This thread is in response to a review for Runes of Magic on the PC. You are encouraged to view the review in a new window before reading this thread.
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Author: randxian
Posted: April 23, 2009 (07:18 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I don't agree with the angle you take here. It seems to me the biggest knock on this game is that it essentially offers nothing new from LotR and WoW. But you also point out there are no monthly fees.
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Author: sashanan
Posted: April 24, 2009 (04:37 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The way I see it - and take it as you will because I'm not much of an MMO player - the monthly fee ones are one category and the no monthly fee ones are another. In the same way that I'd expect less of a $20 budget title than of a full priced game, I'd also sooner compare a "free" MMO (I assume there is an initial purchase involved though?) to others of its kind - be it Maple Story or CABAL Online, the one I've played most recently, than to WoW.
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Author: randxian
Posted: April 24, 2009 (05:18 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Didn't mean to come down so hard on the review in my initial statement. I think it's well written and flows well; I just don't like the approach taken.
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Author: Melaisis
Posted: May 03, 2009 (04:30 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Aye. In the initial draft I knocked the whole 'been there, done that' aspect hard. As you say, the review does alienate those of you who haven't played many MMOs, but this is 2009 and they've been around for almost a decade. Even if you've just played MapleStory or even RuneScape, you'll find that most of the features are simply copy and pasted here.
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