Comments on: Lich King Doubtless Now Even More Wrathful

By: Blackhat

Blackhat — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:22:59 +0000

Don’t you need an alpha account for this anyway?

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:34:23 +0000

I wouldn’t say it’s the best fantasy MMO.

I’d say it’s the easiest fantasy MMO.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:04:51 +0000

Jax – yes it is, didn’t mean to suggest otherwise. I could have finished 50 other games in the time I’ve spent on WoW the last 3 years, and I sort of wish I had. I have no intention of starting another MMO.
As I say, to me, WoW’s ‘competition’ is whether I let my sub lapse for a month while I play through Mass Effect, it’s not WAR or Conan.

By: Chris Keegan

Chris Keegan — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:44:23 +0000

People criticize Wow due to the fact that they in the back of there minds are saying why isnt there a Cops n robbers mmo, a Cowboys and Indians mmo or any kind of sport related mmo the possibilities are endless for them yet we only have a handfull of them out to play.
I think people underestimate how hard it is to create a good mmo. Medieval role playing games are a niche genre yet Wow is one of the most popular out at the mo, this doesnt make sense.

I still love playing Wow even tho i dont enjoy fighting gnomes 100%. i play it cos its the been the best mmo or only mmo for the last few years.
A GTA MMO would be amazing!
Maybe developers dont want to switch for console to Desktop.
I dont think there are many dev’s out there that want to jump all out in to the mmo market just yet. Which is sad.

If we drew up a list of all the best games that could make brilliant mmo’s it would be a long list.

RPS should try it?

By: Derek K.

Derek K. — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:35:40 +0000

““which means my slumbering l70 Gnome Rogue is of bugger all use for now and thus my hankering is relatively manageable.”

Isn’t a top level character the opposite of useless, or have I gotten “how WOW works” wrong?”

Useless, in that were he to access the beta, there would be nothing new for his character, as rogue talents aren’t in.

Hating WoW is cool. It’s bashing the popular kids, because they’re popular.

By: Raptornas

Raptornas — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:25:10 +0000

Awesome, the Death Knight trainer is called Siouxsie The Banshee.

I love all those little things in WoW like that, shame about the game. Only MMO i’d ever re-sub would be Eve, I still hanker for my ishtar.

By: Meat Circus

Meat Circus — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:54:11 +0000

Why all the WoW hate anywho?

Because we’ve played it?

I wasted a year of my life on that insufferable level grind of death. If I never play another MMO with classes and levels and other such outmoded concepts it will be too soon.

Which means, yes, I’ll be playing EVE for the next century. Well, until CCP release a World of Darkness MMO.

By: Jaxtrasi

Jaxtrasi — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:52:31 +0000

Dean:

Is that a bad thing?

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:44:57 +0000

WoW hasn’t grown the MMO player-base much at all. It’s grown the WoW player-base. Should WoW ‘fall’ in a months time the vast majority of it’s players would just as likely go play Mass Effect or GTA4 than they are start another MMO.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:37:56 +0000

@ Optimaximal:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Arthas#The_Frozen_Throne

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:18:27 +0000

MMO failure is nothing to do with innovation these days. The shareholders of the rival products just call an end to them when WoW boasts perpetual monthly gains of a million players whilst they’ve only got 24 subscriptions up-front to show for their investment.
WoW didn’t get where it got to instantly, but the suits behind its rivals do seem to think they can.

Also, does anyone else think that Lich King looks like Arthus? (Or did I miss a trick by never completing Frozen Throne?)

By: Ben Abraham

Ben Abraham — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:45:41 +0000

Why all the WoW hate anywho?

That’s what we do? This *is* the Something Awful forums, right? *looks around desperately*