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popsicledeath
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zzeris
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Mark Kern talks about the problems of MMOs. Then this is the review of his final product.http://www.wired.com/2014/08/firefall/
The exact problems he mentions...are then part of his standard gaming package. Sounds like another jackass who just likes to hear himself talk and tries to milk the 'stupid' consumers. Or Brad but from WoW.
The exact problems he mentions...are then part of his standard gaming package. Sounds like another jackass who just likes to hear himself talk and tries to milk the 'stupid' consumers. Or Brad but from WoW.
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popsicledeath
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Was he the one actually doing shit, kinda, like even on twitch at times?
I want to make a joke, but honestly can barely remember and I'm not going to judge a guy based on one crazy ex girlfriend.
BREAKING NEWS: EQN officially at the same standstill it's been at for past year.
Standby for no more details.
Standby for no more details.
Siliconemelons
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I seriously want to know their rock bottom price on licensing all EQ->POP Lore and IP and kickstarting a game. Have it based off of whatever the current D&D ruleset is just like EQ was "mostly" based off of 2.5? etc.
Can't be much. Though how much can the EQ brand bring in this day in age when the "franchise" has released anything significant in over a decade.
Who would want it outside a small indie studio doing a pet project. You're probably better off just making up your own.
Who would want it outside a small indie studio doing a pet project. You're probably better off just making up your own.
I'd be foaming at the mouth just to get a game where each race has their own capital city. Fuck. we had it 15 years ago but now it's too expensive. Shit industry is shit.
Rezz
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They had to have tip-toed about EQ's market share quite a bit, I would imagine. Not to mention that the "emotional attachment" is fairly limited to a group of, at most, 100k accounts, though I would hazard that is quite a bit smaller. A large portion of that userbase are the people who multibox cockblock spawns on the progression servers, so not exactly the poster children of an IP with future growth potential.
The MMO industry is a shit one. If you've got something even remotely recognizable you're better off than most.
There is no more emotional atachment group. Most were converted to WoW and have a far greater loyalty there now. The remainder, like myself, were alienated and cast aside by Smedley and Polesmoker, as we watched sebilis, guk, velious, etc becomes utter shells of themselves in their reimaginings, and the slow steady march toward f2p and nickel and diming killed off the rest. The only emotional attchment players left are those that play housing decorators.
shabushabu
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I don't get the Brad comparison here. Brad's games had incredible designs, not shit. The game you linked had shit designs up front. Of course, Brad's world has its own problems but not design level issues.
shabushabu
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A four year old could do the art for in game everquest so I imagine it IS a lot more expensive when professional artists are required. Joking aside art teams by themselves are probably bigger than the entire ever quest team for major studios.
Edit: and Shoo Shoo Gains Goblin!
There is still sales power in the name Everquest. There is still opportunity to keep to keep the 'franchise' going. The SoE devs really messed up by not having a quality and fun MMO ready to release right now. As I see it, the market is barren and hungry at this moment in time.
EQN should have been ready by now.
EQN should have been ready by now.
The Everquest name has no sales power to a broader online audience. Regardless of its place in history, there is no marketing power in its name. You can't even show the game in an ad because it's so dated.