tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post2737081874539479317..comments2024-01-18T16:20:09.743+01:00Comments on Nils' Blog: Why I played the first 100 hoursNilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-15373573790103223472011-05-24T20:49:40.943+02:002011-05-24T20:49:40.943+02:00"no world was left whatsoever"
So wait,..."no world was left whatsoever"<br /><br />So wait, it's all instanced now? Funny, when I played a couple of months ago, I could still walk across the continent and fly around Azeroth. There were caves without anything in them, but there were also places to go that no quest bothered to point out.<br /><br />If it's all instanced now, with no world, well... bummer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-65842189547227216882011-05-24T00:25:28.475+02:002011-05-24T00:25:28.475+02:00I guess it was same reasons I started play MMOs. I...I guess it was same reasons I started play MMOs. I always longed for better Daggerfall.<br /> At one point I imagined fully simulated world with complex quests emerging from clever scripts. Alas <br />there are some old chunks of Watcom C++ code lying around as a testament that procedural worlds aint as easy to make as they are to imagine<br /><br /> An MMOs seemed the the answer -why have procedural generation of fake quests when you can have real people create real ones? <br /><br />In my first MMO (asheron's call) the world was amazing. It was seamless ,it had rivers, deserts , forests ,jungles ,mountains. It felt oh so real . Combined with somewhat dynamic storyline it seemed that next generation would be the dream come true. <br /><br />But game mechanics were broken already -all the mob grind, loot pinatas, spawn camping. The EQ was worse version of AC with inferior technology ,more focus on items and grind<br /><br />And then in 2004 came WoW. fixing all the bad parts but also removing the world part. Throwing the baby out with the water. It only become worse over time and by woltk no world was left whatsoeverMaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814638059509556522noreply@blogger.com