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"Next Gen" MMOs = Current Gen MMOs
Cooktastico
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I think the next gen of MMOs will be just as dissapointing as this current one. In fact, I think it's pretty much made up of the exact same games.
Vanguard - EQ2 w/o loading screens
LOTRO - WoW v2.0
WAR - DAOC v2.0 + WoW graphics.
I think WAR is the only game that's promising at least some new features. It'll be the only game that I will try out because of it's new PvP system.
From watching videos on Vanguard and reading stuff all over their site, I think it's pretty much going to be another EQ2. The characters, animations, and environment all look the exact same. It may have a few unique things to bring to the table but I'm betting that it's not going to be very revolutionary.
As far as LOTRO goes, I don't think this game will be a very big success. I think it's pretty much going to be another version of WoW just full of people looking to RP in a LOTR setting. I haven't seen any combat videos for this game, which I guess stays kind of true to LOTR in that you just walk a lot. Plus, Turbine is pretty good at making flops nowadays.
What's happening to the MMO genre? It's all full of clones
:( The few games coming out that are unique aren't even getting any hype so they will probably fail as well, or somehow manage to get by with a lower player base.
Vanguard - EQ2 w/o loading screens
LOTRO - WoW v2.0
WAR - DAOC v2.0 + WoW graphics.
I think WAR is the only game that's promising at least some new features. It'll be the only game that I will try out because of it's new PvP system.
From watching videos on Vanguard and reading stuff all over their site, I think it's pretty much going to be another EQ2. The characters, animations, and environment all look the exact same. It may have a few unique things to bring to the table but I'm betting that it's not going to be very revolutionary.
As far as LOTRO goes, I don't think this game will be a very big success. I think it's pretty much going to be another version of WoW just full of people looking to RP in a LOTR setting. I haven't seen any combat videos for this game, which I guess stays kind of true to LOTR in that you just walk a lot. Plus, Turbine is pretty good at making flops nowadays.
What's happening to the MMO genre? It's all full of clones
:( The few games coming out that are unique aren't even getting any hype so they will probably fail as well, or somehow manage to get by with a lower player base.
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oh yes, clearly there is only 3 games in development
And besides, same kind of combinations can be made up of any game ever made, save the very first ones so your examples are idiotic at best.
Haha I know there's more than 3 games in development but those are the 3 that get the most hype. WAR looks way beter than WoW, but I was just making a comparison because it looks more like WoW than DAOC. Plus I realize that each game brings its own little thing as every MMO has since the very first ones, but I guess my main question is why are people calling them "next gen" when there's no generational gap.
Clearly, WAR looks exactly like WoW.
But i agree with you that really isnt anything 'next gen' about them, next gen will be something like true 3d or something.
Those games are not next generation games. They are not bringing anything new to the genre. They are just the "next games"
Venge Sunsoar
Age of Conan will have things no current MMO offers:
* Action based combat
* Fatalities
* PVP from the ground up
* PVE/PVP Bounty system that works
* Formations and Sieges
But go on, go ahead and play Vanguard, Lotro, and WAR.
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It is up to the independent game developers to come up with something original.
Unless if the independent game makers themselves coming up with then clones.
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I am keeping my fingers crossed for Funcom. If they learned from AO then Conan could be amazing (even if it has a smaller player base). I hope the graphics are a bit crisper (the screenshots aren't as nice as I hoped) but as long as the gameplay is solid then the graphics won't be an issue for me.
WoW and WAR..............they do look very much alike. I for one am very bored with cartoony graphics.
Darkhorse for me is Phantasy Star Universe. Yes I know cartoony graphics, but as a long time PS fan I can't help but hope for the best for one of my all time favorite games.
If we talk about graphics, there is 2 generations : 2d and 3d. Again, none of the upcoming games can be considered as a next gen.
I'm also tired of hearing compagnies say "our MMORPG is the next generation"...
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Hemingway
You know OP
What is this 3rd generation you are talking about?
What do you expect ?
All the games you mentioned (well except LOTR that will be a pile of crap) are not original - but they do aim to take well known gameplay and make it better
While WAR is based of DAOC and WOW , it is fusing this gameplay and makes it better.
And Vanguard is taking EQ basics good ideas and making them way more complex better and bigger.
Just making something totaly original never seen before does not guarantee a good product. Actually it only opens door to potential disaster.
However learning from your mistakes and trying to improve always brings good results.
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AoC guys..AoC !!
All of that was done in previous games, it won't be a next generation MMORPG. But still the game I'm looking the most for!
All of that was done in previous games, it won't be a next generation MMORPG. But still the game I'm looking the most for!
With the exception of sieges and formations, both of which have been implemented atrociously in earlier examples, I havent seen any of it in MMORPGs, care to clarify which you mean?
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway