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What does AA being rated #1 say?
nthnaoun
Member Posts: 1,438
To me it says that the majority of the people either on this website or playing that game have the mentality of a child. All I hear about this game is how good it is because you can "blow shit up." Since when is "blowing shit up" mature? That means people that play this game must have the mentality of a child.
I was infantry in the Marine Corps and I really blew crap up, but never have I heard so many people so concerned about it, that they would rate a game as high as AA is rated just because you can blow stuff up in it.
Last thing I have to say is this. I congratualate AA for the crowd it has drawn and knocking the other games down further on the list. Although I don't like a game where the main thing to do is to blow stuff up, I understand now that there is a huge market for it. Never have I read reviews on a game that were mostly good.
I guess I am just dumbfounded at how little it takes to please some people. You take complex games like EQ2 or the others and people flame them to death, but a company comes out with a game that is so simple minded and veula, success.
Like I said, I am dumbfounded at the success of this game. I'm glad you all found a game for you all and I wish you the best of luck.
I'm sorry about the flames and I will take your flames in turn.
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As far as an online action game goes it is actually pretty good. It is partially on top right now because it is new. I wouldn't pay $15 a month for it, but $5 or so a month and I would.
It has new content and that is what people are craving since all current MMOs seem to lack any longevity past the released content. Once the PvP is established we will see how this game really does overall, but it is new and interesting and unexplored, nothign any other game can really offer right now.
Don't read into it to much. DnL was at the top of the most anticipated games at one point, and other games of questionable quality and content will be in the top 5 in the future. It is just a matter of being new, both in the concept of the game and that it has just recently come out. My first few days of Beta were enjoyable in AA, but the "wow" factor of blowing everything up fades away in time.
It is just a fine example of how hungry the MMO crowd is for something new. Many of us will take sub-par if it gives us a seperate experiance from the growing stack of clones we have all become increasingly familiar with.
What does AA rated #1 say?
Nothing really, just wait for the time period to run up on when new MMORPG.com accounts can start posting reviews. Then all the EVE Online and GW fans who opened up 5 new MMORPG.com accounts will run over and push it back up.
It's predictable. EVE has 3811 reviews as I write this. GW has 3148. Watch that number begin to rise incredibly fast. And check the dates on all latest reviews. Suddenly there will be all these new MMORPG.com people joining who just happen to be EVE and GW fans.
AA's getting good reviews because it's very well done, and there's a lot more to it than blowing everything up. The devs are just a little overzealous about thier use of the Havok2 engine, and some players are easily amused by that aspect of the game, but there really is a lot more to the gameplay than that.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Well I hear where you're coming from, and all I can say is try it yourself. I am waiting for Vanguard, a game I hope will be a supreme challenge and test of will. When I purchased Auto Assault I expected nothing, and what I got was a rich world with a unique and fun take on the MMOG experience.
I am 35 years old, and I find Auto Assault to be a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale (atm) genre. It's fun man! It has nothing to do with maturity, that's far too simple a take on it. It's a fun game and you can get major airtime, blow up villages, run over pedestrians, craft new weapons and armor and fight against each other in PVP.
It's just a great game, period. Try it, you'll love it. It's not rated high because you can "blow shit up" as you so eloquently put it. It's rated high because it's a solid, beautiful, fun and exciting game.
You may not know this but they made another version of AA, it was called Auto-adult.
The game worked like this:
You drive the speed limit down nicely city streets, you lose points if you speed. You pick up your kids form soccer. You work with the kids on issues like, growing up, how to deal with a bully and why their grades could improve.
Then you drive safely home, you let the kids out. You get them to clean their room, you make dinner. You read them a story, put them to bed. Then you go to bed earily becuase you have to get up at 5am to get them off to school well feed, and make into work on time yourself. Where you sit and some pompus add tell you what to do for 8 hours, and he only has that job becuase his Dad owns the company.
but...
For reason not well understood, this version of the game, while very mature didn't sell very well. So they went back to the "blow shit up" it does allot better.
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Achievers realise that killers as a concept are necessary in order to make achievement meaningful and worthwhile (there being no way to "lose" the game if any fool can "win" just by plodding slowly unchallenged). -bartle
Bartle: A: 93% E: 55% S:3% K: 50% The Test. Learn what it means here.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Well, I'm *not* a child, and I enjoy the game. I'm actually 31... and most of the people I've met online are thirty somethings. Further, we speak in complete sentences to boot! The AA crowd is one of the more mature I've seen in an MMORPG. I think you got the wrong impression of the game and are upset because its fan like enough to score it high. As for me, I love it.
This is an RPG. It's like Fallout, Wasteland, or Autoduel. If you don't see the attraction to those games, then this one isn't for you either. There's a HELL of a lot more to it than "blownig shit up," I can assure you of that. I think that in reading up about the game, you've skimmed over a lot of the other stuff to get to those statements. Feel free to read the FAQ on the main site or any of my other posts here about the game. It's got a lot of depth to it and more stats than you can shake a stick at.
EVE is ranked high because it's currently the deepest, most complex, involved and player-driven MMO available. Sure it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it's not "playing a spreadsheet". You didn't play EVE enough to get involved in PvP, it seems (you wouldn't say it's "playing a spreadsheet" if you did), and you also didn't get involved with a corp that has a bookmark library if you were focused on taking 30 minutes to go from A to B in Empire space in AFK mode.
EVE is not a game for everyone, but it is a great game. It is NOT a game, however, for someone who likes non-stop action. AA is a better game for that, if you like that, and there's nothing wrong with liking that. But there's no reason to bash EVE just because you like a more non-stop action-oriented playstyle.
and it's not just a "shoot 'em up" game as many see it, there are TONS
of abilties, way more than CoH/CoV, lots of weapons, bosses, cities,
armors, engines, the missions don't feel like a mindless grind, clans,
open PvP and arenas, appartments, quests, convoys, in-game
TeamSpeak-like feature, you can buy new cars (Can't wait to get my tank
or monster truck) as you level up and customize them with spoilers,
vents, etc. The crafting system is very deep and complex and they will
be adding an Auction House soon.
Truly, the majority of the reviews for this game don't do it
justice. The official advertisements don't do it justice. The slightly
epic quality intro movie cinematic promotional piece that many of us
saw over a year ago didn't do it justice. You don't just drive around
and blow stuff up. It's really not that simple. There is more to Auto
Assault and I hope and pray it'll continue to move in a favorable
direction, because I don't mind paying NetDevil money to continue this
enjoyable franchise. Auto Assault is an RPG. Plain and simple, just
like that. It is not a racing game. It is not a car game, despite the
game being centered around vehicles and vehicular combat. Imagine
yourself as an elven archer instead of a dune buggy, and the difference
between World of Warcraft and Auto Assault lessens by a great deal and
the two games become drastically similar.
Maybe some folks should actually play the game before criticizing it. Now I'll go back to "blow shit up".
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"but a company comes out with a game that is so simple minded and veula, success."
voila
Fixed it for ya.
I'd rank this game pretty highly actually, and I'm one of those people that aren't impressed that you can blow stuff up. The advertisments thus far haven't done it justice.
The skill system allows for a lot of character versatility, something most games are missing. The equipment versatility and skill spec versatility can allow you to specialize as a group player or as to solo all the way, as most seem to be doing. I get tired of being a clone of everyone else the same class like in most mmorpg's.
The loot system is something I've wanted in a mmorpg for a long time, the best items are random drops. No more everyone wanting the same item for the endgame. Since like items don't stack that awesome artifact that just dropped could be totally useless to me if I have the same mods on other equipment.
What hooked me was the end game pvp (I beta tested). It's not over so fast you don't know what hit you like most games. It allows time for some skill to come in to play. If the pvp map gets a few tweaks, and they put in a few rewards for the pvp at level 80 it could be the best pvp of any game out. And I've played all the major mmorpg's at some point.
First off I would like to thank you all for your posts on the thread I created. Thanks to the person who corrected my spelling mistakes. I thought that was probably spelled wrong.
With the exception of a couple people that flamed me, which I deserved, the majority of you impressed me with your maturity and understanding of where I was coming from. Who knows, maybe after I am sick and tired of EQ2 I may come and check AA out. The community sure seems mature enough, which is a pet peave of mine.
Do any of you all think that this game will draw a immature crowd, giving the marketing strategy they are using? That is something I would be worried about.
I've played Twisted Metal and I can say that-that sort of PvP would be fun. Blowing stuff up wouldn't have anything to do with it either.
Again thanks to those who understood where I was coming from, regardless of the poor choice I chose to get my point across.
AA does look like an action game focused on twitch skills and blowing everything up. If it really played like Twisted Metal Online, it might attract a particularly young crowd. However, there is very little twitch skill involved, so it actually tends to attracts the opposite crowd - players who like the atmosphere of rampant destruction, but don't like the player skill requirements that would usually come with it. Especially not in a PvP environment, where they'd be wtfpwned by hyperactive kids left and right.
I think that's actually the problem with the game's image, too. It looks like a type of game that it's not. Of those that do try it, it seems that the ones that like it do tend to be on the more mature side. There are probably lots more who fit that profile, who would like it, but don't try it, because it looks like a twitch-heavy shooter.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Hey - no sweat. I don't fault anyone but the game's marketing department for giving people the impression the game is mindless. If you check out some reviews for the game from official sites (www.gamerankings.com has a couple), you'll see that they all say that when you strip it of what makes it unique, it is remarkably similar to WoW, EQ, or any other MMORPG on the market. That's a good thing if you like MMORPGs, a bad thing if you're looking for something COMPLETELY different or just a simple arcade game. It's plenty different for my taste, but still retains that familiarity of other MMORPG conventions to make it fun and enjoyable. I was actually thinking last night that the game could be analagized to EQ, except that everyone's running around with bard speed.
As for whether the game will draw an immature crowd: it hasn't yet. I mean, the game has a lot of stats and a detailed story line (reminds me of Anarchy Online in that regard) and those things tend to keep the younger kids away. As for whether it will in the future, I don't know. I'm not sure the younger kids are into games like Auto Duel, Car Wars, Wasteland, and Fallout - and this game reminds me of mix between all of them, the closest being Auto Duel. I'm not sure if you've ever played that, it was a game from around 1985, but this game is very similar. It could have been called Auto Duel Online, only with some story changes.
As much as I'm emphasizing the stats, storyline, crafting, and other depth of the game, I don't mean to downplay the sheer fun of it. It *is* fun to chase some scavenger's dirtbike at 100mph across some desert dunes, all the while trying to avoid his buddies who are pulling up beside you with flamethrowers. I love it. And the pvp is really, really fun. The combat is real time and positonal, so in that sense it's like Twisted Metal, but your accuracy and defense is actually based on your stats, like other RPGs. I guess a close analogy to the combat would be Oblivion: you're not going to hit them if you're shooting anywhere but where they are, but shooting them doesn't mean you're going to land your shots; that depends on the roll of the dice and on your skill with the weapon, your buffs, their armor, plus their defense resistances and speed. Juggling all that in an arena match filled with death traps against another player is just pure wicked fun.
To me the game is much deeper then "blowing things up". Blowing things up in an MMO is a new concept so maybe that attracts most. For me it was the crafting system I joined up for. Yes I like the blowing up things but crafting is really fun in this game.
Just my guess here, but I am thinking that driving vehicles around is a large attraction to many. This game probably caters more to the male crowd, but I could be wrong.
I rated the game (7.9). It is a fun game to play and deeper then blowing things up.
I must admit, there is alot more to the game than just destroying everything in your path, but the fact that after playing it for a solid week, I feel as though I purchaced a game still in beta. Quests bugged beyond to the point you can't complete them. And not just because you can't the the required drops, but a lvl 8 quest requireing you to kill lvl 15 mobs, that you get at lvl 6. It's right next to impossible. Granted most of these issues are only on the mutant side, but if that's the side you where looking to play, you are up shit creek with out a paddle.
That being sad, I'm keeping the game around and will go back to it in a couple months, when they've had a chance to get it to a final release state, instead of the beta i paid for.
wait, i ment yes