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http://www.gamespy.com/gdc2003/top10mmog/
Interesting stuff. But isn't this all kinda "well, duh"? And explains why every release of a MMOG to date has gone pretty poorly at first...
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Wonder if the guys at Blizzard went "oops, we forgot about number . . ."
I hope not. :)
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Quote:He talked about how limiting the current crop of games are, noting that EverQuest and Ultima Online were both originally developed to charge people hourly fees and hence were meant to be as addictive and time-consuming as possible. "We need games that can give people higher quality -- and shorter -- entertainment experiences," he asserted.
EQ was supposed to be by the hour? That explains quite a bit!
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FoxBat,Mar 7 2003, 11:13 PM Wrote:EQ was supposed to be by the hour? That explains quite a bit!
No kidding. Did you know that Verant actually employs psychologists to try and make their game as addictive as possible?
Disgusting, and one of the reasons I'll never touch EQ/2 with a 10 foot pole.
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This may be old news, but was that you on dii.net with the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly discussion on PK's?
Just curious.
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Occhidiangela,Mar 10 2003, 04:53 PM Wrote:This may be old news, but was that you on dii.net with the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly discussion on PK's?
Just curious.
Doesn't ring a bell.
*sigh* I really should get around to changing my Internet tag. Way too unoriginal and shared by half the Earth's population apparently.
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Mithrandir,Mar 8 2003, 04:08 PM Wrote:No kidding. Did you know that Verant actually employs psychologists to try and make their game as addictive as possible?
Disgusting, and one of the reasons I'll never touch EQ/2 with a 10 foot pole.
*Shudders* No wonder why they call it Evercrack :)
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Heh. That reminds me of the other name I used to give it: ForeverQuest.
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