All Posts by muggermadiso

Freaking comedy.  I was so gung ho to post but after reading the thread there is nothing else I can really add other than...

Powered by SOE, the living hell for dead video games.

Oh PS... Died? Nov 2005 there was a crime committed, SOE murdered SWG.

Originally posted by DrowNoble

I think part of the problem is expectations and WoW's success have left people jaded as to what to expect.  This game was heavily hyped for quite some time, you are bound to find disappointed people when the game doesn't fit into their highly hyped expectations.   They also unfairly compare the game to WoW, which will probably be commonplace with any MMO coming out in the future due to WoW's vast success.

Game not even been out a month, give it more time.   Heck WoW's first couple weeks were a queue filled, stuck while looting, why is my char at login nekked mess.   Then Blizz got it together and the rest is, as they say, history.

First I am not flaming you but just using this as a point.  For $60 I would expect a complete game.  A comparison to WOW is just a comparison to other products in the market which is valid.  What I see being said is that it is ok to buy a game and start a monthly subscription and only receive a partial product.  That is like saying I will start paying for a car and every week I will take it back to finish the assembly. 

Personally I disagree with this and think that publishers/Devs need to get better at delivering more complete games on the day they say they intend to release the game.

My big issue is all the content that they add that I should be getting now when I level my current character is not yet in the game.  I do not have the time to level a second character to get the experience that they I should be getting now, this is my choice but it diminishes the value of the game.

Blizzard raised the bar, but look at all the other games that have failed to date.  Every other MMO since WOW has failed or only had marginal success (Eve, COH, etc).  The reason, is that the bar is that high and OAC devs understood that and yet they still went forward and prematurally released the game. 

So what you are saying is your $60 is an investment in a future game.  When the game does not hit critical mass the client will be given away for free, so what does your $60 get you now.  The opportunity to be in an open beta tester.  Bottom line is that we are working for Funcom as testers and feature focus testers.

I have seen many people leave already, I have seen many people not buy the game based on the forums and posts here, and I see this game going away or diminishing to some point and expect to see it in the collection of Games at SOE station as all defunct games end there. 

Call it game heaven or hell but here is a fine list of games that never quite lived up to expectations...

http://www.station.sony.com/en/freeTrials.vm

It is a nice stable beta at the very best.  I have played a solid two weeks.  I have seen many technical issues as well as creative short cuts.  Look at the models.  Most look similar or near alike.   As far as a ton of people having a good time so far I see most people in chat complaining about getting ganked repeatedly.  I love PVP but this is P-PVP, "P" is for pointless.  Being camped my a player 10 levels above my own on the resurection pad is just pointless in my book.

Would I pay, I am still deciding.  Probably not at the end of my 30 days.  The real question is should I get my money back.  Knowing what I know now I would never have bought the game and waited until 6 months to see what others were saying of if, or if the servers were still up.  Do I think this game is here for the long run, nope, the attention to detail is that poor (even withe the first 20 levels that I totally enjoyed).

Man whether it is SOE's fault or not their track record lets them pick up the tab and take the blame.  Start the list of failures:

Planetside

SWG

EQ2

VSoH,

etc...

Man who is runnng the SOE boat, the same hack that has been their for all the other failures.  Give him credit where it is and maybe where it may not be due, either way the wreckage in their wake has afforded them the blame.