Age of Conan

hard but honest.

I dont have problems with beta /halfmade games while they got good potential (wich is also the case by AoC)...but i hate damn liars...

(Ive seen some time ago such pic made somehwhere but i couldt find it anymore, if you like credit for your idea let me know...personally i rather just like to use a pic insteed of typeing much cause my english sucks  to much:), hope thats ok for you who made this pic idea o_O)

Good blog

ROFL! Only the title of this topic made me pee in my pants already! haha

Originally posted by Domo

hard but honest.

 

I dont have problems with beta /halfmade games while they got good potential (wich is also the case by AoC)...but i hate damn liars...

 

(Ive seen some time ago such pic made somehwhere but i couldt find it anymore, if you like credit for your idea let me know...personally i rather just like to use a pic insteed of typeing much cause my english sucks  to much:), hope thats ok for you who made this pic idea o_O)

There is content here, its just that the infidels cannot find it due to the bluescreening. I like bluesceening, and so should you!

that is a better quote, and its also, alas, not mine either

The failure of AOC is a perfect fit to the failure of Vanguard

1) Overhyped

2) Missing features

3) Buggy

4) Simply not fun

Everything you've said is true except the way you presented it is misleading. You make it seem as if you reviewed FC's AoC, but the fact is what you reviewed is a beta client at best, though more realistically its an alpha client quickly bumped up to release. When looking at and judging AoC you must keep in mind that the game was released WAY TOO EARLY. Its is quite conceivable that had FC held off and released when ready, almost all of your points would be non-existant.

Now I'm not excusing FC. Personally I think its long past time a major title and company was allowed to fail because the publishers COUNTED on people saying "All mmo's are bugged when released" and paying for the publisher to continue dev'ing. But still its an important point and shouldn't be missed or forgotten, especially by other production companies: AoC's number one failure and the cause of its decline is that it was released much to early.
 

Originally posted by dhayes68

Everything you've said is true except the way you presented it is misleading. You make it seem as if you reviewed FC's AoC, but the fact is what you reviewed is a beta client at best, though more realistically its an alpha client quickly bumped up to release. When looking at and judging AoC you must keep in mind that the game was released WAY TOO EARLY. Its is quite conceivable that had FC held off and released when ready, almost all of your points would be non-existant.

Now I'm not excusing FC. Personally I think its long past time a major title and company was allowed to fail because the publishers COUNTED on people saying "All mmo's are bugged when released" and paying for the publisher to continue dev'ing. But still its an important point and shouldn't be missed or forgotten, especially by other production companies: AoC's number one failure and the cause of its decline is that it was released much to early.
 

Pay now for the hamburguer of the future?

thanks but no thankx.

Originally posted by dhayes68

Everything you've said is true except the way you presented it is misleading. You make it seem as if you reviewed FC's AoC, but the fact is what you reviewed is a beta client at best, though more realistically its an alpha client quickly bumped up to release. When looking at and judging AoC you must keep in mind that the game was released WAY TOO EARLY. Its is quite conceivable that had FC held off and released when ready, almost all of your points would be non-existant.

Now I'm not excusing FC. Personally I think its long past time a major title and company was allowed to fail because the publishers COUNTED on people saying "All mmo's are bugged when released" and paying for the publisher to continue dev'ing. But still its an important point and shouldn't be missed or forgotten, especially by other production companies: AoC's number one failure and the cause of its decline is that it was released much to early.
 

Now whose fault is it when they released it too early? You could serve me a plate of shit right now, and tell me that it might potentially be magically transformed into a piece of steak. However, I'm not paying for this plate of shit right now.

Great Read..

I agree with the part about the game "just not being fun".

I typically start out with one class, then level another to around 30, then go back to the first class.

I tried this.  I got 4 characters to level 20.  The first area is fun, easy,.. and has some point to it.  When I left.. The world got blan (I think it was when I tried to swim out of the city and ran into a wall)

Before I started playing, I read somewhere that AoC was not truely an open world.  This was a huge fear of mine, as I really enjoy open world exploring.. but.. I dismiissed as game hater nonsense.

I pre-ordered the CE editon, got a friend of mine to pre-order/play (hard core DAoC fan).. he actually lasted longer than I did.

The game would still be the one I'd be playing (right now i"m playing AC, waiting for WAR) if I felt like I was playing with other players.  I cancelled before my first month was over.  To be honest, the game bugs didn't bother me...  it's just.. that the game is boring.  The quests are un-imaginitive, the loot is boring and indistiguishable, the classes are kind of unique and different, but none really caught my attention.  I don't really llike stealth.  Sadly, the game didn't attract the mature audience I was hoping it would, which was also another reason I played (some guy called me an F*****G N****R after I killed his group 3 v 1 a few times.). 

Sorry, but AoC was a failure in my eyes.  Even retaining 200k subs (which, won't be there in a year, mark my words) would be nice, but I don't think it's enough to cover costs. 

How do you think AoC will weather an actual MMORPG release?  I guess we'll see after WAR.