Star Wars: The Old Republic is slated to come out spring of next year and it sounds pretty awesome to me. What excites me about TOR is not the fact that its a Star Wars MMO, but the fact that Bioware is doing it, and I’m a huge fan of their work. I am, however, somewhat skeptic as to how a story driven MMO is going to work out. I mean, can a true MMO be story driven? Will the game still be worth playing once I’ve reached the end of this story. I’m sure there will be plenty of replay value with many different paths you can travel to reach the end but still. In my mind, an MMO is an ever evolving process that I build on every time I log in. Anything else, sounds like KOTOR with multiplayer. I am a huge fan of KOTOR and the thought of playing it online with multiple players sounds awesome! I know there will be expansions and patches and the game will change and evolve from the developers, I just don’t think it will be long lived. I hope I’m wrong, and it turns out to be a huge hit and take over everyone’s lives. Just remember, if it does don’t wait until a drive by hooker steals your debit card before you cancel your WoW subscription.
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Repeat after me…
There is no such thing as a WoW Killer…
There is no such thing as a WoW Killer…
There is no such thing as a WoW Killer…
-Grim
The only WoW Killer is… WoW. People won’t leave for a new game unless WoW no longer appeals. To kill WoW, Blizzard would need to make changes to WoW that cause millions of people to stop enjoying the game.
Look at a game like EQ… yes, when WoW launched people left because they weren’t happy with EQ and wanted something new. WoW was it for many of them. But, many people did stay in EQ. With every expansion since, EQ has tried to steal every idea they can from WoW in an attempt to “win back” their lost users. Problem is the people who left are gone, and the people who stayed stayed because they didn’t want to play WoW. The more WoW-like EQ becomes, the more people they will lose. EQ is killing EQ, not WoW.
I must not Wow. WoW is the mind-killer. WoW is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my WoW. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the WoW has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.