Comments on: Status Update http://www.twincannon.com/2009/01/21/status-update/ Michael Zehnich's ramblings on game design Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:32:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: twincannon http://www.twincannon.com/2009/01/21/status-update/comment-page-1/#comment-41 twincannon Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:09:03 +0000 http://www.twincannon.com/?p=72#comment-41 Speaking of EVE: http://www.destructoid.com/breaking-goonfleet-stomps-band-of-brothers-in-biggest-eve-takedown-ever-77421.phtml Holy shit. I never even got into 0.0 sec space when I played and I still know all about BoB from reading articles and from Xeserox's tales. Speaking of EVE:

http://www.destructoid.com/breaking-goonfleet-stomps-band-of-brothers-in-biggest-eve-takedown-ever-77421.phtml

Holy shit. I never even got into 0.0 sec space when I played and I still know all about BoB from reading articles and from Xeserox’s tales.

]]> By: Rlsd http://www.twincannon.com/2009/01/21/status-update/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Rlsd Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:43:20 +0000 http://www.twincannon.com/?p=72#comment-37 What happpened is we all played EQ and UO, had way to much fun, and basically have been searching for that mmo high again. We were actually very stupid to even try theseattempt to play when the ending was inevitable. We should have known better, as these game could in no way deliver to our expectations. Dumbed down and adultproof, WoW and War are childrens games designed to make money and waste your time. As for the future, I can say a few things... -Never playing a mmo with levels again -Never playing a mmo that is gear based -Never playing a Blizzard mmo again -Will be trying Darkfall and MortalOnline What happpened is we all played EQ and UO, had way to much fun, and basically have been searching for that mmo high again. We were actually very stupid to even try theseattempt to play when the ending was inevitable. We should have known better, as these game could in no way deliver to our expectations. Dumbed down and adultproof, WoW and War are childrens games designed to make money and waste your time. As for the future, I can say a few things…

-Never playing a mmo with levels again
-Never playing a mmo that is gear based
-Never playing a Blizzard mmo again
-Will be trying Darkfall and MortalOnline

]]> By: twincannon http://www.twincannon.com/2009/01/21/status-update/comment-page-1/#comment-34 twincannon Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:44:22 +0000 http://www.twincannon.com/?p=72#comment-34 Yeah I read about some of the scandals. Wasn't one of the devs like in BoB or some such and basically hooking them up? Ironically I still love reading about EVE even though I have no intentions of playing it, it always provides great stories. I recently read an article about goonsquad's "titan abortion". I think EVE may be a bit different from what I was complaining about, or at least in it's early years it would've been. I really don't feel bad about the first MMO's I played - UO and EQ - in terms of time spent, because there was a real sense of community there. Had I not played them I wouldn't have met some of my best online friends today. However, all of the recent MMO games have done nothing for me. They all seem to go against the actual purpose of being multiplayer social experiments and forcing people to compete in unnatural ways that creates hostility. While EQ brought my friend tally up, WoW actually managed to <em>reduce</em> it. Huh. And the DS is the best console ever. It's strange that I'm finding more fun playing remakes (FF4 and DQ4) than recent games these days. Craving more Lock's Quest, but it has no replay value (it was a lengthy game, though). Yeah I read about some of the scandals. Wasn’t one of the devs like in BoB or some such and basically hooking them up? Ironically I still love reading about EVE even though I have no intentions of playing it, it always provides great stories. I recently read an article about goonsquad’s “titan abortion”.

I think EVE may be a bit different from what I was complaining about, or at least in it’s early years it would’ve been. I really don’t feel bad about the first MMO’s I played – UO and EQ – in terms of time spent, because there was a real sense of community there. Had I not played them I wouldn’t have met some of my best online friends today. However, all of the recent MMO games have done nothing for me. They all seem to go against the actual purpose of being multiplayer social experiments and forcing people to compete in unnatural ways that creates hostility. While EQ brought my friend tally up, WoW actually managed to reduce it. Huh.

And the DS is the best console ever. It’s strange that I’m finding more fun playing remakes (FF4 and DQ4) than recent games these days. Craving more Lock’s Quest, but it has no replay value (it was a lengthy game, though).

]]> By: Xeserox http://www.twincannon.com/2009/01/21/status-update/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Xeserox Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:15:50 +0000 http://www.twincannon.com/?p=72#comment-32 It is amazing how MMOs can keep us sucked in so deeply into their inner sanctum. Take the game i continually played for 5 years, Eve-Online. I kept being the voice of the greatness of that game, even though CCP lost sight of what made the game so great. As time porgressed, the game started catering to those that whined the loudest on the forums, which lead to shotty patch after shotty patch. And it was a sad demise. And then the scandals, since the dev squad did play the game. The latest, was found over a year ago. There was a major bug in the game that "duplicated" items needed to make other ships and things with no cost. Even if you ran out of materials, it just kept running. The bug report filed a year ago... and a year later with no warning... 40 - 100 accounts banned because someone else petitioned it, and called it an exploit. So yeah, I've been in that NO MMO slump since November, and honestly... I'm enjoying my Xbox 360 more than i thought. and Chrono Trigger for the DS has me hooked! Also, long time no talk. XX out. It is amazing how MMOs can keep us sucked in so deeply into their inner sanctum. Take the game i continually played for 5 years, Eve-Online. I kept being the voice of the greatness of that game, even though CCP lost sight of what made the game so great.

As time porgressed, the game started catering to those that whined the loudest on the forums, which lead to shotty patch after shotty patch. And it was a sad demise.

And then the scandals, since the dev squad did play the game. The latest, was found over a year ago. There was a major bug in the game that “duplicated” items needed to make other ships and things with no cost. Even if you ran out of materials, it just kept running. The bug report filed a year ago… and a year later with no warning… 40 – 100 accounts banned because someone else petitioned it, and called it an exploit.

So yeah, I’ve been in that NO MMO slump since November, and honestly… I’m enjoying my Xbox 360 more than i thought. and Chrono Trigger for the DS has me hooked!

Also, long time no talk.

XX out.

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