael Bitton's The List: What Now?
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#3, Dat-Ass.....had to say it
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Jokes aside, Neverwinter shouldn't be #1 with Cryptic at the helm despite their new Parent Company. I'll say it outright that Atari had ZERO business running an MMO since they never understood that MMOs constantly develope content for money instead of only being a one-shot deal. So Cryptic didn't have the funds they needed to continue development post-release.
However, the key distinction needs to be made that BOTH Champions Online & StarTrek:Online were disasters at launch. Not to mention the latter was a copy & paste of Champions Online with different models & themes while retaining the same art-style & engine.
Loading in to StarTrek:Online for the first time left a horrible taste in my mouth when the music was a slightly different variation of Champions Online, the chat system was the EXACT same, and the GUI was a bad copy & paste. Not to mention the EXACT SAME BUGS from Champions Online existed in STO.
Never again Cryptic, and I'm ashamed that they got their hands on such a famous title as NeverWinter
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I´m looking forward to Secret World Issue #3 and #4 with the kickass NY raid. And the new world area
What 's next for me?
1. Darkfall: UW
2. The Repopulation
3. Neverwinter (depends if it WILL be good, but I unfortunately doubt it)
4. WildStar (seems like a game that I could hate or just freaking love!)
5. Others....
Just My 2 Lunars
ArcheAge and especially Black Desert
Nothing from above article list interest me much. Burned out on most mmorpg types.
edit: oh and quite alot of single player / normal multi games - like quite a few games especially crpg's from kickstarter, and some non-kickstarter ones like Divinity : Original Sin and Elemental : Fallen Enchantress
Next. /think
Next. /think
Next?
Hmmmm, looks like Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2 until Assassin's Creed 3 hits. Planning on spending a short time with the Pandas, too.
MMOs? Well, Wildstar looks interesting, but other than that, I'm out.
*facing burnout
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
I wish CCP would get serious about World of Darkness, it could be a game changer. I think anyone of those games on your list could be a big hit, but I am not getting my hopes up.
So far Neverwinter looks very good, just depends on how Perfect World monetizes it.
I keep hoping SOE turns itself around and does a great job on Planetside II.
The Firefall team seems to get it, looking forward to trying it out.
Not sure about Wildstar, taking a wait and see attitude about this one
As to Final Fantasy, they have cooked their goose, I will not give them another chance. I still feel very ripped off from them.
There's nothing on that list that peaks my interest really. I've had the chance to test Planetside 2 and Firefall and they're both uninspired shooters with a progression-system tacked on.
Wildstar is not really much known about. It looks like it could be fun, but I doubt it'll give us enough to do in the longterm, aka I doubt there'll be much end-content.
Never been a fan of Final Fantasy, so this is of no interest right there.
And Neverwinter... well... it's Cryptic, so what are we talking about really?
My list of upcoming MMOs to be of interest are: Arche Age and World of Darkness. However they won't release in the near future so I'm left with nothing to play really for the next year or two to come.
The MMO-landscape looks really bad currently, as none of the MMOs released during the last years have delivered. Rift wasn't really my cup of tea, neither was SWTOR or GW2. TSW looked good, but after three month I cannot be bothered to log in anymore.
What we really need is a MMO, where there's longterm goals beyond the first three month you need to level up to max and beat the dungeons and raids.
No matter how cynical you become, its never enough to keep up - Lily Tomlin
FireFall...and
http://thewarz.com
and GW2 expansions! tbh.
So if you don't like FPS games or cartoon fantasy you are pretty much out of luck.
Hmmm... Does monster hunter count as a MMORPG? If so, that would be my number one pick for when MH3U comes out for the WiiU. The mainstream MMOs are just turning off a large portion of the gaming population and they are just gravitating to whatever is the newest thing in the market.
Console multi-player gaming, however, is something that i seem to always go back to "in-between" games. With the next releases, however, they might just be my main game while the other MMOs just become a little side attraction.
Lets see what time says. BTW, not excited for any of the titles announced. Have the highest hopes for FFXIV. Hopes, but not plans to go back to it.
Darkfall: Unholy Wars, who cares about the rest.
I was looking forward to The Repopulation but that game doesnt sounds like it will be out until later next year.
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Joined 2004 - I can't believe I've been a MMORPG.com member for 20 years! Get off my lawn!
Er...looking at your gaming history one wonders if you are describing yourself more than anything else.
Me, looks like DFUW is next on the list, not so sure about most of the titles in the OP, not really my style of MMO's.
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"If you’re a fan of large-scale shooter warfare á la Battlefield, you’re likely to really enjoy your time in SOE’s PlanetSide 2."
That would be true if they tightened up the game experience by a factor of 10. PS2 just doesn't "feel" right when it comes to weapon handling, weapon firing, and character movement. In my opinion, those things are the most important factor in determing what is a great FPS. For all of the faults of BF3, DICE got that part of the game right (aside from randomly getting stuck on a small rock), and that's huge. That's the only reason I still play BF3 over the other Battlefield incarnations that do everything else far better.
As of right now, I don't enjoy PS2 because I just don't believe the character and his weapons are "real". Which is a shame because I've really been looking forward to the title.
Until you cancel your subscription, you are only helping to continue the cycle of mediocrity.
Touche Kyleran. All I can say to those looking for a place to call home for a while is, I can relate.
Joined 2004 - I can't believe I've been a MMORPG.com member for 20 years! Get off my lawn!
Playing GW2 and TSW right now. Think I will be done with GW2 soon though, since I am a PVE'er and I dislike the dungeon play there. Maybe I'll pick of MoP and activate my WoW account for one or two month.
From the avbove mentioned games, none is very interessting for me, most games on my watch list right now are Single player or at leat not MMO, next immediate purchase will be Resident Evil 6 on PS3.
The MMOs I'm looking forward to:
ArcheAge
EverQuest Next
Never never feel that i waste my money on game as gw2
I did have games in my list but i tell you this , after gw2 problem and dispoint .. I am now having new rule ... I will never be so exciting about future mmorpg games that much .. I just wait and when they realse i ill try them
My mmorpg list :
FF14
blade & soul
My other games ( not mmorpg )
Tomb raider
GTA V