Sleeper Hit of 2013? The next Everquest?

burdock2

With the debacle that was Wizardry Online, I am wondering (and hoping) if this game will be the next big thing of 2013? Perhaps a sleeper hit (something people disregard due to Runes of Magic or Asian made) only to have a cult following. I would love for it to explode, to have collectors editions, strategy guides, novels, action figures, ect.

 

Biggest thing? Graphics and Content! Make the game ALIVE - have TONS of content, 1000s of quests, a clear "This is where we are heading" plan for future expansions, ect and well developed and interesting lore. Have the graphics in game top notch Direct X 11 graphics (think Elder Scrolls) and many mini games. Please don't have it Pay to Win or Grindy, and keep the interest of players with a speedily journey through the levels with a sense of Accomplishment - with Accomplishments, reward exploration, feats of strength (Like Dragon Lord Owner), ect.

 

Please make it all it can be...and more!

SavageHorizon

The next EQ lol? really with EQN coming you really think this will be the next EQ even if EQN doesn't come out in 2013.

wordiz

Originally posted by burdock2

With the debacle that was Wizardry Online, I am wondering (and hoping) if this game will be the next big thing of 2013? Perhaps a sleeper hit (something people disregard due to Runes of Magic or Asian made) only to have a cult following. I would love for it to explode, to have collectors editions, strategy guides, novels, action figures, ect.

 

Biggest thing? Graphics and Content! Make the game ALIVE - have TONS of content, 1000s of quests, a clear "This is where we are heading" plan for future expansions, ect and well developed and interesting lore. Have the graphics in game top notch Direct X 11 graphics (think Elder Scrolls) and many mini games. Please don't have it Pay to Win or Grindy, and keep the interest of players with a speedily journey through the levels with a sense of Accomplishment - with Accomplishments, reward exploration, feats of strength (Like Dragon Lord Owner), ect.

 

Please make it all it can be...and more!

Prepare to be disappointed.

Mkilbride

Have you played the beta?

 

This is not going to be a sleeper hit. Not because it's not a good game. It is, in some ways a very good game. The issue is that...it's rather generic all around.

wordiz

^ Listen to him. I guess it could be the next EQ, being that it has comparable graphics. lol.

sanshi44

Majority of SoE time and money is going into Everquest Next so Dragon prophet realy is a side job compared to EQNext so no i would say it wont be a big hit like EQ was but EQNext definetly has the protential will find out when they release info in august.

Moodsor

Is this a joke? this game is so bugged and unfinished in its current state that releasing it into open beta is just bad decision making on the publishers part.

Abrraham

It's not a high quality MMO. Be prepared for this else you will be disappointed.

Dreamo84

Originally posted by wordiz
^ Listen to him. I guess it could be the next EQ, being that it has comparable graphics. lol.

If by that you mean better than EQ2 sure.

Slappy1

I don't really see any hits this year unless AA or EQ Next launch this year.

 

kizan0601

Originally posted by wordiz

Originally posted by burdock2

With the debacle that was Wizardry Online, I am wondering (and hoping) if this game will be the next big thing of 2013? Perhaps a sleeper hit (something people disregard due to Runes of Magic or Asian made) only to have a cult following. I would love for it to explode, to have collectors editions, strategy guides, novels, action figures, ect.

 

Biggest thing? Graphics and Content! Make the game ALIVE - have TONS of content, 1000s of quests, a clear "This is where we are heading" plan for future expansions, ect and well developed and interesting lore. Have the graphics in game top notch Direct X 11 graphics (think Elder Scrolls) and many mini games. Please don't have it Pay to Win or Grindy, and keep the interest of players with a speedily journey through the levels with a sense of Accomplishment - with Accomplishments, reward exploration, feats of strength (Like Dragon Lord Owner), ect.

 

Please make it all it can be...and more!

Prepare to be disappointed.

Pretty much sums it up don't hold your breath on this game.

Drakynn

Yes.

It will also be the WoW killer and the saviour of the MMORPG genre.

Oh and apparently it can also cure cancer and end the wars on drugs and terror.

Dibdabs

Originally posted by Moodsor
Is this a joke? this game is so bugged and unfinished in its current state that releasing it into open beta is just bad decision making on the publishers part.

Those flaws don't bother game manufacturers these days - they just want to hear the "ka-CHING!" of money flooding into the cash shops.

Grailer

Originally posted by Dibdabs

Originally posted by Moodsor
Is this a joke? this game is so bugged and unfinished in its current state that releasing it into open beta is just bad decision making on the publishers part.

Those flaws don't bother game manufacturers these days - they just want to hear the "ka-CHING!" of money flooding into the cash shops.

just like a slot machine .

 

ka-ching  some rich kid just spent $100 on a mount 10% faster than the free ones .. ka ching , rez scrolls $5 a pop .

Yaumul

This game lasted all of 30 minutes on my hard drive before I uninstalled it.

Why? Mainly the god awful combat animations and graphics all round. I really see no reason to play this over something more polished like TERA.

 

 Perhaps it gets better the more you play but first impressions matter and they are not good. Having to pay real money to revive your character on the spot was a big turn off. I don't like asking players to pay when they are at their most vulnerable in terms of making transactions. I.E. you just crawled all the way to bottom of an instance just to die on the last boss.. your not in a state of mind to make a wise choice about spending real money at that point.

 

 I'll stick with TERA.

 

Fdzzaigl

Afraid this is a rather generic game, so no.

Doogiehowser

Originally posted by burdock2

With the debacle that was Wizardry Online, I am wondering (and hoping) if this game will be the next big thing of 2013? Perhaps a sleeper hit (something people disregard due to Runes of Magic or Asian made) only to have a cult following. I would love for it to explode, to have collectors editions, strategy guides, novels, action figures, ect.

 

Biggest thing? Graphics and Content! Make the game ALIVE - have TONS of content, 1000s of quests, a clear "This is where we are heading" plan for future expansions, ect and well developed and interesting lore. Have the graphics in game top notch Direct X 11 graphics (think Elder Scrolls) and many mini games. Please don't have it Pay to Win or Grindy, and keep the interest of players with a speedily journey through the levels with a sense of Accomplishment - with Accomplishments, reward exploration, feats of strength (Like Dragon Lord Owner), ect.

 

Please make it all it can be...and more!

 

EQ wasn't a sleeper hit and it didn't have a cult following. It had the largest subscriber base for its time.

DP as next EQ? i don't know what you are smoking.

Squishydew

You're kidding right?

 

I'm absolutely obsessed with dragons, pretty much this games main attraction and i was bored to tears after like 30 minutes, It's combat felt terrible as well.

 

I kind of feel like taking this post seriously is getting me trolled in the process.

evilastro

Originally posted by sanshi44
Majority of SoE time and money is going into Everquest Next so Dragon prophet realy is a side job compared to EQNext so no i would say it wont be a big hit like EQ was but EQNext definetly has the protential will find out when they release info in august.

 

Why is the concept of a publisher so hard for people to understand?

SoE is not the developer, it is the publisher. It runs the servers and pricing model, but it does not develop or make the game in any way shape or form.

The developer is Runewalker Entertainment, the people who made Runes of Magic.

See? Not that hard now is it. The only relationship between Dragon's Prophet and Everquest is that they will share the same pricing model / currency (Station Cash).

Hariken

I just started playing this game last night. And yeah i think it could be a sleeper hit. But forget about saying that here. It seems like most of the people here just like to hate on any game without  open world pvp. This game is pretty much like any mmo out there. Their all Everquest anyways. Questing with a stable of dragon pets that fight with you is going to be fun.