Comments on: Wow, now that’s pretty desperate

By: Ursiheil

Ursiheil — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:48:38 +0000

Yeah, I remember City of Heroes… even went back last year around Brewfest when I was burnt out from WoW…

I would love a standalone game of City of Heroes, where you basically get the character creator, and a sandbox mode of the game where you can have accsess to higher level powers, and a few mobs to test on.

Maybe make it a LAN/private server for up to 10 friends or something… But it was the funnest sandbox I ever played…

Eve was the funnest Screen Saver I ever played

WoW is so far the best game universe I’ve played in.

By: TJ

TJ — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:45:23 +0000

I could give you a PC… but it would be the 486 with no CD drive that sits in my cupboard…

Can I advertise on your website?

By: Tesh

Tesh — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:24:39 +0000

Agreed, Agerath. This is why smart art direction is more important than chasing the bleeding edge at the behest of number monkeys. Not only can good art last longer, but it can reach a wider audience considering tech specs. What’s most surprising to me is that the guys with the pursestrings of the MMO industry’s dev budget don’t seem to understand that.

By: Stupid Mage

Stupid Mage — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:21:28 +0000

That’s pretty much how my friend got me to play WoW…

Loaned me machine, gave me software, gave me one month time card. Has not asked for machine back and said he never will.

By: Agerath

Agerath — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:22:31 +0000

But that’s the thing.
If you try and make your graphics as realistic as possible, they will date very, very quickly.
If you make them cartoonish and light-hearted, they can stay fresh years later. Compare the grand theft auto series to something like Far Cry, for example.

By: Karla

Karla — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:10:26 +0000

I started out with EQ2 about 4-ish years ago now, and there are still parts of it that I miss. I much prefer the graphics in EQ2 over WoW, and the collection quests suited my OCD personality perfectly. And the lore… oh the lore is wonderful in EQ2.

But leveling? Forget it. It’s HORRIBLE. Once you get past level 20 or so, forget it, it’s going to take you forever to get to max level. And a lot of quests are a pain in the butt to complete, they require you to grind on regular mobs forever to get a rare mob to spawn to get the quest credit… and then you have to do it 8 or 10 more times to get all of them. And then you go turn it in and you get 0.2% experience. I found that the only way I could actually level was to go and find a full group and grind on elite mobs for a few hours. In the end I got so frustrated with it that a guildmate was successful in luring me away to WoW (which I had originally tried and decided I didn’t like because it was too cartoony), and here I am, a little over 2 years later, with 4 level 70s and 6 more toons between 55 and 63.

By: Rayvynn

Rayvynn — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:30:51 +0000

“At the time, the single biggest trend in comments was to ridicule the big, floating shoulders of WoW. I still laugh when I see our stupid shoulder designs, to be honest.”

Well, it just makes it easier for me to go “Oh S—! It’s a Season 4 [Alliance] Brutal Druid…RUN!” Though they are a bit silly looking.

I remember four years ago I scoffed at friends who played WoW going “I’ll never play that! I’d never pay $15 a month for a game!”

…

For two years now I’ve played a Dwarf Priest, Draenei Mage, and my (now) mains Tauren Druid and Troll Hunter.

…

Funny what a trial account can do for you, eh?

(And as a side note, the first character I ever made was a Tauren Hunter who swiftly got deleted at level 23 when I went over to the Alliance…to only end up back as Horde with another hunter. ;) )

By: Becca

Becca — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:17:24 +0000

So I just have to say that in my opinion, Baldur’s Gate is *still* the height of role playing. ^_^ I will be head over heels for that game forever.

And I don’t know… I played EQII for a bit before I started playing WoW, and I’m pretty sure it would take more than a new computer to get me to go back. I pretty much hated it.

Although…. a new computer would be pretty nice….

By: Lan'dorien

Lan'dorien — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:23:21 +0000

The Venomancer in Perfect World can shapeshift into an animal AND tame combat pets, AND the character creation is amazingly customizable …

Just an FYI ;)

By: Artorin

Artorin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:45:24 +0000

Lol along with what Mitch says Starcraft isn’t so bad… but I reinstalled warcraft 2 a few months ago and ya… that is just unplayable now. But I’m reminded how good Blizzard scenematics have allways been :D