Auto Assault redux

[Alkiera]

Since you also cannot purchase the product now, and probably not for another 6 months, whether or not you know if it's fun means exactly jack and shit, other than that you can ignore the hype. Which you should be doing anyway, because we should all know better about MMOG's by now.

Quoted for truth.  Don't you people have better things to be doing?     Like playing any of the other bajillion games that are out right now, some of which are quite good?  I've got a list of something like five games right now that I definitely want to play but haven't purchased yet because I'm still working on other stuff.  It's MADNESS!

Yeah, but I'm at work.  Whiel I can take 2 mins to post on a message board about how much I want to know what's going on in DDO, I can't exactly fire up a game.  8p

Alkiera

[Viin]

Don't worry, I'll give you a positive or a negative once I load it up tonight. I know curious minds want to know and I'm not one to make people suffer without undo cause.

 

[cevik]

Since you also cannot purchase the product now, and probably not for another 6 months, whether or not you know if it's fun means exactly jack and shit, other than that you can ignore the hype. Which you should be doing anyway, because we should all know better about MMOG's by now.

Quoted for truth.  Don't you people have better things to be doing?     Like playing any of the other bajillion games that are out right now, some of which are quite good?  I've got a list of something like five games right now that I definitely want to play but haven't purchased yet because I'm still working on other stuff.  It's MADNESS!

It was simple yes or no question.  It was borne out of curiousity in the fact that the last go round was indeed a hearty "Not Fun".  No one important gives a flying fuck about this game anymore, it's going to be canceled before release anyways.  It was destined to be a niche player, but the fact that their initial hype phase left the world saying "meh" to the extent that they redesigned the game has killed it for sure.  We are posting on a message board discussing games.  Someone asked a question about a fucking game.  It is not THAT strange that someone asked a fucking question about a fucking game on a fucking message board where we discuss games at work all day.  Get over it.

[Hoax]

Also I'd like to know about these BAZILLION games I should be playing..

I dont do console, hell I dont even bother with SP games anymore.  MMO's are pretty much the only thing that piques my interest when it comes to gaming these days for reasons I've tried vainly to articulate in other threads.  When it comes to MMO's there isn't ONE game I should be playing.  AutoAssault promised something different and fun, delivered the same old same old crap, went back for redesign.  Now I'm curious if I should even be thinking about this title or if the devs really have somehow failed to make a game about CARS WITH GUNZ not fun.  In which case I think they need to drink the special kool-aid.

[stray]

Also I'd like to know about these BAZILLION games I should be playing..

I dont do console, hell I dont even bother with SP games anymore.  MMO's are pretty much the only thing that piques my interest when it comes to gaming these days for reasons I've tried vainly to articulate in other threads.

I'm curious what that element is. The only thing MMO's have and do better than other games are the Social aspects. That shouldn't be too hard to articulate.

If not that, then what on earth could it possibly be? What would make you bored with every other genre in gaming?

[HaemishM]

I dont do console, hell I dont even bother with SP games anymore. 

Just stop trying right there. Because really, that's about the only place you can find fun in video gaming these days.

Fun hasn't gotten through the beta stage in MMOG's yet.

[Furiously]

You know - you think to yourself - sex with someone is pretty good. Sex with lots of people at the same time should be more fun right? But somehow you always end up being the bukake target. That's online gaming.

[WayAbvPar]

You know - you think to yourself - sex with someone is pretty good. Sex with lots of people at the same time should be more fun right? But somehow you always end up being the bukake target. That's online gaming.

I am never attending a LAN party at your house!

[stray]

There is a lot of truth in that. Damn.


It also makes me realize that the initial desire and hook never appealed to me in the first place (I don't care for orgies and prefer that outsiders stay the hell out of my fantasies). I'm not sure why I tried to do it with games.

[Sky]

It was simple yes or no question.  It was borne out of curiousity in the fact that the last go round was indeed a hearty "Not Fun".  No one important gives a flying fuck about this game anymore, it's going to be canceled before release anyways.  It was destined to be a niche player, but the fact that their initial hype phase left the world saying "meh" to the extent that they redesigned the game has killed it for sure.  We are posting on a message board discussing games.  Someone asked a question about a fucking game.  It is not THAT strange that someone asked a fucking question about a fucking game on a fucking message board where we discuss games at work all day.  Get over it.

#hate is that way --->

 

[Xilren's Twin]

There is a lot of truth in that. Damn.

It also makes me realize that the initial desire and hook never appealed to me in the first place (I don't care for orgies and prefer that outsiders stay the hell out of my fantasies). I'm not sure why I tried to do it with games.

Because when it works, the social aspects make even a mediocre game into double plus fun goodness.

Well, that and the hugeness of the gameworld (not the playerbase; the massiveness of the playerbase is actually a negative...)

And that most of these beast are about the only RPG we get to play anymore; decent SP and MP rpgs are few and far between.

But mostly, it's the social stuff.

Xilren

Xilren

[cevik]

#hate is that way --->

 

I love you all, even the pathetically stupid amongst you..

[Furiously]

Xilren I agree: The problem you and four friend can be having the time of your life over in some dark corner, but sooner or later you are going to get that scraggly looking guy wandering over to do unmentionable things.

[stray]

Because when it works, the social aspects make even a mediocre game into double plus fun goodness.

Well, that and the hugeness of the gameworld (not the playerbase; the massiveness of the playerbase is actually a negative...)

And that most of these beast are about the only RPG we get to play anymore; decent SP and MP rpgs are few and far between.

But mostly, it's the social stuff.

Xilren

Xilren

Looking back, my biggest gripes had to do with the social stuff more than anything else. None of that translates into double fun goodness for me. It just makes a mediocre game even more worthless (as far as I'm concerned).

It makes me wonder why the hell I even played these games to begin with. It's one drawing factor is the very thing I could do without more often than not (I'm not talking about griefing either...More like group/raid dependency, player economies, guild politics, etc.. Things of that nature).

It's my fault for playing them and expecting "something else" though. I can't blame developers for that.

There's only one part of the social game that appeals to me, and that's gaining fame or infamy. The rest I could do without.

[edit] This goes without mentioning my general dislike of age 20 and unders and/or internet and gaming culture. Not only can I not play a game with them, but I can't even understand what they're saying half of the time. Even if I did like socializing, mmo's tend to not be the ideal social setting for me.

[Hoax]

I enjoy the gamer culture, I get a chuckle from comments like WTFBBQSAUCE?!  I realize that is not something you really say around here but I remember when people first started saying w00p/w00t and pwn and I got a kick out of it then.

I want to play MMO's because I love being able to run around with a bunch of folks I've gamed with for a long time, I'm going back to WoW because despite the fact that their pvp "content" is pathetic I was watching my buddy play at his house over thanksgiving and seeing him with all my old gamer buddies made me nostalgic.  There is still some fun to be had in the BG's (too bad AB replaced WSG, I like CTF much more then whatever you call AB) and random world pvp can be cool.  I doubt it will hold me long but I just like having guild chat, talking smack, cracking random jokes and pwning with impunity.

Does that make me an LCD gamer-type?  If you think that, go fuck yourself.  I also think of books like Nueromancer and Snowcrash when I think of MMO's eventually I'll learn my lesson but in the meantime I still eagerly anticipate the next big thing (that has pvp) even though deep down I know its all vapor-hype and just another diku-clone piece of shit game with some minor innovations slapped on poorly.

[stray]

Does that make me an LCD gamer-type?  If you think that, go fuck yourself.

If you are, then you must be one of their well rounded/educated ambassadors. At least you're coherent.

[Samwise]

Xilren I agree: The problem you and four friend can be having the time of your life over in some dark corner, but sooner or later you are going to get that scraggly looking guy wandering over to do unmentionable things.

I love you, man.  In a completely non-gay way.

[Alkiera]

Because when it works, the social aspects make even a mediocre game into double plus fun goodness.

Well, that and the hugeness of the gameworld (not the playerbase; the massiveness of the playerbase is actually a negative...)

And that most of these beast are about the only RPG we get to play anymore; decent SP and MP rpgs are few and far between.

But mostly, it's the social stuff.

Xilren

Xilren

Looking back, my biggest gripes had to do with the social stuff more than anything else. None of that translates into double fun goodness for me. It just makes a mediocre game even more worthless (as far as I'm concerned).

Actually, for me it's the exact opposite.  My biggest gripes with MMOs are not the social aspects, as much as (a)the 'My pet rock could master this combat system' issues; (b) the lack of a changing world; (c) Reaching the point where the only way my character can progress with with multi-group, multi-hour raids; and (d) lack of dev attention to fixing fun-killing bugs(mostly SWG).

I like the social aspects of MMOs... That's why I play them.  If I just wanted an RPG system, with dungeons and random items, I could play Diablo, Fate, or Dungeon Siege.  And I do play them from time to time... But I find myself wanting more from a game lately, so I play MMOs.  As a solitary 'hero' in Diablo, there's only one person fighting the enemy, only one person gathering powerful items, etc.  So if I want a sword with given stats, I just have to keep looking for it myself, and hoping it drops.  In a multiplayer environment, the odds of the item I want dropping are the same, but with so many more players, someone is bound to have seen it, and is perhaps selling it.  Thus, social connections (even brief/ephemeral ones, like being buyer and seller on an AH/bazaar item) are made.

Alkiera

[ClydeJr]

Tried out AA Wednesday for about an hour after not looking at it for a few months. I don't think this will break any  but they definitely improved the graphics. It's a lot prettier and performs a lot better on my Ti4600. Only got to lvl 2 before the play session was over.

[Sairon]

I also like the social aspects of MMORPGs, MMO brings a lot of dangerous potential to though. Why I mainly don't play any MMO currently is because there's way to little meaningful ( a totaly useless house which fills no purpose doesn't qualify )  persistent influence to be made on the world.

[JoeTF]

I dont even have the beta installed anymore.
Now hope I won't get sued.