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What About World War II Online (and other MMOG's)?

Posted by Cliff on from the when-will-MMOGs-get-done-right-the-first-time dept.

mmaddox asks: "Who ELSE is following, or has invested in, the awful release of the MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game), World War 2 Online? Plagued with server problems, switch configuration issues, poor client performance (less than 5 FPS on some systems, with 8-10 commonly reported), and a growing list of angry users returning software to the store, it looks like this much-heralded game may well be tolling its own death knells. The final outcome is still to be seen. Are releases like this to be expected? Should a game buyer be patient and wait for the system to be repaired, or is the buyer justified in demanding results for hard-earned money?" I've noticed that there have been several MMOG's that have been looking to get off of the ground over the past year and a half, however not many of them have (of course, for reasons of my own, I'm hoping Neverwinter Nights succeeds). What MMOG's, currently under development, have you all been following and do any of them look to be progressing the way they should?

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  1. Unpredictability? by OnyxRaven · · Score: 2

    I think the MMO(RP)G community of gamers and developers is emotional, loyalty driven and new that it is hard to predict what will happen to some games.

    "Ultima online, old technology as it is, is still (to me) the most intriguing MMORPG out right now. Shadowbane would have been cool, had it had a publisher. Camelot is great looking and well thought out, but suprisingly limited. The gameplay in AO annoys me a bit. EQ... well EQ is boring. Horizons is going to kill." (These being my opinions)

    See the obvious opinions I made just from some of my experiences? In the MMORPG community I think that this is extremely commonplace. Look at the boards for some of the upcoming games (Namely horizons http://artifact-entertainment.com/horizons - of course that assumes that their servers are back up) and see the amazing support they've gotten, the amazing criticism on what they've put out and havent put out. The levels of involvement of gamers in these games is quite indicated in their public involvement.

    One of the best things I have done, however, is get in betas for games when possible. See what kind of userbase it will have, and you can make a pretty decent judgement on how well the game will do. There are a number of korean games I would LOVE to try out (tetramorph!) that I saw at e3, if only I spoke Korean :-).

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  2. AO drawing people away from EQ by SecretAsianMan · · Score: 2

    In Everquest my main is Saraxi Khal`Ex, a level 30 Erudite enchanter on the Prexus server and officer of Sign of Unity. In the last couple of months, several of the people in my guild have been hyping all over the place about Anarchy Online, talking about how cool it will be. I've also seen OOC chat to that effect several times. I've even seen several guildies leave EQ for good to pursue their fortune with AO. I don't think EQ will die when better things arrive; there will be a lot of converts, but EQ will keep a loyal following (at least enough for Verant to keep servers up) for many years to come.

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  3. Anarchy Online by Maul · · Score: 2
    Well, AO is being hyped up right now. I've been playing the beta in between study sessions for the past few days, and it is OK. I think it is slightly more enjoyable than Everquest.

    I played Everquest for a couple months, and quit just because I found it boring, what with the camping and everything, and I couldn't tolerate all of the servers crowded with lame users.

    While I like fantasy settings better, I think that AO has some good things going. Of course, I find that a lot of the problems that are in Everquest are in this game too. Sitting around to regenerate health for one, and the fact that it seems my character has little plot-based motivation, etc. Still, these things aren't any worse, and in most cases not as bad, as they seem to be in EQ.

    Mind you that right now the game has some issues associated with the beta. It is playable, though. So long as the major bugs are fixed, AO will probably attract a lot of the EQ crowd.

    What I like right now about AO is that there don't seem to be the deluge of lame players there are in EQ. This will probably change after the release. Suffice to say, I don't think I'll be sticking around. Maybe if all the lamers forsake EQ and flock to Neverwinter, it'll be my chance to get back into EQ, and maybe it will be more fun... but maybe not.

    I think I'll just wait for Neverwinter Nights. ^_^

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