Just read another thread disputing the results of this thread.
To be honest, when I made this thread I had no intention of inserting a poll (until it was suggested) because it was frankly a forgone conclusion which two mmo's would be coming out on top.
But at the same time, I think this poll also demonstrates why the 'best game' polls are nonsense; for the same reason that the more interest a game has, the more votes it will attract regardless of the polls 'label'. You may as well label McDonald's 'best restaurant' and coca cola 'most disappointing drink'.
Originally posted by bcbully I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect.
Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments. The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.
And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.
I oddly enjoy reading these threads just to hear others opinions. Also read the what are you playing now thread, was actually kinda funny that I noticed it goes like this:
Most Disappointing- GW2
Playing now - GW2
I laughed because it's true for me. I fell for the huge hype up until they announced there was no trinity and I was a bit heartbroken by that. I love playing healer/support and for me, spam cleansing debuffs isn't really my idea of fun support. I tried guardian, tried so hard to love it and I hated it. Buffs/debuffs are just so spammable...
I just can't get into GW2 combat, no matter how hard I try, and I'm not quite sure WHY I hate it so much. I've leveled 3 different classes to 40 and found them all to be boring. Right now working on a Mesmer, but so bored with it. Instances were horrific to me, the pure randomness isn't enjoyable. Zerg Wars as someone put it is correct. There isn't really any reason to interact with anyone, or use strategy. We've been farming the Kessex event belt and that's about as much interaction with people as I've ever gotten. At least the community is pretty nice though.
Overall GW2 isn't necessarily a "bad" game, it just seems targeted to a casual audience. And I admit I'm playing it now because there's nothing else worth playing =(
EDIT* Tera is going f2p finally, get to get rid of GW2 yay
Originally posted by bcbully I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect.
Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments. The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.
And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.
Unless the fans of GW2 decide to choose a target and vote en mass to rig the poll, GW2 as the biggest game of the list (and the most threatning with no subscription, no holy trinity, no raid and more individual freedom) will collect the more hater votes.
Currently playing: GW2 Going cardboard starter kit: Ticket to ride, Pandemic, Carcassonne, Dominion, 7 Wonders
Originally posted by bcbully I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect.
Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments. The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.
And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.
Unless the fans of GW2 decide to choose a target and vote en mass to rig the poll, GW2 as the biggest game of the list (SWTOR is long forgotten) will collect the more hater votes.
Why shoould it be on the poll when the MMORPG.com staff don't even include it in their "best of" lists or even an honerable mention. Or is Pirates 101 just lightyears ahead of WoW?
Originally posted by bcbully I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but the Game of The Year being the most disappointing game of the year by a wide margin shows a real disconnect.
Not really, I think it makes sense that the biggest games of the year are also the biggest disappointments. The more people playing them, the more people to be disappointed.
And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.
Unless the fans of GW2 decide to choose a target and vote en mass to rig the poll, GW2 as the biggest game of the list (SWTOR is long forgotten) will collect the more hater votes.
Why shoould it be on the poll when the MMORPG.com staff don't even include it in their "best of" lists or even an honerable mention. Or is Pirates 101 just lightyears ahead of WoW?
It actually is in the list but it is just easy to miss.
Not that I was disapointed with any game - I only played GW2, TSW and PS2 this year (from the MMO genre) and all were what I was expecting.
Currently playing: GW2 Going cardboard starter kit: Ticket to ride, Pandemic, Carcassonne, Dominion, 7 Wonders
Just read another thread disputing the results of this thread.
To be honest, when I made this thread I had no intention of inserting a poll (until it was suggested) because it was frankly a forgone conclusion which two mmo's would be coming out on top.
But at the same time, I think this poll also demonstrates why the 'best game' polls are nonsense; for the same reason that the more interest a game has, the more votes it will attract regardless of the polls 'label'. You may as well label McDonald's 'best restaurant' and coca cola 'most disappointing drink'.
That's my two cents worth anyway.
Yup, the bigger/popular games will usually be the best and worst.
Just read another thread disputing the results of this thread.
To be honest, when I made this thread I had no intention of inserting a poll (until it was suggested) because it was frankly a forgone conclusion which two mmo's would be coming out on top.
But at the same time, I think this poll also demonstrates why the 'best game' polls are nonsense; for the same reason that the more interest a game has, the more votes it will attract regardless of the polls 'label'. You may as well label McDonald's 'best restaurant' and coca cola 'most disappointing drink'.
That's my two cents worth anyway.
Yup, the bigger/popular games will usually be the best and worst.
Ofcourse, the more popular the game, more people will play it and more the chances of being disappointed like GW2.
"The problem is that the hardcore folks always want the same thing: 'We want exactly what you gave us before, but it has to be completely different.' -Jesse Schell
"Online gamers are the most ludicrously entitled beings since Caligula made his horse a senator, and at least the horse never said anything stupid." -Luke McKinney
TSW. I had so much hope for this game but after completing all the missions, lore, rares, achievements and grinding out a couple of sets of 10.4 and 10.3s it was just boring as hell. Although the erp was steamy hot around the Horned God.
Just a little surprised I'm not the only one feeling this way about GW2. I had been following every step of it's developement whole-hearted, over all those years. I was bored after 3 hours, done for good after about 3 weeks. But although I had sworn myself it'd be the very last game to let my hopes and anticipation get up for, and it turned out the way it did, I still wish ArenaNet and all their beautiful and talented staff members the very best for GW2's future.
Well, maybe not Colin Johansson. *lol* Just kidding.
But, hey, life goes on. And so do Next-Hope-MMOs. BTW, can't wait for Final Fantasy XIV 2.0.
If there's one thing in the world regarding MMORPGs I haven't experienced yet, it's the same game failing horribly TWICE
Non MMO Game would D3, I played D2 forever and thought I would do so with D3. I wouldnt even buy the xpac now. MMO would be GW2. The lack of the "dynamic" system they hyped, the story being worthless and trivial and the crafting being horrible killed it for me. Arena Net hyped those things, the gamers didnt. Had this been a sub game I dont think it would have been nearly as successful.
maybe dissatisfaction and whining will help the genre move forward.
Yeah, good luck with that.
I didn't have a "biggest disappointment" because the only game I had hopes for was GW2 and it met my expectations. I was a little disappointed in Tera, but it was easy to toss aside since I hadn't really been anticipating it that much.
Originally posted by evilastro Rift, the advertising for the expansion was so enticing, but the game was still crap.
Mark me as interested... so how would you transform it to make it suit your needs?
1) Remove the multi-soul crap which just makes the classes watered down. Still have soul switching ,but make them all a viable individual class with real variety and flavour spells / skills.
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GW2 for me, played it VERY briefly and couldn't help but feel like it regressed the genre instead of evolving it in a good way.
Luckily, I didn't waste any money on it.
Of the games I did invest into (time and money), none let me down. I guess I pick winners (as far as my personal taste goes).
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Just read another thread disputing the results of this thread.
To be honest, when I made this thread I had no intention of inserting a poll (until it was suggested) because it was frankly a forgone conclusion which two mmo's would be coming out on top.
But at the same time, I think this poll also demonstrates why the 'best game' polls are nonsense; for the same reason that the more interest a game has, the more votes it will attract regardless of the polls 'label'. You may as well label McDonald's 'best restaurant' and coca cola 'most disappointing drink'.
That's my two cents worth anyway.
currently playing: DDO, AOC, WoT, P101
And the more people who have never played it to dislike it.
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I oddly enjoy reading these threads just to hear others opinions. Also read the what are you playing now thread, was actually kinda funny that I noticed it goes like this:
Most Disappointing- GW2
Playing now - GW2
I laughed because it's true for me. I fell for the huge hype up until they announced there was no trinity and I was a bit heartbroken by that. I love playing healer/support and for me, spam cleansing debuffs isn't really my idea of fun support. I tried guardian, tried so hard to love it and I hated it. Buffs/debuffs are just so spammable...
I just can't get into GW2 combat, no matter how hard I try, and I'm not quite sure WHY I hate it so much. I've leveled 3 different classes to 40 and found them all to be boring. Right now working on a Mesmer, but so bored with it. Instances were horrific to me, the pure randomness isn't enjoyable. Zerg Wars as someone put it is correct. There isn't really any reason to interact with anyone, or use strategy. We've been farming the Kessex event belt and that's about as much interaction with people as I've ever gotten. At least the community is pretty nice though.
Overall GW2 isn't necessarily a "bad" game, it just seems targeted to a casual audience. And I admit I'm playing it now because there's nothing else worth playing =(
EDIT* Tera is going f2p finally, get to get rid of GW2 yay
Neither Rift nor TOR should be on the list as both were released in 2011.
Currently Playing: World of Warcraft
Unless the fans of GW2 decide to choose a target and vote en mass to rig the poll, GW2 as the biggest game of the list (and the most threatning with no subscription, no holy trinity, no raid and more individual freedom) will collect the more hater votes.
Currently playing: GW2
Going cardboard starter kit: Ticket to ride, Pandemic, Carcassonne, Dominion, 7 Wonders
Why shoould it be on the poll when the MMORPG.com staff don't even include it in their "best of" lists or even an honerable mention. Or is Pirates 101 just lightyears ahead of WoW?
It actually is in the list but it is just easy to miss.
Not that I was disapointed with any game - I only played GW2, TSW and PS2 this year (from the MMO genre) and all were what I was expecting.
Currently playing: GW2
Going cardboard starter kit: Ticket to ride, Pandemic, Carcassonne, Dominion, 7 Wonders
Yup, the bigger/popular games will usually be the best and worst.
Ofcourse, the more popular the game, more people will play it and more the chances of being disappointed like GW2.
"The problem is that the hardcore folks always want the same thing: 'We want exactly what you gave us before, but it has to be completely different.'
-Jesse Schell
"Online gamers are the most ludicrously entitled beings since Caligula made his horse a senator, and at least the horse never said anything stupid."
-Luke McKinney
Sadly, as most people here, Bore Wars 2.
Just a little surprised I'm not the only one feeling this way about GW2. I had been following every step of it's developement whole-hearted, over all those years. I was bored after 3 hours, done for good after about 3 weeks. But although I had sworn myself it'd be the very last game to let my hopes and anticipation get up for, and it turned out the way it did, I still wish ArenaNet and all their beautiful and talented staff members the very best for GW2's future.
Well, maybe not Colin Johansson. *lol* Just kidding.
But, hey, life goes on.
And so do Next-Hope-MMOs. BTW, can't wait for Final Fantasy XIV 2.0. 
If there's one thing in the world regarding MMORPGs I haven't experienced yet, it's the same game failing horribly TWICE
So there's always something coming.
Mark me as interested... so how would you transform it to make it suit your needs?
Yeah, good luck with that.
I didn't have a "biggest disappointment" because the only game I had hopes for was GW2 and it met my expectations. I was a little disappointed in Tera, but it was easy to toss aside since I hadn't really been anticipating it that much.
1) Remove the multi-soul crap which just makes the classes watered down. Still have soul switching ,but make them all a viable individual class with real variety and flavour spells / skills.
2) Revamp combat so it isnt just macro spamming.
3) Introduce interesting races.