What's on the horizon?

[ShenMolo]

Is it just me or does it seem like the MMOG scene has grown stale?

Is there anything coming out in the next year that looks A++? (Not counting Korean/Asian games please).

For the last decade it  seemed every year had a large, expensive, shiny new MMO coming out. Even though most flopped, at least there was something to get interested in.

Only thing I can think of is Green Monster Games or whatever, but I still haven't heard anything at all about that besides who they hired a few years ago.

Is it the economy? No one wants to spend tens of millions on MMO's anymore?

[Lucas]

Carbine Studios' game (Fallout's Tim Cain one of the most prominent developers there): hints dropped here and there, looks like another attempt of "putting back teh 'RPG' into MMOGs", focusing mainly on story; then, we have Funcom's "Secret World" and Zenimax Online Studios' The Elder Scrolls Online secret project, but I think that's at least two or three  years away.

38 Studios (formerly known as Green Monster Games) MMOG will come out sometime after the single player game set into the same universe, "Kingdoms of Amalur" and currently developed by Big Huge Games.

[01101010]

SWTOR is about the only one I am even mildly curious about. Frankly, with the spat of faceplanted MMOs in the past 5 years, my faith in ANYONE making an MMO that will work is shaken to say the least.

[Paelos]

It's not exactly MMOG but it is highly coop multiplayer in Dungeon Defenders that comes out next quarter.

Also, Guild Wars 2 is on the Horizon for next year after SWTOR. I plan on playing both.

[Shatter]

I have 5 games in my sites.  Tera, Rift, GW2, SWTOR and DCU.  3 of those are very maybe-ish or in other words it will depend on if I feel like spending the cash and what level of boredom I am in at that time.  GW2 is top of my list, I already have beta for one of these and I get to try Tera beta in the upcoming Dec 2 weekend so will see how that goes.  Do I think any of these are going to be some holy miracle for MMO gaming?   Nope b ut maybe I will be pleasantly surprised :)

[Cadaverine]

There's quite a few MMO's that could be/should be out next year or in 2012.  DCUO & The Agency from SOE,  Funcom's The Secret World, Bioware with SWTOR, Black Prophecy from Reakktor.  Theoretically, Jumpgate II could come out.  There's also Guild Wars II as noted above.  Rifts, and some others as well.

Will any of them be worth buying?  Probably not, but I am hoping The Secret World isn't complete drek, along with Rifts.

[simonh]

Funny, I was just thinking this morning how its the most exciting time I can remember for MMO's.

Here is whats at the top of my most wanted list:
1. Firefall - red5 studios (halo the mmo?)
2. Tera - bluehole (okay, its asian, but with combat this fun the grind is enjoyable)
3. Guildwars 2 - Arenanet (best thing I have played at any of the trade shows this year)
4. Faxion - UTV True Games (PvP, heaven vs hell)
5. SW:TOR - Bioware (I am still hoping they can turn this around)

[Sky]

Depends on what you mean by stale. WOW hammered the genre into conformity. Yeah, it's probably stale. But some decent offerings, I'm interested in Rift, TOR and GW2. I don't expect much, though.

The only thing I'm hoping for in gaming right now is a RDR pc port...galdernit!

[Surlyboi]

The Secret World and SWTOR are pretty much all I'm looking at with even mild interest right now.

[Rendakor]

Honestly the MMO horizon looks the best it has in years, certainly the best since we were all hyped for WAR and AoC. Rift, SWTOR and GW2 are the 3 I'm most psyched for (after Cata of course).

[Draegan]

Also, Guild Wars 2 is on the Horizon for next year after SWTOR. I plan on playing both.

Did you do that on purpose?

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I am looking forward to the normal mix of games here.

Rift
SWTOR
GW2
Jumpgate
Black Prophecy
TERA

I'm really eager to get my hands on TERA since it's so different.  We'll see how much Asian Enmasse can clean up.

[Paelos]

Also, Guild Wars 2 is on the Horizon for next year after SWTOR. I plan on playing both.

Did you do that on purpose?

I did! 

Was wondering if anyone would catch it.

[Malakili]

The only thing I'm actually super excited about is the prospect of Tribes Universe. 

Some games get me excited with the occasional video or feature, but after a few minutes the high wears off and I realize that they likely aren't going to deliver the over all experience I'd hope, so I don't think I'll be buying any of them, these games include:

Guild Wars 2 (looks neat, but realistically I don't see myself playing it long term, so probably won't pick it up in the first place)
Rift  (Looks neat also, but I have a bad feeling its going to be pretty quest heavy, and the character customization alone isn't selling me on it)
Firefall (Don't want PvE content in my MMOFPS, even though it has lots of attractive shiny).
End of Nations (I love the idea of an MMORTS, but every time they release new info it looks a little less like what I'd hoped it would be)

[Lantyssa]

GW2 is the top of my list, but I don't think that will surprise anyone.

Most everything else mentioned I'm watching to see if they'll hold my interest.  One that I have first-hand experience with will be for when I need something a little different.

Black Prophecy, The Secret World, and Firefall I'm hoping will be good just because I want something which isn't medieval fantasy.

[Draegan]

The Secret World is going to be awful.

[Reg]

That's the secret!

[Paelos]

That's the secret!

Ok I cracked up at that. Good show. 

[ghost]

The Secret World is going to be awful.

Yes, but maybe it will be less awful than we expect.

I'm only looking forward to GW2 and possibly Jumpgate, if it ever come out. 

[SnakeCharmer]

GW2 is about the only thing I'm frothing over.  TSW and TOR are on my watch from afar list.

Whatever happened to Jumpgate Evolution and Earthrise?  Did they collapse?

[Draegan]

Jumpgate went black and did a redesign.  Recently (last 4 months or so) they came back around talking about their game again.

[Numtini]

I'm frothing over nothing, but I have a pre-order for GW2 and I'm looking forward to it.

[Sky]

Jumpgate went black and did a redesign. 

Was X to the muthafuckin' Z involved?

[Goreschach]

The mmo horizon is thus:

The next WoW expansion. Yet more WoW. Subs will probably break 15 million in '11.
Guild Wars 2. Probably going to be an ok game. Probably going to be a terrible MMO.
Rift. A couple people are exited about this basically only because 'it looks pretty'.
Sswuhtore. Should be amusing watching this one faceplant.
A whole bunch of 'Who's and 'What's. Nobody cares now, nobody will care when they launch, and nobody will care when they shut down six months later.

[Malakili]

The mmo horizon is thus:

The next WoW expansion. Yet more WoW. Subs will probably break 15 million in '11.
Guild Wars 2. Probably going to be an ok game. Probably going to be a terrible MMO.
Rift. A couple people are exited about this basically only because 'it looks pretty'.
Sswuhtore. Should be amusing watching this one faceplant.
A whole bunch of 'Who's and 'What's. Nobody cares now, nobody will care when they launch, and nobody will care when they shut down six months later.

[UnSub]

Things always look better over the horizon than up close.

If you think the genre is stale, I wouldn't be looking towards SWOR as its saviour.

I'm interested in DCUO and The Secret World, keeping an eye on GW2 and Rift and a few others while also looking at free trials / F2P titles, but I'm not expecting any of those titles to be a revolution.

[Draegan]

WOW won't break 15 million subs.  I don't see it trending that way.  That's like a 40-50% increase.

[Rendakor]

They're at 12m now, so it's only 33%.

[Threash]

WOW won't break 15 million subs.  I don't see it trending that way.  That's like a 40-50% increase.

Saving this one for posterity.  I'm looking forward to GW2, Rifts, and yes the wow expansion.

[DLRiley]

Looking forward to guild wars two.

[NiX]

Looking forward to watching everyone be disappointed. The mechanics never change, but the NPCs and their dialogue are HILARIOUS.

[Musashi]

1. Firefall - red5 studios (halo the mmo?)

I'll fucking cut you.

[climbjtree]

Srsly?

[Pennilenko]

I believe him.

[Surlyboi]

If WoW breaks 15 million, I'm personally going to every last one of those poopsocker's houses and setting them on fire.

[Malakili]

If WoW breaks 15 million, I'm personally going to every last one of those poopsocker's houses and setting them on fire.

What are you going to do with the 14+ million players left after that?