Poll: The Old Republic: Wow killer? (Supposedly)

[TheFacelessOne]

I'm just nearly screamed at the sight of "WoW" and "Killer" next to each other.

No, no game will ever defeat WoW. It is just to big, and everything else is just to late.

So, just let the people play which ever they think is awesome.

I'll be heading back to Aion now.

An awesome MMO.

With awesome classes.

With wings.

 

[NickCaligo42]

*sigh* No, it's not a WoW-killer. It fills a completely different set of desires and pleasures than WoW and can't take its place, but will co-exist alongside it rather neatly.

Also, Aion isn't a WoW-killer either. It's too damn pretentious.

 

[thiosk]

I give OR a pass because at least players won't have to level up an ork... again.

I maintain that no one really wanted to stick with WAR because you'd leave your human mage for a... human... mage.

 

[Thurmer]

Can someone please get rid of this concept WoWkiller? It doesn't exist because it won't happen, 11million players or whatever aren't going to suddenly switch games, maybe a few thousand but just stop saying it please...

 

[Pielikey]

Nothing ever has, and nothing ever will, dethrone the mighty World of Warcraft.

 

[Chipperz]

No. No it won't kill World of Warcraft.

On release day, thousands, maybe millions of people will buy it. It's a big franchise.

On release day, it will be buggy, BioWare won't have anticipated the server load, there will be lag, massive lag. A large proportion of people will either give up then, or go back to Warcraft.

Over the next few days, power levellers will outrun the content because BioWare (caring about the story! THE STORY DAMMIT!!) didn't expect them to level that fast. A decent sized number of them will get bored and wander off. Many of these will go back to Warcraft.

EDIT - Oops, I forgot a vital step! Over these tentative first few weeks, BioWare will patch the arse off of it. Force Lightning will go from the best ability in the game to worthless crap. Everyone that took wrist-mounted flamers will spend their cash on a respec and quit, dissolusioned that this game could ever get out of open beta.

Over the next few weeks, the realisation will dawn that the game is pretty much just World of Warcraft, just with the USP of full dialogue. This will make people feel special... Until they start finding other players who look exactly the same as them. This isn't huge, but it'll put off some people. Some of these will go back to Warcraft, where at least they've got used to looking like everyone else...

Eventually, people will get to the endgame, whereupon they will realise that it's nowhere near as huge, polished or good as Warcraft. Some will start alts and begin the cycle again. Others will leave, because Cataclysm/ANY other game just looks so damn shiney.

This is the timeline of all MMORPGs nowadays.

This being BioWare and Star Wars, it won't die out. Over the next twelve months, it will get a small but gradually growing actual player base. For every five people who try to join, four will be labelled "NOOB!" by the twats who think being max level means they've suddenly mastered the game, and one will find a small council of elite Jedi who will tutor them in the ways of the Old Republic, and who will in time become max level themselves, hopefully to be one of the elite council. The twats will get bored of constant PvP or Raids (plase god don't put raids in The Old Republic...), and many will probably go back to Warcraft, where they at least know the old dungeons.

So it is written, so shall it be.

 

[RollForInitiative]

TOR on the other hand has the BIGGEST development budget of any game EVER. almost $800 million.

I'd love to see you back those numbers up because I know for a fact it's not true.

On topic, I hate the term "WoW-killer." It's obnoxious and not something we'd ever willingly apply to ourselves.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Each time they call something "The WoW-killer", it ends badly.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Each time they call something "The WoW-killer", it ends badly.

They've called almost every MMO a "WoW Killer". Who exactly are "they"? We've yet to find out but once we do, "they" are going down...

Probably not. I really didn't see anything significant from the trailer. I don't think the same people who are into WoW are into Star Wars, either.

 

[darkorion69]

SW:TOR will not supplant WoW. The game will draw pretty much the SWG player base and be more flash than substance. MMO's in general seem to be going down more of a special effects path than a quality of game play path. Imo, WoW will be supplanted when something easy to use and accessible to very casual gamers is produced. Innovation is the key...and I don't mean prettier graphics.

 

[Adzma]

I personally don't like WoW, never did. Regardless from what I've experienced, heaps of MMOs come along claiming to be "WoWkillers," seem popular for a few days to a few weeks, and then the player base returns to WoW and said new MMO takes its place in the back row with the others.

The fact is some people consider WoW the greatest MMO of all time and these some make up the vast majority of its playing community. Now when Shiny MMO X comes along boasting new features, people experiment with it and compare it to WoW, what follows is why WoW will never be replaced. A lot of players disregard Shiny MMO X because they feel it is too different WoW meaning it's outside the norm and don't like the idea of change so they return to base. The other players disregard Shiny MMO X because they feel that it is trying to be too much like WoW and so they return to base. It's a vicious cycle, and I doubt that The Old Republic will be any different. However Shiny MMO X finds its player base in those that are left and it continues on, taking a step behind WoW.

MMO developers need to get out of this rut of trying to "out do" WoW and just focus on making something that will appeal to wider masses.

 

[Shoadowguard100]

I remember when Warhammer was supposed to kill WoW. Nothing can destroy WoW! Many have tried but all have failed!

 

[Sven und EIN HUND]

Every mmo that has tried competing with WOW has ended badly, believe me, I've played most of them that did try. I'm really looking forward to the old republic though actually, as it seems like a cool concept and if I ever get back into MMO gaming that'll be the one I go for.

 

[Kollega]

You can't kill WoW. It's like a Lich King - an undead ruler possessing enormous army of zombies. If you're making a MMO,you can either compete with it or do something completely different if you want to be bigger,but only thing that can kill WoW is some real-world catastrophe,like Activision Blizzard closing without selling rights.

 

[Twilight_guy]

The only thing that can kill WoW is a total server meltdown. Hundreds of fanboys will go into convulsions for days, and pretend like it never happened but WoW would be dead. I doubt if any game can kill WoW though

 

[Nullphantom]

First off, the term "WoW-killer" should be replaced with something like "WoW-challenger" or opponent or something. Second, you can't kill WoW because it can more addicting than crack, believe me, I played for like 3 years and have slipped away thanks to it being extremely repetitive and casual now. Lastly, why would you want to kill WoW when blizzard would probably make a new MMO, or rehash WoW even more, and then beat the shit out of your MMO. Instead make an MMO that appeals to a different crowd and everyone wins, well not really.....

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

While I'll hold my judgements until after the release of the game, it is the first one that has the necessary fan base to potentially rival WoW and dethrone the MMORPG Monopoly. And since it's not being done by SOE, it may actually stand a chance.

That said, it will be a competitor, not a total domination.

 

[somerandomguy76]

Can we remove that term and replace it with "Strong WoW Competitor"?

yes Yes YES! Just because something is on top doesn't mean that it needs to be killed. Geez people...

OT: I do not like MMOs. Strongly. So when I say that this game piqued my interest, it's saying something.

 

[Rhatar Khurin]

It's gonna blow!! *runs and hides*

 

[Da_Schwartz]

Big ol hyped teaser vid we saw..beta went up and crashed hard..i'm no starwars fanboy or a hater. I actually loved the KotoR series. But i have zero faith in this MMO until i get my hands on it personally. For i have played galaxies. ::shudders:: Star wars is a tricky universe to attempt to capture within an MMO setting. More so then any other genre, or fantasy world attempted so far. Player power balance will be key. And i think it will be near impossible to pull off in an mmo build. And if it is somehow, dumbed down jedi and uber scoundrels may be very unsatisfying to some fans.

OT though: Seriously, there's no need for WoW to "die" for another game to be successful. Games can survive independently or some people (OMG dare i say it!!) may even play both. I don't care if WoW lives or dies by Old republic, or aion, or farmville, whatever...