So I hear a Rift commercial..

Honestly I don't know if I was dreaming but as I was half asleep I hear a commercial and towards the end I hear "we aren't in azeroth anymore"..

I shot up and just looked and was like wow...someone is actually taking it to these guys.

So I go online and do some research about this new MMORPG...oh another MMORPG, cool.

The only MMORPG I'm looking forward to right now is Diablo 3 (which will never come out =[) and SWOR.

After reading the reviews, the story, characters, and just the whole overview I'm not going to lie I was pretty much sold. I'm not the type of person to say, "oh yeah, bye wow, later wow, peace wow." I heard plently of people saying that about all the past MMO's, but we all know who still is taking control of that world.

First off, Rift looks like warhammer/dark age of camelot just by watching the videos. The only thing I really like is the fact you have 3 talent classes and can build your character in any way shape or form. That opens up al lot of options for players who are sick and tired of cookie cutter builds and everyone running around with the same talent set up.

I'm going to try it I think, just because it's something new and why not? Maybe it'll be a huge hit, but I'm going to go in this time with NO expectations cause the last time I did that, warhammer and Aion both failed me.

I don't understand how it isnt? It is a massive multiplayer online...role playing game.... I may be wrong in using that term but I just categorize anything that really involves the multiplayer/cooperative online play as an MMORPG. jun-hax

Nope, it's not massively multiplayer and it doesn't have a persistent world. It's an action RPG with co-op.

You know...I agree, wow.

Thank you for clarifying that up, now that you put it in those words it actually makes much more sense.

Apology for the mistake

[QUOTE="jun-hax"]I don't understand how it isnt? It is a massive multiplayer online...role playing game.... I may be wrong in using that term but I just categorize anything that really involves the multiplayer/cooperative online play as an MMORPG. UpInFlames

Nope, it's not massively multiplayer and it doesn't have a persistent world. It's an action RPG with co-op.

Ironically, Diablo 3 is sort of heading towards being an MMO with some of the new features they keep adding and talking about adding. However, I wish they would reserve some discretion for an actual Diablo MMO. Ah, well.

[QUOTE="dannenissan2"]I'm in the Rift beta. Rift is decent, but that's all it's going to be, decent.Roland123_basic

It's definitely better than decent from my beta experience thus far; the amount of polish in this game already is bar-none. I can't agree with you enough on your last point though. People dabble far too often in extremities; "kill WoW or go home." I think a lot of people are just looking for an alternative to WoW that doesn't bleed out like a stuck pig after the free month is up.

I must refrain myself from typing in Diablo 3 on youtube or going on their main site cause honestly I will rest in a hyerbaric chamber until that game comes out.

I didn't get a chance to play Rift yet, well because i just pre-ordered..but yah, as for a WoW killer?...ehh..

I dont like that term anymore because the past 2-3 game's I tried were absolute failures and not because "i love wow" but mainly it just didn't grab my attention the way I thought it would.

WoW is fun for me because I was lucky enough to experience raiding with a guild cooperatively and most of all efficiently. Once you beat end-game in wow its just like any other game but thats the nature of this....its video game.

Rift I'm excited for just because its something new...and Ill be saying the same for Guild Wars 2, and SWOR, and Diablo3 and so on.

It would be very amazing to see a game actually come out and be a top competitor and stay that way for....along time.We haven't really seen that...

rift is better than decent..... come on. WAR, AION, LOTRO we all DECENT. Rift is very good.... but no, it is not a WOW killer. it will probably have a small (400-500K) but active population along the lines of EVE or COH.Roland123_basic

That's fine with me. The whole notion of "WoW Killer" just seems so pointless. Who cares, really? As long as a game is profitable enough that the developers can continue to support it with new content that's all that matters. The only people who seem to care and obsess about the whole, "mine's bigger," thing are the marketing departments and rabid fans. I know I personally couldn't care less.

At any rate, I've heard some really good things about RIFT and the open-ended character development and dynamic world are two things that appeal to me. Out of the MMORPGs coming out, it's the one I am keeping the closest eye on. Now, if I could just get that beta invite...