Comments on: LOTRO update, Final Fantasy screws the pacing, and can SWTOR really get 2 million subs?

By: openedge1

openedge1 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:10:24 +0000

You said
“Yes. Star Wars is a big and very well known franchise. But if that was all it took, then why isn’t LOTRO larger than World of Warcraft?”

Because it is not a good game.

It also took the alternate license of the books. Thus, it could not “associate” itself with the movie license models, which are shown to “sell” more copies of games, etc.

Just watch how well “The Lord of the Rings: War in the North”, the new game from Snowblind sells…it will walk all over LOTRO.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:25:39 +0000

“But I’ll still wish it was Mass Effect Online rather than Star Wars”

I agree completely!

By: Jomu

Jomu — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:08:18 +0000

mmm fresh bagel, cream cheese and smoked salmon.. i could have that every day

By: John

John — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:07:37 +0000

1,999,996. I wanna play Mass Effect too. And Dragon Age. Unfortunately, my computer came down with a bad case of failed PSU (it started making crackling noises – not usually a good sign in an electronic component). Besides it couldn’t play those games anyway…I got it late 2005 and only upgraded them slightly. Oh well. I’ll be getting a new one later this year capable of actually doing these things. I’m currently only on chapter 4 of FFXIII though, but I’m really enjoying it. I got a little out of touch with it when it forced me to fight using 3 ravagers. That was painful, slow and annoying, and I was so glad when Lightning came back and I could actually hold chains again . Anyway, did I have a point here? Don’t think I did…..

By: ZombiePirate

ZombiePirate — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:38:30 +0000

Make that 1,999,997. I need to get my X-box fixed so I can play ME2.

By: Magson

Magson — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:35:28 +0000

1,999,998 others Spinks. I’ll be playing with ya.

But yeah, for them to announce they “need” 2 million subs is silly. The game looks fun, and I love Star Wars, but I loved LOTR and don’t play LOTRO. Take that for what you will.

By: Dblade

Dblade — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:32:18 +0000

I never could get into Mass Effect for the same reasons spinks. I think I would have liked it more as a pure action game, with the first game’s attempt to blend shooter and rpg meh for me. Then again, I like JRPGs more too.

2 million subs is a lot. Really, apart from WOW have we even seen consistent 500k plus subs? Like I said on Massively, they aren’t going to be able to count on a weak market, and I’d pick FF 14 over it myself evenw ith Bioware and Star Wars in general.

By: spinks

spinks — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:00:46 +0000

The issue I have with Mass Effect is that I am really bad at shooters and don’t much enjoy them. I never finished the first ME, but I did love the background, characters, and everything else apart from the combat

It’s on my to-do list sometime. I’ll turn everything onto ultra-easy and see if I can get through it.

By: Longasc

Longasc — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:58:01 +0000

I wonder if they make a Mass Effect or Dragon Age MMO first, if at all. SW:TOR will keep them busy for sure, and there is not so much point in offering your potential customer base two Scifi MMOs. Or two MMOs, unless SW:TOR is running so freaking well that they can dare to think about a fantasy alternative with a DA:O based MMO.

But this talk about Mass Effect made me wonder… I know it is comparing apples and oranges, so it comes down to taste. But BlueKae already told me he liked Mass Effect 2 a lot more than Dragon Age. Did you also like it as much?

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:24:37 +0000

But I’ll still wish it was Mass Effect Online rather than Star Wars…

I’m with ya on that one! I still think after Mass Effect 3 is finished, BioWare will begin work on a Mass Effect MMOG. But I do hope they come up with a better name than just tacking “Online” onto the end. Always seemed a bit uncreative. And redundant, no?