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Article #682912Re: "Skyrim" successor to be multiplayer?
From: John Slade
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:41
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:41
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On 3/16/2012 5:59 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:43:31 -0400, Tim O<timo56REMOVE@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:46:27 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
>> <rstowleigh@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Might be good stuff if they find a way to keep what's good about
>>> existing Elder Scrolls games separate about what makes WoW and similar
>>> games so tiresome.
>>>
>>> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ZeniMax-Bethesda-Elder-Scrolls-Online-MMO,news-14481.html
>>
>> Great! This adds exactly what Skyrim was missing... 60,000 assholes
>> roaming around with names like BigHooters_FTW, Kill_All_Niggers and
>> Chronic420 floating above their heads.
>
> Well that's part of what I meant with the "if" statement above. There
> should be a way to make a MMORPG game less of a pain in the ass. It
> may come down to down to whether or not they are able to innovate, or
> if they just follow the formula that has already been laid out.
What everyone seems to want to do is be the next WOW. Well
WOW already has that market and anyone else trying to get into
it will probably fail. The best way to do multiplayer for TES
games is to keep a big single player campaign and allow people
to run servers on their own. Let them mod it and make the rules.
John
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