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Every Theme Park MMO is a World of Warcraft Clone: Guild Wars 2 | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited November 7 in News & Features Discussion

imageEvery Theme Park MMO is a World of Warcraft Clone: Guild Wars 2 | MMORPG.com

Nick is back with his tongue-in-cheek column all about how every theme park MMO is just a World of Warcraft clone in disguise. This time he looks at ArenaNet's excellent MMO, Guild Wars 2.

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  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,837
    I honestly can't tell if this article is serious or satire.
    goemoeQuicksandCelcius
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    Angrakhan said:
    I honestly can't tell if this article is serious or satire.
    Tagged "Tongue in Cheek", but may that be there to make us think he is not serious. :)
  • lotrlorelotrlore Managing EditorMMORPG.COM Staff, Member RarePosts: 671
    Scot said:
    Angrakhan said:
    I honestly can't tell if this article is serious or satire.
    Tagged "Tongue in Cheek", but may that be there to make us think he is not serious. :)
    That and the literal disclaimer at the bottom stating point blank that this is meant to "not be taken seriously," yea.
  • jenk3mjenk3m Member UncommonPosts: 27
    Surely most of these "people" articles are just poorly written AI slop
    Splattr
  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,458
    lotrlore said:
    Scot said:
    Angrakhan said:
    I honestly can't tell if this article is serious or satire.
    Tagged "Tongue in Cheek", but may that be there to make us think he is not serious. :)
    That and the literal disclaimer at the bottom stating point blank that this is meant to "not be taken seriously," yea.
    Scot, he just said that you're not to be taken seriously, and some rude things about "yo momma" I won't repeat (1)


    NOTES
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    1: Due to endemic reading comprehension issues, this may be the wrong forum for "not to be taken seriously".


    lotrloreScot
  • VagabondoVagabondo Member UncommonPosts: 93
    Hahaha
  • Nick_ShivelyNick_Shively Member UncommonPosts: 130

    jenk3m said:

    Surely most of these "people" articles are just poorly written AI slop



    You're poorly written AI.
    Splattr
  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,458
    jenk3m said:
    Surely most of these "people" articles are just poorly written AI slop
    If you cannot be nice we'll have to close your lid.
  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,837
    Oh my gosh.

    -facepalm

    Let me try this again. In spite of the column name and the disclaimer I cannot honestly tell if this is satire or not because frankly so many people express this sort of opinion and they're dead serious.

    I guess I shouldn't try and post when I only have a few minutes between meetings and can't explain myself in detail.
    lotrlore
  • GorweGorwe Member Posts: 1,609
    edited November 7
    Yeah, the GW series and WoW clone. Right. :p

    (Amazing games, but I don't really like 2 as much as 1)
  • BrenixBrenix Member UncommonPosts: 16
    GW2's UI is enough to make me never want to touch the game again. Maaaaybe it's just the art style and animations....and the combat. I don't know, it just might be the whole game honestly. The mounts might be the only positive I can think of, funnily enough.
  • VagabondoVagabondo Member UncommonPosts: 93
    I love Guild Wars 3
  • MazenealMazeneal Member UncommonPosts: 170

    Angrakhan said:

    Oh my gosh.



    -facepalm



    Let me try this again. In spite of the column name and the disclaimer I cannot honestly tell if this is satire or not because frankly so many people express this sort of opinion and they're dead serious.



    I guess I shouldn't try and post when I only have a few minutes between meetings and can't explain myself in detail.



    I actually knew what you meant, but still want to point at the bottom disclaimer and tag! Bwahaha....ha
  • AlverantAlverant Member RarePosts: 1,347
    City of Heroes predates World of Warcraft so it would be fair to say it's a CoH clone.
  • TheocritusTheocritus Member LegendaryPosts: 10,014
    and WoW is a EQ clone....They dumbed it down, gave it cartoonish graphics, made everything for the masses, and had a company with billions at its disposal to market and hype the game like no one else ever could....It arrived at a perfect time and you have to give them credit for that....Maybe someone else should look at the games today and take the same approach?...Find a more hardcore game and dumb it down...maybe Eve Online or Dark Souls.
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    scrotum_citizen said:
     double post
    Err Welcome to the forums! :)
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    On a serious note, you could see the effect of WoW on GW2. GW was very much its own game, from a time when each MMO had its own approach to what was best about MMORPG's. WoW did not just usher in WoW clones, it brought in the idea there was a "best" way to make a MMO, that perhaps more than trying to follow WoW itself was a bigger handicap for MMO evolution.
    Splattr
  • goemoegoemoe Member UncommonPosts: 290
    Every car is a Ford clone... it has wheels, you know? Oh, oh... this is not meant serious... I guess...
  • SplattrSplattr Member RarePosts: 577

    Scot said:


    Angrakhan said:

    I honestly can't tell if this article is serious or satire.


    Tagged "Tongue in Cheek", but may that be there to make us think he is not serious. :)



    Anything, anywhere tagged as tongue in cheek has a little bit of truth hidden behind it. What I find amazing is that 20 years after it's release, the mere mention of WoW clones still triggers people from both sides of the argument. Yes, we all know that WoW wasn't the first MMO, and we also know that it took elements from {insert your favorite pre 2004 MMO here}.
    Scot
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    edited November 8
    Splattr said:
    Anything, anywhere tagged as tongue in cheek has a little bit of truth hidden behind it. What I find amazing is that 20 years after it's release, the mere mention of WoW clones still triggers people from both sides of the argument. Yes, we all know that WoW wasn't the first MMO, and we also know that it took elements from {insert your favorite pre 2004 MMO here}.
    In some ways WoW became the "best" way to make a MMO because it put so much money into making the game (supposedly 63M) compared to previous MMORPG's. So trying to copy the WoW template with less money as so many did was bound to not reach the hights of the original.

    ESO is quite WoW like, they spent a shed load and they have a really solid MMORPG, if you are going to try to copy WoW get your wallet out.
  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,489
    Wake me up when you do a FFXIV edition of this, so you actually have to play FFXIV, and then advertise FFXIV.


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  • Nick_ShivelyNick_Shively Member UncommonPosts: 130

    Neoyoshi said:

    Wake me up when you do a FFXIV edition of this, so you actually have to play FFXIV, and then advertise FFXIV.



    Already done!

    https://www.mmorpg.com/columns/every-theme-park-mmo-is-a-world-of-warcraft-clone-final-fantasy-xiv-edition-2000133084
  • UrubozUruboz Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    edited November 9
    I wonder how this website allowed such a bad post with no head and no feet.

    Nosense of info that feels like reading AI

    Anyway, OP should not taking seriously lol

    WoW copied EQ bro

    GW2 copied WoW and vice versa!
  • GorweGorwe Member Posts: 1,609
    Scot said:
    On a serious note, you could see the effect of WoW on GW2. GW was very much its own game, from a time when each MMO had its own approach to what was best about MMORPG's. WoW did not just usher in WoW clones, it brought in the idea there was a "best" way to make a MMO, that perhaps more than trying to follow WoW itself was a bigger handicap for MMO evolution.
    GW 2 isn't what it is because of WoW. ANet could've easily went with "GW, the modern engine version". But people requested the open world. People requested the ability to jump. People requested races(not as much as others, but it is there).

    Would I like GW 1, the modern engine version? ... let me correct that. I would LOVE that. But it is what it is. And GW 2 is fair enough, just not really for me.
    Scot
  • Mova_ZMova_Z Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    This post is ridiculous and very inaccurate. The fact that this person is even discussing dragons, shows you all you need to know. Years ago, we saw the end of dragons. I would love to see a new dragon emerge, to be honest, because we haven't seen them for quite some time.
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