Quick Thought
October 15, 2010 9 Comments
I don’t really have a lot of vested stock in the outcome of SW:TOR. I’m sure I’ll play it. I loved the KotOR games, but I’m meh so far on Dragon Age, and finding it near impossible to continue with it after a certain point. I’m a SciFi nerd and Star Wars fan, so all that combined means I’m going to give it a whirl as well. What it ends up being or how well it ends up doing, is not going to be a huge impactor on me, except as a person who is interested in gaming and MMOs as a whole.
Still, there’s a part of me that wants it to just do absolutely brilliant monetarily. A part of me wants it to blow the doors off of everyone’s home and kick the snot out of doubters. Not because I have a desire for it to be great for my own enjoyment, but just because I’m sick of hearing everyone jump on the bandwagon of gloom.
So, while Ardwulf calculates failure, Tobold predict’s it, Syncaine prays for it, and Keen’s probably off in a corner somewhere twitching with anticipatory glee for it’s release, that will only turn into full-on contempt two month’s later when he realizes it’s not WoW, all the while continuing to refuse to accept reality; that he’s not a PvPer.
Being negative about upcoming games is the new, cool, hip thing to do. Honestly, I don’t think the market has room for all of these big games, but I hope it does, and I hope SWTOR blows everyone’s expectations to the Jupiter, and slaps said expectations in the face for being negative Nancys.
About Shadow
Shadow-war 
I don’t twitch. I just shake a little.
Almost used “shake” or “quiver”.
“Being negative about upcoming games is the new, cool, hip thing to do”
People just jumping on my bandwagon, that I inherited from Lum.
SW:TOR is just an easy enabler because of how obvious it’s flaws are on paper. Mix in a little angry worker rant or two, and there ya go.
But he’s old, and crotchety. When he does it, it’s old-school 🙂
He was not as old (but likely just as crotchety) back when he started, before the word ‘blog’ existed. Now he just posts tractor pron.
HOT tractor porn!
It will blow past Jupiter to Uranus
How many successful MMO launches have there been?
Experience leads us down this path, which though negative is realistic. If you want to get the best out of an MMO, the one thing you don’t do is hammer the ass out of it in the first 1 – 6 months, when it’s issues are at there most glaring.
its easier to put something/someone down than it is to compliment and praise it 😛