relapes Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What the title says. I know I probably will get a lot of "no" because this place being rampant with fanboys, but I think similarities to WoW will hurt this game for a lot of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claxdog Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 This is not like wow .just be quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshalleck Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 This is not like wow .just be quiet. LOL? It's WoW with voice acting and everyone has pets. Oh and the Star Wars setting of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relapes Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 This is not like wow .just be quiet. UI, class design, art style (cartoony style nods at WoW's success), trinity, flightpoints are the same, menu interface is the same, guild interface is the same, PVP grouping functionality is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relapes Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 LOL? It's WoW with voice acting and everyone has pets. Oh and the Star Wars setting of course. I love how desperate you are to be critical and overly negative and simplistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarloves Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What the title says. I know I probably will get a lot of "no" because this place being rampant with fanboys, but I think similarities to WoW will hurt this game for a lot of people. has it hurt Halo or Call of Duty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrissybunny Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 DCUO/Darkfall/Global Agenda aren't very similar to WoW and didn't do so hot. WoW is exactly like WoW and did extremely well. The story and cinematics are new. But what would you have changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidwire Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Innovation doesn't sell. Just look at CoD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyIommi Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) did it hurt wow? Not really wow killed EQ Edited December 14, 2011 by TonyIommi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airwren Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What the title says. I know I probably will get a lot of "no" because this place being rampant with fanboys, but I think similarities to WoW will hurt this game for a lot of people. They innovated for the Early Access and see how folks are responding to that. Nah, this game is going to be fine unless they totally screw the post launch bug fixes and content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowerpots Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Make an MMO with no similarities to WOW. Oh you can't? Funny...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezekiel Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 In the long run yeah i think the world has had enough of one game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluestone Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Will lack of innovation REALLY hurt this game success? No. I hated WoW. I love TOR. The things I need from an MMO were not a part of WoW but they are a part of TOR. I enjoy TOR, I did not enjoy WoW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodybag Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 we need another wow thread pls tell us about your uber gear and arena ratings too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill_Kayt Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What the title says. I know I probably will get a lot of "no" because this place being rampant with fanboys, but I think similarities to WoW will hurt this game for a lot of people. In all honesty innovation is why most games fail. People want the same old thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relapes Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 did it hurt wow? Not really wow killed EQ Back then people didnt look at the MMO genre as something that was in DESPERATE need for innovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renissara Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What did Blizzard ever do that's so innovative? They made a ton of money by stealing ideas that worked well in other games. This isn't to knock Blizzard; they were pretty smart about which ideas they used and made a wildly successful game. If Bioware can take a known IP, the attention to story which BW has been doing for a long time, and then take a page from Blizz's book and pick and choose elements from other MMOs that work for them then I'm not going to complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveRaider Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Whatever. If it's successful I get to enjoy the game. If it fails bioware abandons the mmo market to make KOTOR3, making me even happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshalleck Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I love how desperate you are to be critical and overly negative and simplistic. Who said I'm being negative? I'm just being honest. Calling a spade a spade. If I hated the game, I wouldn't be here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThiborF Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What the title says. I know I probably will get a lot of "no" because this place being rampant with fanboys, but I think similarities to WoW will hurt this game for a lot of people. WoW's lack of innovation certainly didn't seem to hurt it but, Blizzard's game has been the anomaly in the genre in many ways. *shrug* Hard to say really. BUT, one thing I will comment on is the "similarities to WoW" thing ... WoW was far from the first MMO and WoW was certainly NOT revolutionary in the game it released. Questing, leveling, action bars, talent trees/specs, small group content, larger group content, pvp, crafting, in-game economy with auction house type mechanic ... all been done before numerous times. It may get compared to WoW because that's some/many folks most recent play experience BUT the same was true when people jumped from Asheron's Call2, SWG, DAoC or any host of other games to WoW. I think as long as BioWare stays on track with updating the game with new content and adding improvements to the game, they will be fine for a good while to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolazontaa Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I just hope they will add some content/functions to space battle/travel. This would be really nice change. And... you know, they still have time, its not even 20 dec. And WoW is here for about... really don't know, but many years. But true, if they will only add MORE (more battlezones, more flashpoints etc) things, instead of NEW things... it will be just another MMO, in SW universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarbeard Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 What the title says. I know I probably will get a lot of "no" because this place being rampant with fanboys, but I think similarities to WoW will hurt this game for a lot of people. No, because it innovates when it comes to the narrative. Sure the story is cheesy at times, but to put something like that in an MMO is groundbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davrek Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 These threads are so 3 months ago that being said, as long as there aren't any major blunders on the part of Bioware and EA ..this game will do just fine if only for the fact that it is Star Wars ...doesn't matter what other mmos come out or have come out...they're not Star Wars and that just about does it for a lot of people. That being said the game itself is pretty good too so that of course helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalPrime Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) What the title says. I know I probably will get a lot of "no" because this place being rampant with fanboys, but I think similarities to WoW will hurt this game for a lot of people. WoW is a generic MMO, So is TOR. thats it. WoW was not the first and TOR wont be the last. If you want hack and slash CoD style(I can do everything) MMOs, GW2 is for that. But if you want the trinity system where groups need to work together with seperate skills. TOR is that model. Edited December 14, 2011 by DigitalPrime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenPredator Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Guildwars 2 <3 Dynamic events, rewarding people for participating and helping each other, no real forced situations.......mmmmmmmmmmm... but I'll continue playing Kotor until my friends stop playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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