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Best RPGs / MMORPGs of 2004

Posted by Zonk on from the from-the-people-that-know-them-best dept.

The folks at RPGDot and MMORPGDot always run "game of the year" polls among their readers and staff members to determine the best interactive RPG experiences of the year. They've now run their course, and all the awards have been given out. For RPGs, they have the categories of Best Graphics, Best Sound, Biggest Surprise, Biggest Disappointment, Most Anticipated, Dream Game (mm...Torment 2), Best Console RPG, and Overall Best RPG of the Year. Vampire: Bloodlines, the dark RPG from the late, lamented Troika appears to have garnered many of the top honors. As for Massive Games, the categories included Best Graphics, Best Sound, Biggest Surprise, Biggest Disappointment, Most Anticipated, Dream Game, Best Expansion, and Best MMORPG Overall. World of Warcraft pretty much swept the categories for the genre.

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  1. Re:Biggest Multiplayer RPG Disappointment by MBraynard · · Score: -1, Troll
    Sounds like you are one of those dirty hippies. Demand like that is more reason to INCREASE the price.

    So maybe get a job that pays more than what you make serving coffee at Starbucks (4 years of college for that!) and you might be able to afford the extra $3. And take a bath.

  2. Why Did WOW win so many? by TJ_Phazerhacki · · Score: -1, Troll
    Cause the rest of us in EQ2 and FFXI were too busy playing to vote.

    It's easy to win polls when your competition dosent show up to the poll cause there doing such a good job already.

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  3. Re:Biggest Multiplayer RPG Disappointment by ZephyrXero · · Score: 0, Troll

    I usually don't reply to posts like this, but I make plenty of money, being able to afford it is not my issue. I truely see this as overcharging, plain and simple. But I guess you'll be happy to pay $60+ for the next generation of games...

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  4. Re:The monthly fee, again by ZephyrXero · · Score: -1, Troll

    "the developing company is only going to get around $15 for your average $50 box"

    Did you even read what I wrote? lol.... that was talking about total profits for both blizzard and their publisher(s)...

    And at the end I mention I that may be off...remember it was just a rough estimate....and even if it cost them 3 times what I figured up, they're still making over $100 Million in profit. Once again "they" being both Blizzard and Vivendi, etc.... although now that I think about it...it's probably more like $45 to those guys and about $5 to the retailer...but it's still an amazing pile of cash regardless...

    $10,000 for a server? If you can't build a bad ass server for under $3000 you must of gotten a Dell ;)

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