Comments on: 38 Studios better watch itself

By: Adele

Adele — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:31:21 +0000

I agree with you! It is time for something new. I love fantasy, but quite frankly I am tired of it in mmo’s. Something new needs to be done. A new way to level, a new way to gain xp. Something innovative. More interaction with the enviroment and the people in the game.

They need to create a mmo that is like a “Chose your own adventure book” so it is different for everyone, and there won’t be all walk thru’s and guides.

By: Tipa

Tipa — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:11:03 +0000

Well, that was my point — MMO makers are so certain we only want exactly what we’ve played before — with maybe a minor difference or two — that they feel that is the only way make one.

How can we not be bored?

The people who develop these games are extremely creative, know exactly how to make a game, are the best in the business and could give us something new if they felt we would play it.

So, since we’ve heard nothing from 38 Studios about their game and they’re still in the early stages, this is my heads-up to them: Take a chance and do something new. And don’t forget that you’re making a game.

LotRO plays with the standard MMO classes a little but is pretty much been there done that and though I’ll play it, I don’t know if I’ll stay with what is essentially WoW 2 or EQ 4. Warhammer and Conan are shaping up to be substantially different while still being familiar, and Gods & Heroes looks to be the game that will really shake up the MMO world.

If after these games, 38 Studios comes out with yet another WoW/EQ2 clone…

By: Saylah

Saylah — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:37:10 +0000

Vanguard didn’t have to be radically different for me to like it, just deliver on their promises. And even if all the features where there, the bugs and lag over-shadowed them and I unsubscribed.

It could be me, but I’m bored with everything that I have in my possession right now. Maybe I’m moving past my MMO phase?? Gawd forbid. I hope LOTRO will light my fire but it has that lack of sugar rush that EQ2 suffers from IMO.

I’m starting to think that you can’t have them both in the same game. It’s either the depth and detail of an EQ2-like game or the bum rush adrenaline race of WOW content. I like them both and some days feed on the latter but would enjoy being able to wander off to the former when I just want some quiet downtime.

By: Vet

Vet — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:20:31 +0000

You’re right on with making a TRULY difficult, hardcore game. The graduation of the EQ1 players paved the way for the influx of WoW players. We, the old EQ vets, want hardcore and we do it with games like EQ2.

Wait til the 8 million WoW players “graduate”…where will they go next when they want the same hardcore veteran action that us oldschoolers have now?

By: Ogrebears

Ogrebears — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:36:43 +0000

Problem is even if an MMO isn’t not set up where people grind to the top.. A large portion of the players have the mind set for every MMO that the goal is to be the top level and then raid.