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DArtagnan
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The thing that has changed about modern MMOs is that we're sick of the formula. We don't actually long for the past, because we're done with it.
We long for the FEELING we had in the past, when the genre still managed to engage and excite us so much.
While it's tempting to believe all these multimillion dollar games are complete crap, that's not really the case.
They're just part of something we're no longer willing to invest in.
So, for the MMO genre to excite us again - they don't need to go back in time and redo the past.
No, they need to EVOLVE and change SIGNIFICANTLY - or completely.
You could take any modern MMO like WoW, GW2, ESO and so on - and you could incorporate all these wish-list features like forced grouping, sandbox gameplay, "hard" content and so on - and you'd still be bored very quickly.
We need an entirely new design paradigm - and we need a completely new level of quality and ways of interacting.
When we get THAT, the above features will hardly matter. Even if this elusive new and great design will be fully playable solo and have a ton of handholding features - it will STILL be much, much more interesting than the above.
At least, that's what I believe.
We long for the FEELING we had in the past, when the genre still managed to engage and excite us so much.
While it's tempting to believe all these multimillion dollar games are complete crap, that's not really the case.
They're just part of something we're no longer willing to invest in.
So, for the MMO genre to excite us again - they don't need to go back in time and redo the past.
No, they need to EVOLVE and change SIGNIFICANTLY - or completely.
You could take any modern MMO like WoW, GW2, ESO and so on - and you could incorporate all these wish-list features like forced grouping, sandbox gameplay, "hard" content and so on - and you'd still be bored very quickly.
We need an entirely new design paradigm - and we need a completely new level of quality and ways of interacting.
When we get THAT, the above features will hardly matter. Even if this elusive new and great design will be fully playable solo and have a ton of handholding features - it will STILL be much, much more interesting than the above.
At least, that's what I believe.