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Blizzard should have produced AoC
grimland
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First read this review to get a good and authentic impression on the game. Second, the way i see it? The game is fun in certain aspects. Nevertheless, Funcom attitude and lack of management skill really make me sad. I almost want that Blizzard would have produced AoC. They would never allow the game to come to this situation.
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Rushed Release still in the Rough needs fine tuning to become a game the public will enjoy...
And now the Flame... ish...
I use to be a Avid WoW player now Quit never happier but besides that...
AoC isnt WoW Sure blizzard has good ideas and such and has alot of managing that because they have alot more money then Fun com could imagine, Funcom wasn't prepared in my opinion for a game of the magnitude. That doesnt mean AoC wont be good just might take a bit longer to perfect, Going to be a bit of a slow start but just wait a couple months of So and it should be chugging along smoothly. AoC has the potential to get to a WoW level just need Fine tuning.
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Although I was waiting for WAR I decided to try AoC because I happened to have a week off.
Well, I've 'ruined' my week off because I've spent the whole time playing the game.
I actually remember a similar feeling when I first started playing WoW, and never had it with TR or Van etc. so in this respect the game reminds me of Blizzard's creation.
I would say to any readers that if you want to know how good this game is you should try it as there is just too much bias around.
WoW in the beginning was laggier, and more bugged then AoC. I think that they are doing a great job. sure i think ranger feats should work properly, or the trader should have worked properly in beginning, and some quests shouldnt be bugged but its a MMO. It takes alot of time to iron out all the problems cuz heaven knows WoW took a long time to do it.
FC in my opinion done a better job with AoC then Blizz ever could have.
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one mans opinion doesnt really prove that a game sucks.
Agreed. Many of the people complaining about the technical problems appear to never have even been in a game's first month of launch before... which would make sense since MMORPG's haven't really become popular until EQ and WoW came around.
You will find and should expect many bugs in a game's launch. No MMORPG ever comes out perfect, the closest any MMOG ever got was LOTRO, but in my opinion just lacks content in general (DON'T BASH ME FOR THIS, JUST FOR MY POINT AND MY PERSONAL OPINION). In my opinion AoC's launch is doing pretty damn good, definitely not in the league of LOTRO's launch but far surpassing VGs, and even possibly WoWs.
WoW didn't start with 10 million, and AoC along with WAR both have great chances of being it's predecessor. (I think I spelled that wrong, oh well...)
what a retarded post. everything that makes aoc interesting is because FC tried new things, because it was made by FC and not blizzard made it what it is.
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Agreed. Many of the people complaining about the technical problems appear to never have even been in a game's first month of launch before... which would make sense since MMORPG's haven't really become popular until EQ and WoW came around.
You will find and should expect many bugs in a game's launch. No MMORPG ever comes out perfect, the closest any MMOG ever got was LOTRO, but in my opinion just lacks content in general (DON'T BASH ME FOR THIS, JUST FOR MY POINT AND MY PERSONAL OPINION). In my opinion AoC's launch is doing pretty damn good, definitely not in the league of LOTRO's launch but far surpassing VGs, and even possibly WoWs.
WoW didn't start with 10 million, and AoC along with WAR both have great chances of being it's predecessor. (I think I spelled that wrong, oh well...)
Believe it or not, i honestly want this game to be as good as WoW. Somehow i don't see it with Funcom in command. However, my fingers are crossed.
And bring even MORE of the WoW community over? No thanks. I hope this game doesn't become as popular as WoW since WoW is known for the worst community ever... at least to me.
I think funcom is doing great as i said before. Also if there was a Blizzard tag on the box all the wow fanbois would buy this game. There are already enough of them playing this and i personally think that we dont need more of them. Im already getting tired of reading OOC chat and seeing chuck norris jokes the only mmo that does that is WOW.
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It's retarded threads like this that make me not want to visit this place anymore.
I agree 100%, If this game becomes as popular as WoW 2 things could happen overall basically... we all rip our hair out for a month while noobs flood and cry and QQ and quit... Or... Funcom listens to there QQing and gives the noobs all there hearts content and ruins a good game... Long as there is less servers and such it would seem like a pretty populated game like wow.. dont need 50 servers to prove a game to be good.
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true i guess but annoying. I love it though when they pull a Chuck joke everyone in OOC gets pissed off at them lol makes me laugh.
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Things Blizzard would do if they took control of AoC:
1- Remove M rating for a bigger chunk of the gamer population.
2- Worsen the graphics so that everyone and their grandmas can play the game on any PC.
3- Change the combat system into something easier and less skill-based, thus making the game a lot more gear based (to get more $$)
4- Create elves, gnomes and the like.
5- The VERY few expansions (compared to their $$$$$$) kill the game.
No thanks. Funcom already showed us that they can develop a decent game even after a horror launch.
I would not want AoC to turn more mainstream than it actually is. It KILLS the game. Blizzard would effectively ruin the Conan license for more $$.
All this, and I love Blizzard! Go figure.
Enough with this wow fanboi issue. Can u really generalize the entire 10 million poplation? im 35y married , with a full time job job and love wow. Not all are kids. You should actually hope that AoC would get 10 million ppl after 4y. It would make the game a lot better over time.
Ok and now for the topic...if Blizzard made AoC (meaning they took all the ideas AoC has, INCLUDING the M rating, blood n gore, high specs, ect...) all they'd do is make it less grindy and fill it with more quests so that casuals could be really happy. Then hardcore whiners couldn't complain about Blizz casualifying (my own word!) the game because it'd already be simple. Win win! They'd end up saying how great WoW was before it became the casual's paradise, go figure.
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WoW isnt all kids... it would be a good game if it wasnt honesly.. but majority of the population is Cocky ass whiney kids that cry and cry and cry...
best way I found to get away from them in WoW is RP servers, I dont mind RPing personally as long as It isnt hardcore RP but never the less it tends to scare kids away.
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©Signore 2005
The game is decent. It's Funcom attitude that sucks.
In addition, believe me u would want to be a mainstream game and not a niche one.
I think we need to keep in mind the distinction between WoW and Blizzard.
Personally, I think that Funcom actually DID to a lot of things that Blizzard would have done had they produced this instead.
I do NOT mean that they copied anything from WoW. I'm saying that Funcom made good decisions about AoC that Blizzard also tends to make about their game. This is a good thing.
Considering the sheer graphical intensity, AoC has been polished. Not as much as WoW, but it has been given a really hard spit-shine by Funcom. (Whereas Blizzard uses the fancy imported store-bought polish).
They made choices about game design similar to Blizzard, by trying to appeal to many playstyles. This is also a good thing.
Now, Funcom did all these things a little differently than Blizzard would have, but my point is that they took at least a few good points, and used them in their decision making. Good for them! They also did some things COMPLETELY differently from Blizzard, which contributes to the unique feel and style of AoC. Good for them!
I have to disagree with Blizzard producing AoC. They need to stick to their universes. Funcom had (maybe still has...though I am losing faith) the capability to make AoC good but they decided to release it before it was ready and that has really hurt it. Possibly actually killing the game before it even got started.
Blizzard was forced to release an unfinished WOW because EQ2 beat them to the punch and the christmas rush was on.They even stooped as low as giving away free WOW discs through mcdonalds LMAO.They cancelled there starcraft part two a couple years back and now have once again claimed to be making a starcraft2,who knows,there a bunch of bumblers.Even there name blizzard came about because they had used a name that was already taken..lol.
OH before i forget..how do you like having to agree to the blizzard TOS wich allows them to run a hidden program[WARDEN] that can legally scan any of your private information on your PC?not just game scanning.I think we will just let FUNCOM be funcom,we don't need anymore blizzard/vivendi 's running around...no thanx. ! I enjoy seeing companies innovate and make strides in gaming ,i don't need cheap backwards gaming i can get that anywhere.
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me too, it's getting pretty lame. To the people who make these threads: I like AoC, you may love WoW or whatever game; just quit posting the trash talk, this place is starting to look like a garbage heap.
Enough with this wow fanboi issue. Can u really generalize the entire 10 million poplation? im 35y married , with a full time job job and love wow. Not all are kids. You should actually hope that AoC would get 10 million ppl after 4y. It would make the game a lot better over time.
Why would i want 10m players in AoC? L2 gets more frequent updates than wow and its pop is slowly diminishing. So does Eve. Blizzard on the other hand produce one major update every 1.5-2 yrs? And from all the whining threads in wow forums i take that when Blizzard uses the nerfbat they dont only hit the ball, they tear down the stadium. No niche games revolving around the communities demands work better in my opinion
Alot more then you think is based on money hence why Blizzard is doing so well now... after the Insane sales of Diablo 2 and Such they made a pretty penny which pushed there company farther into the ideal Company.
Funcom doesnt have the kind of money Blizzard has to hire 1000's of GM's for Customer support. This is one of the first big games Fun com has produced so once the revenue starts to set in then you'll see stuff like customer support and Maitnence in general improve greatly.
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©Signore 2005
Agreed. And if anyone else were to hypothetically have produced this other than funcom I definitely would not choose blizzard, Turbine maybe Bah what a silly idea.