Hmm so your describing just about everything Blizzard did with WoW.They took all of the good elements from OTHER mmo'sand put it into WoW.
What does that say about Blizzard?
I mean really imho DDO is a good game for what it is.Its made for a player that likes that particular gamestyle.When i played it i actually enjoyed the concept of dungeons with actual traps etc etc.I find it interesting that so many people are bashing the game yet it is STILL up and running with no rumors of it being shutdown.
Learning lessons from other MMOGs is good, as are applying those lessons to games that you design.
Photocopying someone else's MMOG, reskinning it, and adding some intellectual property that someone licensed to you is not the same thing.
If the BEST thing you can say about a game is "well, it hasnt been shut down yet", well... that says something right there.
Dungeons & Dragons Online is the worst MMO game of 2006 , It is better than Dark and Light. But judging by how BIG potential this licence had and how DDO managed to destroy it completely and utterly , estrange wagon loads of licence fans , and in every other way completely misunderstand both MMO genre and D&D franchise. This is why DDO deserves worst game of the year award, and probably biggest disapointment/wasted development of the decade
DDO for the worst game of 2006. I couldn't agree more. They had so much potential. Next time Turbine, release a game and not a demo.
Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is:
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
SWG in 05 (actually almost any sony product could make a case for worst game every year). In 07 we'll be treated to EQ3, Yay i can hardly wait!..o nvm ill be playing AOC/WAR and NWN2.
Not the worst game play wise but comon' Dungeons and Dragons is the RPG of all RPG's and Turbine F'd it up big time I'd say biggest letdown in the history of MMO's goes to Turbines DDO.Like I said its not an absolute terrible game but its not very good either and omfg did I mention it was based off Dungeons and Dragons..it could of been the best game ever.
Dark&Light sucks
Irith Online sucks
Auto Assault/RFonline suck
Archlord/Cabal Will anyone really p2p these games?!?!
But I owe a sincere thanks to all these crapass games because they keep developers on their toes and make them realise that even the mindless masses won't play terrible crappy games.
Hmm bad year for mmorpg.Some have been the worst non free mmorpg i ever seen.DnL and roma victor comes to mind but I have to say roma victor is the worst MMO of the year.
Personally I think it is a tie between DDO and DNL. The sad thing is that DDO had some of the best potential on the license alone and Turbine still blew it.
I can't say Archlord because it is too new, it could change after the first couple of patches.
Another game that was bad but had and still has potential is Auto Assault, if they lose the subscription fee it might liive.
And then there was Seed. It was the worst beta that went straight into live when everyone knew it should have still been an alpha build.
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Originally posted by neuronomad And then there was Seed. It was the worst beta that went straight into live when everyone knew it should have still been an alpha build.
i beta tested seed , it was lagy , bizare movement , glytchy , bugs from hell ... but even with all that i had huge hopes that it would become a good live game , loved the grafics , warm sci fi mood , ... and now its dead
I wanted it to live too, but during beta amongst all the problems and complaints about lag and so-on when the backers pushed Runestone into going straight from beta to live and said they would fix the numerous game breaking problems during live the writing was indeed on the wall.
Too bad, Runestone's development team were amoung some of the best in regards to keeping in contact with thier players.
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Originally posted by BigDogofBria Regardless of when the NGE came out SWG gets the award of Worst... Game... EVER!
I agree. I never thought SWG was good to begin with.
This year would go to DnL or Seed. I didn't really get lucky enough to try DnL, the horror stories were enough to push me away. But man, I tried Seed and that was bad.
i had to vote SWG because it used to be a good game until they destroyed it. thats just very very bad. worst than D&L because it wasnt even a good game to begin with.
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Photocopying someone else's MMOG, reskinning it, and adding some intellectual property that someone licensed to you is not the same thing.
If the BEST thing you can say about a game is "well, it hasnt been shut down yet", well... that says something right there.
2. DDO
3. Auto Assault
DDO for the worst game of 2006. I couldn't agree more. They had so much potential. Next time Turbine, release a game and not a demo.
Fear not fanbois, we are not trolls, let's take off your tin foil hat and learn what VAPORWARE is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
Currently Playing: Metal Gear Online, Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Oblivion. (Taking a break from MMO's)
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Im ganna go with DDO as worst game in 06.
SWG in 05 (actually almost any sony product could make a case for worst game every year). In 07 we'll be treated to EQ3, Yay i can hardly wait!..o nvm ill be playing AOC/WAR and NWN2.
Not the worst game play wise but comon' Dungeons and Dragons is the RPG of all RPG's and Turbine F'd it up big time I'd say biggest letdown in the history of MMO's goes to Turbines DDO.Like I said its not an absolute terrible game but its not very good either and omfg did I mention it was based off Dungeons and Dragons..it could of been the best game ever.
Dark&Light sucks
Irith Online sucks
Auto Assault/RFonline suck
Archlord/Cabal Will anyone really p2p these games?!?!
But I owe a sincere thanks to all these crapass games because they keep developers on their toes and make them realise that even the mindless masses won't play terrible crappy games.
Dark and Light if you can call it a game.
Without doubt Dark & Light...
Roma-Victor is playable...but still needs alot of improvements...
[insert already bad MMO ported from the east that suffers even more from broken translation/localization]
After recently playing it, I'll say Xiah. And of course DnL for its history and what it didn't deliver.
Still passing final judgement on things you have not even tried, Jorev?
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I can't say Archlord because it is too new, it could change after the first couple of patches.
Another game that was bad but had and still has potential is Auto Assault, if they lose the subscription fee it might liive.
And then there was Seed. It was the worst beta that went straight into live when everyone knew it should have still been an alpha build.
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i beta tested seed , it was lagy , bizare movement , glytchy , bugs from hell ... but even with all that i had huge hopes that it would become a good live game , loved the grafics , warm sci fi mood , ... and now its dead
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Too bad, Runestone's development team were amoung some of the best in regards to keeping in contact with thier players.
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This year would go to DnL or Seed. I didn't really get lucky enough to try DnL, the horror stories were enough to push me away. But man, I tried Seed and that was bad.
Well, of the games I tried this year easily the worse is
DDO
AND
RFO
I didn't try D&L, read enough to keep me away.
The game that has made strangest twist and turns and is still wayyyy off course is SWG.
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i vote seed , for not being able to live
Guild - http://lightness.goodforum.net/
Blog - http://www.pierrecarlier.com/
Gets my vote.
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Still passing final judgement on things you have not even tried, Jorev?
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Back from a ban Sep?..... anyway...... I played RV and I vote it worst of 06.
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