Age of Conan

I have raised a certain issue on this board, and on the Conan boards themselves, regarding whether it's time MMO creators released a game that is 'finished'.

An MMO is 'finished' when the game has all features promised at release, in the game and fully operational.  Yes, things will be continually tweaked and updated, but we all know this goes with the territory in this genre.   Is this not acceptable?  Apparently not, as both of my threads were generally shot down in flames by various fanboys and the like.

'All MMO's are released unfinished.  Get off Funcom's back and let them get on with patching the bugs and missing content....', blah, blah.

That is a sad state of affairs.  Let me use the oldest analogy in the history of the world to emphasise my point.

I bought a new car the other day.  It looked very nice, except it had no wheels.  I was told, 'fear not dear customer, we will have those wheels over to you within the month - happy motoring!'

Hmm, k. 

But lo and behold, what is this on the horizon!?  Omg, a game being published that has 95% of the content promised, and it works as intended, and is relatively balanced...there must be some mistake?

No, War is here, and it WILL be everywhere.  I played DAoC many moons ago, and it was/is the best PvP experience to date.  Warhammer is its successor,  and Mythic has cemented its future due to being true to itself and its fanbase.  They delayed an unfinished game and are delivering a 'finished' game.  This was the masterstoke that took this genre to the next level, and that in itself is revolutionary.

Take notice, Funcom.

Okay, I never ever played AOC.

I played the WAR beta.

But I don't use it. Nuff said. And I  am a PvP fan.

There's unfinished MMO's and UNFINISHED MMO's like AOC.

But they have stated that WAR will not be finished. They have stated that they are releasing it with 4 main cities and some classes missing.

The only difference is that they have told us that it is not a finished product while Funcom did not tell its playerbase the truth. Regardless of Mythics honesty, WAR is still an unfinished product.

Originally posted by neonwire

But they have stated that WAR will not be finished. They have stated that they are releasing it with 4 main cities and some classes missing.

The only difference is that they have told us that it is not a finished product while Funcom did not tell its playerbase the truth. Regardless of Mythics honesty, WAR is still an unfinished product.

Uhm, the thing is. How can you miss something that you never had?

It was good of the WAR crew to tell everyone that some things wont be added at the very beginning. Which makes them so much more reliable than Funcom and other companies that promised so much and delivered so little.

Originally posted by Aguitha

There's unfinished MMO's and UNFINISHED MMO's like AOC.

 

No mmos are ever finished, not one single MMO ever launches finished, except for possibly LOTRO.

An MMO is not a car.

Originally posted by neonwire

But they have stated that WAR will not be finished. They have stated that they are releasing it with 4 main cities and some classes missing.

The only difference is that they have told us that it is not a finished product while Funcom did not tell its playerbase the truth. Regardless of Mythics honesty, WAR is still an unfinished product.

The classes are not missing, they were removed from the game. There's a big difference.

WoW was finished and it wasnt missing a single future from the box/manual.

Originally posted by 6SlipKnoT6

WoW was finished and it wasnt missing a single future from the box/manual.

    My dwarf mage begs to differ.