Comments on: You Are Rated Against Your Hype

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By: Zubon

Zubon — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:52:53 +0000

Hyperbole is allowed on the internet. Carry on.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:23:19 +0000

*sorry, I’m prone to hyperbole. It just seems that there’s a vast, vast, vast number of MMOs out there, not to mention the downright flood of them in Asia.*

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:19:16 +0000

Of course, the problem with copying another’s ideas, is that you can never be better then them. You can only be equal at best, but never better.

Lots of talk about how developers should not be trying to make a WoW killer, but instead focus on successful niche markets of MMO. This is definitely a good idea.

Seriously though, I don’t think anyone’s going to get the message anytime soon. Take all the MMOs in existence right now, and divide the world population equally between all of them. World of Warcraft will have already filled their quota. This market is a tiny bit crowded.

By: Openedge1

Openedge1 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:53:41 +0000

Thank you for this post…
I appreciate honest information…I want it pure and simple, and not “Over 4 million characters served” crap…

But, with WoW’s dominance, people thought it was the genre (MMO’s) that people wanted, and not the game (WoW)…so, the belief was make a cool MMO, and people will come…
Copy a famous MMO and not innovate (TR, LOTRO), people will not come..
Try to step over your bounds (Vanguard), everyone will leave…

WoW had a license, had the developer…everything they needed to be a success….and won the MMO game…
And from my standpoint, if the new games fail as well (AoC, WAR, Stargate, etc,…), we hopefully will see the end of so many companies vying for this market…
Instead we will hopefully get a Nvidia/ATI market…where now no other company can get into the market…and instead we will have several genres of MMO’s from just a handful of companies working extra hard for your cash…
Some may not like this option…but, I for one, feel it is a win for Video Cards…why not MMO’s? (maybe see less JUNK also…I can dream?)
Thanks

By: TD

TD — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:04:30 +0000

Thanks for mentioning Alganon. I hadn’t heard of it before and I like their bullet points and the new screenshots.

Clearly, IT WILL BE THE GRATIST GAME EVAR. WOW WIL DIE LOL!

Actually I admire them for being honest about it being a WoW variation. Hopefully they’ll be able to follow through on keeping the good parts of WoW in and improving where WoW disappoints.

By: Animagnum

Animagnum — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:00:40 +0000

I’ll clarify, Rory = Animagnum. Anyway, my angst above isn’t directed at any particular person. I listen to a lot of podcasts and read a lot of blogs, but rarely comment.