I have to say, I agree completely with the author's assessment of the state of affairs in the MMO industry. I blogged extensively on this exact same subject on my Myspace page recently, and went on to include that MMO trends, and "accessibility" ar…
Sounds to me like the classic argument of a games accessibility being counterpoint to its challenge. Here I tend to think that a game can provide challenge without ditching accessibility. Artificial time sinks are not challenge, they are subscrip…
Originally posted by rufusangus
They don't innovate because they don't need to; WoW introduced absolutly nothing new, they just took old ideas and made them more accessable and simplyfied. Fact of the situation is though, the majority of MMO playe…
Originally posted by Ciredric
I am rather puzzled by it too, but one thing you must consider, there is a 3-4 year ramp up time to make one of these MMO's and risking that much development money on what the fanbase will be looking for 4 years from…
Originally posted by Sturmrabe
How else can you explain a refusal to answer direct straightforward questions that you have an answer for?
Because quite simply they have answered it, and if you have ever followed any game in development you…
Originally posted by Neanderthal
Ok I just did a quick search over at the Conan boards and this is the first dev post I found relating to the subject of raiding.
This is from Jayde:
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Originally posted by Tinybina
Originally posted by Neanderthal
Originally posted by Sturmrabe
Originally posted by Pantastic
Originally posted by alpha0meqa
just wondering, does AoC focus more on PvE or PvP?
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Originally posted by Neanderthal
Originally posted by Sturmrabe
Originally posted by Pantastic
Originally posted by alpha0meqa
just wondering, does AoC focus more on PvE or PvP?
Looks like a mix, but once I discovered th…
Originally posted by joeshmoe
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Originally posted by Snikes
I hesitate a lot between these two titles. I'm a bit worried about WAR, though. I read that the game will be focused on perpetual war. Everything (questing…
Originally posted by Tsais
quote from the article:
Being an American I can say that we are perhaps the most sensitive consumers as far as what we think of as 'adult'. Most of the things that would keep a game off the shelves here in the states …
I don't know if this aspect of a mature rated game has been addressed. Many of the posts I have read are focusing in on if its going to be sex/violence for the sake of it, or if such elements being allowed in the game will make for more believable …