Replacing WOW...

Thje only game that really has a chance is WAR.

With that pushed back to mid 08 it looks like another year of domince for WOW.

Thje only game that really has a chance is WAR.

With that pushed back to mid 08 it looks like another year of domince for WOW.

redstormrisen

I'm still holding out for WAR also but i don't see it as casual friendly as WoW.

also to the TC. the WoW graphics engine was dated at launch. it's not the graphics that makes the game. the mmorpg genre is least effected by graphics.

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Thje only game that really has a chance is WAR.

With that pushed back to mid 08 it looks like another year of domince for WOW.

Ontain

I'm still holding out for WAR also but i don't see it as casual friendly as WoW.

also to the TC. the WoW graphics engine was dated at launch. it's not the graphics that makes the game. the mmorpg genre is least effected by graphics.

War has the juggernaught of games workshops fanbase behind them. Its rather big.

It's not likely in the short to medium term, because two things have to happen:

Firstly, Blizzard needs to mess up. They need to make WoW so unattractive that people that have invested hundreds and thousands of hours and hard earned cash (and there are millions of them) are so fed up/bored that they want to jump ship. This needs to happen because in the MMORPG there is really only room for one WoW sized entity, since MMORPGs are so exclusive to competitors.

Secondly, a top notch developer needs to make a great MMORPG. This isn't completely unlikely, seeing as Bioware is rumoured to be working on a project, but it would really need to be both something quite new and remarkable, but also something accessible. Even if it was slightly better than WoW, that really isn't enough; people have invested so much into WoW that they need incentive to go somewhere else, as well as reason to leave.

[QUOTE="Ontain"][QUOTE="redstormrisen"]

Thje only game that really has a chance is WAR.

With that pushed back to mid 08 it looks like another year of domince for WOW.

redstormrisen

I'm still holding out for WAR also but i don't see it as casual friendly as WoW.

also to the TC. the WoW graphics engine was dated at launch. it's not the graphics that makes the game. the mmorpg genre is least effected by graphics.

War has the juggernaught of games workshops fanbase behind them. Its rather big.

it'll be big among the niche of warhammer fans and pvp/rvr/"hardcore" mmorpgers. (like my guild) but i don't believe it'll have the mass appeal of WoW. the only way that would happen is if these niche players influence a lot of WoW players to jump ship. Trust me i hope that many switch. it'll be more noobs for me and my guild to slaughter.

Guild Wars stole a few WoW-ers, right?
I think Guild Wars 2, if they can keep up with their promises, has the potential to take quite a few away because of no fees.

I'm still in dubio about WoW myself.. i'm glad i quit it, but there's a really lovely person i can't meet right now in any other way than on WoW..
Not fair.KungfuKitten

not many. the wow membership still increased when GW came out.

I recommend EVE Online, very addictive and has an incredible amount of depth! http://www.eve-online.com/ try it out free for 14 days, it ROCKS!!!

everyone from warcraft 3 jumped to WoW. What made WoW interesting was because you get to visit a lot of the places and meet charactors from the original Warcraft game. That's one reason i think it's so popular.

The other reason, i believe, is because players are CONDITIONED to playing wow. A player does a quest, the player gains experience. The player gains experience, and levels up. The player now knows when he quests, he levels up. Come end game.. a Player runs dungeons, player defeats boss, player receives loot, player learns that running dungeon gets better loot.

Classic psychologyright at work here. Blizz conditioned WoWers to keep playing, they created a hungerthat can only be fulfilled by playing the game. It's like a drug, people are addicted to WoW.

More time invested = More rewards. When will it end?!

WoW took away way too much time, ever since stopping WoW, i've been doing a lot more constructive things.

everyone from warcraft 3 jumped to WoW. What made WoW interesting was because you get to visit a lot of the places and meet charactors from the original Warcraft game. That's one reason i think it's so popular.

The other reason, i believe, is because players are CONDITIONED to playing wow. A player does a quest, the player gains experience. The player gains experience, and levels up. The player now knows when he quests, he levels up. Come end game.. a Player runs dungeons, player defeats boss, player receives loot, player learns that running dungeon gets better loot.

Classic psychologyright at work here. Blizz conditioned WoWers to keep playing, they created a hungerthat can only be fulfilled by playing the game. It's like a drug, people are addicted to WoW.

More time invested = More rewards. When will it end?!

WoW took away way too much time, ever since stopping WoW, i've been doing a lot more constructive things.

Keweli

I'd disagree that everyone from Warcraft 3 jumped to WoW, that's where a lot of the initial audience came from, but there's no way nearly 9 million people (and that's at the moment, not cumulative) were all WC3 players. WoW was suprisingly good at attracting people who had never played a MMORPG or Warcraft game.

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]Guild Wars stole a few WoW-ers, right?
I think Guild Wars 2, if they can keep up with their promises, has the potential to take quite a few away because of no fees.

I'm still in dubio about WoW myself.. i'm glad i quit it, but there's a really lovely person i can't meet right now in any other way than on WoW..
Not fair.Ontain

not many. the wow membership still increased when GW came out.

There are so many better MMORPG's out there then WOW, but i really dont want to get involved in another.Goldensun48

Ignorance ftw lol, WoW is by far the best MMORPG out, check reviews check fanbase check whatever you want, what is it cool to say wow sucks now?

[QUOTE="Goldensun48"]There are so many better MMORPG's out there then WOW, but i really dont want to get involved in another.Eddie-Vedder

Ignorance ftw lol, WoW is by far the best MMORPG out, check reviews check fanbase check whatever you want, what is it cool to say wow sucks now?

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[QUOTE="Goldensun48"]There are so many better MMORPG's out there then WOW, but i really dont want to get involved in another.xX0LDSCH00LXx

Ignorance ftw lol, WoW is by far the best MMORPG out, check reviews check fanbase check whatever you want, what is it cool to say wow sucks now?

lol no it´s not, I have such a hard time finding good games to play, I just don´t enojy anything anymore, and WoW complety blew me away, I don´t play anymore, wasted to much of my life on that game, but it's still one of those games that you can throw in thousands of hours and love every one of them. The community, pve, pvp, professions even the auction house are so addictive.

Doesn't matter, MMORPG and subscription based gaming is a joke gone stale. If I fancy to participate in such games, there are other means.Terram

A joke gone stale... is that the new way to describe "constantly growingin popularity"?

A game to steal WOW players don't need to be a deep, inovative, revolutionary or something like that. WOW isn't. It's just an ADDICTIVE game, that everyone can play, and doesn't require ANY skills.And yes it is also a balanced, well made game.

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[QUOTE="Goldensun48"]There are so many better MMORPG's out there then WOW, but i really dont want to get involved in another.Eddie-Vedder

Ignorance ftw lol, WoW is by far the best MMORPG out, check reviews check fanbase check whatever you want, what is it cool to say wow sucks now?

lol no it´s not, I have such a hard time finding good games to play, I just don´t enojy anything anymore, and WoW complety blew me away, I don´t play anymore, wasted to much of my life on that game, but it's still one of those games that you can throw in thousands of hours and love every one of them. The community, pve, pvp, professions even the auction house are so addictive.

Dude how could u forget dungeons i wasted all my time tryin to get the best armor/weapons from them...Mages Ftw :P

WOW is slowly losing popularity, not in sheer numberrs...but WOW itself is growing slowery then the MMO industry...and even though WOW is still by far the most popular MMO...there are others, like Guild Wars and LOTR that are making very strong headway....

but Blizzard is smart....if needed, they will just release another MMO.

A good star wars mmorpg would destroy it. JPOBS

Aren't there rumors of a KOTOR MMO?

If so, that would be sweet.

WoW is amazing but just you wait for the bioware/lucasarts mmorpg that will be coming out!Frostbite24

kotor baby! i hope it'll be kotor online or huxley (fps's are the best ever)

Thje only game that really has a chance is WAR.

With that pushed back to mid 08 it looks like another year of domince for WOW.

redstormrisen

the gameplay looks better ... but the graphics are aweful for 2007 .... i hope they pushed it back to make it look better