Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Comments by Oli Welsh
Beta Report Part 1: The early levels.
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shamblemonkee
08/08/08 @ 14:51
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Hmm, if combat doesn't feel particuarly connected or involving that's got to be a worry. It can be fixed of course but for it not to be nailed now is dissapointing.
won't affect me too much as im firmly addicted to WoW but would be nice to see a viable alternative. |
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TheDudesRug
08/08/08 @ 16:01
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For fighters not adventurers. In a weird way, I'm glad that this line came up and completely put me off this game. It's a good thing as, while 3 years of WoW allowed me to save up for a house, it certainly wasn't character building (sorry). I was concerned that this would be the game that would get me back into the hunched world of claret, 'cigarettes' and comas. Thank God for this late reprieve. A fantastic franchise, with no doubt a fantastic team behind it. But not for me. Thank God.
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Kazzahdrane
08/08/08 @ 19:28
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Sounds promising though the worries about empty PvP areas don't sound too good. Imagine that with servers full of players at launch that hopefully will be less of a problem though. Still not convinced on the whole, will definitely be trying the beta once they allow us CE pre-orderers in!
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1) Like I said the project of this game is based on an MMO that wont last in time no matter what...
2) The Crushing on the desktop is more than fn annoying when playing MMO. 3) Not in a mood for a new MMO release since Ive been playing AoC since release and things are being patched up there still and im loving the game anyways and its too flexible and promicing as a game unlike WAR which will stay the way it will be released other than the bug fixing. 4) I rather went back to WoW when the expansion comes out than playing WAR that my own PvP skill wont even have a chance to be proved in a game like this. 5) This game generally kinda seems like crap oO Tho ofc ill have to play first and say for sure but still... |
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Gamespy has a blog on their experiences in the beta which seems to be a lot more in depth than this article (its 29 pages long and counting). I suggest you read that before making any hasty judgements.
@ davisorel When did WoW PvP prove skill? He who has the better gear wins every time. Or just play rogue =P |
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Gamespy has a blog on their experiences in the beta which seems to be a lot more in depth than this article (its 29 pages long and counting). I suggest you read that before making any hasty judgements.
I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't trust Gamespy, IGN, Gamespot, etc previews. They hype any game they get to test out of fear that they will be left out for the next preview if they don't. I've seen this game in action as a couple of friends have gotten into the guild beta. Can't say that I'm impressed with what I've seen. Looks like a pretty cool world, with lots of content and new ideas, but the main issue for me is that the combat brings absolutely nothing new to the table. It's simple button mashing, spamming your bread and butter attack and then occasionally using another ability with no sense of timing or adaption at all. I'm going to buy it, try the first month but I doubt I'll stick around. |
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I'm quite frankly glad that things aren't quite as bad as they seemed with WAR. Largely because it's great to have something to keep Blizzard on their toes. I am however still not the slightest bit impressed right now.
I may wait a year or so for all the poor suckers to try it out and work out all of the bugs and kinks for me, before even attempting to take it seriously. :) I understand why they're trying to differentiate themselves from WoW and that is a good idea, but those differences are the exact reasons why I won't be interested in this game. |
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iokthemonkey
02/09/08 @ 10:54
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I get the impression MMO developers have decided solo content is dead and everybody now wants PvP, which is great for them, as it means they don't need endgame - the endgame is you twat each other repeatedly.
Age of Conan had that same mentality and it looks as if WAR is going that way too. I could be wrong here but it sounds like Team Fortress 3: Orcs and Ogres. A shame, as the Warhammer lore is really good. |
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"most complete and polished MMO launch ever, and that does include World of Warcraft"
I thought blizzard hopelessly underestimated their populations at launch resulting in next to no one able to play and withholding the product from sale? Enough launch troubles for even Blizz to refund days spent in queues and broken servers. Sounds like fail to me. The lack of involvment and feedback in the combat is enough to turn me away here; shame. |
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