MMOG Expansions Incoming

Gamespot has news that Asheron's Call 2: Legions has hit the shelves, the newest expansion to the three year old title. At the same time, Sony Online has announced a new expansion for Everquest II, as well as the upcoming release of a new adventure pack. From the article: "First up is EverQuest II: Desert of Flames, the first full-priced EQII expansion pack. The pack will introduce the chaotic-but-colorful city of Maj'dul to the game. Players will be able to participate in gladiatorial contests inside the Middle Eastern-themed metropolis, either against some of the 40 new creatures included in the pack or against other EverQuesters in 'a new style of player versus player combat.'"

Matrix Expansion Coming ...

[rewinn]

... I'm sure it's been said before, but isn't the end result of MMOG improvement, essentially, that we all take the red pill?

If you could live in an imaginery universe while robots tended your body ... would you?

Re:NEW style of player versus player combat?

[rabbot]

If you had even read the summary from the OP you would of saw that the thing thats new about it is the fact that they are mixing NPCs and PC's together in the arena. So yes it is different from other arena PvP implementations.

Re:MMO Madness

[SubcomandanteTorta]

The stylization and the scalability really impressed me on WoW. The game runs smoothly on my old beater athlon 1.2 with a geforce2mx , and it looks acceptable, cartoony, but better than a quasi-realistic resource hog slideshow. Can't say the same about FFXI, which looked like lurching, pixelated crap.

The nicest thing about WoW, like the Elder Scrolls, is that it has enough background material to make it stand apart. It doesn't feel generic. It appeals to the casual gamer as well as the grinder, and the fact that you can solo really makes it. So many other games make you so dependent on people that you can't do crap without a party, and if you can't get a party you're screwed. There's nothing left to do but fish. So you go to fish and your one gazillion gil fishing pole breaks three times in a row and... You cancel the game, which is made as difficult as possible by navigating some cryptosatanic aolesque menu monstrosity.

WoW is wonderful. Best MMORPG since Ultima went to hell.