Re: What's really been killing PC gaming?

Thus spake Michael Vondung <mvondung@xxxxxxxxx>, Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:12:24
+0100, Anno Domini:

>On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:25:10 -0500, chainbreaker wrote:
>
>> Good to see you're still around, MV--you've been even farther under the
>> radar than me lately. :-)
>
>I've made the mistake of reopening my WoW account, and well, it's been
>soaking up most of my spare time. Knowing myself, it's just a matter of
>time until my interest decreases again, but right now there's new content
>that I enjoy, and since my old group is still around, I had an easy way
>back into the high-end game content of WoW (without a group, the game is
>sheer boredom). We just killed one of the dragon world bosses for the very
>first time on our server -- probably merely days before another group would
>have managed that, but we beat them! Okay, I'm straying ... ;)
>
>Also, there really aren't many new releases right now that interest me. I'm
>waiting for Oblivion, but seeing how that one was postponed to Q2
>(surprise, surprise), the waiting for "something meaty" will just continue.
>Oh, and I had bought Guild Wars ... unfortunately, I couldn't get friendly
>with it. The first two or three hours were fun, but then it felt like a bad
>clone of D2, minus most everything I enjoyed about D2. WoW at least has
>well-written quest desription and there is actually a vast background
>story. But hey, at least I tried it, just to find that you were right. ;)
>
>Hope all is well with you! :)
>
>M.

You turning into a disgruntled, jaded ol bastage like CB then MV? ;-p

For the record, GW is in many ways far better than D2 ever was. Just not in
the ways you'd like it to be, if that makes sense. If you've only just
piddled around in pre-sear or just made it into post-sear, then you ain't
seen nuthin yet! The game doesn't even begin to get interesting (PvE that
is) until you hit 12/13th lvl & get to the Shiverpeaks imo. But, maybe I'm
just jaded in a different way from you two, so who knows?

I hereby invoke a new law! I call it Nostromo's law, similar to Godwin's
law, it states thusly: anyone invoking a comparison between GW & D2 will be
assumed to have not played GW nearly enough to have a valid opinion & will
thus automatically lose the argument or all credibility in relation to GW
henceforth! >8^D

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