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You sure it is like WoW??
nomraw
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I agree that it feels like you are playing a WoW clone, when you are playing RoM....but is it even remotely close to WoW...I am not bashing this game and I ain't a WoW player either but....I feel it is kinda misleading when players say it is a WoW clone...coz...I honestly feel it is quite different from WoW.
I request some WoW player who has also tried RoM to a reasonable level...to give me some good similarities and distinctions between the two.
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Ok, i think you just need my opinion, I'm lvl 50/20 Mage/Priest in Rom, max lvl, and i was lvl 60 warlock full tier 2 in original expansion..
similarities are a fact, movement, attack, exp bar, quest system, crafting system, jump system, swimming/diving system (WoW's better tho), Auction House, Raids..
distinctions..well Compendium, Dual Class system, Housing system, Guild level system, Elite skills, no talents that difer from spells like in WoW, a few ppl in the game compared to WoW, worst support ever, i bet it even doesnt exist, i never got answered a ticket, and well both are unbalanced, but RoM does more.. hm and i think nothing else, yes the Cash Shop which completely ruins the game right now, youll see.
Above post pretty much sumed it up. I only made it to lvl 25mage and 21 priest in Runes of Magic, and I made lvl 40 in wow. However from the very start of rom I noticed lots of things are the same as wow. Except wow is way more polished imo. One thing I noticed and liked a lot about wow was everything worked really smoothly in that game. In rom things are not that smooth...at least not yet.
Thanks a lot for the replies guys....^_^...need more details :P from others as well...
there essentially the same thing gameplay wise minus in RoM you have to level 2 class in one character
in my brief experience, I'd say that it is very, very similar. especially in regards to UI and basic game functions.
the Rage Mechanic for Warriors is straight out of WoW.
it is wow with bad graphics.
trust me i played
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It's definitely very similar to WoW, but with added features.
And to the person who says it has worse graphics above me...get a new PC.
This stuff is present in most mmorpgs, so no, runes of magic is not similar to WoW, runes of magic is similar to a generic mmorpg, WoW is a mmorpg too, so they both will have similarties.
This stuff is present in most mmorpgs, so no, runes of magic is not similar to WoW, runes of magic is similar to a generic mmorpg, WoW is a mmorpg too, so they both will have similarties.
However, few manage to mix them all together in almost exactly the same way WoW does.
I think alot of people mix up WoW cloning and parts of a MMO. Some are like, "OMG classes! it's a WoW clone!" when in fact WoW stole classes from EQ. Some are like, "OMG tanks, healers, casters, rogues! it's a WoW clone!" when in fact WoW stole this from EQ (and EQ stole it from NwN). There isn't really a WoW clone, unless you play the WoW private servers, now THAT's a WoW clone because it's exactly the same, just free. I get tired of people that even mention anything about any game considering it to be a WoW clone. I know alot of people's first MMO was WoW, but WoW took alot of things from alot of different MMOs and put them together. Really the only thing that WoW was innovative about was adding in a "never get lost" and "always know exactly what you're supposed to do" mentality.
Maybe perhaps I misunderstand what people mean when they say WoW clone, but this game definitely isn't one, and neither is any other game. You could say OMG WoW enviromental graphics. I'd have to somewhat agree with you, they do look similar, but not cloned.
It's completely logical there will never be a clone, but you can get games that strive to be WoW in a different skin. That's what clone means in this case.
The fact that WoW "stole" features from other games is completely irrelevant, as the fact that it took those features and compiled them into one game makes it a unique game as a result of that. Other games that do the same, but simply change up the lore and add a few of their own touches are what I'd consider to be WoW clones.
I have a pretty decent pc and I can max both these games and they run like butter and there is no comparison. RoM graphics seem simple and unpolished even compareted to WoW which has been showing its age for awhile. In my opinion at least.
Not sure how to insert images or we could see a comparison.
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It baffles me how one can say that. It really does.
It baffles me how one can say that. It really does.
I say it becuase I have played both games and in my opinion there is no comparison. WoW graphics are more polished. RoM graphics seem old to me even compared to WoWs which are aged. Now as I sad this is my opinion but I thimk some good screens from both games would easily help substaniate what i am saying.
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I, too, have played much of both games and as you said it's a matter of opinion. I find Runes of Magic's to be much better.
I actually prefer RoM's graphics over WoW's cartoony stylized version. Neither one really impresses me, but the whole cartoon theme of WoW is a major turn-off. How anyone can look at WoW and take the graphics seriously is beyond me... it's designed to be a big joke (motorcycles indeed).
Anyway, as far as being a WoW clone, there are some parts of RoM that are straight up cloned from WoW. Look at gathering, for instance. The UI is also too similar to not notice where they got the idea from. The AH as well.
However, there are parts they cloned from other games too... dual class system is straight up from FFXI, as is the housing.
But hey, I'm not knocking RoM for what they did. Why not take the best ideas from other games and put them all into one? As others pointed out, it's not like past games (WoW included) haven't done the exact same thing.
How can you make that distinction between the games graphicly when RoMs graphics are also cartoony?
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By "cartoony" I mean akin to Tom & Jerry, not animated. WoW's graphics/animations are meant to be light-hearted (Michael Jackson dancing, motorcycles, Gnome pigtails, etc). RoM's graphics are meant to be of a more serious nature.
It's night and day to me.
By "cartoony" I mean akin to Tom & Jerry, not animated. WoW's graphics/animations are meant to be light-hearted (Michael Jackson dancing, motorcycles, Gnome pigtails, etc). RoM's graphics are meant to be of a more serious nature.
It's night and day to me.
Yeah, WoW's graphical content may be more light hearted (everything you just listed) but the graphics themselves are regarded as "cartoony". Bright colors, "bulginess" (have you ever seen the buildings and the Gnomish machines?), disproportionate character models (in some cases worse than others - see Gnomes...), etc.
I've seen a picture of one of RoM's cities and I swear I thought it was Stormwind.
It's like drawing a picture. You may use the same pen but you can draw two completely different pictures. The "cartoony" graphics is the pen.
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A human and an Elf get captured by Skaven. The rat-men are getting ready to shoot the first hostage with Dwarf-made guns when he yells, "Earthquake!" The naturally nervous Skaven run and hide from the imaginary threat. He escapes. The Skaven regroup and bring out the Elf. Being very smart, the Elf has figured out what to do. When the Skaven get ready to shoot, the Elf, in order to scare them, yells, "Fire!"
Order of the White Border.
Actually wow did not take from many games they copied EQ almost 99% completely.WOW is EQ 1 1/2.The better version is EQ2.
As far as ROM goes ,i would say they actually tried to take ideas from many games including there class system,from FFXI.ROM is just too cheap,the effort was not there,the world seems thrown together,it really seems like nothing more than a leveling system,with no real reason to play other than that.Everything just seemed second rate ,just like what i would expect from a F2P game.
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By "cartoony" I mean akin to Tom & Jerry, not animated. WoW's graphics/animations are meant to be light-hearted (Michael Jackson dancing, motorcycles, Gnome pigtails, etc). RoM's graphics are meant to be of a more serious nature.
It's night and day to me.
Yeah, WoW's graphical content may be more light hearted (everything you just listed) but the graphics themselves are regarded as "cartoony". Bright colors, "bulginess" (have you ever seen the buildings and the Gnomish machines?), disproportionate character models (in some cases worse than others - see Gnomes...), etc.
I've seen a picture of one of RoM's cities and I swear I thought it was Stormwind.
It's like drawing a picture. You may use the same pen but you can draw two completely different pictures. The "cartoony" graphics is the pen.
Well said Asce!
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By "cartoony" I mean akin to Tom & Jerry, not animated. WoW's graphics/animations are meant to be light-hearted (Michael Jackson dancing, motorcycles, Gnome pigtails, etc). RoM's graphics are meant to be of a more serious nature.
It's night and day to me.
Yeah, WoW's graphical content may be more light hearted (everything you just listed) but the graphics themselves are regarded as "cartoony". Bright colors, "bulginess" (have you ever seen the buildings and the Gnomish machines?), disproportionate character models (in some cases worse than others - see Gnomes...), etc.
I've seen a picture of one of RoM's cities and I swear I thought it was Stormwind.
It's like drawing a picture. You may use the same pen but you can draw two completely different pictures. The "cartoony" graphics is the pen.
Well said Asce!
Yeah there you go! That sums it up.
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RoM is great. For a game that is in beta and F2P, it's a lot more fun than WoW and better graphics. Not cartoony like WoW. If the devs do things right, it will end up being the best F2P game. I can't stand playing WoW and I can't stop playing RoM... Some of the quests have humor in them, too.
Nah its not like WoW , The only thing i think of right now , is the interface , And some skills.
There's a lot more than that. The gathering skills (Mining, Herbalism, etc) are an exact copy of WoW's. The combat is almost identical (global cooldown, auto attack, ability activation, etc), the only difference I see is no pushback on spells. The auction house is very similar, right down to the tabs at the bottom, although they did add some nice features (like the History button). The hearth stone is copied (although WoW may have gotten that from some other game)... it's even named very similar (hearth recall). Exclamation points and question marks over quest NPC's is right outa WoW, even down to the colors (yellow for available/completed, grey for unavailable/not completed).