Comments on: Editorial: A War with no meaning… http://www.gamefront.com/editorial-a-war-with-no-meaning/ Read the latest gaming news, get game downloads, mods, patches, and watch game videos at FileFront. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.gamefront.com/editorial-a-war-with-no-meaning/comment-page-1/#comment-13499 Anonymous Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:56:05 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/editorial-a-war-with-no-meaning/#comment-13499 So this is the mindset of all those who refuse to act in response to their governments and their government's masters. Well, I hope you enjoy your damned circuses. No disrespect to the author of this fine article nor it's commentors, but I cannot help but view the terrifying tragedies of the world put fourth through this article. I mean, a war carefully crafted so as not to exceed it's creators' limits, and of which its outcome is predetermined? a war that takes place in a distant land and of which the real losers are the people? "The shared world, the illusionary freedom of choice." - Seems like we live in a losing world, whether or not it be real and virtual. So this is the mindset of all those who refuse to act in response to their governments and their government’s masters. Well, I hope you enjoy your damned circuses.

No disrespect to the author of this fine article nor it’s commentors, but I cannot help but view the terrifying tragedies of the world put fourth through this article.

I mean, a war carefully crafted so as not to exceed it’s creators’ limits, and of which its outcome is predetermined? a war that takes place in a distant land and of which the real losers are the people?

“The shared world, the illusionary freedom of choice.” – Seems like we live in a losing world, whether or not it be real and virtual.

]]> By: Wee-Ooh http://www.gamefront.com/editorial-a-war-with-no-meaning/comment-page-1/#comment-13498 Wee-Ooh Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:03:43 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/editorial-a-war-with-no-meaning/#comment-13498 Thank you! I agree completely! That's one of the reasons I don't play MMOs very much because it wouldn't matter if I played anyway. :???: I might as well play a single player game... Thank you! I agree completely! That’s one of the reasons I don’t play MMOs very much because it wouldn’t matter if I played anyway. :???: I might as well play a single player game…

]]> By: Justen http://www.gamefront.com/editorial-a-war-with-no-meaning/comment-page-1/#comment-13497 Justen Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:26:18 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/editorial-a-war-with-no-meaning/#comment-13497 I absolutely agree with you on the importance of a dynamic game, but I feel you left out some things. Firstly, WoW's system of of opposing races and city raids, rather than a big happy family of orcs and elves (of course, not a new idea, but very well implemented) does offer a very real feeling of an ongoing war; logging into Orgrimmar under a full force Allied-raid really makes that point. Secondly, you didn't mention Planetside at all, and the whole MMOFPS is built around a nonstop, dynamic battle for land control. Honestly it wasn't really...fun, but Planetside is closest to the concept of a dynamic world. As far as being an individual, it's a lot more fun in an MMO if the game doesn't treat you like a special person. As a spy in Star Wars: Galaxies, it was ridculous to think that not only was Han Solo flying in and rescuing *every single player* at the opening, but somehow I had magical powers far better than the resident NPC spy. It's nice when the NPCs talk about how great I am, but the fifty other players turning in the same quest with me all didn't just save the planet. Almost Done. Unless servers hold less than a thousand players, it's pretty hard to get game-famous. Past that, anything cool one guy did had alreayd been done a dozen times over. Finally, if the world is truly dynamic, then a steady stream of new content would be needed and it's infeasible to think coders could keep up with players. Thanks for posting your article, you brought up a very serious MMO issue. I absolutely agree with you on the importance of a dynamic game, but I feel you left out some things.
Firstly, WoW’s system of of opposing races and city raids, rather than a big happy family of orcs and elves (of course, not a new idea, but very well implemented) does offer a very real feeling of an ongoing war; logging into Orgrimmar under a full force Allied-raid really makes that point.
Secondly, you didn’t mention Planetside at all, and the whole MMOFPS is built around a nonstop, dynamic battle for land control. Honestly it wasn’t really…fun, but Planetside is closest to the concept of a dynamic world.
As far as being an individual, it’s a lot more fun in an MMO if the game doesn’t treat you like a special person. As a spy in Star Wars: Galaxies, it was ridculous to think that not only was Han Solo flying in and rescuing *every single player* at the opening, but somehow I had magical powers far better than the resident NPC spy. It’s nice when the NPCs talk about how great I am, but the fifty other players turning in the same quest with me all didn’t just save the planet.
Almost Done. Unless servers hold less than a thousand players, it’s pretty hard to get game-famous. Past that, anything cool one guy did had alreayd been done a dozen times over.
Finally, if the world is truly dynamic, then a steady stream of new content would be needed and it’s infeasible to think coders could keep up with players.
Thanks for posting your article, you brought up a very serious MMO issue.

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