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Subject: Bungie MMO vs Star Wars: The Old Republic

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Somehow I'm thinking to myself that this might not be the best time for Bungie to develop MMO's. I myself am really excited and cant wait for such a game to come out, however I'm a little worried...

SWTOR is going to be HUGE, it has been hyped and commerced for the past 2 years with amazing trailers, not to mention that the previous KOTOR already housed a steady fanbase. Not to mention the overall Star Wars fans, which propably compose of the biggest Sci-Fi fanbase in the world.

The game is also being developed by Bioware, and that company is not a joke when it comes to RPG's.

Whatever Bungie is doing, has to be revolutionizing. A complete "out-of-the-box" thinking pattern and something extraordinarily new. Something no-one has ever seen before.
If anyone can do this, it's Bungie. They glamoured us with the first FPS game to use a mouse for "free-look" and brought us a revolutionizing FPS game for the consoles. Which was thought to be impossible. Bungie is all about making the unthinkable happen.

However, I think this might be a bit too big chunk of flesh, even for Bungie. People are not going to play multiple MMO's untop of eachother, especially if their worlds are vast, rich and expandable. I'm not saying some wouldn't, but most of use will focus on one gaming experience.

The re-release of the Star Wars movies is not going to help Bungie that much either...

ps. I honestly dont know what I'm going to play, I've watched the SWTOR trailers a billion times. Heck, just watched them as I was typing this (reviewing the "star-trek sucks" comments...)

I've been a fan of you guys for 13 years now, trying to save as many BOB's as I can... But this is going to be a tough choice, you really need to step it up and take bold innovative moves. Let's face it, Reach was great, it was amazing. But it was nothing we had never seen before.



[Edited on 03.05.2011 3:32 AM PST]

  • 03.05.2011 3:30 AM PDT

I'd still pick Bungie's MMO 'cause they know how to make a FPS game, not a generic Third Person fantasy.

  • 03.05.2011 8:13 AM PDT

*Sigh* Who says Bungie is even going to field their 'MMO' against TOR, WoW, or Guild Wars?

Why do they "Have to fight TOR"?

I mean, very few new MMO's field themselves as "Going to upseat WoW", or even try to 'compete' against it. Half the time it's in reviewers <_<.

That is something which some people don't understand. Bungie's MMO sounds like it is planned to hit on a completely different area of the MMO market then TOR.

Just like Guild Wars and World of Warcraft are among the most successful and oldest MMO games, both are in two different 'zones'.

Edit: That said, when TOR comes out I'll hop on my brothers account and try it, just as I did for Star trek online. When information about Bungie's next game comes out, I'll look at that too. I'm honestly not very hyped for TOR simply due to overdoing Star Wars back in my younger years.

[Edited on 03.05.2011 8:24 AM PST]

  • 03.05.2011 8:19 AM PDT

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A big problem for me with MMO's is that i like to play with my friends.

MMORPG systems place restrictions on that desire.

If a friend has played a game for months and months, then he either has to make a new character to be able to play with me, or he must walk along, helping me out with things that are no challenge for him at all.

Bungie recently stated that they are NOT working on an MMO, but rather an online multiplayer game which is massive. Kinda like what Halo is.

In Halo, you have a sort of a progression system similar to MMO's, where you get new ranks and equipment, but the big difference is that the equipment you gain from progression is for show! It has no gameplay specific value whatsoever.

That means that I can join a match with a friend, and even though he can show off his awesomely cool armour, we are on a level playing field.

In competitive multiplayer titles, a level playing field is important.

I think that the reason i prefer Halo to Call Of Duty is based on that. I love COD, but to go in as a new player, and experience that veteran players are not only more familiar with tactics, they have access to gear and abilities that are distinctly better than yours.

If veteran players on the other hand were given the option to equip that sweet bazooka with lock-on capabilities AND more rockets than the starting player has, BUT was forced to unequip lethal grenades as a payoff, this would drastically change the situation. Experienced players could use this new toy that gives an advantage in certain areas, but forego something else, thus levelling the playing field.

If the next Bungie game has gear upgrades and item customization, i wouldn't be surprised if they did something like this or something else to level the playing field.

I'd only be surprised if they did something like what cod does. It's a good way for players to feel rewarded, but again counter-intuitive against level playing fields and competition.

  • 03.05.2011 8:31 AM PDT

keithtennyson

im sorry to say it was a joke the mmo

  • 03.05.2011 8:34 AM PDT

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As i said in my post right before you ^_^

  • 03.05.2011 8:39 AM PDT

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*sigh* obviously some people dont read bungies update. The MMO was a joke. it aint happening.

  • 03.05.2011 8:40 AM PDT