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Comment on Planetcide by Dok

Dok — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:47:55 +0000

I couldn’t have put it better myself. All those grand schemes we concocted between us that would have made PS2 the greatest game ever and did SOE listen? Did they f…

Comment on Bleeding the Freemium players by Sherrie

Sherrie — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:44:39 +0000

Have not a clue what “SOE” stands for, article might make more sense universally if put meaning of vague acronym in brackets next to first use of acronym…

I’ve been playing Sims FreePlay on iPad, interested in people’s opinions on freemium games. Think some go too far with their greedy funneling to real shops.

Comment on Planetside v2 by coppertopper

coppertopper — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:06:18 +0000

I suppose I just hope the detail remains in the game and like you say they work harder on educating the masses. Sounds like you have the teammates all lined up! I am hoping when the systems get better known (I seem to learn something new about the interface or some game mechanic every nite I play) the players who aren’t of the dude-bro mentality will have long since gone, or even better maybe they will be elevated to a new level by the way PS2 encourages teaming up instead of lone wolfing it.

Comment on Planetside v2 by welshtroll

welshtroll — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:26:39 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I usually play with my outfit who run squad number around 12 to 18 and being a veteran PS players we normally have multiple operations in on evening. As you say the Karen,t rewarding the mainstream FPS player, however they aren’t educating them otherwise, hence the reason for my list of issues.
In time these players will sink or swim, but for each 1 that learns how to play properly, how many will have quit in frustration or boredom?

Comment on Planetside v2 by coppertopper

coppertopper — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:41:04 +0000

The fact that PS 2 appeals to the CoD crowd yet does not reward that play style is its biggest strength IMO. It has the look/feel of modern FPS yet rewards team play and punishes solo from my experience. The solution is to play with people who you know – all the issues you list don’t appear to be game issues but player issues.

Comment on Farewell Rogue Isles by welshtroll

welshtroll — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:43:14 +0000

Thanks Sente, I did plan a more upbeat song choice for another video but failed to find time.

Comment on Farewell Rogue Isles by Sente

Sente — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:59:42 +0000

Great videos, a very nice tribute!
Very good music choice in both cases, I think.

..now I get sad again…

Comment on City of disappointment by Sente

Sente — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:25:14 +0000

Very nice post
There is certainly a lot of emotions all around and it is quite something that so many speak so fondly of the game.

I am certainly going to try to make the best of the time left in the game. Same as you, I played most of the time red-side. There is a Recluse statue at casa Sente as well

Comment on Cry of the Ravens by Dok

Dok — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:40:48 +0000

Cracking post Gromit!

Personally I don’t pay much attention to reviews these days. Not for games anyway. I’ll read the Daily Mail’s film reviews and then go and watch all the films they hate, but I find game reviews too random. As you say, personal preference is such a huge factor in weather or not you like a game that even two people with similar tastes can have wildly varying opinions on the same game. And besides, there are so many options to “try-before-you-buy” these days what with free weekends, F2P models etc etc that gamers really don’t need to rely on the opinions of a “professional” reviewer any more.

As for TSW itself, yes I think they were a bit optimistic in their predictions, and you are right, their launch window was unfortunately timed. But it’s a solid enough game, it seems to be being well supported and there’s never really a lack of people online if Agartha and the general chat tab are anything to go by. The modern day setting should be enough (coupled with the fact it is a good MMO) to keep people playing even if it’s not in the numbers they had hoped. And hey, these days MMO’s don’t die, they just go free to play

Comment on Cry of the Ravens by welshtroll

welshtroll — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:35:03 +0000

Thanks for the comment Feliz, I agree with the slow burn comment completely.

People are wary of new concepts especially when the differ wildly from what’s is already on the market, as you say once this barrier is overcome with things like guides/ tutorials or even blog posts, I think we may see at rise in population over time.

I’ve come through the whole experience feeling that Gamer blog reviews are far more balanced versus the professional reviews. I’ll use this example: when a bugged quest was encountered gamers would raise a petitioned and Funcoms customer service appeared sharpish (in my experience) and resolved it for that player when possible.
The professional reviews just seem to encounter bugs and rather than get it resolved they use it as another bad point about the game for use in the review.
I’d love them to show me an MMO that released without bugs that appears to be acting as a benchmark.