Warhammer Online may rock, or possibly may not.
I've been saying this for months, if not years. Interviews like this show that these guys really get the fine art of game design. It's not just a spreadsheet or a deadline to them.
Yeah, this interview has little data on the gameplay (there is more in older interviews), but it gives me the feel for the energy of the Warhammer Online team, and they're a-cookin'. This game is going to make WoW feel obsolete.
When talking about the cities, Paul had mentioned that everyone was focused on the times that a city would be attacked and rampaged. Paul then explained that this happens about one day out of every thirty. He asked the question, "What do you do the other twenty nine days in that city? You live in it!" He expressed that he had to make the team understand that building a living capital city was crucial.Jeff explained that the team really wants to "build a city that lives and that when people go there they have a different experience each time." Again this goes back to their way of thinking on the game, the cities won't just work; they will live.
So what happens when you attack that living city? Here was Jeff's response:
"It's literally capturing somebody's city, having a bonfire in the middle of the town square, picking a stick out of it, running down the alley ways, kicking open doors, setting houses on fire, killing the occupants, stealing their loot."
It sounds interesting.
I'm really liking LOTRO and don't really want to switch, I already have to schedule my LOTRO times, I don't think I can spare the time for another MMO. . . until Huxley if it's any good
I like my women like I like my meatloaf.
Hot and covered in ketchup.
By "make WoW obsolete", I of course mean "make WoW and all its derivatives obsolete". You just won't be able to look at a current-gen (i.e. WoW, LOTRO) MMORPG the same way again. Going back to them will be akin to running the original Doom executable and realizing that you can't jump, even over the smallest obstacle. The advances of the new-gen MMOs will make the artificial limitations and sterile worlds of current MMOs stand out like sore thumbs, and Warhammer Online will be the first of that generation.
P.S. any spots open in Warhammer marketing dept. ?
Shelter: a post-nuclear RPG.
I have faith.. cautious.. but nevertheless I'm hopeful this will be an awesome game.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
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The more I read about it, the more PvP centric it sounds. I'll likely pass.
Tyrial: lvl 70 undead mage - Baelgun
Kyrator: lvl 63 night elf rogue - Blackhand
Thadryn: lvl 65 draenei mage - Blackhand
At this point, I'm so starved for something remotely different that I'll jump. They need to go ahead and just stick me in beta...
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
http://www.warhammeronline.com/english/gameInfo/armiesofWAR/Greenskins/C...
Muhahaha.. say what you want.. but just reading that makes me want to play this game.. That sounds exactly like a character I want to play.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
http://wumusicgroup.com/
So, during a battle you can actually yell "Get to ze choppa !" and have it mean something. See, the perks of this game are neverending.
Shelter: a post-nuclear RPG.
This might actually be a MMO I'll play. Warhammer 40,000 was the only tabletop game I played with any regularity. Too bad it's Warhammer fantasy... I'm not too familiar with that one. Shame though, it'd be a blast to actually see a chainaxe in action, or see a titan lay waste to all in it's path.
Presenter: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play?
Contestant: Jesus
If we're going by what tabletop games we played, then I'm waiting on being a private in the Iron Brigade.
rabbit wrote:
1Dgaf wrote:
bnpederson wrote:
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I so want this game to be good. I have a long history and a lot of emotional energy tied up in Games Workshop products and the company (One of my best friends worked for them for about 15 years till he died of a heart attack last year).
Add in my found memories of DAoC and that the development team is local to me it is just a recipie for extreem fanboi.
With that in mind I am doing my best to take a wait and see approach.
Don't worry Shihonage, there is still plenty of time for the game to disappoint.
I don't think I've ever said this sentence before, but man would I love to hump that butterfly.-- KrazyTaco
One phone call and you're melting like butter over my kettle pop. -- Edwin to Mex
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If there are two games that are not going to fail my high expectations it's Warhammer Online and Hellgate London (even though I still say H:L won't come out this year).
Both are being made by developers who continuously ask themselves "Would _I_ really like to play this ? What would be fun for ME ?" and trying to be honest about it. Unlike most other developers, who instead make games for the perceived "lesser and/or alien beings", also known as "the target audience".
Shelter: a post-nuclear RPG.
Actually looking at those 'chopper' pics, I really like the imaginative weps they have.
I don't think I've ever said this sentence before, but man would I love to hump that butterfly.-- KrazyTaco
One phone call and you're melting like butter over my kettle pop. -- Edwin to Mex
2005 GWJFFL2 Champion
Kind of looks like the cartoon feeling of WoW but with a lot more blood and gore added in, which is just fine with me. Getting real tired of all these kiddy MMOGs. Target audience 13 year olds. Give me a MMORPG who target audience is 18 year olds. Warhammer looks like it might be in that range though probably more 15-16 though it's not rated. I would guess it would be Rated T for Teen. Age of Conan without a doubt is 17+ and will be M rated Mature for certain.
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis.
Warhammer has a long long history and has been arround a long long time.
Thing is though it is a table top minatures game that is has a large audience of kids and so while it is dark, bloody, sort of game (well it is table top so only in the fiction and art really) I tink they would be wise not to make a game that would not target the fan base that is already built in from the table top game.
For those that care here is the site to Games Workshop which can be fun to poke arround.
http://www.games-workshop.com/
Well, although I'm no expert on this I think Blizzard was doing a Warhammer licensed game with the original Warcraft, but then the license got yanked. So, technically WoW is still imitating Warhammer.
In any event, I plan to look at this game, either in the beta (if I get in) or when it's released, but I'm in "wait and see" mode.
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I'm going to wait and see. Warhammer does interest me, but no matter how good any idea is, until I see it in action, and meeting or exceeding my expectations - it's just that - a good idea. Same goes with Conan, and Hellgate London.
At this point in the game though, I'm about done with sword's n' f*ckin sorcery. If I slay one more dragon or ogre to collect it's teeth I'm going to vomit.
I know Blizz is an easy target, as they are the McDonalds of the MMO world, but our Guild just started hitting Karazhan, and it has been a great deal of fun. The events, the bosses, and the small details around every corner are the little things that keep me coming back for more.
I really hope Warhammer does well. It's kind of terrible to see such market dominance - so I really hope it hits it right, and gains a healthy user base. But I also hope it provides all the rich flavor, and TLC that Blizzard polishes up with.
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Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
http://wumusicgroup.com/
I really like the orc class thats described as wearing heavy armor... with spiky bits, the largest shield... with spiky bits, and weapons... with spiky bits wherever they fit.
I think one of Warhammer's most charming and distinguishing parts is the more and darker humor.
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
McDonald's food is still really tasty if you get it fresh and hot.
rabbit wrote:
1Dgaf wrote:
bnpederson wrote:
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But what if I want it my way? :/
And where's the beef?
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In terms of overall dominance. It has nothing to do with sh*tty burgers
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I dunno, I had it yesterday for the first time in a few months, and my stomach feels like it's at war with my lower intestine. Is it even considered real food?
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To me, this is kind of like Miller and Coors beer.. complete trash unless you actually get it from the tour. If you ever go to Denver, you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't visit Golden, CO and tour the Coors factory. For an hour's worth or so of time (and the tour is pretty cool), they gave us four pints of beer a person, plus one pint during the tour (the pint during the tour was recently finished beer and tasted like the nectar from a god's tit)
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
Coors: Originator of the bootled water craze.
Miller: God's gift to man.
Probably because you've been eating plants or some other nonsense. That's what you get.
rabbit wrote:
1Dgaf wrote:
bnpederson wrote:
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Whatever. (Macro beers suck, particularly American ones.)
I'm sad I can't be a part of WAR; I had visions of playing a Skaven NPC, coordinating a team of gutter-runners via TeamSqueak(tm) in an attack on a Dwarvish fortress...
RIP ChronicNecrosis
I never realized God was a cheapskate.
Murphy's Stout is God's gift to man, with Carlsburg (the unskunked -- skunk has two k's, huh, version of it) coming in a close second.
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
Stouts are "instant breakfasts" for the afternoon. I love them, but sometimes I'm not that hungry.
Wait, what track were we on again?
rabbit wrote:
1Dgaf wrote:
bnpederson wrote:
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There is but one track, beer. Warhammer comes in a measly second.
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
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