Beating WoW At Its Own Game

The BBC has up a short piece on the hopes of game developers and investors to 'beat World of Warcraft'. Representatives for the upcoming Age of Conan, recently-released Lord of the Rings Online, and Star Wars Galaxies all discuss what it's like competing in a post-WoW world. Funcom game director Gaute Godoger has a point when he says, "The industry so needs competition to World of Warcraft ... We need other strong games that can make people understand that there's more to it than WoW." The article discusses some of the features each of these games offer that differ from WoW, and theorizes a bit on where the MMOG genre will go next.

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No first post

[Pharmboy]

Due to everyone playing WoW, there will be no first post for this article.

Re:No first post

[teh_chrizzle]

You and your wife's inability to deal with problems in your marriage destroyed it.

i don't like that logic, it makes it sound like it's my fault... i much prefer arguments that leave me blameless and say that there is nothing wrong with me.

Re:No first post

[C0rinthian]

Your spending will earn you gametime. It's brilliantly evil, and is actually a Credit Card 'Reward' that I can honestly say I'd use. (Unfortunately)

But I could never, never take that thing out of my wallet with a straight face.

Re:No first post

[lateralus_1024]

"WoW did not destroy your marriage. It didn't show up and sleep with your wife."

You might want to cancel the 3.4.10 patch. That's all I'm going to say.

Re:No first post

[KDR_11k]

I am sorry but subliminal is a non-standard tag and only interpreted by Microsoft Brain(TM). Please use the fnord tag as specified in appendix 23 of the secret HTML specification.

Re:Reps for Star wars galaxies ? WHAT are they jus

[Anonymous Coward]

a NON game they screwed up SO bad to the extent that they even alienated the staunchest star wars fan ? go fuck yourselves off in some remote location please. In some remote location? You mean like "a Galaxy Far, Far Away..."?

Re:How do you beat WoW at it's own game?

[jollyreaper]

If you have ice cream, I will give you ice cream. If you have no ice cream, I will take it away from you.

This is the ice cream kaon.

Re:Well ask someone who played them all

[Remus Shepherd]

Oh and another sad comment on MMO's, this is the one and only MMO to have women who run using their hips. If nothing else, Vanguard will go down in history as the first MMO ever to have a good walking animation for the females.

Haven't seen Vanguard, but have you seen Guild Wars? The females in GW are very well-proportioned and well-animated. GW may have the highest 'pixellated boobie rating' of any MMOG out there, with excellent and attractive character designs.

This is important if, like me, you choose your character build based on what kind of backside you want to watch running across the landscape for hours on end.

Re:Do some research

[danbert8]

No kidding. It's like Sony beating you up and taking your lunch, and then trying to sell it back to you.

Re:How do you beat WoW at it's own game?

[elrous0]

Novice's "enlightenment" in this case included the realization that Master was a total dick.

Re:No Mention of EVE Online?

[VGPowerlord]

While reading your post, I just pictured PC (from the Mac vs. PC commercials) playing EVE.