J wrote on May 3, 2012, 19:23:
I'll give it a whirl so long as I can roleplay a pack of cliff racers.

On a serious note, how many rpg games let you play out the anti-hero roles? We can't all be heroes on quests, it might be fun to be able to play the baddies trying to stop the heroes.

Eberron wrote on May 3, 2012, 18:44:
I hope they instance the entire world. Everyone gets their own server and you can transfer characters to another player's world with their permission.

Throw Blizzard into 6 and you're spot on pretty much.

You know, at the beginning of char creation you hit a couple checkboxes for basic background... do you have siblings, are your parents still alive, etc etc... Then when you launch your character you get your own personalized story arc. Say your brother gets into gambling debt with the mob, so you go to bail him out, and have to do a few side jobs with the mob, which alerts the police and gets them onto your trail and so on and so forth.

Smooth Gravy wrote on May 3, 2012, 14:57:
I read the comments on a lot of the blue's news stories and have come up with a formula for 80% of the comments. Let me know what errors I need to correct.

X game is due to come out next year.

1) If X = any EA game, then comment = "Fuck EA and their greedy asses! I wouldn't play this if they gave ME $60 and some bacon!"
2) If X = any MMO, then comment = "another failed attempt at making something good. This will be F2P within 2 days. lulz."
3) If X = anything related to CoD, see #1.
4) If X = any sequel, then comment = "They never fixed the bug that caused me to lose my toast in the 1st game. PASS!"
5) If X = any FPS title, then comment = "Unless this has mod support that let's me and the 100 other people that write mods make our mod related to the Twilight series, then I will wait 4 this to be in the $5 bin."
6) If X = any Indie or Valve title, then comment = "So excited! X will be the best Y style game EVAR!"

I dunno, I am obviously in the minority, but I may just wait and see what it has to offer, watch previews, etc. and then come to a decision about buying it. I'm one of these suckers that buys and plays games for enjoyment, not to get pissed about the shoulda/coulda/wouldas.

Flatline wrote on May 3, 2012, 17:35:
I always wondered why MMOs don't have a personal story generator. A very complex, in-depth mission generator that uses modular missions & shit.

You know, at the beginning of char creation you hit a couple checkboxes for basic background... do you have siblings, are your parents still alive, etc etc... Then when you launch your character you get your own personalized story arc. Say your brother gets into gambling debt with the mob, so you go to bail him out, and have to do a few side jobs with the mob, which alerts the police and gets them onto your trail and so on and so forth.

That way, my fighter/gunbunny at least has *something* different from your fighter/gunbunny.

Beamer wrote on May 3, 2012, 13:24:
I somehow enjoyed combat in Oblivion but got very tired of it very quickly in Skyrim, which ultimately stopped me around 30 or so hours (I want to go back, plan to, but... not certain I will actually.

Quboid wrote on May 3, 2012, 12:39:
I really hope this doesn't compromise their single player games.

nin wrote on May 3, 2012, 17:09:

The reason the TES games are great is because you play a character that becomes renown or reviled and known by all. When you're playing cookie cutter Nord Warrior #37 while standing next to cookie cutter Nord Warrior #38 that doesn't happen.

That's the challenge of every MMO. WOW does it, and for all we know (right now) this one might do the same.

But I agree with jdrez: it's way too early to make any predictions right now.

The reason the TES games are great is because you play a character that becomes renown or reviled and known by all. When you're playing cookie cutter Nord Warrior #37 while standing next to cookie cutter Nord Warrior #38 that doesn't happen.

Jerykk wrote on May 3, 2012, 16:28:
or make you level really, really slowly.

Jdrez wrote on May 3, 2012, 13:12:
People calling it a flop before the first screenshot is out are presumptuous idiots. It may well flop but we know nothing about that yet.

As to '200 idiots same quest' they will probably instance most things in dungeons. Duh.

All I know is I've been wanting this for years and I hope like hell it stays first person and real time, and that they don't try to go WoW and give us more boring fucking hotbar 'combat.'

Kitkoan wrote on May 3, 2012, 15:30:
Am I the only one who saw this and thought "so the company best known for making buggy games that crash often is wanting to make an online game?"

Smooth Gravy wrote on May 3, 2012, 14:57:
I read the comments on a lot of the blue's news stories and have come up with a formula for 80% of the comments. Let me know what errors I need to correct.

X game is due to come out next year.

1) If X = any EA game, then comment = "Fuck EA and their greedy asses! I wouldn't play this if they gave ME $60 and some bacon!"
2) If X = any MMO, then comment = "another failed attempt at making something good. This will be F2P within 2 days. lulz."
3) If X = anything related to CoD, see #1.
4) If X = any sequel, then comment = "They never fixed the bug that caused me to lose my toast in the 1st game. PASS!"
5) If X = any FPS title, then comment = "Unless this has mod support that let's me and the 100 other people that write mods make our mod related to the Twilight series, then I will wait 4 this to be in the $5 bin."
6) If X = any Indie or Valve title, then comment = "So excited! X will be the best Y style game EVAR!"

I dunno, I am obviously in the minority, but I may just wait and see what it has to offer, watch previews, etc. and then come to a decision about buying it. I'm one of these suckers that buys and plays games for enjoyment, not to get pissed about the shoulda/coulda/wouldas.

El Pit wrote on May 3, 2012, 15:42:
Never played a game with monthly fees, and never will. Not even Elder Scrolls Online. It'll be hard to resist, but pay per month... No, thanks.