=/ lol... like I said, I can see that this game isn't for everyone... or at least you'd have to try it to start to like it.
Sometimes it feels like a one player game to me, cause I solo a lot... I'm not interested in parties unless I have to have one.
I would like to see a person in the wild here and there, but this is ok.
Town are interesting with people in them, and parties are fun, I dont know if guild members see eachother outside cause I haven't added anyone to my guild yet.
Outposts really make you feel like a traveller! cause you arive alone and wonder if anyone will be there, and lowandbehold there are a few, its interesting. ^_^;
Battle.net was just what I was comparing it too... but its really not, cause even in Towns there are tones of stuff/quests to do. So calling towns a waiting area, isn't really accurate at all... lol
This game gives you a sence of travel, and being alone, parties and quests that I've never experianced in an MMO. And at the same time, once you've traveled somewhere, you can click on that place on the map and go back there whenever you want too.
In my opinion FFXI is a terrible game, well, not terrible, but not great either. I'm so glad I cancelled my account, not just because of their decision in the CTR inccodent, but because the game wasn't very good. Maybe it just wasn't my kind of game. I also don't think I'll ever try Everquest. lol
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04-30-2005, 01:04 AM #46
Last edited by Daggers64; 04-30-2005 at 01:11 AM.
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04-30-2005, 06:36 AM #47
Well the guys at G4 seem to like this game a lot. lol
Kevin on AOTS is giving it his aproval and says its better than WoW! ^_^
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04-30-2005, 10:27 AM #48
Originally Posted by Omecle
Considering that WoW hit the 1.5 million subscribers mark a month ago (that's 5 months after the first relase), and reached 500k subscribers in 2-3 months as opposed to 23 months for FFXI, I sure hope for GW they do as bad as WoW. I also note that S-E didn't submit any current data about the number of subscribers. Maybe next month with the third anniversary of the Japanese release.
As for GW itself, it looks nice. I didn't have the chance to beta test it, but given all the praises that were made, I wouldn't have minded tryig it and seeing it by myself. Ahwell.
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04-30-2005, 02:31 PM #49
Well, I wasn't trying to compare sales. That's just lame, seeing as sales just depends on the amount of hype before release (a lot of Warcraft fans, that never played an MMORPG got WoW). I can surely say that a lot of those people (out of the 1.5 million) have quit the game now - due to lack of end-game content and it's casual gamer direction (which a lot of people dislike, seeing as they want to invest time into an MMORPG).
FFXI has done pretty well for the amount of time it's been released. My only quirk with it, is that it's limited by the PS2. Kind of dragged it down a bit. So yeah, it's not a perfect game, but I have a lot of friends on there and so I stay (I also like the content and gameplay of it).
BTW. I have played WoW since Open Beta and Retail (left around March), I advanced through it pretty quickly, and all my friends ended up leaving at level 60 saying how much of a waste of time it was (former MMORPG players too). And the whole game got boring, real fast.
From what I've seen and heard about Guild Wars, it just doesn't interest me as an MMORPG, maybe if it were a huge offline RPG I would get it - mainly because the graphics look pretty darn sweet. What lacked in WoW was the gameplay - it wasn't even worth partying or raiding, PvP went to the crapper as well. This game reminds me EXACTLY like WoW when it first started. And that's just an opinion. I'm sure it'll be fun for you all.
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04-30-2005, 03:11 PM #50
...can't... stop... playing...Guild Wars...
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04-30-2005, 06:59 PM #51
hmmm, well WoW was definantly much more hyped up than Guild Wars was. Even though it was made by people that branched off of the guys that made WoW.
There's pretty good game play in this one, which is sometimes hard to find in an Online game.
As said before, the game gives you a 'one player' feel if you don't party with people... cause you only see them in towns, thats it!
And whether or not I lose interest in this game in the future, depends on the content they update in expansion packs and such. It also depends on how big the world is, and how long I can explore new areas. Right now, I'm just busy exploring everything. lol
I'm only now getting into the story, cause last night, I left ascalon and now its old-ascalon, but I wonder how far I can explore, and when I can go north of the wall that once kept bad things out... I'm still getting my barings, so I dont know whats up, and where I really am. XD
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05-01-2005, 03:07 AM #52
So, this isn't a MMORPG and it's more of a Diablo II Tournament style game? Well at least that's what a few friends I have talked to that play it, say.
If that's the case, I don't think we can even compare it to a proper MMORPG. I'm sure it's a good game though, and will get lots of enjoyment out of a lot of players. Just doesn't tickle my fancies. =)
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05-01-2005, 08:32 PM #53
Yeah I wish only that IŽd have a better computer than a 333MHZ piece of crap because my brother moved away and took the LOT better computer
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05-01-2005, 08:43 PM #54
Furries! :<3::<3::<3:
Does anyone know if this game will run on dialup? I may get it if it will.
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05-01-2005, 08:45 PM #55
This smurfin game has taken my buddies life away he doesnt talk to anyone anymore and doesnt even go out anymore! EVER SINCE IT CAME OUT its terrible hes a smurfin nerd
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05-01-2005, 09:34 PM #56
lol, This game should work on dial up, at least according to its makers.
Though you might have lots of lag problems... i wouldn't know.
Yay! I just got Pyromancer's armor lol!
Yes, I can see people using up all their free time in this game... for me, at least in the current area I'm in, its really dismal... so I don't spend as much time playing, as some people I know. lol
Lots of quests though to keep me busy. lol And I finally found an outpost with very little people in it... in fact there are none here, cept once in a while a solo player pops in. XD
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05-01-2005, 10:27 PM #57
I'm considering getting it, but I probably won't. Looks good but I'll wait and see if its any good in reality.
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05-02-2005, 12:22 AM #58
This is the best game I've played in a long time. It's Diablo 2 on crack.
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05-03-2005, 04:53 AM #59
i wish i could play a game from THIS era! but nooooo! I gotta have a pentium2 with a piece-of-crap-4-MB-might-as-well-be-a-graham-cracker video card!
im gonna put a graham cracker in the video-card slot....it might work just as well, if not better!
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05-03-2005, 01:23 PM #60
Aha, just got to Piken Square with some friends last night, we've been taking on huge chunks of the Charr army and it's awesome fun just getting into huge battles and WINNING.
The game just seems to be getting better and better, in terms of story progreassion and new missions and whatnot, and it's sort-of comforting to see new files being loaded as I enter new areas, or the stream icon appearing in the top corner, showing that even if it's little things, updates are going on.
Heck, a new build of the client was released last night for download, very nice indeed.
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