Matrix Online Goes Out With Style
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You make a good point but, this is out of character for a big name company. Nine times out of ten, a company would act like a soulless money machine but in this instance you got a company putting more money into something that has failed to yield a sustainable profit. I look at it like this. A huge billion dollar company cared enough about the small fanbase of a failing MMO that they put money into it(knowing full well that there would be no profit mind you) in order to please the games small fanbase is inconceiveable. I mean a company that actually cares about people is preposterous.Standby said:
Well I have very mixed emotions about this one because I played closed beta of MxO back in the day and really wanted this game to work.
It follwed the classic MMORPG development path and coul be used as a "how not to" for anyone considering making a game from a successful franchise.
Its demise is a testament to arrogant designers, closed minded developers, agressive marketers, ambitious timelines and a general level of overconfidence and unwillingness to listen to the fans, that could have only ever ended in tears.
BIOWARE - Look hard at this lesson and remember it everytime you see hundreds of posts on the SWOR forums saying your direction wont work. Yes they are only fans and WTF would they know. But maybe... just maybe... gamers arnt as dumb as you think.
Most people on the MxO forums at release predicted this outcome. The only surprise to many of us was how long it took.
It follwed the classic MMORPG development path and coul be used as a "how not to" for anyone considering making a game from a successful franchise.
Its demise is a testament to arrogant designers, closed minded developers, agressive marketers, ambitious timelines and a general level of overconfidence and unwillingness to listen to the fans, that could have only ever ended in tears.
BIOWARE - Look hard at this lesson and remember it everytime you see hundreds of posts on the SWOR forums saying your direction wont work. Yes they are only fans and WTF would they know. But maybe... just maybe... gamers arnt as dumb as you think.
Most people on the MxO forums at release predicted this outcome. The only surprise to many of us was how long it took.
Honestly, this article simplifies and misleads about what was going on. The devs wanted to give everyone a little fun, but there was no real end event, just a giant party.
It's not like any of this was something new. They basically let it be Halloween, Christmas, and the end of the world all rolled into one for the past month or so. Lupines, zombie spawns, yetis in special Christmas missions, snowball fighting, santa-inspired outfits, etc.
The dark skies, red skies with eyes, and ash and snow were all remnants of previous events and would cycle through the day. Sometimes it would be pitch dark (Halloween), sometimes normal greenish tinted sky, sometimes a bright blue sky (the end day was all bright and blue sky), sometimes it would snow, other times the snow would turn red, other times it was that black sky with black snow/ask falling down, other times the sky would turn red and sometimes have those creepy eyes in it.
However, they did a good job with what they had. For the last couple of days, they leveled everyone to 50 and gave us all 4 billion info to level stuff and buy things with, added super rare and awesome loot to normal vendors, then leveled us to 69 the day before shutdown, and finally, to level 99 on the final day.
My guild and I spent time taking down an agent now that we were 99, we took on some challenges in small teams that were formerly only doable by very large numbers, and just basically had a great time experiencing some things we never did before. Even though it wasn't a new event, it was fun and memorable and people like Walrus and Dracomet did a very good job with what they had at their disposal.
It's not like any of this was something new. They basically let it be Halloween, Christmas, and the end of the world all rolled into one for the past month or so. Lupines, zombie spawns, yetis in special Christmas missions, snowball fighting, santa-inspired outfits, etc.
The dark skies, red skies with eyes, and ash and snow were all remnants of previous events and would cycle through the day. Sometimes it would be pitch dark (Halloween), sometimes normal greenish tinted sky, sometimes a bright blue sky (the end day was all bright and blue sky), sometimes it would snow, other times the snow would turn red, other times it was that black sky with black snow/ask falling down, other times the sky would turn red and sometimes have those creepy eyes in it.
However, they did a good job with what they had. For the last couple of days, they leveled everyone to 50 and gave us all 4 billion info to level stuff and buy things with, added super rare and awesome loot to normal vendors, then leveled us to 69 the day before shutdown, and finally, to level 99 on the final day.
My guild and I spent time taking down an agent now that we were 99, we took on some challenges in small teams that were formerly only doable by very large numbers, and just basically had a great time experiencing some things we never did before. Even though it wasn't a new event, it was fun and memorable and people like Walrus and Dracomet did a very good job with what they had at their disposal.
That's just awesome. I never got a chance to try matrix online, but i woulda loved to see it when it went out like that. Too bad its gone,but what a sweet way to end.
That´s dsiplaying styles both ways. beautiful anyway!fix-the-spade said:
Style is the most important.
Salute to Matrix
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Same here >.< Damn... wish I'd gotten this for my laptop before they shut down the servers D:vivaldiscool said:I was planning on trying this out someday.
Weird that they made it an event, but its nice that they did go out with style...
Check the Xfire's "Game Statistics" graph on the The Matrix Online page [http://www.xfire.com/games/tmo/The_Matrix_Online/].Captain Pancake said:
In case the graph is outdated by the time anybody reads this:
The thing wobbles, but never gets above 250 players for the month of July.
It hits 500 between July 29 and 30, 750 and then 1000 between July 30 and 31, and 1250 after July 31.
The text says:
Xfire users playing per day: 237
Minutes played per day: 76,996
Xfire Rank: #159, up from #229 yesterday
Highest: #30 on 2005-05-21
I suppose it might show an even higher number once Xfire processes the latest data.
"For us, the storm has passed. The war is over. But let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure...sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight; our fight, was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten."fix-the-spade said:
This seems an appropriate speech.
I'd imagine it was quite a sight to behold. At least the developers put effort into the end of something they've worked hard on, rather than just flipping the off switch at midnight.
So many memories...
MEMORIES OF TRYING TO INSTALL THE FUCKING THING?!
I'm not even exaggerating when I say that I spent an abominable amount of time attempting to install it. I'm glad I avoided it's mediocrity though, and I admire S.O.E for their ability to admit their mediocrity.
MEMORIES OF TRYING TO INSTALL THE FUCKING THING?!
I'm not even exaggerating when I say that I spent an abominable amount of time attempting to install it. I'm glad I avoided it's mediocrity though, and I admire S.O.E for their ability to admit their mediocrity.
