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• • Graphics or Gameplay

  • Originally posted by Spazmok
    

    Ah yes, the question of whether graphics or gameplay is better; my personal opinion, graphics. Would you rather play something that has beautiful textures and detail, with marvelous scenary as far as you can see with the simple point-click or hack/slash stuff, or a visually unattractive game with many complex systems and an interface not even the developer can figure out that simply will keep you occupied for a day longer? Now, while i can say that good graphics will probably sell me on a game, I understand those who plead that gameplay is important.

     

    
     

    I prefure both, but not in the way some say grahpics need to be awesome, for me both gameplay and graphics need to tell me the story, it must fit together, an example would be SPORE (which I am playing atm) the game has "good" graphics for the game it is, if it was a MMO without the options SPORE has but only the looks/graphics of SPORE I wouldn't be playing it. But for what SPORE has to offer it suites the game very well.

    Games like COD4 and such for me only need to look better as they do, they do trow in abit more emotions within it's gameplay but overall these type of games have not changed as much other then looking better and better and from all the war-type single player games COD4 stood out FOR ME. It was a rollercoaster ride but a damn fine one.

    A MMORPG is very different then what I expect from a singleplayer game, as we all can see MMORPG are not that evolved yet to make a good mix between gameplay and graphics, we are on our way but not their yet, reason is cause this genre is still pretty young even though certain people don't think it is but forums like this with all the complaints going on proof this fact day after day, some complain about things they hardly can play on their systems, some complain about the bugs, some about how a company handles it's game, all proof to us to understand we are playing a younger genre of games then singleplayer games, and to me single player games are atleast 2/3 years ahead in tech being used compared to what developers are able to use with MMORPG's.

  • Posted: 9/08/08 1:56 AM
    General Discussion
• • Desparation is setting in.Leipzig Interview with Erling Ellingsen, Part One

  • Originally posted by Sithrimir
    

    Originally posted by Soujyo
    

    Originally posted by Reklaw

    
    

    May 19, 2008 <---- Wait so people were expected to notice less than 1 full day before release that DX10 wasn't going to be in at launch? If you dumb enough then sure (commenly speaking), but if you can actualy think then afcourse not, as I never copy/pasted it for that reason, I did cause some people say FC never said anything untill NOW with EE latest interview, but I know it's very hard for some people to actualy understand what they read or reply to.Ya sure thing, btw most of those sites didn't have the info posted before 10am - Noon meaning folks likely wouldn't even see it on their lunch breaks lol.

    While funcom is thrilled with the early success of Age of Conan, and proud of the game launching this week, the company regrets to inform gamers that the DirectX 10 version of the game will not ship with the initial launch...........

    Age of Conan launches 20th of May in North America / Oceania and 23rd of May in Europe. More information about the game can be found on www.ageofconan.com

    http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/38767/DX10-Age-of-Conan-Delayed-Til-Fall

    http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-147073.aspx

    http://kotaku.com/391601/age-of-conan-dx10-version-delayed

    http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/comments_news.phtml?id=051908_6

    http://www.gameshark.com/pc/news/23959/Age-of-Conan-DX-10-Version-Not-Available-till-Fall-.htm

    
     

     

    Exactly.
     

    Oh and Sithrimir you might consider SPORE to be a shitty game, I don't I am enjoying myself with that game. 

  • Posted: 9/07/08 4:44 AM
    Age of Conan
• • Poll: Will WAR cause decrease in server population in WOW?

  • Originally posted by Obzerver
    

    Originally posted by Recant
    

    It's that time again folks.  Another MMORPG is about to be released, and you can smell the excitement in the air.  The screenshots look good, the videos look good, the features look good.  We can start imagining ourselves exploring this new world, learning new abilties, meeting new people. 

    I bet your stoked.  There's a lot of buzz, previews seem positive, there's some nice reviews coming out of beta.  An emphasis on PvP, man that's the novel twist we need for a MMORPG.   Maybe you should book a few days off work to get a head start.  What could possibly go wrong?

    Hell, you're feeling so good about this release, maybe you should speculate on the forums about how this will negatively impact World of Warcraft... because..

    *SLAPS YOU ACROSS THE FACE*

    See here, I've got this collection of concrete bricks.  I've etched into them the names of the MMORPGs that have caused this endless cycle of "oh I wonder how many are going to leave WoW for this game".  With these bricks I shall smash you across your face until you start realizing that your game is not unique and beautiful, I've played the beta, and it's a boring pile of shit. 

    The combat feels like I'm playing a turn based strategy game, via e-mail.   The game itself is a soulless mess, no love has gone into creating the game, it feels like it's been outsourced to 5 different companies and been stitched together in an appauling mess of boredom. 

    I can smell your disagreement from across the internet, but do you really think you're the first to be swooned over by a new game?  You're living in a self-reinforced delusion.  Here's a wakeup call:

    *Smashes the AGE OF CONAN brick into your face*

    Oh yeah you remember that one don't you?  With the mature content, and the visceral PvP, the beautiful graphics, and the gameplay that blows WoW out of the water.  The amount of threads I saw claiming AoC was gonna hurt WoW is directly proportional to the amount of pain your metaphorical face is suffering right now.

    *Smashes the HELLGATE LONDON brick into your face*

    *twice*

    I don't need to say anymore, except that...

    *Smashes the LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE brick into your face*

    Oh how can it fail... it's like WoW, only with much better lore... WoW will surely lose p...

    *Smashes the DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ONLINE brick into your face.

    Dungeons and fucking dragons people.  One big argument for WAR 'hurting' WoW seems to be based on IPs being superior to each other.  Here's a newsflash, WAR, while being older than Warcraft, is now considerably less cooler than WoW, lore wise, IP wise, word-on-the-street-wise, Slashdot-wise, however the fuck you want to rate nerdy-coolness-wise.  WAR has been left behind in the dust.

    *Stabs you repeatedly in the eye with the VANGUARD: SAGA OF HEROES brick.*

    You knew that one was coming.  I've got the scars myself.  The true successor to Everquest.  You should have learned your lesson back then, when you realized that MMORPGs before they are released EVEN during betas are solely MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.

    "Oh but this time I really think WAR has something going for it I mean have you seen..."

    *SMASHES YOU WITH THE ARCHLORD BRICK UNTIL THERES ALMOST NOTHING LEFT OF YOUR NEAR-LIFELESS CARCASS*

    "You're just.... a .... Blizzard..... fan...........boy..............ack.... urgh...."

    *Breaks open your skull with the TABULA RASA brick*

    Shut the hell up.  In the remote chance that they will somehow give WAR the kiss of life, probably by including a copy of WOTLK with it, and the game manages to turn out to be OK, which is what everyone always thinks about games after they've totally failed to be blown away by the dull beta, then we will play it.

    Yes imagine that.  But if someone actually manages to make an MMORPG that is better than WoW, then there's no psychic bonds tying us to that game.  I would be overjoyed to play something better than WoW, just like I would be overjoyed to find something more enjoyable than sex, which as you can probably tell from this rant hasn't happened for a while.

     

     

     i may not agree with anything you said but it sure as hell was fun to read Recant for president!

    
     

    Yup same here not agreeing with all that was said but it did put a big smile on my face when reading, thanks for that very entertaining post.......but for president.....nah I rather agree on more things for someone to become a president. But good laugh never the less

  • Posted: 9/06/08 11:01 AM
    General Discussion
• • Spore.. questions

  • Originally posted by hadub1
    

    Whats up with sharing?  I got 2 up on my page and the rest I submitted didn't register.  And how are people making all these buildings and clothes and spaceships?  Are they in closed beta or something?  Because my CC doesn't seem to have any of that stuff and the game doesn't even get released for a couple days yet...

     

    And where the hell is the forum for this game?  The spore website community page is a joke.

     

    
     

    The game isn't live LIVE yet so sharing doesn't work yet, but you can already creat worlds, I am at the civ. stage right now and loving the game, I got the email last Theusday E-Plaza that my game was at the store, picked it up wednesday.

    At civ.stage I am able to creat buildings and some resource gathering vehicle, each friendship I get with different ci'v's offer me more building options, similair to Tribal stage where when befriended with different tribes you get a bigger Totum with the other tribe coloures aswell more building and Tribal armor sets.

    I am really enjoying the game and it seems to have more depth then I thought it would have, especialy at the civilisation stage. The game is fairly easy to understand aswell.

  • Posted: 9/06/08 10:52 AM
    General Discussion
• • The thread of stupid posts

  • Originally posted by Slythe
    

    I know, the title doesn't make sense. But while reading the official AoC forums, I decided that the people who frequent there make some of the most stupid, ignorant, and downright laughable posts I have ever seen in any forums. So I think a thread dedicated to stupid posts would be a good source of entertainment. I'll start.

    forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php

    Quote - "Since the pop drop I notice on the same server a different type of action takes place now. More of a helpful way to play the game. As if hey I might need this guy to help me with some of my tad bit harder quests. So I notice I don't get attacked as much as I did before."
    

    "So, with the lack of assclowns the game does seem a bit more enjoyable. Thanks Funcom for weeding out the morons."

    So if you quit playing AoC, you are a "moron."

    Hey, maybe if the population gets low enough, they could all sing "Kumbaya" together around a campfire and make things out of macaroni.

    
     

    OP: If you feel like a assclown then I could understand you might feel offended, if you just quite like I have you have no need to feel offended as he was not talking about ALL that left, he was talking about assclowns that have left.

    But then like I said before people seem out of options to actualy bring something constructive to these boards and mmorpg.com seems to be alright with it, I wonder how MMORPG.com would react if people would make avatars with MMORPG.Bash with the same type of icon mmorpg.com is using, I bet people would either get warnings or bans, but then again aslong mmorpg.com doesn't see it's website being insulted it seems alright with them, reason why so many people may insult game company's or games like there is no tommorow.

  • Posted: 9/06/08 1:20 AM
    Age of Conan