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Posted - 2006.08.09 15:51:00 -
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 Originally by: Clytamnestra
Am I the only one a little bit tired of the animosity shown World of Warcraft, and all the other fantasy first-person mmorpgs?
I mean, they're two completely different games. I played WoW for a long time. Bored of it now. Felt like I was paying a monthly fee to spend time woth other peoples' kids. But arguing whether WoW is better than EVE is like arguing whether chess is better than poker.
Oh, and I don't put much past any top-100 games ever list. It's like when MTV ran top-100 songs ever, and none of them were older than twenty years. Missed The Beatles by a smidge, eh?
Agreed, bashing WoW is getting a little old. They are two completely different games. WoW is the best traditional fantasy MMORPG ever created, manipulating all the old tricks & trades better than any of its predecessors. Its easy to play, highly customizable, and offers content for both hardcore and casual players. And of any MMORPG that I've ever played, it is by far the most polished and bug-free.
Is it perfect? Of course not. Its design is not exactly original, the introduction of new content is extremely slow, the end-game is a grind, and too much of its content is instanced. And worst of all, the game is designed linearly. Raids are the worst culprit, as you have to farm Molten Core to do Blackwing Lair, which you need to farm to do Naxx, which you need to farm to do _____, etc. This is where EVE wins. With player generated content, the game has a much longer shelf life. I'd love to see an EVE-style game with the financial backing of a company like Blizzard. Imagine if CCP could increase the number of devs by x10... more bugs would get fixed, and content would arrive at a higher rate. IMO, such a game would almost be perfect. But perfection is something that can never be attained, only something to strive for.
WoW is like the Starcraft of MMORPG's. Starcraft didn't really do anything new with the RTS genre, it just did it better than any of its predecessors. EVE is more of a pioneer, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some of its defining mechanics incorporated into future MMORPG's. I don't understand why people can't appreciate both games for what they are.
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