It is sickening how we have ruined the gaming industry. We now have to worry about kids becoming gamblers because we sponsored it. Now the kids are the whales. We used to get everything the game had to offer by either one time fee or a sub. It used …
A reliable product can compete with free to play any day. The problem is, which game is going to offer what gamers want, considering that's a very broad list. There are too many problems in the current mmo markett. There's dozens of games catering t…
We've played enough mmo's to know which games really care about the gamers and which is out to to make a money grabbing program. ArcheAge is the latter. There's nothing new in it, except they're dissecting games into the worst cash grabbing scam eve…
I'm glad races are not locked to factions. It is more realistic to join the faction you agree with. I wouldn't want to be told that I can only start in one area and it does go with the lore of being an adventurer. Exploration means traveling and rac…
They are using their brains to make profits. Developers in kick starter get to experiment with thoughts they had but never got approved, while using the crowd funding to look for someone who'll invest in what they could have done. I see it as an opp…
I fear hiring big names for VO might be too big a money sink in the development process when the money could go into rich ground breaking quest features. I won't be pausing my game to figure out which voice the person I'm about to run through belong…
I've read enough about the IP to state it is being underestimated as well. While not a hardcore fan, I'm enough of a fan to state the game has potential and ideas to keep the content coming for a long time. There hass certainly been worst mmo's with…
Yeah, I can already see the chaos going on in massive servers unless they implement gangs and more complicated criminal factions to balance out the carnage in some sort of direction. A free for all world with all players competing to steal the same …
Originally, before launch, I would have said a secret space project in SW might be revolutionary. Unfortunately, they made some bad decisions when they chose their game engine. It will probably be a sad little project that further obscures a wonderf…
I agree with the OP. Sandboxes can be so much more. The better option at the current state of MMO's for FFA PVP is in uncontested areas, battlegrounds, openly serving in a faction, conflict, spying, stealing, or a war. The open PVP idea is theoreti…
That's not a bad question, it just doesn't have any one answer for me. Lets do away with the bunching into specific groups when it obscures the true reason behind the disparities. I personally like my PVP with goals and tend to avoid mediocre fighti…
I'm glad developers are taking the time to brainstorming what needs to stay and what needs to go since a lot of existing gamers out there are adventurers who have been through their share of adventures. Gamers know what they want and what they would…
Good catch on the non secure credit options. Definitely not a pro but the game has a few good ideas which can be learned from by the game industry. There's a paypal and game card option available for purchases amongst others.
Gave it a go like I do with all mmo's. I'll have to admit it's not for prudes but it's definitely not really an adult mmo unless you're shocked by seeing someone take off their shirt. It reminded me of RF Online in some way. Played it with a female …
Great article. Cooperation definitely puts gaming in a different light. The first internet users were intuitive, often self taught and well educated individuals who depended on self research, and a vision that shaped the internet to what it is today…