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No the quests are not like WoW, they're much worse ... they gotta be the most generic quest I've seen to date...I mean seriously the first quest you get in starter area is kill X??? That's a nice antre into a brand new game of 2011...
And since then all I do is killing X and collecting/activating Y..
Makes you cry
I think I actually spent way more time reading and theorycrafting about MMOs than playing them
This is not an EQ clone.
Not at all.
If they had copied EQ more (as in bigger wide open zones, freedom from rails, distinctive racial armours,challenging co-op gameplay, fear of death, whatever else) they would have built a much better game.
If this was an EQ clone I wouldnt be looking forward to the new EQ TLP server thats opening in just over a week so much.
No, your not bored of the genre (thats just a cop out defense thrown around by the fans to dismiss your PoV), your obviously just bored with the shallow derivative quest grind ones, like Rift, and thats fine.
I said a while back that we would start seeing posts like this soon. Most of the frothing posts saying how ubah this game is are from guys that have played for maybe 1 beta, and truth be told the game looks good at that point. Play it for a little longer and the sheen starts to wear off though.
It's a little later, when you realise you doing the same thing as you was at L11 and the game hasnt got any more open, interesting, or challenging that the alarm bells start ringing. Soon after that the deep boredom, and the feeling of being on that quest treadmill, sets in.
Rift is all shiny surface and nothing beneath, it's like the game was designed by accountants.
I almost fell asleep playing Rift. Combat was no different then LOTRO which bored me also.
There is NOTHING "next gen" about Rift.Graphics are no better then LOTRO. Just mix WoW, War, LOTRO and you have Rift. Except the missions seemed to be just walls of text, and a bit generic.
I don't like any of those games, thus I also don't get into Rift, however if you do like those games, you will most likely get into Rift.
I found Rift's combat and atmosphere pretty bland and boring. Graphically its disappointing for a game released in this day and age. I couldn't get my warrior past lvl 7 i was so bored. I mean the very first quest set the scene, kill 6 "insert random mob" and collect 5 "random" things. The questing is bland, combat is lacklustre, and the world is uninspiring.
The good things seem to be the souls and character customisation but besides that i wont be buying it on release.
GW2 the future of MMO gaming
So glad I was able to cancel my pre-order. Wheeew....another bullet dodge.
Last night I logged into the game, and there were alot of people saying they were doing this as well. Some heated fights between the rabid fans and people realizing it s just another themepark game that doesn t have much to offer. Hell in the little time I was logged in, Rifts popped up all over the place, people were getting annoyed how often they spawned. As I said before, they become an annoyance.
100% agree
from reading your posts about rift i doubt you were ever going to buy it.
why would you pre-order something that you constantly write negatively about.
only getting to level 7 is barely out of the tutorial area, id give it more time before you make a judgement.
This game could be good. They screwed up the MOB's. Instead of making them smarter they made them a grind. You still have to stand toe-to-toe and play whack-a-mole, but now it takes longer. What is with that stupid bouncing arrow. No way to toggle it on or off. No way to make it smaller. It is annoying as...couldn't take it any more. Just stopped playing.
its a beta they are testing the mob spawn rate and over doing the rifts to catch every bug possible. you cant judge a game on beta alone thats why review come after releae and not before. there is two betas going on, alpha beta and vip beta, both are very different thats all i will say.
Because two things. One I wished to try it. Got a VIP key with pre-order. Second the guild I play with in WoW was thinking about going to it. I do not think that will be the case now. If I really wanted to play a game that tries so hard to be WoW...and OMG it is so much like WoW, don't care what the zealot fans say, this game is WoW accept for the Rift's. Yes it does some cool things. Love the collections aspect. That was fun. Everything else though. The dungeons, the warfronts, the quest...don't get me started on the go kill # of and go fetch # of....boy I thought WoW and Aion were horrible for this...Rift is now king of bland, boring quest.
This game will suit players that are looking for a WoW, but with better "world" graphics, not animations mind you or sound, just World graphics. The world itself is very beautiful for the most part. Some of the character animations are just so poorly done, sometimes I laugh because they just look silly.
It may actually also draw in some new players from other MMORPG's like Aion and what not. Game is just not for me. I have been there and done this. I am done grinding. So if that is your cup of tea, Enjoy. Rift is a great game for it.
The combat is terrible, sounds are absolutely a downgrade from most MMOs, Rifts are an annoyance, no matter how the set the frequency of them, they just become boring(a la PQs in WAR). The quests are so boring. PvP haven t seen much, but it didn t thrill me what I saw. I could go on and on, but no matter what they re alpha testing, these core designs won t change. It s my opinion of course, but I haven t seen anything at all to make me want to sub over many games out now, or coming out.
You beat me to it. Why pre-order a game that everyone knows is your standard theme-park mmo and that's not what you're looking for. People just keep repeating the same clone garbage. The horse is so dead, it's fertilizer.
God, do you know how many times I have heard this phrase? Seriously. What next you'll tell me there will be a miracle patch. Or that the gaame in Alpha is different than this one. Or wait...I can see it now. The game will release and soon the producer will ask us all to have patience, and to help them make Rift better - "to be pioneers." Right. No thanks.
Enjoy your game though.
It's no more a wow clone than anyother mmo, and wow has cloned ideas from mmo's that were actually released after wow.
saying its a wow clone leads me to assume you think wow is original and innovative, its not. wow is just a copy of every mmo on the market in one package and is accessible to nintendo wii generation of gamers. Rift isnt anything special but its a step forward in dynamic server technology and a less static world. The clone is cloned from something that is unique and original which wow certainly is not. wow's an everquest clone.
because being objectively critical is a good thing.
there are more then enough people frothing about it, it's good some folks are also seeing both sides.
I played 3 betas now and the conclusion i got to, is that it is indeed a good game... but it's boring. Not my game and i will not sub for sure. Wish them luck tough!
says the wow fanboi who cant digest anything critical about wow.
Megamind - "Oh you're a Villain alright, but not a SUPER Villain"
Titan - "What's the difference?"
Megamind - "PRESENTATION!!"
That kinda explains what I think Rift lacks.
This is not a game.
Like being on a treadmill with a carot in front of me. Only thing that would keep me going would be that the carrot
would taste fine in the end but i''m afraid you'll never get a carrot.
I tried rift and thought it was the worst shit game ever made.. but that was because I was playing alone and in my experience there is no game that can be fun while playing alone.
So I invited some friends to rift which I play all kind of games with, made ourself a pretty balanced group so we could easily clear dungeons etc. And now I think rift is one of the best games I've played
Also I dont think I got the same play style as you, I play about 1-3 hours a day, too much of the good can also make things boring
Well its all common knowledge, you dont have fun when your alone
lol excuse me?
I havent ever played WoW lol... I don't even post on the WoW forums...
your sooo far off