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This thread has been linked to the game 'World of Warcraft'.
Because quite apart from the fact that every spod in the world is creating new topics about it...yep...it's spoiled other online games.
I used to enjoy CS, however bad I am at it. Same for other similar games.
But now they're just so incredibly boring. Yeah, I know you can have 10min blasts on them, but I couldn't even manage that tonight on Vietcong.
Here's why I dont want to play anything else online.
The people playing it are decent, good people. Even The Horde are quality people.
It's a co-operative based style of play, later quests demand teaming up with others and helping each other out. I've added quite a few people to my friends list because we've teamed for missions and had a real laugh with each other.
It encourages you to help others out. Dungeon/Elite quests team people of different abilities together, so a healer needs to be protected by a fighter and vice versa.
There have been instances where I've been fighting a creature/NPC and doing badly, getting my ass kicked good. And somebody running past has come over and joined in, rescued me and then waved before running off to continue whatever they were doing.
It's a game where you get annoyed if somebody doesn't help and just runs past, and it's that rare of an occurence.
Hell, even The Horde have been, on occassion, nice.
Like today, me & Cycloon come across a huge gang of them laying waste to a Castle, butchering players and generally running amok. 7 of them come charging over to us. We promptly sit on the floor and wave, presenting as little a threat as we could. And they let us be, they saw we were no threat and let us live. Ok, so Cyc got mashed but he ran away. I sat there enjoying the show, one came over and bashed me in the face with his sword, but that was to make a point - he didn't finish me completely, just let me know he could.
The people playing make the game for the most part.
Cue tonight, joining Vietcong.
Pick a side, start. Dead in 12 seconds. Wait. Respawn. Dead in under a minute. Respawn. All the time the chat is awash with "F@*% u noob!!!" "Stop screaming over the TS please" "hahaha noob u sukk".
Angry, red-faced uberleet teens who think shooting an avatar quicker than they can do you gives them some superiority in life.
The notion of deathmatch just bores me to tears now. A moment's play before you get shot and then just sit there waiting to repeat.
And hackers galore, especially on CS.
Whereas with WoW, I haven't noticed cheaters/hackers. Because the point of the game isn't to win, it's the experience.
And what an experience.
Even after 3 weeks of solid play, I'm still sitting slack-jawed at what it throws up.
Me & Cyc were hunting Corpse Somethings and were having problems finding them in large enough groups to kill 20. So we wander about and discover some catacoombs.
We head down to discover? An area the size of Stormwind, just quietly hidden underground. We could quite easily have missed this massive place, there are no signposts to tell you it's there. Huge throne rooms, massive (and I do mean MASSIVE) tomb chambers.
Just underground. God knows how many other places I've missed because I didn't explore.
And, to me, that beats shooting some hyperactive 15yr old in the face who gets pissy because you dare to laugh at him (NATO clan spring to mind).
Nope, in my opinion there's World of Warcraft and then there's everything else.
I used to enjoy CS, however bad I am at it. Same for other similar games.
But now they're just so incredibly boring. Yeah, I know you can have 10min blasts on them, but I couldn't even manage that tonight on Vietcong.
Here's why I dont want to play anything else online.
The people playing it are decent, good people. Even The Horde are quality people.
It's a co-operative based style of play, later quests demand teaming up with others and helping each other out. I've added quite a few people to my friends list because we've teamed for missions and had a real laugh with each other.
It encourages you to help others out. Dungeon/Elite quests team people of different abilities together, so a healer needs to be protected by a fighter and vice versa.
There have been instances where I've been fighting a creature/NPC and doing badly, getting my ass kicked good. And somebody running past has come over and joined in, rescued me and then waved before running off to continue whatever they were doing.
It's a game where you get annoyed if somebody doesn't help and just runs past, and it's that rare of an occurence.
Hell, even The Horde have been, on occassion, nice.
Like today, me & Cycloon come across a huge gang of them laying waste to a Castle, butchering players and generally running amok. 7 of them come charging over to us. We promptly sit on the floor and wave, presenting as little a threat as we could. And they let us be, they saw we were no threat and let us live. Ok, so Cyc got mashed but he ran away. I sat there enjoying the show, one came over and bashed me in the face with his sword, but that was to make a point - he didn't finish me completely, just let me know he could.
The people playing make the game for the most part.
Cue tonight, joining Vietcong.
Pick a side, start. Dead in 12 seconds. Wait. Respawn. Dead in under a minute. Respawn. All the time the chat is awash with "F@*% u noob!!!" "Stop screaming over the TS please" "hahaha noob u sukk".
Angry, red-faced uberleet teens who think shooting an avatar quicker than they can do you gives them some superiority in life.
The notion of deathmatch just bores me to tears now. A moment's play before you get shot and then just sit there waiting to repeat.
And hackers galore, especially on CS.
Whereas with WoW, I haven't noticed cheaters/hackers. Because the point of the game isn't to win, it's the experience.
And what an experience.
Even after 3 weeks of solid play, I'm still sitting slack-jawed at what it throws up.
Me & Cyc were hunting Corpse Somethings and were having problems finding them in large enough groups to kill 20. So we wander about and discover some catacoombs.
We head down to discover? An area the size of Stormwind, just quietly hidden underground. We could quite easily have missed this massive place, there are no signposts to tell you it's there. Huge throne rooms, massive (and I do mean MASSIVE) tomb chambers.
Just underground. God knows how many other places I've missed because I didn't explore.
And, to me, that beats shooting some hyperactive 15yr old in the face who gets pissy because you dare to laugh at him (NATO clan spring to mind).
Nope, in my opinion there's World of Warcraft and then there's everything else.
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Domaye wrote:
> right everyones convinced me to buy it, but do you have to pay a
> monthly subscription?
The basic one-month subscription plan costs 8.99 per month.
The three-month plan costs 8.39 per month
The six-month plan costs 7.69 per month.
> right everyones convinced me to buy it, but do you have to pay a
> monthly subscription?
The basic one-month subscription plan costs 8.99 per month.
The three-month plan costs 8.39 per month
The six-month plan costs 7.69 per month.
cipro wrote:
> Just the other day when I was in the
> highlands, I happened to stumble onto a path just behind Stormgarde.
> I wasn't quite sure where it lead, but I didn’t have much else to do
> at the time so decided to follow it.
>
> I ended up on the coast near some cliff's where I found a pirate
> ship, then I did some quests to help the captain find some sunken
> treasure before going on his ship and using a cannon to fight off
> loads of sea creatures that attacked. And this is an area I had no
> idea existed in a place I'd spent the previous week thinking I’d
> fully explored.
Yes the cove! I accidently ran off the Thandol Span Bridge, and i couldnt find a way back up, so i ended up swimming miles to find a dock. I was swimming along and i come across that big ship! Its amazing what you find if you take the time to look.
> Just the other day when I was in the
> highlands, I happened to stumble onto a path just behind Stormgarde.
> I wasn't quite sure where it lead, but I didn’t have much else to do
> at the time so decided to follow it.
>
> I ended up on the coast near some cliff's where I found a pirate
> ship, then I did some quests to help the captain find some sunken
> treasure before going on his ship and using a cannon to fight off
> loads of sea creatures that attacked. And this is an area I had no
> idea existed in a place I'd spent the previous week thinking I’d
> fully explored.
Yes the cove! I accidently ran off the Thandol Span Bridge, and i couldnt find a way back up, so i ended up swimming miles to find a dock. I was swimming along and i come across that big ship! Its amazing what you find if you take the time to look.
right everyones convinced me to buy it, but do you have to pay a monthly subscription?
Goatboy wrote:
> Me & Cyc were hunting Corpse Somethings and were having problems
> finding them in large enough groups to kill 20. So we wander about
> and discover some catacoombs.
> We head down to discover? An area the size of Stormwind, just quietly
> hidden underground. We could quite easily have missed this massive
> place, there are no signposts to tell you it's there. Huge throne
> rooms, massive (and I do mean MASSIVE) tomb chambers.
> Just underground. God knows how many other places I've missed because
> I didn't explore.
That's what I like about this game, it's ability to throw up something new long after you've mistakenly thought you've discovered everything there is to see. Just the other day when I was in the highlands, I happened to stumble onto a path just behind Stormgarde. I wasn't quite sure where it lead, but I didn’t have much else to do at the time so decided to follow it.
I ended up on the coast near some cliff's where I found a pirate ship, then I did some quests to help the captain find some sunken treasure before going on his ship and using a cannon to fight off loads of sea creatures that attacked. And this is an area I had no idea existed in a place I'd spent the previous week thinking I’d fully explored.
And yes, grouping in this game is by far a more friendly experience than anything Counter Strike has to offer. I spent over an hour the other night in a group in the Scarlet Monastery, we fought our way through dozens of elite guards, almost getting killed a couple of times before we eventually reached the boss. Unfortunately, despite almost defeating him, we all got killed.
And after all that effort, no pasty faced teens shouting obscenities, no uber nerds threatening to HaX my computer and blow up my PC no one passed blame at all, just a "good effort, better luck next time". Even though the where quests to be completed, which we failed, we had too much fun grouping and fighting together to be concerned about something as trivial as not being able to finish a quest.
And still, 2 months on I'm not yet bored of this game, in fact it's so utterly engrossing that I haven't bought a game or DVD for weeks, and have consequently ended up saving money from playing WoW. Why can’t all online games be as fun as this?
> Me & Cyc were hunting Corpse Somethings and were having problems
> finding them in large enough groups to kill 20. So we wander about
> and discover some catacoombs.
> We head down to discover? An area the size of Stormwind, just quietly
> hidden underground. We could quite easily have missed this massive
> place, there are no signposts to tell you it's there. Huge throne
> rooms, massive (and I do mean MASSIVE) tomb chambers.
> Just underground. God knows how many other places I've missed because
> I didn't explore.
That's what I like about this game, it's ability to throw up something new long after you've mistakenly thought you've discovered everything there is to see. Just the other day when I was in the highlands, I happened to stumble onto a path just behind Stormgarde. I wasn't quite sure where it lead, but I didn’t have much else to do at the time so decided to follow it.
I ended up on the coast near some cliff's where I found a pirate ship, then I did some quests to help the captain find some sunken treasure before going on his ship and using a cannon to fight off loads of sea creatures that attacked. And this is an area I had no idea existed in a place I'd spent the previous week thinking I’d fully explored.
And yes, grouping in this game is by far a more friendly experience than anything Counter Strike has to offer. I spent over an hour the other night in a group in the Scarlet Monastery, we fought our way through dozens of elite guards, almost getting killed a couple of times before we eventually reached the boss. Unfortunately, despite almost defeating him, we all got killed.
And after all that effort, no pasty faced teens shouting obscenities, no uber nerds threatening to HaX my computer and blow up my PC no one passed blame at all, just a "good effort, better luck next time". Even though the where quests to be completed, which we failed, we had too much fun grouping and fighting together to be concerned about something as trivial as not being able to finish a quest.
And still, 2 months on I'm not yet bored of this game, in fact it's so utterly engrossing that I haven't bought a game or DVD for weeks, and have consequently ended up saving money from playing WoW. Why can’t all online games be as fun as this?
It sounds like a great game, how much a month is it? Can you also buy the subscription charges in game? I wouldn’t want to use my parents credit card for a while after ordering a £300 bike.
My favourite online game at the moment is still Enemy Territory, which is Counterstrike but done correctly. You do get whiners but they mainly only blue about the use of rocket launchers, which some players (incorrectly) consider to be an inbalanced weapon.
Game wrote:
> I'm a LIVE wh*re.
>
> I love Splinter Cell, HALO, and especially Rainbow Six 3 online. I
> could stick to a MMROPROPG thingy. I love a good adventure game, but
> I never really got into The Legend of Mir. I played with er-no and FM
> on Mir for a while, and they owned people but I just sat there and
> chased chickens while they did all the work. Made me look good,
> mind.
>
> WoW sounds great, but i'd get all stupid and eventually annoy the
> geeks on there. Plus, you can't use a Lightsabre - a fundemental flaw
> right there. haha
My Xbox isn't even set up anymore. I will set it up for CT, if I can stop playing WoW for so long....
And I ran away ONCE before and they didn't kill me. It's because I waked further in, and then I got chased out. I wouldn't run, I am MAN PRIEST!
> I'm a LIVE wh*re.
>
> I love Splinter Cell, HALO, and especially Rainbow Six 3 online. I
> could stick to a MMROPROPG thingy. I love a good adventure game, but
> I never really got into The Legend of Mir. I played with er-no and FM
> on Mir for a while, and they owned people but I just sat there and
> chased chickens while they did all the work. Made me look good,
> mind.
>
> WoW sounds great, but i'd get all stupid and eventually annoy the
> geeks on there. Plus, you can't use a Lightsabre - a fundemental flaw
> right there. haha
My Xbox isn't even set up anymore. I will set it up for CT, if I can stop playing WoW for so long....
And I ran away ONCE before and they didn't kill me. It's because I waked further in, and then I got chased out. I wouldn't run, I am MAN PRIEST!
Fired up Cs for a quicky last night. Within 5 minutes I thought "Nope, can't be bothered", hit f10, fired up WoW and gathered herbs and fished for a while. Oh, and got the ability to shapeshift into Phil Jupitus.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
Yep
I've only made one post and it had a dummy humping a bear.
I rest my case.
I've only made one post and it had a dummy humping a bear.
I rest my case.
*cries*
Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up!
All of you...
*sniff*
[S] I want it :(
Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up!
All of you...
*sniff*
[S] I want it :(
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