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SWG: The Pursuit of a Mythical Audience @ MMORPG.com

by Dhruin, 2006-06-14 08:38:00
An interesting article from MMORPG.com entitled <a href="http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?gameId=6&setView=features&loadFeature=714&bhcp=1" target="_blank">SWG: In Pursuit of a Mythical Audience</a> contends the core concept of the New Game Experience is flawed:<blockquote><em>There probably has been no MMORPG that has caused more controversy than Sony Online Entertainmenta "!s (SOE) Star Wars Galaxies. Ita "!s core game has been fundamentally altered twice, and debate has still been very intense, even six months after the latest revision, the a SNew Game Enhancements.a ? (NGE) While one can look for varying reasons as to why such changes were made, one is obvious: people, from LucasArts representatives Nancy Macintyre and Julio Torres, to numerous developers, all the way to the head of SOE John Smedley himself have argued that the changes were necessary to truly attract a crowd worthy of Star Wars. I believe this approach is flawed for numerous reasons.</em></blockquote>

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SW: Galaxies

SP/MP: Massive
Setting: Sci-Fi
Genre: MMORPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released


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