ThansalThe New ScumJoin Date: 2002-08-22Member: 1215Members, Constellation
<!--quoteo(post=1661935:date=Nov 26 2007, 09:32 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Nov 26 2007, 09:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661935"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You heard it here first MMO developers. Ignore Poland at your own risk, or you'll end up like John Kerry. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_forgot_Poland" target="_blank">He also forgot Poland</a> and look what happened to him.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yo have no idea how many times I look up that word to make sure I am getting it right. Bloody stupid words being spelled the same.
<!--quoteo(post=1661937:date=Nov 26 2007, 09:40 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kouji_San @ Nov 26 2007, 09:40 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661937"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Thansal: I don't think they were going on about it plays like wow, but more that, ehm.. Oh I dunno, it looks like a GUI mod for wow and also their site is a CSS mod for wow sites <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
Haven't played it, probably never will also I don't have any hdd space left currently. So there!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yah, The Gui and everything is also nothing like WoW <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Website? I dono (nor do I care as I am not going to it).
<!--quoteo(post=1661943:date=Nov 26 2007, 11:15 PM:name=Thansal)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thansal @ Nov 26 2007, 11:15 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661943"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yah, The Gui and everything is also nothing like WoW <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Website? I dono (nor do I care as I am not going to it).
That was just a mini rant any way.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Wow, then I don't know what GUI you are talking about. Watch the videos in the OP, the button graphics and layout look exactly like WoW. The character costumes look incredibly similar. The weapon designs and glow effects are very similar. The mounts look similar. The overall art style looks <i>incredibly</i> similar.
HellbillyA whole title out of pity...Join Date: 2002-11-02Member: 3931Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
edited November 2007
I've never played WoW so im not gonna even try to compare it.
But i tried the game for a few hours and it seems pretty decent. Character creation is very nice, you can customize pretty much everything. I liked making a fat green guy with a pink beard and orange mohawk.
The graphics are nice as long as you turn off the godawful glow effect. Armor and weapons look decent, but ive only seen low level stuff so far.
Gameplay is pretty standard MMO..... quest, grind, collect gear and so on. Havent leveled high enough to PVP so cant comment on that.
The movement is a bit iffy, kinda reminds of 2Moons, but useable. WASD works fine. Jumping high in the air is fun and you can jump up on some buildings. Havent tried flying yet.
Animated smilies in the chatbox is a nice touch.
Doesnt seem to be anything revolutionary about this game, just a run of the mill fantasy MMO but it's free and i've spent my time on worse things.
Oh and it runs very stable and smooth. Not bad for beta. Not seen any bugs other then engrish translation here and there.
<!--quoteo(post=1661949:date=Nov 26 2007, 10:57 PM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xyth @ Nov 26 2007, 10:57 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661949"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Wow, then I don't know what GUI you are talking about. Watch the videos in the OP, the button graphics and layout look exactly like WoW. The character costumes look incredibly similar. The weapon designs and glow effects are very similar. The mounts look similar. The overall art style looks <i>incredibly</i> similar.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm not seeing this big similarity to WoW, and I've played 2+ years of WoW. Almost all MMO's have a chatbox in the bottom-left, portrait in the top-left, icon bars along the bottom, minimap in the top-right. Even non-fantasy MMO's like EVE. This is not WoW-exclusive. These are conventions adopted to make an MMO more accessible to established MMO players, like health packs in FPSes.
The graphics look nothing like WoW. First off, they don't look Western cartoonish like WoW's do. Looks more like Ragnarok Online or Maple Story with a little less chibi. The art style looks as similar to WoW as, say, Dragonball Z does to He-Man.
If anything, WoW is the rip-off of Lord of the Rings and other such established fantasy lore. Games like this need to be judged on their own merit. If it rules, it rules. if it sucks, it sucks, but it doesn't suck because it uses industry standard techniques.
rant aside, looking at the pvp video, I like the fact that you can fight on mounts, but the combat doesn't look as dynamic as WoW's in general. What sorts of things are in the cash shop (I assume there must be a cash shop)? Are they must-haves or nice-to-haves?
<!--quoteo(post=1661742:date=Nov 25 2007, 08:04 AM:name=NEX9)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NEX9 @ Nov 25 2007, 08:04 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661742"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It almost seams like they found a way to break down the wow models and code files and so on, well at least the models and just hum lets move this vert, lets move it to there, this vert here and delete that edge, hum lets modify the skin a bit, ok take some second life poser animations.
ok sweet we have a kiss emote WOW doesnt have, yeah we rock. WHAT do you mean they arnt getting paid. not all things are weighed in dollar signs... at least not initaly. PR is one of the best things any company can get, when you start diping in a fan base of 8 million what 3 million have quit cos wow costs money and "sucks". Sweet whos this company, ok cool hey this isnt to bad, a team of six guys and there laywer modifyed wow enough so they can market it, hey they are bringing this game out soon "some random game of the future" cool lets buy it.
Hey if i could spend a couple of months pokeing around in some code to have 3 millions peoples attention and know my name, ready for when i say hey guys i made this game over here its completely original come cheak it out, sure it costs money but hey who cares right?.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> And I thought the non-native English on the website was a little difficult to understand at times... Geez.
You make a char, do tons of fed-ex or killkrunch quests, just to level up and gain new ways of killing new enemies for better killkrunch or fedex quests.
Seriously, I'm getting disgusted by this formula. Same crap but in different wrappings. WoW just happens to have an extra shiny wrapping and as for this...well, if you've seen one asian MMORPG then you've seen'em all.
When it comes to online games, originality died aaaaaaages ago.
Egads! Our clever marketing ploy for Sony Online Entertainment, award-winning providers for online games such as Star Wars Galaxies, Planetside and Everquest, has been discovered! Let us hastily flee, trailing ads and sensitive documents in our wake!
<!--quoteo(post=1662817:date=Dec 3 2007, 11:22 PM:name=NEX9)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NEX9 @ Dec 3 2007, 11:22 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1662817"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->HUM PR anyone?. oh look guys try planetside oh cool get hooked and buy.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, Align joined in 2002 as a shill and has been waiting for the perfect opportunity to advertside Planetside ever since. His mission accomplished, he will now never post again.
<!--quoteo(post=1661719:date=Nov 25 2007, 12:46 AM:name=Xyth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xyth @ Nov 25 2007, 12:46 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661719"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Just what we need! Another fantasy RPG! I can't get enough elves and orcs and dragons! Totally sweet! OH MAN and look at those graphics! They totally got the WoW look down 100%! Even the button icons look the exact same! For anybody who was waiting for world of warcraft 2 I guess you don't have to any longer! It's here and it's also in japanese, SWEET.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Yo have no idea how many times I look up that word to make sure I am getting it right. Bloody stupid words being spelled the same.
<!--quoteo(post=1661937:date=Nov 26 2007, 09:40 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kouji_San @ Nov 26 2007, 09:40 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661937"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Thansal: I don't think they were going on about it plays like wow, but more that, ehm.. Oh I dunno, it looks like a GUI mod for wow and also their site is a CSS mod for wow sites <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
Haven't played it, probably never will also I don't have any hdd space left currently. So there!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yah, The Gui and everything is also nothing like WoW <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Website? I dono (nor do I care as I am not going to it).
That was just a mini rant any way.
Website? I dono (nor do I care as I am not going to it).
That was just a mini rant any way.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wow, then I don't know what GUI you are talking about. Watch the videos in the OP, the button graphics and layout look exactly like WoW. The character costumes look incredibly similar. The weapon designs and glow effects are very similar. The mounts look similar. The overall art style looks <i>incredibly</i> similar.
But i tried the game for a few hours and it seems pretty decent. Character creation is very nice, you can customize pretty much everything. I liked making a fat green guy with a pink beard and orange mohawk.
The graphics are nice as long as you turn off the godawful glow effect. Armor and weapons look decent, but ive only seen low level stuff so far.
Gameplay is pretty standard MMO..... quest, grind, collect gear and so on. Havent leveled high enough to PVP so cant comment on that.
The movement is a bit iffy, kinda reminds of 2Moons, but useable. WASD works fine. Jumping high in the air is fun and you can jump up on some buildings. Havent tried flying yet.
Animated smilies in the chatbox is a nice touch.
Doesnt seem to be anything revolutionary about this game, just a run of the mill fantasy MMO but it's free and i've spent my time on worse things.
Oh and it runs very stable and smooth. Not bad for beta. Not seen any bugs other then engrish translation here and there.
I'm not seeing this big similarity to WoW, and I've played 2+ years of WoW. Almost all MMO's have a chatbox in the bottom-left, portrait in the top-left, icon bars along the bottom, minimap in the top-right. Even non-fantasy MMO's like EVE. This is not WoW-exclusive. These are conventions adopted to make an MMO more accessible to established MMO players, like health packs in FPSes.
The graphics look nothing like WoW. First off, they don't look Western cartoonish like WoW's do. Looks more like Ragnarok Online or Maple Story with a little less chibi. The art style looks as similar to WoW as, say, Dragonball Z does to He-Man.
If anything, WoW is the rip-off of Lord of the Rings and other such established fantasy lore. Games like this need to be judged on their own merit. If it rules, it rules. if it sucks, it sucks, but it doesn't suck because it uses industry standard techniques.
rant aside, looking at the pvp video, I like the fact that you can fight on mounts, but the combat doesn't look as dynamic as WoW's in general. What sorts of things are in the cash shop (I assume there must be a cash shop)? Are they must-haves or nice-to-haves?
ok sweet we have a kiss emote WOW doesnt have, yeah we rock.
WHAT do you mean they arnt getting paid. not all things are weighed in dollar signs... at least not initaly. PR is one of the best things any company can get, when you start diping in a fan base of 8 million what 3 million have quit cos wow costs money and "sucks".
Sweet whos this company, ok cool hey this isnt to bad, a team of six guys and there laywer modifyed wow enough so they can market it, hey they are bringing this game out soon "some random game of the future" cool lets buy it.
Hey if i could spend a couple of months pokeing around in some code to have 3 millions peoples attention and know my name, ready for when i say hey guys i made this game over here its completely original come cheak it out, sure it costs money but hey who cares right?.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And I thought the non-native English on the website was a little difficult to understand at times... Geez.
You make a char, do tons of fed-ex or killkrunch quests, just to level up and gain new ways of killing new enemies for better killkrunch or fedex quests.
Seriously, I'm getting disgusted by this formula. Same crap but in different wrappings. WoW just happens to have an extra shiny wrapping and as for this...well, if you've seen one asian MMORPG then you've seen'em all.
When it comes to online games, originality died aaaaaaages ago.
Yeah, Align joined in 2002 as a shill and has been waiting for the perfect opportunity to advertside Planetside ever since. His mission accomplished, he will now never post again.
OH MAN and look at those graphics! They totally got the WoW look down 100%! Even the button icons look the exact same!
For anybody who was waiting for world of warcraft 2 I guess you don't have to any longer! It's here and it's also in japanese, SWEET.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->