Comments on: What’s Going on with Age of Conan? http://www.krankykraut.net/2007-08-06/whats-going-on-with-age-of-conan/ MMORPGs. Fuck this shit. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:58:30 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ze Kranky Kraut http://www.krankykraut.net/2007-08-06/whats-going-on-with-age-of-conan/comment-page-1/#comment-5477 ze Kranky Kraut Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.krankykraut.net/index.php/2007/08/06/whats-going-on-with-age-of-conan/#comment-5477 I'm not convinced that AoC would fare better as a PvE game. Who needs another PvE game? There's WoW, there's EQ2, there's Vanguard (for what it's worth). WAR will improve on DAoC's RvR formula, AoC sounds a bit like what Shadowbane tried to do. There's room for both types of PvP gameplay but is there a market for yet another PvE game? As long as developers don't come up with with a PvE formula that radically differs from what EQ had to offer 8 years ago, there's no need for another PvE game, at least not as long as WoW and EQ2 are still in business. I'm not the greatest fan of PvP in MMORPGs but after almost 9 years of doing essentially the same PvE crap over and over again across man different games, I'm simply not interested anymore. Developers seem more inclined to innovate in PvP gameplay than PvE gameplay. I’m not convinced that AoC would fare better as a PvE game. Who needs another PvE game? There’s WoW, there’s EQ2, there’s Vanguard (for what it’s worth).

WAR will improve on DAoC’s RvR formula, AoC sounds a bit like what Shadowbane tried to do. There’s room for both types of PvP gameplay but is there a market for yet another PvE game?

As long as developers don’t come up with with a PvE formula that radically differs from what EQ had to offer 8 years ago, there’s no need for another PvE game, at least not as long as WoW and EQ2 are still in business.

I’m not the greatest fan of PvP in MMORPGs but after almost 9 years of doing essentially the same PvE crap over and over again across man different games, I’m simply not interested anymore. Developers seem more inclined to innovate in PvP gameplay than PvE gameplay.

]]> By: johnny http://www.krankykraut.net/2007-08-06/whats-going-on-with-age-of-conan/comment-page-1/#comment-5475 johnny Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:08:02 +0000 http://www.krankykraut.net/index.php/2007/08/06/whats-going-on-with-age-of-conan/#comment-5475 As you probably know by now the date for AoC has been put back, one of the Devs posted: "I have explained why it takes time, and that is unfortunate. I am dead certain I shall be vindicated in this decision! Hey, we could have given you some bull**** reason about needing more time to polish a startup area or whatnot. This is the truth. It stings." on the VN boards http://vnboards.ign.com/warhammer_online_age_of_reckoning_general_board/b22997/104085747/p1/?15 Unsure why a pot shot at WAR was needed, MMO's having the date put back is hardly breaking news. Maybe a bit of sweating under the coller you think? I've never personally looked forward to AoC that much, it just didn't grip me and certainly didn't make me think of Conan when I saw it. I think AoC would have been better sold as a PvE game than anything, after all most people are more familiar with his films than anything and in that he was essentially a psychopathic burgler robbing big nasties of shiny daggers. As you probably know by now the date for AoC has been put back, one of the Devs posted:
“I have explained why it takes time, and that is unfortunate. I am dead certain I shall be vindicated in this decision! Hey, we could have given you some bull**** reason about needing more time to polish a startup area or whatnot. This is the truth. It stings.”
on the VN boards http://vnboards.ign.com/warhammer_online_age_of_reckoning_general_board/b22997/104085747/p1/?15

Unsure why a pot shot at WAR was needed, MMO’s having the date put back is hardly breaking news. Maybe a bit of sweating under the coller you think?

I’ve never personally looked forward to AoC that much, it just didn’t grip me and certainly didn’t make me think of Conan when I saw it.

I think AoC would have been better sold as a PvE game than anything, after all most people are more familiar with his films than anything and in that he was essentially a psychopathic burgler robbing big nasties of shiny daggers.

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