Comments for Oakstout

Comment on That’s one BIG, SCARY, bear. by Outpace

Outpace — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:51:37 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Outpace.

Comment on Moving day has arrived. by JoBildo

JoBildo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:08:24 +0000

I am so inconvenienced…. you sir, suck bigtime and I’ll never read another word you write.

Comment on And the winner is…. by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:24:15 +0000

You sure got it right when you said that the game needs fixing! There’s so many things that are not working or not working properly, and they’re much more noticeable once you get out of Tortage and the newbie levels. The first portion of the game is really much more polished.

Comment on A Diamond in the Rough. by Thallian

Thallian — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:33:40 +0000

I say: “fun” Can anyone outdo me on the vagueness factor?

Comment on The Hills are alive… by bill

bill — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:44:18 +0000

Alt band/supergroup (of sorts) alert!!

“Foxboro Hot Tubs” is a group consisting of all the members of Green Day and, well….three other guys. The album is called “Stop Drop and Roll” is aimed more at ’60’s garage rock than the punk-pop Green Day is known for.

My favorite so far is “Mother Mary” which sounds a little like The Strokes to me.

Comment on A Diamond in the Rough. by Oakstout

Oakstout — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:37:35 +0000

I felt the same about Conan. It wasn’t getting all the hype expect from bloggers and it was pretty high for a while till they blew it with the open beta. I think that caused Funcom to pull back a bit till they made sure the launch would go off right.

I going to try WAR. I agree its getting a good bit of hype from their own press machine. They do monthly video podcasts and send out information packets to all the web magazines. I’m not exactly sure if this is a good or bad thing. I’m only interested in it because the people I’ve met while playing WoW tell me it should be better. Course they are fanboiz of WAR and play the tabletop and Dawn of war video game, which I have learned to love again.

I’m going to keep an open mind. If it appeals to me, I’ll try it. I’ve done the same with just about all other MMO’s. Being WoW like might not be a bad thing, since I really like WoW. And even i have been known to say that the next WoW klller will be Blizzard’s replacement, so why can’t a WoW clone be the next killer game?

Comment on A Diamond in the Rough. by Talyn

Talyn — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:14:13 +0000

AoC was over-hyped? Hmm, I must’ve missed all that then. Other than a few bloggers or forum posters, I don’t recall seeing much hype from Funcom at all until the past few months.

WAR on the other hand, is waaaaaay to far-gone already. Here I thought McQuaid whipped people into a frenzy with his Vanguard posts… Mythic’s enthusiasm has the fanboi’s on an all-time high and if WAR isn’t the friggin Second Coming — which it won’t be — people are going to be pissed.

I hope WAR is something new, but all I keep reading from the beta guys is “just like WoW, minus the fun.” On the flip side, I’ve never cared at all for the Warhammer IP or the tabletop games, so personally I’m only watching WAR from the periphery.

Comment on A Diamond in the Rough. by Nick Carraway

Nick Carraway — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:26:44 +0000

A couple years? By then Blizzard will have started releasing info on it’s next MMO.

I’m becoming more and more of the persuasion that Blizzard is the only thing that will ‘beat’ Blizzard. They only need to hang in there for a couple more years, and the horizon is mostly clear of threats.

Comment on A Diamond in the Rough. by oakstout

oakstout — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:27:32 +0000

True and massively on line isn’t helping. They reported that it got top marks on a lot of reviewer sites and the fact is only 2 sites have even posted a review.

Also, just because 400,000 boxes have been sold, doesn’t make it a great game. How many of those people will stay after the free 30 days is up?

I just hope that hype doesn’t kill WAR. That is a game I am really looking forward too now that Conan hasn’t met expectations.

To be honest, it will take a couple of years before something comes along and kills WoW. EQ was on top for a very long time and only lost the top spot due to out of date graphics and a desire for SoE to future proof their replacement, EQ2. If they hadn’t tried to reach so far with EQ2, they would have beaten WoW hands down.

When WoW becomes the old kid on the block, there will be a new champion around the corner. Lets hope that blizzard doesn’t over reach with their WoW replacement.

Comment on A Diamond in the Rough. by Nick Carraway

Nick Carraway — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:04:19 +0000

I think a key thing is NOT to overhype your game.

AoC had the most hype I have ever seen in an MMO. I mean, do you remember the epic vision they painted for us in the beginning? People were expecting this title to descend from heaven and smite WoW in two.

Now compare that with the game today.

It’s good, but doesn’t live up to the hype.

Kids, don’t overhype your games.