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Supposed “Warcraft Killers”

by Xias

Wow Killer: YETI!

With the increasing amount of MMOs on the horizon, there’s been a lot of buzz concerning games that will dethrone WoW as the ultimate MMORPG experience. Personally I think that Warcraft is a bit of a unique entity that will not be so easily toppled. You have to take into consideration that before World of Warcraft was released most Massively Multiplayer games were happy to have a couple hundred thousand players at most. Warcraft is fast approaching 11 million. This isn’t to say that the game is perfect or that newer games won’t take a small bite out of the playerbase, just that I don’t think anything is going to shoot past it in the near future. That said, I think it’s always worth shopping around for new games. This is especially true given the fact that I’ve never had more than one MMO account at any given time. What’s coming up soon? Let’s see….

  • Age of Conan: To be released shortly (within the next 2 weeks I believe), AoC promises a number of things to entice players. The combat system is all real-time and rather complex, allowing for a wide variety of combat options for each class. Graphics are also a far cry different from the “cartoonish” look of WoW, with high-end realistic looking characters and monsters. It should be kept in mind that one of the reasons Warcraft is so popular is because of the low requirements to run it… I’ve heard mixed reviews on both sides of the fence here, we’ll have to see.
  • Warhammer Online I’ll admit that I’m excited to play this one, even if it doesn’t outshine WoW. With a more pvp-oriented focus and set in the widely popular Warhammer Universe, WAR promises a wide variety of open combat scenarios against players and NPCs alike. With a huge variety of class/spec options, I’m curious as to how well this will balance out. The makers of this also created Dark Age of Camelot, which apparently had great player vs. player combat, though the balance changes often came in wide swings. This one is definitely on my radar, however.

    • There are other games coming out of course, but the two listed above are the most widely talked about. I tire of people judging games that haven’t been released or are still in BETA. I’m more of a “I’ll reserve judgment” kinda guy, ya know? I understand that a brand new game will not and never will run as polished and clean as a game that’s been out for years. I’m more than happy to cut these newcomers some slack, which right now is a horrible memory leak in AoC and lackluster game play in WAR. Fix it and impress.


    Posted in Announcements on May 6th, 2008

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