Originally posted by lizardbones
Originally posted by Wraithone
Originally posted by Stormreaver
I feel like this is akin to a parent telling a teenager, "if you're going to drink, please do it in my house under my supervi…
I feel like this is akin to a parent telling a teenager, "if you're going to drink, please do it in my house under my supervision." I've never been a fan of using real money to buy/sell ingame items, but this may be the only way for Blizzard to make…
Originally posted by Magnum2103 People really need to learn what the term sandbox means.
DAOC, EQ, and FF11 would all be considered themepark with no sandbox elements. You can't directly alter the world with your actions, build in the world, and/…
I'm apt to argue that no game is purely a "sandbox" or a "themepark" because for starters, we can't even agree on what these terms mean. I think a more realistic approach is to determine gameplay elements we consider to be on the sandbox or themepar…
Originally posted by Robokapp
Originally posted by Stormreaver
Originally posted by Robokapp
Originally posted by just1opinion
Originally posted by GrayGhost79
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Why aren't MMO's a grand …
Originally posted by Robokapp
Originally posted by just1opinion
Originally posted by GrayGhost79
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Why aren't MMO's a grand adventure? Is the goal really to feel like we are paying for the privelege of picking up so…
This is the most vague question you can ask, although you do make some interesting points. Simply sharing an online community with other people is now a regular occurence, but in my opinion, it was never the ultimate draw of MMOs. Rather, the abilit…
Originally posted by Kilmar
Blizzard for milking their players. Other companies are okay (even Smedly Online Entertainment *g*)
But with no EQ3 coming out and this Agency thing, Im actually not very interested in future SOE products (except EQ2 A…
Originally posted by vesavius
Originally posted by Stormreaver
Can somebody who is putting Blizzard on their list please explain that one to me? WoW was and is indeed the sellout of all sellouts; it steals systems from other games, it panders t…
Can somebody who is putting Blizzard on their list please explain that one to me? WoW was and is indeed the sellout of all sellouts; it steals systems from other games, it panders to the masses, it lacks depth, and it completely destroys lore, but i…
Originally posted by Z3R01
UO isnt the same game. I consider it more of a Hybrid now.
Swg is a Hybrid also imo (thats going to get me flamed LOL!)
Wurm, Mabinogi and ToD are very small population wise and F2p. on this forum F2p games aren't even …
Originally posted by Z3R01
Seriously enough with the second life crap, Once it stops being a player run AD campaign i'll consider it a game.
Now for a list of sandbox games that arent like Secondlife? Eve,Ryzom,Wurm,ToD,Mabinogi and the hybrids? …
Originally posted by Z3R01
In my post I listed three myths that apply to Every sandbox game...easily.
The forth i agreed with but then gave my tips to new players since both Ryzom and DF (the only two current sandbox mmos other then eve) are easi…
First of all, I think it's a little ridiculous to try and write some rules for all sandbox games. There are very few features that are constant for all sandbox, so there really is no point to try and put them all under the same label. That being sai…
I don't play EvE, I don't have a horse in this race, and I don't even follow the war between BoB and Goonswarm (though I know it exists), but that fact that something like this can happen in EvE, changing the entire landscape of the game for all pla…
Originally posted by Apraxis
I could quote the OP to.. but this post is a good point to start with.
You are wrong.. Blizzard will not do a sandbox game.
Why you ask?
Because there is not one successful sandbox game out there, and Blizzards will…
Originally posted by SaintViktor
Originally posted by Ordero
Lest we forget, the Diablo-genre was also very much a niche-genre when Blizzard decided to take a chance with it. For those who are not familiar with the concept, I'm talking about th…