All Posts by Indo

Originally posted by FE|Tachyon

This is EA people!!!  Who didn't expect this???  EA is all about the math,  not integrity, or quality.  Profits are down,  so they'll cut their spending.   They've done it with every other outfit they've taken over.   Look at UO.   EA took over, and got rid of the OSI (Origins Systems who made UO)  hired on cheap labor, and slowly drove the game into the ground.    EA is about Profit to it's shareholders.   This isn't some little company trying to turn a profit.   What they make off selling 3 million copies of Warhammer is pennies compaired to their stock.    They'll turn out Warhammer, and I suspect it will be great, because EA didn't get its grubby hands on it untill very late, but  updates will be lackluster, the game will continue to change, and  one day you'll realize this isn't the game you fell in love with.   .   WELCOME TO ELECTRONIC ARTS.

Mark his words - this is exactly what will happen.

Wow!! Deja-vu!! Didn't this also happen when EA bought out Westwood? EA canned EnB soonthereafter. I wouldn't hold out much hope for WAR. EA doesn't know how to run a MMO.

None! Tired of swinging swords and orcs and elves!!!! That's why I'm on this site instead of playing

As soon as developers stop trying to mimic WoW's success and simply go back to making games that are just plain fun, we'll have better MMO's - plain and simple. IMO, most new MMO's suck because they are simply trying too hard. Just make a damn fun game... 

Originally posted by bomber009

And for the bad news, EA bought Bioware therefore the game will not be worth throwing a penny at or even scoffing at.  So much for a game that may have had a slim chance of being worth playing.

I concur completely.

What??

The thread was good for a laugh at least.

Yet another good reason to quit WoW.

Keep in mind, this is EA now. Yeah EA has a new CEO but the same actions that occurred under Probst are still occuring. Until EA can prove it can run its own MMO's I'm not getting my hopes up.

Lowering the raid cap and BG's ruined WoW for me. It's more like a single player game where others are there than an MMO now. Good fun while it lasted though.

Originally posted by Questionable

Originally posted by Indo

I've never heard of a game taking so long to come to market. I thought WoW took a long time but doesn't this one beat it? Seems a little shady to me (still no expected release date). Keep in mind their income is $0.00 until this game hits the shelves. I mean, they have no other games generating income for them do they?

Trying to compare WoW's timeframe to DF would be like comparing a house's to a mansion's. DF has some wealthy investors and has done some past work for the greek military.

All I'm saying is that 8 years is a long time to get a MMO to the shelves. Was it "next generation" 8 years ago or is it still next generation?

If I thought it would help to make a good MMO, I'd do it. Sorry but I couldn't go past the I'd loan people I play with money question. Too wierd for me.

I've never heard of a game taking so long to come to market. I thought WoW took a long time but doesn't this one beat it? Seems a little shady to me (still no expected release date). Keep in mind their income is $0.00 until this game hits the shelves. I mean, they have no other games generating income for them do they?

99% of the MMO's are fantasy for some strange reason. I'm afraid you and I will have to wait. Eventually, developers will stop trying to copy WoW and we'll see more of a selection to choose from.

Read some of the beta reviews - appearantly it wasn't that great anyway. One less fantasy MMO on the market is no big loss to me.

Originally posted by bobajango

i havent played much at all ,i liked the space combat,the story,ect.but felt it was missing a ground game.not even planets,i coulda settle for in side ships and space stations,well,some one told me they are adding in a ground game in the future...true/false?

 

There's a story??

Personally, I would suggest you wait. I would bet current MMO's won't live up to your past experience in EQ and you'll just be dissappointed. The MMO market seems to be in a bit of a slump right now. Not the best time to make a return IMO.

Nothing EA does surpries me anymore. If I could pick one gaming company to remove - it would be EA. Personally, I wouldn't mind in-game advertising, but collecting data to send me ads when I'm a paying subscriber already is just plain rediculous. But then again, this is EA - not surprised at all.

Question - were the in-game ads to play Madden 2008? ROFL

Gamers don't use these two games as benchmarks but unfortunately, developers do. So every new game that a developer makes incorporates (or clones) ascpects of these games in hopes that their game will be the next hit. As soon as a developers stop trying to mimic the success of these two games we'll have better MMO's.

Colored text FTL - I agree with the OP. Since WoW, the selection of games to choose from is poor at best. Seems developers try to top WoW instead of just making fun MMO's.