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Originally posted by Bakoryo

Originally posted by Thillian

Originally posted by Bakoryo

How so?

 

huge story which you live in, using the D&D ruleset and you can roleplay on some servers ive been at.

So yeah, i'd like a more explained reason why it's not a rpg >>

 

I meant the single player campaign not being really a rpg. More like hack'n slash or action game with rpg features. Story + character development is not what makes a game RPG. It's the amount of choices within the adventure quests and a possibility to develop your character "persona" apart from combat mechanics. (Arcanum, Fallout 1/2, BG 1, Planescape Torment... to name a few)

 

Ah yeah, i agree on that part. I wasn't that much for the singleplayer part.. I mostly went on the net in that game :p

 

Arcanum probably one of my most valued games ever.

Truth is NWN on the other hand had one of the best online roleplaying servers I've been on.
 

Originally posted by Ozmodan

If they have Hellgate London on this site, which also is not a MMO, seems absurd that they exclude Diablo III. 

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

One thing you can guarentee, it will have bigger numbers than any of these MMO's out there, including the Asian ones. 

Pretty dumb to ignore a game that will be that popular.

Sims 2 is even more popular. Why the hell does www.mmorpg.com not include Sims 2 on their list?

Originally posted by Bakoryo

How so?

 

huge story which you live in, using the D&D ruleset and you can roleplay on some servers ive been at.

So yeah, i'd like a more explained reason why it's not a rpg >>

I meant the single player campaign not being really a rpg. More like hack'n slash or action game with rpg features. Story + character development is not what makes a game RPG. It's the amount of choices within the adventure quests and a possibility to develop your character "persona" apart from combat mechanics. (Arcanum, Fallout 1/2, BG 1, Planescape Torment... to name a few)

I wouldnt call NWN a RPG either.

Originally posted by mrdoublerr

Originally posted by Thillian

Originally posted by mrdoublerr

Originally posted by Thillian

Originally posted by TookyG

It's not an MMO.

 

It's not a MMO

and it's not even a RPG

 

you know everything dont you, if you look on gaming site, game retailers site, its a action role-playing game.

FAIL ?

 

 

 

 

So you're saying these kids who wrote some silly articles on gaming sites that consider KOTOR to be the first RPG with good/bad side have a valuable opinion? RPG needs more than just a character development, otherwise Tropico or Sims would be RPG too.

these kids ? gamespot , IGN, game.co.uk to name a few.

who are you anyway ? oh yea right nobody... do you work in the videogame industry? I dont really care if diablo is on mmorpg or not, its just so many people seems to hate blizzard, it pisses me off. and thats the reason most of you dont want to see diablo 3 featured on mmorpg.

 

 

 

Yes I do, and it doesn't contain writing favourable "reviews" based on the mass hysteria.

Originally posted by mrdoublerr

Originally posted by Thillian

Originally posted by TookyG

It's not an MMO.

 

It's not a MMO

and it's not even a RPG

 

you know everything dont you, if you look on gaming site, game retailers site, its a action role-playing game.

FAIL ?

 

 

 

So you're saying these kids who wrote some silly articles on gaming sites that consider KOTOR to be the first RPG with good/bad side have a valuable opinion? RPG needs more than just a character development, otherwise Tropico or Sims would be RPG too.

Originally posted by TookyG

It's not an MMO.

It's not a MMO

and it's not even a RPG

Shoot the barrels around the red wall. They are supposed to explode in a large EMP blast that break down the wall.

Originally posted by Mahlo

Is it usual for NPCs to take about half a minute to respond to you? But it's not only NPCs. I entered a building, stood in what looked like a lift, full of blue light. Clicked use, nothing happened. So I wandered off somewhere else, and about half a minute later I was transported to the lift thing only up a floor! It was responding to my action before! The controls are really awful too. How do you turn around efficiently while moving? And it's not an RPG. And the graphics aren't even very good! Don't think I'll be around long.

8.2 my arse!

I occasionally have the same lag problem. Do you have Chello?

1) Set in-game VG resolution the same as you have in your desktop. Most of the CTD's are caused by the weird game resolution set in game.

2) Try switch to classic appearance instead of aero. (right click-> personalise -> windows color&appearance -> Color Scheme: Windows Classic.

Originally posted by Salvatoris

I have been thinking about giving the game another shot.   The one thing that makes me hesitant is how slow you leveled at launch.  I remember being around level 13 and grinding for days without leveling.  It literally took hours of grinding in a two mag group to just pick up a couple of bubbles of xp. 

I keep reading about all the improvements since launch, and I now have have a computer that can run the game, but I haven't heard if they have adjusted the XP curve, or if it is still as punishing as it was at launch.

The xp/level gain is probably like 3-4 times faster than it was at the release. On the other hand, you will be skipping lots of content (that's why they added a special ability that when you trigger, you don't get any XP at all). Nevertheless it is a question of a few hours now to level up anywhere in the level 20-50 range, and in a good group you can level up each hour or two.

Originally posted by bluealien1

No, not that great considering

http://www.mmogchart.com/Chart2.html

150k Active subscriptions... That was in 4/08, they have only dropped since the release of AoC.

It's not a balloon, it's an airship, an airship do you hear me??

Seriously, mmogchart.com is a self-promoting charlatan with no real sources.

I am comparing lotro world to VG. And seriously, lotro is simply not exploration game. I am as well subscribing to lotro and I enjoy to play it from time to time. I think lotro's main point is the overall atmosphere, but surely not exploration. Just the fact you have linear instanced zones for epic books means it goes against free-exploration in the terms I understand it.

No, no no Lotro is anything but exploration game. The zones are not so small, but still quite linear and limited. The cliffs are unpassable, there are invisible walls in instanced book quests, jump is fixed for everyone, everything is under control. You can't enter most of houses, and in addition you won't find many houses outside of towns/camps. There are no "useless" areas. Every bit of the land is used in a way.

If you seek heavy exploration game, go for Vanguard. Vanguard has tons of areas with no purpose other than to explore. Every house is enterable (and there is no loading screen when you enter it), you can talk to anyone. There are no invisible walls, you can pass any cliffs. There are rentable flying mounts for anyone or permanent flying mounts for capped levels (that finished extremly difficult quest line). VG = best exploration game. Frankly, Im playing VG only for the exploration. VG has over 14 large capital towns (each of them bigger than Bree) and without any exaggaration, VG might be 10 times larger in size than Lotro.

No best option there. Go and play whatever you like among the three tanking classes (paladin, DK, Warrior). People will try to tell you, warrior/DK/Pally is the best!, but keep in my mind that even if there were a minor differences, the skill of the player is much more important than any "imbalances".

Nevertheless, warriors were suited for best agro hold, Deathknights for best soloing option with a bit higher DPS and paladins for best mitigation.

Originally posted by Souldrainer

The problem with this thread is that most of the LOTRO fanboys around here can't read all that well.  They are not good with the written portion.  And yes, it's pretty much the LOTRO fanboys or people with 15 hours of AoC on their Xfire sig slamming the game to the degree we're seeing.

It's disheartening because it shows a lack of objectivity.  The game has flaws, but these people are coming in here saying it's a 6/10 overall and crap are just trying to lobby people for LOTRO.

What for the love of god are you trying to say? AoC should never be called a MMORPG. It's the most unispirative, instanced, totally overhyped shit. Let me continue. AoC is even worse game than WoW.... And I'm bloody serious. Funcom is dead, and everyone that believed in the hype should be crucified. The same will apply to WAR. And I'm not bloody playing Lotro, so your post is a nonsense. I am the living proof against your silly stereotype.

Honestly, I do lie compulsively on almost every survey, in addition ocassionally I even lie about my personal information I give when I register somewhere (name, address, date of birth, country..) And most of the time I do also lie in the posts I write on this forum.

Self-contradictory? .. Maybe..

I agree completely that PES 5 is more sandbox than WoW. Eventually, we will see PES 6 added to this site sooner or later.

Originally posted by Mahni

Originally posted by Thillian

let me guess...

Guild Wars?

...

or Titan Quest?.. or Command and Conquer? I think you can do helicopters there as well.

I'm guessing it's easier to come up with a comment that you think is pithy than to respond to the assertion that there is not a universally accepted definition of a "sandbox" mmorpg.

If anyone can create a list of necessary and / or sufficient features of a "sandbox" mmorpg i'll be amazed.  If anyone can do that AND point to a game that has all those features, I'll be shocked and awed.

 

Yeh, maybe because I'm not taking these forums seriously enough.