Comments on: Why World of Warcraft Is So Popular

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:05:21 +0000

My character, a mostly harmless pirate- resides in the lonely cemetary on that graph.

By: The Gimcracker

The Gimcracker — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:11:09 +0000

Anything that has The Second Genesis in its title is naturally going to be confusing just for confusing’s sake.

The graph reminds me of Line Rider.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:19:55 +0000

You just sold me. If I had any real time to spare playing video games, the first one I would buy would be EVE.

As it stands, the most involved complex game I can tackle at the moment is some music racer/puzzle game I got on Steam for $10 (audiosurf).

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:20:34 +0000

Having played EVE, and watching people for a year or so play, I think this graph is actually a bit too kind.

Picture yourself being thrust into the future from today, on a space station- hundreds of years in the future. You know nothing of asto-navigation, space cruisers, or even how to buy a sandwich. You arent even sure how to turn on your spaceship let alone navigate.

If for some stupid reason, you decide to leave the space station, you are thrust upon a 365 degree – 3 dimension map of star systems, jump gates (dont even ask how you USE the jump gate) and other things.

If you stray too far – that range is seemingly arbitrary, you can be destroyed by anyone, loosing your stupid little ship.

It’s as though the developers built this massive space simulator and on day 6 of 7 said “OH CRAP THIS IS A MMORPG!” kinda tacking on NPCs and missions, etc.

Trust me, DO NOT play this game unless you have 2 of the following:
1 Astrophysics degree
2 3 months of uninterrupted play time (ask players, they will say it takes this long to get a ship worth anything)
3 Your very own galactic starfleet

Other than all that it rocks.