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[Preview] Origins Of Malu: You Control the World
SBFord
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Origins of Malu is one of those games that has been moving along in development very quietly, slipping under the radar of many fans. After reading our exclusive preview of Origins of Malu, that will likely change in a big way. Read on and be impressed!
You may not have heard of Origins of Malu before, but something tells me that after this preview, you’ll be keeping an eye on it. Do you miss Star Wars Galaxies? Do you miss science-fiction MMORPGs that let you be a crafter and make your entire game focus around that? Do you miss making your own houses, towns, and shops? Do you wish more games allowed players to make their own factions and vie for control of territory as opposed to just grinding rep with some NPCs? Do you wish more games would allow players to truly change the world based on their actions? Well, then you’ll want to pay attention to Burning Dog and their independent project, Origins of Malu. Because if they pull off half of what they’re attempting, there will be a lot of happy gamers out there.
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"You are all going to poop yourselves." BillMurphy
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone."
Dunno, it sounds good, but graphically it looks like a ripoff of WoW. Again, graphics don't make a game good, but it also doesn't help it when they look like a child drew the game you're making with crayons.
Not looking for super realism either, but i always felt SWG was a good mix between how a game should look & realistic expectation.
I'll keep my eye on this one, but i won't expect much until I can touch it.
From what I read it sounds very good, then I looked at the screen shots, or I hope concept are and my heart sunk. I don't care how good a game is if it looks like something from wow and is too cartoon looking well then it will not matter. I would like to see moore screen shots because what I saw was enough to make me go uggg.
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It's funny. A lot of sandbox lovers seem to think, Minecraft has acceptable graphics but as soon as somebody mentions WoWs graphics people cringe.
Weird people
Wurm doesn't have child-like graphics.
Again, we're not looking for amazing or realistic here. We just want something NOT for children. It has gotten old, and even when WoW first released people hated the "Time Machine" that was WoW's graphics.
Minecraft ^
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This sounds pretty decent but looks too cartoony/WoW-ish for my tastes. I still think The Repopulation is going to be a far superior sandbox. The Repopulation devs have even mentioned on the official fourms that a JTL-ish space expansion is the first planned expansioin for the game. And The Repopulation doesn't look cartoony.
/endgameplugthreadhijack
Not everyone shares your opinion. Graphics have just a small part of what a game is. You don't have to have great graphics for any game if the gameplay is fun and immersive.
Thanks for proving my point
It's only sad because people perpetuate the notion that it's sad.
Just because nobody has done it right doesn't mean that nobody ever will. Money doesn't make a great game (as seen from SWTOR and recent games spending over 100m). Good ideas and good execution make a good game.
Writing off an entire game before you can even play it or see it just because they didn't spend millions of dollars is a bit short sighted. I would almost wager more good cheap games have ever been made than expensive ones.
Really most people don't, but minecraft makes up for it. First thing I did is download mods and a high resolution texture pack. Even then it's hard to get immersed, just easy to have fun.
Consider that many people see minecraft as a testbed, not something they'd accept as the real deal in mmo form. And many people into minecraft (it surprises me that according to my teacher gf it's very popular amongst middle schoolers) are not mmo gamers in general.
When an article starts off comparing some random prospect to SWG, I'm immediately wary for BS. There have been a number of claims to being "the next SWG" and none come even close. No reason to think any different here.
Call me hopeful but doubtful.