tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post5398981200797536115..comments2024-01-18T16:20:09.743+01:00Comments on Nils' Blog: So, who's guilty?Nilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-27535572397411065562010-06-07T19:47:17.512+02:002010-06-07T19:47:17.512+02:00For me a MMO should be a virtual world. But for ma...<i><br />For me a MMO should be a virtual world. But for many it should not. For many it shall be a distraction. WoW has become a distraction.<br /><br /><br />We write about a genre that is slowly but steadily moving in the wrong direction (from our point of view).<br /></i><br /><br />Was it ever moving in "right direction"? WoW was not my first MMO and I already knew what it would be well before release - extremely polished EQ clone, as thats what blizzard does. <br /><br />Its quality exceeded my expectations frankly as it showed that they actually understood incredibly amount of small details core EQ gameplay consists of and perfected them all.<br /><br />The only virtual world to date was UO, and it was first and only of its kind. After that most mmo were experimentation without clear vision - throwing various game mechanics together often resulting in unfinished,unstable and buggy products.<br /><br />Blizzard knew from the start what their game will be. They took EQ and polished it. And people around blinded by their success now think that this is the holy grail of MMO development. <br /><br />Search for new models ended, everyone simply copies diku-mud mechanics nowdays<br /><br />Its a stale genre now -much like blockbuster movies are . Imho it will be sometimes till developing MMO is inexpensive enough for an indie studio to break the moldMaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814638059509556522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-67885967201061169492010-05-25T22:27:24.223+02:002010-05-25T22:27:24.223+02:00What you describe happens sometimes.
But it is no...What you describe happens sometimes. <br />But it is not what I write about and it is not what Wolfshead wrote about.<br /><br />After 6 and respectively 11 years of MMOs you don't rage-quit one single MMO any more.<br /><br />We write about a genre that is slowly but steadily moving in the wrong direction (from our point of view).Nilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-90066714053413448282010-05-25T22:23:10.137+02:002010-05-25T22:23:10.137+02:00I think the words "guilty" and "res...I think the words "guilty" and "responsible" kind of overstate the situation.<br /><br />Nobody's guilty but "we" are all responsible?<br /><br />Someone gets restless or bored or dissatisfied and they look for others to blame. My MMO doesn't satisfy me anymore ergo everyone that plays it somehow ruined it and the successful company that makes it has ruined the whole genre. Boycott!<br /><br />Talk about drama.Bristalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849907713604626977noreply@blogger.com