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MMO Week in Review: The return of the sandbox

bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
in Age of Wushu

SandBoxer.org 

"This week, wuxia-themed Age of Wushu launched officially, turning loose a hardcore, Chinese-flavored, martial arts sandbox in the MMORPG space. Persistent-world junkies are hoping the game marks the first of the big-budget sandboxes aiming to revamp the genre in the next few years. What sandboxes are those? I'm glad you asked. Massively's Jef recently prepped a guide to the bigguns, including ArcheAge,EverQuest Next, and Star Citizen."

 

 

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  • SavageHorizonSavageHorizon Member EpicPosts: 3,480
    ArcheAge isn't a sandbox it's a hybrid mmo along with Age Of Wushu.




  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Originally posted by SavageHorizon
    ArcheAge isn't a sandbox it's a hybrid mmo along with Age Of Wushu.

    that's fine man. EVE is a hybrid too I guess. Minecraft is a "true" sandbox.

  • terroniterroni Member Posts: 935
    Wait, wushu is a big budget game? Where'd they spend the money?

    Drop the next-gen marketing and people will argue if the game itself has merit.

  • TheLizardbonesTheLizardbones Member CommonPosts: 10,910

    It is cool that sandbox features are creeping into more mainstream MMOs, but I don't think there's going to be some sort of sandbox renaissance. I think the closest we'll get are the hybrid games, or possibly a game that has two separate paths to play by, which would be fine with me.

    I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.

  • TheHavokTheHavok Member UncommonPosts: 2,423
    Sandbox this, themepark that, now hybrid.  Blah blah blah.  All these labels being forced on games is getting kind of old.
  • GdemamiGdemami Member EpicPosts: 12,342

    Originally posted by lizardbones

    It is cool that sandbox features are creeping into more mainstream MMOs, but I don't think there's going to be some sort of sandbox renaissance. I think the closest we'll get are the hybrid games, or possibly a game that has two separate paths to play by, which would be fine with me.

    Leaving aside silliness of the term "sandbox features", instanced, scheduled events is considered sandbox features these days?

  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    Originally posted by SavageHorizon
    ArcheAge isn't a sandbox it's a hybrid mmo along with Age Of Wushu.

    There is no such thing as a Sandbox unless the dev gives the players the tools to make the content,other wise it is just more scripts and meaningless npc's,like every game out  there.

    That article just posted pretty much every game in the process of coming out,nothing intuitive put into that article what so ever.

    Even the feature full Repop is meaningless until we see if the features have meaning or if players will ignore most of it.

    Gaming really has become quite superficial,pvp types or loot chasing types.Imo Loot is the way to go,itemization if done right with lots of depth can really make or break a game,especially if every game is going to copy the same old template.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

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