Topic: Babble about a video game you are playing (Read 236616 times)

Romosome · « **Reply #1140 on:** October 20, 2008, 11:37:28 PM »

Quote from: MarsDragon on October 20, 2008, 09:32:55 PM

I'm not sure how Soul Nomad relates to Phantom Hourglass, but it is a pretty rocking game. I'm playing through it right now.

It's kinda spoilers but there is a part of Soul Nomad that directly ties into Phantom Brave's plot, despite the rest of it being pretty much entirely separate.

patito · « **Reply #1141 on:** October 20, 2008, 11:45:56 PM »

Phantom Brave is still not Phantom Hourglass.

I am reminded that I should give Soul Nomad a try though.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #1142 on:** October 20, 2008, 11:46:24 PM »

Quote from: The Most Ironic Handle Ever on October 20, 2008, 11:37:28 PM

Quote from: MarsDragon on October 20, 2008, 09:32:55 PM
I'm not sure how Soul Nomad relates to Phantom Hourglass, but it is a pretty rocking game. I'm playing through it right now.

It's kinda spoilers but there is a part of Soul Nomad that directly ties into Phantom Brave's plot, despite the rest of it being pretty much entirely separate.

Brentai · « **Reply #1143 on:** October 21, 2008, 11:47:50 AM »

An impulsive look at Blizzard's job listings shows a bunch of positions for work on "Next-Gen MMO". For those of you still arguing that Blizzard itself doesn't recognize that WoW's nearing the end of its peak.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #1144 on:** October 21, 2008, 11:50:56 AM »

I think that's been there since before burning crusade.

Norondor · « **Reply #1145 on:** October 21, 2008, 02:35:57 PM »

They already announced that the end date of WoW is 10 years after release.

McFrugal · « **Reply #1146 on:** October 21, 2008, 03:19:38 PM »

I remember what happened the last time a company tried to make a second MMO. Asheron's Call 2 didn't really take off. Wait a minute. Was Everquest 2 popular?

Of course, if it's Starcraft Online, and they make it a completely different experience from WoW, it might not fail.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #1147 on:** October 21, 2008, 03:20:43 PM »

NCSoft has had multiple MMOs running for basically ever, even in the same region, and they haven't had much in the way of problems.

McFrugal · « **Reply #1148 on:** October 21, 2008, 03:22:22 PM »

I guess I should be saying something more along the lines of "it probably won't be as popular as WoW" and "If they stop updating it expecting people to move to the new MMO they're in trouble"

Classic · « **Reply #1149 on:** October 21, 2008, 03:26:32 PM »

I guess they could offer real incentives for long-time players to move on...
You know, stuff like offering bonuses for "Character transfers" and what have you.

Brentai · « **Reply #1150 on:** October 21, 2008, 03:31:15 PM »

If they were really aggressive they could be making moves to hook the players who have legitimate beefs with WoW with some kind of alternative. An online RPG that's more casual, faster paced, easier to group up in, involves more combat and less micromanaging, makes the player more central to the game world...

Oh... oh.

Romosome · « **Reply #1151 on:** October 21, 2008, 04:54:42 PM »

Blizzard has publically announced that the super secret next gen MMO is NOT World of Warcraft 2, and I'm pretty sure an interview said it was an entirely new universe.

There's also been an official comment along the lines of "Something is eventually going to take subscribers from WoW, so we'd rather it be us when that time comes"

Having said that, WoW isn't going anywhere for a while. Blizzard has just begun planning things very far ahead of time, in general.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #1152 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:02:07 PM »

I'm perfectly okay with an original universe. Ever since WoW, every MMO released has been a licensed property -- and, expectedly, only about a handful of them (if indeed that many) have actually had any real lasting power.

McFrugal · « **Reply #1153 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:10:47 PM »

I want Auto Assault back

Thad · « **Reply #1154 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:16:15 PM »

Quote from: Quick on October 21, 2008, 04:54:42 PM

Blizzard has publically announced that the super secret next gen MMO is NOT World of Warcraft 2, and I'm pretty sure an interview said it was an entirely new universe.

And the job postings at BioWare Austin said the sci-fi MMO they were working on was "an original IP".

Brentai · « **Reply #1155 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:50:03 PM »

Is Mass Effect based on something?

Romosome · « **Reply #1156 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:56:51 PM »

Quote from: Thad on October 21, 2008, 05:16:15 PM

Quote from: Quick on October 21, 2008, 04:54:42 PM
Blizzard has publically announced that the super secret next gen MMO is NOT World of Warcraft 2, and I'm pretty sure an interview said it was an entirely new universe.

And the job postings at BioWare Austin said the sci-fi MMO they were working on was "an original IP".

A job listing for an unnanounced project using obscuring language is a bit different from the CEO of the company giving a press interview, talking directly about the project, and saying in his own words "It's not going to be a World of Warcraft sequel."

Lady Duke · « **Reply #1157 on:** October 21, 2008, 06:01:14 PM »

Does anybody know if when an egg hatches, if the shiny that hatches will appear with sparkles like it would in battle? I am of course talking about pikkymens, but I've never seen a shiny hatch and I'm sure someone somewhere (like R^2) has seen what happens.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #1158 on:** October 21, 2008, 08:14:17 PM »

You see the face of God.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #1159 on:** October 21, 2008, 08:53:31 PM »

Lady Duke, I would assume that it has exactly the same amount of sparkles that appear when a shiny mon evolves. I don't know how many sparkles that is.

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