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Has this game turned you "off" to MMOs in general?

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Has this game turned you "off" to MMOs in general?

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stineo
04.26.2012 , 02:49 PM | #131
SWTOR is my game, period. WoW has died for me long ago and with the new expansion and what I saw in beta makes it even more sure I will NEVER go back to that game.

So if Kung Fu Pandas and lame Pokemon pet fights are your thing then go for it.

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thominoh
04.26.2012 , 02:57 PM | #132
Quote: Originally Posted by stineo View Post
SWTOR is my game, period. WoW has died for me long ago and with the new expansion and what I saw in beta makes it even more sure I will NEVER go back to that game.

So if Kung Fu Pandas and lame Pokemon pet fights are your thing then go for it.
I don't see much difference between SWTOR and WOW when it comes to game play.. It's pixels fighting a mob.. Rather it be a Panda or a Sith.. it's only cosmetic... You still go from one quest hub to the next in a follow the breadcrumbs design.. Instead of clicking on the !.. you click on the hollowed triangle.. Instead of clicking on the ?, you click on the solid triangle.. SWTOR is basically WoW re-skinned to sci-fi..

HOWEVER, the storyline voice over is a nice PLUS.. but at end game.. It's ALL the same.. Dailies and Raid grind..

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Lord_of_Mu
04.26.2012 , 03:01 PM | #133
Quote: Originally Posted by sjmc View Post
Yes, this game has turned me off to other MMOs. I don't play any existing MMOs anymore (besides SWTOR) and am not particularly interested in any upcoming ones.

So "yes" to MMOs in general; "no" to this specific MMO.
I'll take this guy's answer for 500 space bucks.

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flyersfan
04.26.2012 , 03:24 PM | #134
Quote: Originally Posted by CosmicKat View Post
Your PS3 is running a graphics processer that is several generations behind the PC market. Same with XBox. They both make good use of what they do have by concentrating all that power on a few things. The size of the image is really all the advantage they have. I have a 7 year old PC (my old one) connected to a 50" 1080p plasma and I compared the same games on PC and XBox and there is no comparison. I know that a PS3 is slightly better than an XBox, technically speaking, but the difference between PC and console is like Blu Ray to DVD.

I'm not bashing consoles or console gamers. I have an XBox and a PC and I've played PS3 as well. The games that work best on one are usually crap on the other. The fault isn't in the games or platforms it's in the game publishers thinking that the PC and console are the same thing.
It's several generations behind the PC market, yes, but not my personal PC. My PC was never meant for games, so it really struggles in that department. I stopped upgrading it when I bought my PS3 in 2007 or whenever it came out.

I know you're not bashing; we're some of the few people that could probably calmly have this conversation. I also agree that some of the games look better on one platform compared to the other. Call of Duty is definitely one that stands out in that department. However, exclusive games like Uncharted look amazing. The developers are also to blame for that. The PS3 takes a different kind of development unlike the Xbox to PC. A lot of developers fudge it up and it doesn't look as good or play as good as it could. I'm looking at you Call of Duty.
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Dayln
04.26.2012 , 03:28 PM | #135
If you cant see the difference between WOW and a modern first class MMO, you need to have yourself checked.

I know there are some WOW fanboys out there but gezzzzzz I can think of 5 at least that have evolved WAY beyond WOW without even thinking about it.

Wow was a good game in its day, not running it down, but it didn’t originate anything, it built on the MMO’s that preceded it, just as other MMO’s have built on the games that preceded them.
I have a bad feeling about this

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Itukaaj
04.26.2012 , 03:42 PM | #136
Quote: Originally Posted by Kentontudor View Post
I think 95% of the people here played World of Warcraft and had a great time with the game at some point. You get tired of a game and angry with the way the changes/expansions are installed which is understandable...

This game had so many Star Wars fans licking their chops and thinking that this would be the next great thing, because it's STAR WARS... and I had sworn allegiance to this game no matter if I hated it even before I played... but I hit Battlemaster about 2 months ago and stopped playing shortly after. Man I wanted this game to work.

I find myself still coming back to these forums because I care about the game and I invested so much to the forums leading up to the game.

I think we wanted this game to save us from the MMO genre that we knew as "WoW," but I think it turned me off to the whole genre as a whole and I have now lost faith.

I do however hope that this game succeeds (but I don't see that happening) and I hope people continue to casually have fun with it.

And seriously, you can have my stuff. First person to send me a message gets my stuff.

Good luck with the game!

Cheers!

Yep that's what happening here. Immune to all that GW2 Tera whatever cause they are all promise and really nothing delivered. becuase I realize they are all the same and really are 7 years behind the boss in coding and if i am tired of elves and orcs too bads. Gonna enjoy my remaining time and liked that some Star Wars was into it but MMO's are dead to me.

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Zsavooz
04.26.2012 , 03:50 PM | #137
Quote: Originally Posted by Itukaaj View Post
Yep that's what happening here. Immune to all that GW2 Tera whatever cause they are all promise and really nothing delivered. becuase I realize they are all the same and really are 7 years behind the boss in coding and if i am tired of elves and orcs too bads. Gonna enjoy my remaining time and liked that some Star Wars was into it but MMO's are dead to me.
You can't give up, man. I've played almost all of them since UO through this thing. I per-ordered Tera and plan on playing GW2 in June when released. Never give up, sooner or later, mostly later, you might find that magic moment again.

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teambff
04.26.2012 , 03:52 PM | #138
Quote: Originally Posted by Zsavooz View Post
You can't give up, man. I've played almost all of them since UO through this thing. I per-ordered Tera and plan on playing GW2 in June when released. Never give up, sooner or later, mostly later, you might find that magic moment again.
lol nice attitude man.. although i think you made a mistake preordering tera. if open beta is any indication.
it's bound to have one of the worst communities of all time.

i'm with you though, eventually someone will give us that magic again that we crave.

i don't care who it is or what game i just want that magic back, even if blizzard does it with titan or some mmo.. and i swore off blizzard games i'd even be willing to go back to blizzard.
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Gruug
04.26.2012 , 03:54 PM | #139
This is the ONLY MMO I play right now. I never played WoW and never had a desire to do so. The only thing that would make me stop playing any MMO is when or if it ever goes to the so-called "free to play" scam payment method. If this game goes that route, I will never play any MMO again no matter what they claim to offer.


Give me an MMO that I can visit and have fun! Where what I pay for is not going to those that play for free.

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Zsavooz
04.26.2012 , 03:54 PM | #140
Quote: Originally Posted by teambff View Post
lol nice attitude man.. although i think you made a mistake preordering tera. if open beta is any indication.
it's bound to have one of the worst communities of all time.

i'm with you though, eventually someone will give us that magic again that we crave.

i don't care who it is or what game i just want it back, even if blizzard does it with titan or some mmo.. and i swore off blizzard games i'd even be willing to go back to blizzard.
yep, community does suck as it does in most games, lately. I'll give SWTOR one thing, the community was very mature, unlike the game. Wish me luck, I have my fire proof suit on.