The bashing doesn't bother me - in one area it was deserved: the auto attack key being the spacebar.
But hell, we all learn things new that we didn't know before. I was still learning new and unusual things in EQ after having been in the game 5 years....
The other knocks are opinion.
I wrote all this because I questioned whether GW would be worth it. Everything I had read was so slanted and lacking information that I stayed away from the game. My wife convinced me to get us copies since the monthly play was free.
I only wish more people gave subjective assessments and comparisons like I did so that we could all compare notes before buying a game.
Games: WAR, LotRO, AO, GW, EQ, EQ2, AC, AC2, Vanguard, CoH, EVE, HZs, SO, MxO, SWG, DAoC, WoW, WWIIOL --------------------------------------
There's a world behind the world, Professor Robinson. Lie once, cheat twice and everything becomes clear. Do not mistake my deception for a character flaw. It is philosophical choice, a profound understanding of the universe. It is a way of life. - Doctor Smith
Originally posted by Tilden "Is it really an MMO?" - Yes, despite what bitter people say about it. There's so many people playing that when you're in the citites, you can sometimes choose from thirty or more instances where 50-100 players are gathered. People talk, scam, joke, argue, barter, trade, buy, sell, advertise for missions and groups, and ask for help. However, outside of town, you will ONLY see whoever is in your group. It works well and I don't miss the EQ overloaded-zone crap that GW has eliminated
It is technically called a CORPG(competitive online role playing game). look it up at the FAQ, it's not just something I'm claiming its what it has been officially labeled.
---------------------------------- MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.
Originally posted by Tilden "Is it really an MMO?" - Yes, despite what bitter people say about it.
It is technically called a CORPG(competitive online role playing game). look it up at the FAQ, it's not just something I'm claiming its what it has been officially labeled.
This one point in many threads gets hammered, but I think it requires a look, and let me throw my own disclaimer before I dive in. I like GW, but I'm no fanboi. If there was a monthly fee, I wouldn't be here. Not because I'm cheap or poor - quite the contrary - but rather because the end-game is all PvP. Because it is free to play, I play the 1-20 RP section of the game and consider that alone to be worth paying the $50 to buy the game. Even then, I play other games more frequently than I do GW. That being said...
The description you quoted is a cute way of disclaiming the traditional all-zones-are-open method of mixing people together. But the state of the game is a matter of degrees. EQ2 has instanced zones. EQ1's LDoNs are all instanced. AO has instanced zones. The difference is that all adventure zones in GW are instanced. Is it the instancing or the number of zones that make the definition? Is it that you can truly solo or that there's no one you can steal kills from? What of those make GW not an MMO?
I absolutely stand by my statement that GW is an MMO. I don't care what cute term is applied to the fact that all the adventure zones are instanced. The 732,991,204,003,559 different versions of LEGOLAS aren't being played by the NPC computer, Dinion. You can interact with every single retarded persona and they come from all parts of the globe and speak all kinds of different languages. In any game, if you can mix with people from around the globe, 24 hours a day while in the game, you are in an MMO. The number of instanced zones matters not to that fact.
To claim this game is not an MMO is to give the false impression to potential buyers that when they enter the game, they are all alone. That is not true, and it doesn't do the buyer any good to hear someone bitching that the game isn't an MMO because the adventure zones are instanced. By that stupid definition, EQ2 isn't an MMO either.
Games: WAR, LotRO, AO, GW, EQ, EQ2, AC, AC2, Vanguard, CoH, EVE, HZs, SO, MxO, SWG, DAoC, WoW, WWIIOL --------------------------------------
There's a world behind the world, Professor Robinson. Lie once, cheat twice and everything becomes clear. Do not mistake my deception for a character flaw. It is philosophical choice, a profound understanding of the universe. It is a way of life. - Doctor Smith
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Great review man! You took the time to type that when the rest of us could not log off!
Which FF Character Are You?
Currently Playing: WoW, Guild Wars, DDO
Have Played: FFXI, EVE, CoH/CoV, Linage2, LotRO: Alpha - Open Beta
Awaiting: WAR, WAR40K
NON-MMO Playing: Jade Empire
The bashing doesn't bother me - in one area it was deserved: the auto attack key being the spacebar.
But hell, we all learn things new that we didn't know before. I was still learning new and unusual things in EQ after having been in the game 5 years....
The other knocks are opinion.
I wrote all this because I questioned whether GW would be worth it. Everything I had read was so slanted and lacking information that I stayed away from the game. My wife convinced me to get us copies since the monthly play was free.
I only wish more people gave subjective assessments and comparisons like I did so that we could all compare notes before buying a game.
Games:
WAR, LotRO, AO, GW, EQ, EQ2, AC, AC2, Vanguard, CoH, EVE, HZs, SO, MxO, SWG, DAoC, WoW, WWIIOL
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There's a world behind the world, Professor Robinson. Lie once, cheat twice and everything becomes clear. Do not mistake my deception for a character flaw. It is philosophical choice, a profound understanding of the universe. It is a way of life. - Doctor Smith
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MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.
MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.
MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.
This one point in many threads gets hammered, but I think it requires a look, and let me throw my own disclaimer before I dive in. I like GW, but I'm no fanboi. If there was a monthly fee, I wouldn't be here. Not because I'm cheap or poor - quite the contrary - but rather because the end-game is all PvP. Because it is free to play, I play the 1-20 RP section of the game and consider that alone to be worth paying the $50 to buy the game. Even then, I play other games more frequently than I do GW. That being said...
The description you quoted is a cute way of disclaiming the traditional all-zones-are-open method of mixing people together. But the state of the game is a matter of degrees. EQ2 has instanced zones. EQ1's LDoNs are all instanced. AO has instanced zones. The difference is that all adventure zones in GW are instanced. Is it the instancing or the number of zones that make the definition? Is it that you can truly solo or that there's no one you can steal kills from? What of those make GW not an MMO?
I absolutely stand by my statement that GW is an MMO. I don't care what cute term is applied to the fact that all the adventure zones are instanced. The 732,991,204,003,559 different versions of LEGOLAS aren't being played by the NPC computer, Dinion. You can interact with every single retarded persona and they come from all parts of the globe and speak all kinds of different languages. In any game, if you can mix with people from around the globe, 24 hours a day while in the game, you are in an MMO. The number of instanced zones matters not to that fact.
To claim this game is not an MMO is to give the false impression to potential buyers that when they enter the game, they are all alone. That is not true, and it doesn't do the buyer any good to hear someone bitching that the game isn't an MMO because the adventure zones are instanced. By that stupid definition, EQ2 isn't an MMO either.
Games:
WAR, LotRO, AO, GW, EQ, EQ2, AC, AC2, Vanguard, CoH, EVE, HZs, SO, MxO, SWG, DAoC, WoW, WWIIOL
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There's a world behind the world, Professor Robinson. Lie once, cheat twice and everything becomes clear. Do not mistake my deception for a character flaw. It is philosophical choice, a profound understanding of the universe. It is a way of life. - Doctor Smith
Good job to the OP. haven't tried GW yet, but i found the post informative. You touched on a some random things that most reviewers haven't
I don't want to write this, and you don't want to read it. But now it's too late for both of us.