MMOG Expansions Incoming 44
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.'"
City of Heroes (Score:3, Informative)
Re:City of Heroes (Score:2)
Re:Paragon city gripped by crime wave! (Score:1)
Re:Paragon city gripped by crime wave! (Score:1)
After the inital novelty wears off, things will go back to normal. I personally can't wait for SGvSG, because the tactics that these matches will entail...
Re:Paragon city gripped by crime wave! (Score:2)
I know PVP is entirely consentual, but last night, about 20 minutes after I logged on, I ran into my first "Sorry, I respecced this toon for PVP and now he sucks for everything else." message from a teammate.
Not cool.
People who want PVP can go dry-hump each other in WoW or Planetside or something. It's obvious to me th
MMOPG (Score:1)
Re:SHUT THE FUCK UP QUEERBAIT (Score:2, Funny)
Are you happy? You got your wish.
Damn, my dick hurts.
Re:MMOPG (Score:1)
Re:MMOPG (Score:1)
SWG: Rage of the Wookiees (Score:3, Informative)
Right on top of that Combat Update everyone loves.
* Tomorrow might be today where you are right now, realtive to me.
Matrix Expansion Coming ... (Score:3, Insightful)
... 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:Matrix Expansion Coming ... (Score:2)
Re:Matrix Expansion Coming ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Matrix Expansion Coming ... (Score:2)
Re:Matrix Expansion Coming ... (Score:2)
Not would you, Have we?
MMO Madness (Score:1, Troll)
I'm currious, now that the level of graphical detail has been met, what game will come along and give the game play thats also needed to make an MMO better.
After p
Re:MMO Madness (Score:2)
WoW graphics are a case study why 'graphics != technology' is so very very true. WoW's graphics engine is actually pretty technically simple. No bump-mapping, limited shader use, etc, etc. From a technical standpoint, EQ2 is way ahead of WoW. Except... Blizzard, they cheated.
Re:MMO Madness (Score:1)
Those mostly overlap, the difference is solely what management okays in the end. Would you think that EA has quite a lot of capable artists on board? When management says you're making a bland, generic fantasy world to their liking then you better make a bland generic fantasy world to their liking. Management wants shaders, realism and buzzwords.
Re:MMO Madness (Score:2, Insightful)
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
Re:MMO Madness (Score:1)
becasue the graphics in WoW are so substandard even EQ looks better...it amazing how many people are such fanbois that they will take the worst part about a game and say its the best...
lets see...EQ2 models = 10,000 polys, WoW models = 10 polys
sure...i agree that their use of color is better than EQ2, if what your looking for is fighting goblins in an Norman Rockwell painting...
I personally would rather be fighting orcs in a Slavidor Dali p
Re:too little, too late (Score:1)
AC2:Legions, hits the shelves and stays there too. (Score:5, Informative)
I know Turbine cut a deal with Sony Station to distribute the expansions, did SS also take the risk of selling the boxes?
While the graphically superior of the two AC games AC2 was such a change in game play mechanics that it did not attract many of the original AC players. Laden with bugs, exploits, and a poorly implemented crafting system at launch it failed to hold the interest of new players. AC2 was a game that told a story, through the vault quests, but forgot that players wanted to make the story or be part of it too. It also had some of the most boneheaded design decisions I have seen to date. The big two were no NPCs and having cities where the buildings could not be entered or used! The cities themselves were nothing more than monuments to the developers. A beautiful game with all the interactivity of a Hollywood western set.
The AC1 expansion is set for July and Turbine is very much risking that franchise by taking so long to deliver the box. To top it off they recently came up with a new account migration system, having left the Microsoft Gameing zone, that essentially allows people to steal inactive accounts. The "exploiters" already jumped and found it allowed for the reactivation of banned accounts but Turbine is "fixing" that. The system only requires a person to know the zone name, a character name, and which game world the character was on, to take possession of an inactive account. That is not weak security it is NO security.
Turbine has placed their bets with D&D Online and LOTR Online. I can only figure that they are keeping the AC franchises alive simply because it is totally theirs. AC was a great game when it came out, taking the big risk of not following the standard D&D setup that other games used. It had one of the most advanced combat systems that provides to this day some of the best PvP action. We can only hope that after making money with D&D and LOTR that Turbine takes some of those profits and brings AC up to date in graphics and usuability. AC is one game where the biggest improvement would be graphics as they have more lore than most other games combined. They just need a better look to attract newer players. New servers with Guild War level of graphics and a few game tweaks could make for a real relaunch. It won't happen but many of us old timers love to dream.
Re:AC2:Legions, hits the shelves and stays there t (Score:2)
Yes the game has evolved. It still has many of the quirks it did upon release and the bulk of buildings in cities cannot be enter
NEW style of player versus player combat? (Score:1)
I read TFA, but no details there. Any links to a description of this 'new' PvP?
Re:NEW style of player versus player combat? (Score:2, Insightful)
Meanwhile.... (Score:1)
Re:Meanwhile.... (Score:1)
I guess moving entire level 60 guilds to new servers then threating to ban people who talk about it is more important.
Massively Improved (Score:1)