11-04-2009, 11:45 AM
Yeah I did read the quests, but I admit I'm odd there. Also, because I played at funky times I soloed alot. When I didnt solo I could do non quest shit with friends. When soloing, wow beat these games hands down. Hell, the most MMO fun I ever had was levelling some of my alts in wow and the real world pvp around the way. Aion was fun but sitting in a small area grinding the same mobs all day killed it for me. Questing might be a mask for that and essentially be the same, but for some reason it kept me engaged where aion just got old and ended up on the pile with the rest of the couple weeks of interst and out club.
The average player of these games does not have a gaming community they want to play with, they logon solo and want to get shit done in a world with lots of other people and hopefully pick someone to play with them along the way.
If we are making the theoretical game for the purge and people who have guilds, then fine, but you have to consider what mr. joe average gamer wants if you were actually tyring to design a commercially viable game.
Most people i've met outside of wow that play wow as well don't know their guilds or really care about anyone in there, its just a group of people who are a means to an end.
But theres room for all types, you obviously thought EQ and Planetside were good games, I didn't. I thought WOW was a fantastic game that has just run its course. Obviously room in the market for all kinds of shit, you just have to identify the market.
The average player of these games does not have a gaming community they want to play with, they logon solo and want to get shit done in a world with lots of other people and hopefully pick someone to play with them along the way.
If we are making the theoretical game for the purge and people who have guilds, then fine, but you have to consider what mr. joe average gamer wants if you were actually tyring to design a commercially viable game.
Most people i've met outside of wow that play wow as well don't know their guilds or really care about anyone in there, its just a group of people who are a means to an end.
But theres room for all types, you obviously thought EQ and Planetside were good games, I didn't. I thought WOW was a fantastic game that has just run its course. Obviously room in the market for all kinds of shit, you just have to identify the market.