Dungeon Running anyone?

[stray]

The only thing I like about this game are the sounds...

I'm not even sure I'd qualify it as a good diversion.

[Signe]

Wow... that was a fast download.  How very not reassuring!

(This has gone viral like gmail accounts, hasn't it?)

[stray]

I had a hard time downloading it actually. Had to use a download manager. Something in my setup hates FTP, I think.


Anyways, the title of this game should have told me enough...

Also, when someone compared the graphics to Warcraft, I didn't know they meant the original WC. Lol.

[sam, an eggplant]

Really? I thought the graphics looked almost exactly like WoW. The UI certainly does. Have you reached the first town yet, after you kill the whiskerling boss?

[schild]

Yea, looks like WoW to me. Sky has less purple though.

[stray]

I think it looks like a zoomed in Warcraft 3.

Almost like WoW, but less detailed and more angular looking.

[edit]

But yeah, the UI is WoW-ish. Almost like every other mmo under development.   

[Threash]

The only thing I like about this game are the sounds...

I'm not even sure I'd qualify it as a good diversion.

Speaking of sounds, am i crazy or is the quest completed sound straight out of southpark?

[Xilren's Twin]

FYI, also have some friend codes available it anyone else wants to take a look.
PM me your email and I'll send them out first come first served.

Xilren

[tazelbain]

The controls are a bit funky but its not a bad little game, if they got the thing stable it could be worth the 4.99 a month.  Why this wouldn't be a microtransaction game is beyond me, there is no way they could make a killing at that price.  Sell tokens at .25 a peice.  Tokens give you membership for a day.  Create an exchange to trade tokens with gold. Bingo tons of money and not abusive to the players.

When do dungeons reset? (besides server crashes)

[sam, an eggplant]

Dungeons only reset when you log out for over 15 minutes. You can also rightclick on your character's name and reset them from the menu that pops up.

[HaemishM]

Thanks bhodikan for the invite.

The game feels like the child of WoW and Guild Wars raped Diablo, fathering a retarded hate child with a penchant for swinging things at breakables.

[Cheddar]

First impression: whoa, we will not be needing a board for this one.  I do like all the tongue in cheek humor, though!

[tazelbain]

"All my stuff is crap."

[Signe]

Stray was nice enough to invite me and I downloaded it and then totally didn't play.  I feel okay with that, now.

[tazelbain]

I am not sure I get the comparison to GW, but Diablo in WoW skin is exactly what it is.  I'll play this a bit just for the random maps.

[geldonyetich]

It was mighty generous of Schild and Grimwell to say that this game is 'so very close'.  But then, it is the season.

A redesign done by developers who are able go beyond trying to emulate past success might do it.

[sam, an eggplant]

There's nothing wrong with trying to emulate past success. Look at WoW. DR just isn't there yet, that's all.

[Ixxit]

Sorry to say but you are  really coming accross as the 'Anne Coulter of  MMO punditry'.  From your 1st post and this one it is obvious you are trying to act superior to the kids and   mmo weaklings that this game might intentionally be trying to target.

Bottom line is a online community game at a reasonable price without heavy time requirements to have fun or suceed is a damn good idea, no matter your age or experience.

With that I now conclude my yearly post.  See everyone next year.

[Cheddar]

It was mighty generous of Schild and Grimwell to say that this game is 'so very close'.  But then, it is the season.

A redesign done by developers who are able go beyond trying to emulate past success might do it.

Sorry to say but you are  really coming accross as the 'Anne Coulter of  MMO punditry'.  From your 1st post and this one it is obvious you are trying to act superior to the kids and   mmo weaklings that this game might intentionally be trying to target.

Bottom line is a online community game at a reasonable price without heavy time requirements to have fun or suceed is a damn good idea, no matter your age or experience.

With that I now conclude my yearly post.  See everyone next year.

/snicker

[HaemishM]

I am not sure I get the comparison to GW, but Diablo in WoW skin is exactly what it is.  I'll play this a bit just for the random maps.

It's in the pathing of the maps. There are sort of invisible walls, or better said, areas that look like I should be able to walk on, but can't. Plus it has click to move in addition to choppy quasi WASD movement.

Finding a baby seal brigandine piece of armor was funny, but there wasn't much else interesting about it.

[tazelbain]

> choppy quasi WASD movement.

Ha, I thought the game was grid-based for bit when I first logged in because of how bad they are.  Really needs to be better for an actiony game.

I am so use to GW, I don't even notice the invisible walls anymore.

[Yegolev]

It's funny.  However, it's beta-funny.  Needs more funny.  Weapon speeds of "ludicrous" and "grandma" are funny.  The hermit is funny.  Many things aren't funny, though, and they would do well to go whole-hog there and set themselves apart.

[Slyfeind]

More people are playing = more friend invites? Me too plz & give me platz?

[Trippy]

More people are playing = more friend invites? Me too plz & give me platz?

I sent you an invite.

[schild]

When I said "so close" I meant "Wow, they've got a great baseline to work from." They're still miles from it. But as it stands, at release quality - the ability to get all the loot whoring out of my system 15 minutes to an hour at a time a couple days of the week for $5 a month is a fucking steal. It undercuts the whole industry IMO.

Also, I just gave what I think to be my first grief title. Fun itt.

[stray]

Someone explain to me the allure of Diablo loot whoring. Not the loot system per se, but the loot whoring. Why is it a favored quality for some in rpg's?

Is it like slot machines or what? If so, then why not play slot machines? Why rpg's? Why thrash through dungeons and storylines you've seen dozens, if not hundreds, of times....Revisiting old ass games years after they've been released....Just for the loot (serious question)?

And why is it so hard to satisfy this itch? Seems like it would be an easy thing to make. A developer wouldn't have to waste too much time with presentation, story, and anything but the most basic skill and combat system -- Just a fairly generic setting with a Diablo loot system.

...Which is exactly what Dungeons Runners is.

Or is there really more to it than the loot after all?

[Signe]

We used to have an old slot machine when I was very young.  I never got tired of it.  I would sit there for hours feeding it quaters, winning, losing, running out of quarters, opening it up and taking the quarters out again.  It was autistastical.

[Slyfeind]

Someone explain to me the allure of Diablo loot whoring. Not the loot system per se, but the loot whoring. Why is it a favored quality for some in rpg's? Is it like slot machines or what? If so, then why not play slot machines? Why rpg's?

Because when you play slot machines, you get bananas and cherries and bunnies and flowers. In RPGs, you get knives and guns and swords and sharp sticks and then you get to KILL THE BUNNIES AND FLOWERS WITH THEM!!!

[Venkman]

Because slot machines don't steep their experience in escapist lore. MMOGs wrap their packages nicer. Plus there's no real loss for people who don't track their time investment. And people can more easily convince themselves they're playing in a dynamic environment steeped in relevant lore :)

[geldonyetich]

Sorry to say but you are  really coming accross as the 'Anne Coulter of  MMO punditry'.  From your 1st post and this one it is obvious you are trying to act superior to the kids and   mmo weaklings that this game might intentionally be trying to target.

In a board of many Anne Coulters of MMO punditry, it's like I crossed the finish line first.

[Signe]

Everyone got one of these now, right?

[stray]

I still have more to hand out as well. Feel free to PM me.

[StirCwazy]

If anyone still has an invite to spare I'd appreciate someone dropping me a line.  I've PM'd a couple of you, so my apoligies ahead of time if we cross talk.

Thanks



**EDIT**

Thanks Stray, greatly appreciated.

[damijin]

I'm significantly more interested in DR after having read this thread. I don't think I "got it", the whole tongue-in-cheek younger demographic thing, but it makes stupidly perfect sense now. I can't wait to see how this along with Exteel and Soccer Fury turns out. Combined, they might give NCsoft a nice brief renaissance until it sets in the TR is going to be a flop and Aion doesn't really have mass appeal.

Oh well, here's hoping it tides 'em over til L3!

Bad news for you... Aion's original working title was Lineage III when Jake Song was still with the company.

Wasn't Aion's working title "Lineage Forever"? Anyway, KoreaGames.com broke the story a while back that the other Lineage 3 has been in development for a bit, and is expected to be announced officially in the first half of 2007. It's expected to use the Unreal 3 engine, and some of the Korean translators from the Lineage 2 community have passed on enough information to make it more than just a rumor. Including NCsoft discussing Lineage 3's development after winning an award for Lineage in a competition as recently as November 30th.

[cdsmith00]

Hi People...  Been a long time D1-D2-Guild Wars player.   Stupid me didn't check his email in time to get in on the VIP invite.  I would greatly appriciate it if anyone who has an invite still left could send one my way.  Thanks everyone!