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So after a gap of the last major releases being WoW and EQ2(also possibly DDO), we have the first new contender on the scene; Vanguard released on January 30th 2007.
Others:
Pirates of the Burning Sea Q1 2007
God and Heroes: Q2 2007
Chronicles of Spellborn Q1 2007
Age of Conan: Spring/Summer 2007
Warhammer: Late 2007
LOTR Online: Q2 2007
Darkfall:... 2011
(Others.. Huxley, Hero's Journey, Aion,Dungeon Runners, Tabula Rasa, SUN etc)
Comments
Gods and Heroes is late Summer BTW
Age of Conan and Gods and Heroes released around the same time, interesting.
Vanguard is out of the picture as far as contender.
Maybe 2009 will be a good year for MMOs?
WAR is the only thing that even comes close to look forward to, untill that im on a pve-tour trough EQ2.
if WAR is as dissapointing as Vanguard is i will drop the whole scene and get a IRL
its realesed in less then 3 weeks and its a mayor letdown, its nothing they promised and games like EQ2 are MUCH better graphic, performance, lore, pvp and gameplay wise
its really not good, get over it, it isnt.
Unless AOC turns out ok and the PVP is actually GOOD, in which case, yippee!
whats coming out in 2011?
BTW im looking forward to vanguard,huxley,WAR,AOC,tabula Rasa, and LOTRO (just to try it because i love the concept.) so i guess you can say 2007-2008 is a good year for me , Bu seriously what is in 2011 that has so many people pumped...i keep hearing references to it.
Every December people announce it was the worst year, with huge letdowns.
Im all for optimism, but after doing this for so many years, Ive learned dont get hyped about a game until you've played it. Its so easy to get let down. And quite frankly, I enjoy games a LOT more when I got in not expecting anything, and get blown away by whats there. Instead of going in expecting everything and feel let down when something I loved was cut. Besides, with all the fan sites that pop up and resources like Stratics and MMORPG.com its soooo easy to get caught up and know it all about a game if you played it and decide you like it. I personally thing last year was a decent year, and this year has potential just from the shear volume of games being throws at us... good thing I got lotsa bursaries this year, I think Ill be subscribed to atleast 2 games :P
after 6 or so years, I had to change it a little...
My money is honestly on Gods and Heroes in terms of which 2007 launch will capture the largest subscriber base. People here don't give it much credit, but that game has very high production values. The team is putting a lot of effort into polishing the game and releasing it with a ton of content. At this point, it seems to me like they're 75% of the way through a home run swing, but I can't say for sure how it'll end up until the moment of truth arrives.
Age of Conan and Warhammer Online are the other two titles which have the potential to exceed niche status. Warhammer Online, though I think it'll be a great game, will not see a 2007 release in my opinion, just looking at their progress rate. I believe Age of Conan, though it's a favorite among the hardcore MMORPG crowd, has the least mass appeal of all the heavily-anticipated MMORPG's.
Chronicles of Spellborn is probably the game I want to see succeed the most, but great ideas alone don't a great game make. From what I can see, the team is being taxed at this point. There's no way it's going to see release in Q1, and even when it does, a few of the advanced features they promised aren't going to make it into the launch version. Some of the basic underpinnings of the game aren't even 100% finished. I think it'll be a great game when all is said and done, but I'm not sure how smoothly the launch will go.
These are my opinions, anyway, based on what I've heard. I think we might see a few interesting upsets. I'm not sure what number to peg on LotRO, for instance.
Doubt Lotr Online will be that good, but it will sway WoW players as something different to try and it has the Lotr IP. Should hook some people.
LotRO is not going to be anything amazing, no. I have no belief that it will break new ground or do any one thing especially well. Still, it seems they're going to do a lot of things at least decently. They also seem to be putting a lot of effort into creating atmosphere, and they're using a class system which is a little less formulaic than WoW's. Honestly, for a title like this, the only question is how well they polish it. If they release it in a good state, a lot of WoW players might find this game a breath of fresh air. That alone would make it successful.
definitely.
I jesterly suggested Darkfall was coming out thener corum 2?? ....next GW and/or Flyff Version 7
Death's Little Helper, Watch your ass
I just hope WHO saves us from the travesty that is WoW PVP.
I mean really, do they really think "arena" PVP is that fun and basing rewards off ladder systems? What's bad is they had just removed the ladder based rewards and fixed things and now they are reintroducing the same broken system of ladder based rewards that are better than any other PVP rewards.
http://www.greycouncil.org/
I have high hopes for Warhammer, if it doesn't deliver I'm done with mmorpgs for good. Mythic knows their shiat though, PvP is what they do well.
Mythics strength is in PVP anyone disagrees play DAoC and you will see
AGE OF CONAN will be my 07 game of chose just for all the things funcom is putting into it and its PVP! PVE look great as well
Vanguard is far from out of it. I doubt it will be very playable at release but if they can fix most of the bug within the first year it could be a great game. The character creation isn't revolutionary but it is alot more customizable then what we are use to seeing, they need to add more hair styles though. You have a huge number of classes and races to choose from. The diplomacy sphere is an interesting addition, even though it's just a card game, we'll see how they use it in the future. It's visually appealing, they just need to knock out all the graphical glitches in the game.
Of course it has its faults.
It can be quite laggy at times, but hopefully that's just do to stress testing the servers during beta. There are plenty of bugs and glitches, some say can't be fixed by the release date, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. Certain features aren't implemented, and are said not to be added by the time the game is released, hopefully once they start making money we can see quick updates.
Again I don't expect it to be perfect at release, but within the first year if popularity picks up we should have a playable game in no time. I don't think I'll be picking it up right off the bat, but who knows, lets see how the game looks when it comes out.
Dude, I hate sound picky but here is an idea...they could release the game without the bugs so no one would need to pay for year of post-beta testing. You are entirely to generous in regards to this. Its like buying a new car that isn't finished being built and the dealer telling you "don't worry we add all the missing parts on as the year goes buy, in the meantime just keep making your monthly payments".
Aren't we all tired of paying for games that are not finished yet?
Dude, I hate sound picky but here is an idea...they could release the game without the bugs so no one would need to pay for year of post-beta testing. You are entirely to generous in regards to this. Its like buying a new car that isn't finished being built and the dealer telling you "don't worry we add all the missing parts on as the year goes buy, in the meantime just keep making your monthly payments".
Aren't we all tired of paying for games that are not finished yet?
Here's where the problem comes in
A good MMORPG is just too expensive to develop. Unless you have unlimited funds or backers who are willing to hold out, you either have to put out what you have or go under. From what I gathered Vanguard is being released earlier then they wanted to because they are low on funds and the higher ups are pressuring them for a release.
The game isn't as bad as people seem to make it out to be. Many of the bugs should be worked out before the 30th.
Anyone who purchases this game now really is investing on what they expect in the future.
Dude, I hate sound picky but here is an idea...they could release the game without the bugs so no one would need to pay for year of post-beta testing. You are entirely to generous in regards to this. Its like buying a new car that isn't finished being built and the dealer telling you "don't worry we add all the missing parts on as the year goes buy, in the meantime just keep making your monthly payments".
Aren't we all tired of paying for games that are not finished yet?
Here's where the problem comes in
A good MMORPG is just too expensive to develop. Unless you have unlimited funds or backers who are willing to hold out, you either have to put out what you have or go under. From what I gathered Vanguard is being released earlier then they wanted to because they are low on funds and the higher ups are pressuring them for a release.
The game isn't as bad as people seem to make it out to be. Many of the bugs should be worked out before the 30th.
Anyone who purchases this game now really is investing on what they expect in the future.
I get your point, I am all for continuing developement of a game after launch however thats not what you are saying, you were saying that the game is hardly in a playable state.
Why, as a consumer who has to 14.99 a month should I have a barely playable game? I could forgive the game in regards to new stuff coming but sloppy performance and design in hopes of them fixing it?
I did Vanguard beta for 3 or 4 months but honestly its not ready for release. The other game I am beta testing is in much better shape and its not releasing for a few months yet. Doing beta on 2 games side by side gives you a different picture...Vanguard is "cramming" now and not ready.
I know we are hoping they can get those performance issues worked out but the clock is ticking and its what, a few weeks from release and they are STILL struggling with performance???? And this games release was pushed back how many times? two? Not a good sign. It has potential but so do they all.
Age of Conan - maybe.
I actually have alot of optimism for this year. You could sort of smell a poop coming in 2006 but this year is looking to be a bit better IMHO.
I have the following on my menu for 2007
I don't think I will have time for anything else. I hope they release spaced apart a bit, if they come at the same time, I'm screwed lol. I'm in beta for one of them and I'm very pleased with it.