Comments on: Links for the Summer’s end http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/links-for-the-summers-end/ MMOs and game design Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Greenborne http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/links-for-the-summers-end/#comment-2873 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:21 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2089#comment-2873 Regarding the sim aspect of MMOs and not getting focussed on achievements and the like, the original version of SWG before all the CU and NGE killed the game’s souls was brilliant. I played on the US server Starsider which was labelled during beta as the non-official RP server (SOE didn’t do RP servers). It was amazing, OK there was still the combat and doing missions side of thing but due to the sandbox nature of the game, the tie-in with Star Wars, player housing etc… you really did feel a part of the worl, especially as a part of the RP scene. I hav efond memories of going to parties, hosting some of them myself and being around people who also wanted that immersion. It’s the pinnacle of my MMO history.

]]> By: Rem http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/links-for-the-summers-end/#comment-2851 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:59:52 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2089#comment-2851 Come on Spinks, we all know you’re in fact Ferarro #9.

]]> By: We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/links-for-the-summers-end/#comment-2848 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:01:11 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2089#comment-2848 Unfortunately I don’t get the bank holiday off work tomorrow which is a shame :(

Molyneux’s idea is pretty interesting but I’m not sure I buy it. You only need to look at WAR and see if that the evil side was hugely more popular than the good. I’m not sure he’s really basing his idea of any solid facts.

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