WoW sucks balls on all fronts. I just gave it an other try, and 1 week later I'M SO DAMN BORED!
They say 11M players can't be wrong, but I think they can... As said before. Biggest playerbase doesn't mean it's the best thing to get. Just a simple comparisation with Windows. It took them 20+ years to get where they are now with their technology, and yes, they have the most PC users hooked to their crappy OS, but it doesn't say that Windows is the best OS out there? There are (and always have been) better alternatives. Only reason we're all hooked up with Windows is MARKETING.
Same goes for WoW. If any other MMORPG had the marketing budget Blizzard has for their game, I wonder if WoW would have this massive playerbase as it has now. I even dare to bet that WoW would go the way AoC and LotRo are now - F2P...
Well, just because it's not fun to someone doesn't disqualify it from being a good game. The level of polish, amount of content, addictive timesinks, and sheer popularity make this game easily the best one on the market.
Polish, fun timesinks, and lots of content are good reasons for a game to be considered better than one with less in those areas. Popularity is just that, how many people like/play it.
Edit: Although, an extreme lack of popularity that leads to almost no playerbase can be a detriment to a games overall quality, but that usually results from things lacking in other areas.
Polish, fun timesinks, and lots of content are good reasons for a game to be considered better than one with less in those areas. Popularity is just that, how many people like/play it.
Edit: Although, an extreme lack of popularity that leads to almost no playerbase can be a detriment to a games overall quality, but that usually results from things lacking in other areas.
Agreed, but would a bad game be popular? Not just popular, but this popular?
It's definitely the most popular MMO. However, is it the best MMO? This is very subjective. Most people on these boards will tell you that it is the worst MMO but in my opinion WoW IS the best MMO. I hate hearing all that crap about oldschool MMOs and I am sick of those people but they are entitled to their own opinion I played UO and EQ back in the day and they were nothing special...
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WoW's ranking depends on the yardstick used. As some have mentioned, from business or polish perspectives, it is at the top of the heap. However from a creativity and freedom standpoint it could be reanked fairly low.
Personally, you would have to pay me to play it again. The popular model of the virtual materialism grind may be good for perpetuating subscriptions but it makes for tedious and repetitive gameplay.
The only reason why WoW has survived for so long has been it's adaptability and probably to a lesser extent, its ease of access(stone age system requirements). In fact that game adapted and changed so much that most "vanilla vets" couldn't recognise what it had become.
I remember, back when the so-called WoW killers were beating their chests showing off their Tome of Knowledge (WAR) and Character Trait(LOTRO) systems or for that matter the ability to enter battlegrounds from anywhere in the world (WAR again).
What did Blizzard do? within weeks they rolled out their Achievement system. Though nowhere near as detailed or good as the ones in WAR or LOTRO it was simple and effective enough. They also gave you the ability to join battlegrounds from anywhere in the world. Why innovate when you can just copy the best features from other games and laugh while they fail to keep pace and end up going down the free to play model while you're still reaping the 12-14 bucks a month.
In this regard i really applaud Bioware for not showing too much of their game.
I dunno about best MMO, but i can certainly say it is the most resilient one ever made, specially when u consider it still uses a pay to play model.
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How is it not the best out right now?
Do you know for certain?
If most popular = best then it is, I do not view most popular as best like many do for numerous reasons why.
If you don't like a game don't play it, and quit running to MMORPG.com to trash it.
Ultima Online, older, and better than WoW.
Having many people subscribe to a game doesn't really mean it's better than another game, just more popular.
Was Nazi Germany better than smaller countries because of more people following Hitler? Easiest analogy, if a bit dramatic.
WoW sucks balls on all fronts. I just gave it an other try, and 1 week later I'M SO DAMN BORED!
They say 11M players can't be wrong, but I think they can... As said before. Biggest playerbase doesn't mean it's the best thing to get. Just a simple comparisation with Windows. It took them 20+ years to get where they are now with their technology, and yes, they have the most PC users hooked to their crappy OS, but it doesn't say that Windows is the best OS out there? There are (and always have been) better alternatives. Only reason we're all hooked up with Windows is MARKETING.
Same goes for WoW. If any other MMORPG had the marketing budget Blizzard has for their game, I wonder if WoW would have this massive playerbase as it has now. I even dare to bet that WoW would go the way AoC and LotRo are now - F2P...
Well, just because it's not fun to someone doesn't disqualify it from being a good game. The level of polish, amount of content, addictive timesinks, and sheer popularity make this game easily the best one on the market.
Do you know for certain?
Polish, fun timesinks, and lots of content are good reasons for a game to be considered better than one with less in those areas. Popularity is just that, how many people like/play it.
Edit: Although, an extreme lack of popularity that leads to almost no playerbase can be a detriment to a games overall quality, but that usually results from things lacking in other areas.
Agreed, but would a bad game be popular? Not just popular, but this popular?
Do you know for certain?
Most popular would be describe it I think. No doubt, lots of success but people move on eventually.
It's definitely the most popular MMO. However, is it the best MMO? This is very subjective. Most people on these boards will tell you that it is the worst MMO but in my opinion WoW IS the best MMO. I hate hearing all that crap about oldschool MMOs and I am sick of those people but they are entitled to their own opinion
I played UO and EQ back in the day and they were nothing special...
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WoW's ranking depends on the yardstick used. As some have mentioned, from business or polish perspectives, it is at the top of the heap. However from a creativity and freedom standpoint it could be reanked fairly low.
Personally, you would have to pay me to play it again. The popular model of the virtual materialism grind may be good for perpetuating subscriptions but it makes for tedious and repetitive gameplay.
The only reason why WoW has survived for so long has been it's adaptability and probably to a lesser extent, its ease of access(stone age system requirements). In fact that game adapted and changed so much that most "vanilla vets" couldn't recognise what it had become.
I remember, back when the so-called WoW killers were beating their chests showing off their Tome of Knowledge (WAR) and Character Trait(LOTRO) systems or for that matter the ability to enter battlegrounds from anywhere in the world (WAR again).
What did Blizzard do? within weeks they rolled out their Achievement system. Though nowhere near as detailed or good as the ones in WAR or LOTRO it was simple and effective enough. They also gave you the ability to join battlegrounds from anywhere in the world. Why innovate when you can just copy the best features from other games and laugh while they fail to keep pace and end up going down the free to play model while you're still reaping the 12-14 bucks a month.
In this regard i really applaud Bioware for not showing too much of their game.
I dunno about best MMO, but i can certainly say it is the most resilient one ever made, specially when u consider it still uses a pay to play model.
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