All Posts by Deathstiny

Originally posted by Galadourn

OP, your bashing AoC on the grounds of wanting WAR to "win" leaves much to be desired in the field of maturity on your part...

I assume this is your first time to these boards so let me say "welcome"

I 100% disagree with this. Sure the AoC forums are filled with useless whine posts much like the WoW forums. However, they are also an invaluable sorce for players to share information, make friends, find solutions to issues etc. Not having any forums and having the community scattered all over the internet is a major strike agaist WAR.

Alright so I've been a WAR fanboi for quite some time and I've been bashing AoC on numerous occasions on these boards (see my posting history if you have any doubts). I didn't bash AoC because I knew anything bad about it (I was not in BETA). I simply wanted MY game (WAR) to "win". I know that is not a mature reason but I'm sure many here can relate and I wanted everybody to understand from what perspective I'm writing this. Further info: I am currently in WAR Beta but won't compare AoC to WAR as I'm respecting the NDA.

My computer: Dell XPS 630 - Quad core 6600 - 4gigs DDR2 - Gforce 8800 GT 512mb - Windows Vista Premium 32bit. That system currently retails for about $1200 to $1400 depending on some options.

Alright, so Funcom huh? Ouch I was there for Anarchy Online Launch so I was prepared for uglyness. But I was bored and since I pretty much buy every single MMO that comes out I figured meh! May as well give the competition a try so I can "bash with experience".

I was not prepared for this. First of all the game looked absolutely amazing. And I don't mean just "good". I mean generations ahead of its time. And the fact that my system runs it anywhere between 40-80fps (city vs. outdoor) on MAX settings is a blessing.

Alright, so I didn't hate the graphics. Big deal, the servers will probably crash every few minutes and there will be hours upon hours of downtime right? WRONG! The servers have been up almost permanently (one 5 hour downtime exception that bothered me). For a release that is quite a feat. Of course I may just be lucky and servers are only up when I'm playing but considering I'm playing a lot I can safely say it's been a smooth lauch (as smooth as launches go).

Alright, so the game looks great and is stable. Surely there must be tons of broken quests. Wrong again! I've done dozens of quests and they are working just fine. Plus many of them are actually quite entertaining and tell a great story.

But the community is full of tards right? "Sadly" no. OOC is the new barrens chat but other than that I have met lots of great people already. The player base is defintely more mature than WoW and that's great news all around.

How about the classes? All crap right? I've tried 9 out of the 12 classes so far and besides the Dark Templar I like em all. WoW a priest that nukes so he can heal better? What a great concept. You mean I'm no longer forced to spam 1 button and play healbot? Who would have thunk? Seriously the classes are great. Sure some balancing is required but honestly WoW has been out for what 3 years and classes need balancing. Or hey! Ask an EQ1 wizzy (9 years game life) how their class balance is compared to zerker and rogue dps on raids. Yeah, Funcom is doing alright ....ack can't believe I said that. BLASPHEMY!

Alright, well combat must really suck then right? Well, you probably have guessed by now how this review is going. Sorry! I will NEVER EVER play and autoattack MMO again. Combat rocks! After level 10 a whole new world opens up and boy oh boy I can't believe we played MMOs the way we have all these years.

Okay, I'm not going to bore you much longer. I just need to say a couple mroe things. First of all a big sorry to my previous attitude towards the game. A big congratulations to Funcom. AoC will be my MMO for years to come. THQs WH40K is the only thing on the horizon right now and that's at least 3-4 years away.

As for WAR. I won't be playing it. I'll keep testing it here and there and fullfill my duties as a beta tester and I do hope it will do well as I like the license but my home is now Hyboria.

I can't believe I'm about to say the following but ... THANK YOU FUNCOM !!!

yeah I bought the game yesterday and still haven't played a single minute. It's Anarchy Online all over again.

So I have been following WAR and AoC for years now but always have been leaning more towards WAR as I love the table top game. I never got into BETA for WAR although I have applied on day 1, attended Gamesday Baltimore etc. I have pretty much given up hope.

So I figured I pass the time and give AoC a shot. Naturally I pre-ordered which did not matter cause EBGames decided to screw up my pre-order so I did not get it. Shitty deal but whatever. So I decided I will try to pick it up today. All sold out pretty much everywhere. Oh wait, one last hurrah! Walmart!!! After driving around town for 4 hours going to every single store that might have AoC I had Walmart left and voila! They have it YAY! I drive home all excited, rip the shrink wrap off, insert the first DvD, start the install and as the little green bar is moving ever so slowly I figured, meh! May as well check e-mail ...... WELCOME TO WAR BETA 2 !!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! You gotta be frikkin kiddin me!!!!

So yeah right now WAR and AoC are having a patching race on my machine .... lol this actually sucks. I have been waiting so long and now I get both on the same day  .... and I have to go to work in 2 hours.

Ahh well I guess I will try em both..... should be a busy week lol

 P.S.: Anybody else think this wave of invites was time on purpose by Mythic .... me thinks so lol but who cares ..... WAAAAGH!!!!!!

would love a buddy pass also pretty please.

Quad core

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dual 8800GT

my system will run it ...I hope lol

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well people are already lvl 80 and the game isn't even live yet .....so ...yeah ...pretty much sums it up. GG Funcom!

yes - the lack of a free trial is why Vanguard has no players

It's the main reason I won't be buying it. I wish a developer would have the guts to create a game without instancing (before you say Vanguard - I said game not steaming pile of you know what).

As far as I'm concerned there hasn't been a real MMO for ages. In case people have forgotten, the first "M" stands for "massive". Sorry, nothing "massive" about 50 people in a zone. AoC like most other "M"MOs these days are multiplayer games - not massive multiplayer games. 1st generation MMOs had it right. Maybe someday we'll feel the same emersion again by actually being part of the same world as everybody else on the same server. Competition for mobs? Crowding? Never bothered me. I had the most fun rolling on a new EQ server when it launched and having 500+ players in noobee zones. That was exciting. This getting held by the hand, taken from quest giver to quest giver in a seemingly empty world is not.

sounds like another money grabbing scam to me. Remember last year when Mythic announced at Gameday Baltimore that all attendents would receive BETA access by the end of the summer (2007). Well, yeah I entered my Baltimore code as soon as I got home and I'm still not in. Just another empty promise to get people to purchase Warhammer products.

why would I pre-order vaporware?

Originally posted by weg886

Originally posted by Deathstiny

Originally posted by weg886

You live in this game and not just play it!

I feel sorry for you

I feel sorry for you to!

I rest my case

Originally posted by weg886

You live in this game and not just play it!

I feel sorry for you

Originally posted by Kairarr

 

Key features of the game

Numbers and underscore are allowed in your name

 

I lawled

lol that sucks. It's like ordering a Porsche but getting a Ford instead. Hope they fix it for you.

Originally posted by bsmith239

ummm im talking launch day .....

If wow ported to a console it would make the same revenue there so monthly subs are irrevalent.

If I was a shareholder in a game company I would care about overall revenue NOT how much game x made at launch.

As for the second comment: ask yourself why Blizzard doesn't do it.

Originally posted by bsmith239

WoW first day sales :

North America (First Day) - 240,000 x 49.99 = 11,997,600 thats 11 million in one day

vs.

 

Halo 3 first day sales:

$170 million in sales on its first day of availability

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202102318

 

vs

 

GTA4

Criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" scored over $500 million in global receipts its first week in release, selling over 6 million units to become one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in history.

(http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0755678120080508)

 

And how many peeps had to upgrade to play wow?

monthly WoW subscription: 14.95 x 12 months x 10 million ..... gg

as for upgrading to play WoW ...seriously? My grandpa's PC runs it.

I find the biggest problem that plagues consoles is they just aren't powerfull enough to meet my expectations. Let's take a look at two recent games: Bioshock and COD4. I had the option of buying it for either PC or console. I chose PC because of better graphics, better framerates and better controls. The so-called "next gen" consoles are already way behind in horsepower and will still be around for many years to come. The gap is only going to widen. Consoles are a great affordable option (Sony pay attention - this is the reason Wii is kicking your ass) but they have a long way to go to appeal to more sophisticated gamers.

but for a more serious comment...

Originally posted by bsmith239

   Honestly, when was the last time a PC only game sold as much as Halo 3 or Grand Theft Auto 4?    

Halo 3 and GTA4 lifetime sales combined don't come close to what Blizzard makes with WoW in 1 year.

I foresee a bright future for PC gaming.

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