Was WoW the ultimate MMO?

Teki187 · 25 Mar 2008 at 17:34

Strip all feelings back and personal experiences aside and read/contribute this discussion from a completely none biased view. Dont compare it to other games.

Considering what WoW has to offer:

Freedom to roam
Polish
Huge open land
Easy to learn combat
Massive amounts of customization
Good PvP

And many more

If WoW was being released today and you knew nothing about this game, what would be your opinion?

Teki187 · 25 Mar 2008 at 17:45

helmet said:
I don't get your last line .

Well its pretty straight forward question.

How would you feel if WoW was being released today? Would you be excited, disappointed, considering it etc etc

Teki187 · 25 Mar 2008 at 17:54

ok the last 3 replies have been pretty poor. No offence.

Spirit and Jon, im not asking for comparisons, im asking would this game appeal to you and if so why?

Maybe i wasn't clear in my OP, i'll edit it.

And Russ your bringing past experience into it and i asked for an un biased opinions.

Teki187 · 25 Mar 2008 at 18:06

Oh my god, i didn't ask for comparisons, i just asked for your personal feelings and opinions about WOW if it was being released today and you knew nothing about the game.

Is that too hard to ask for? :eek:

Teki187 · 25 Mar 2008 at 18:11

Jon33 said:
I'm just wondering what do you class massive amounts of customisation and good pvp as in WoW?

Customisation:

Interface, Addons, armour, clothing, weapons, characters

to name but a few.

WoW's easy combat makes for fun pvp, it may not be the best, because you cant loot players and the honor grind blah blah, but if you strip it back, easy combat + lag free gaming = fun pvp.

Teki187 · 25 Mar 2008 at 18:16

TheMightyTen said:
What a ridiculous stipulation to make. To ask the question about WoW's place within MMO history and to discuss the matter fully neccesitates comparison. Everything is good or bad compared to something else.

No, because what im ending up with is "SWG pre CU" how does that tell me there unbiased opinion of WoW?

I dont want replies like "SWG pre CU is better then wow end of" because thats not what i asked.

Teki187 · 25 Mar 2008 at 18:40

AHarvey said:
Please, by asking if its the ultimate mmorpg you have to compare it to all the others out there. Surely, not comparing it against others is creating a biased opinion of WoW? Or are you just a WoW fanboy that wants to hear how great your crappy game is?

First it would be nice to not insult people, this is after all the PC gaming section, i'd like to think mature people reside here.

Secondly, if you have read my posts in this section, you'll know im in the general beta of Age of Conan. To add to that i havent played wow since November last year.

Though i really dont see a reason to prove my self to you.

EVE has to be the best modern equivalent of Ultima, unlimited potential, constant updates and changes etc. A real adult mmorpg.

Apart from the complete inability for the new player to get involved and the patches which crash your computer.

Teki187 · 26 Mar 2008 at 08:21

Some of the people here should check out Age of Conan. It has a lot to offer and it feels like a nice balance between hardcore and casual.

Teki187 · 26 Mar 2008 at 08:23

Edinho said:
I dont understand your argument, if you're not comparing it to other games how on earth can you call it the best

Actually i thought the question was extremely easy to answer.

If you picked it up off the shelf and you'd never heard of the game before.

How would you feel about what it had to offer? Would you buy it?

The question is really easy to answer, just people always want to compare.

Teki187 · 26 Mar 2008 at 08:25

Sweetloaf said:
Your question is flawed. Strip all feelings back, forget personal experiences, then give me your personal feelings?

No that isn't hard to ask for, however it is impossible to answer.

Was WoW the ultimate MMO? No but I can't tell you my thoughts on why because I would have to talk about a different MMO thus forming a comparison.

No, that would be dumb and anyway how would I know it was out?

Tell me, why do you ask anyway?

Your question refers to it in the past tense, do you consider it to be dead or simply surpassed?

Seriously i really didnt know this question was hard to answer.

Teki187 · 26 Mar 2008 at 08:38

Kainz said:
It's probably the thread title that wound people up as most mmo gamers have a lot of experience with them, and it's a kind of insult thats all. I confess that I chuckled when I clicked on the thread at first.

Yeah i could have worded it better, but meh.