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    Duke Nukem Forever- RIP

    This one is very different. A decade of work won't be over-looked by any major gaming company. It'd be like building a city for 1,000,000 people from scratch, it has running water, electric plants, sewage, fiber to the wall, industries, commercial, and residental. Then running out of money at...
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    Duke Nukem Forever- RIP

    They have too much work on it. It sounds like by reading the blog of the now out-of-work designers, that 3D Realms wanted to create the most in-depth, stirring, and greatest game of all time. With a relatively small amount of work I bet it could be released anytime. Somebody will buy it, polish...
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    Simu Rumor Mill

    I don't think this is HJ related (other than maybe a Hero Engine thing). I expect to see a large influx (100+) of new hires into Simu and probably Simu moving out of that shack they're crammed into (not as much crammed now that they laid off such a large number of their force) about 4 months...
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    Simu Rumor Mill

    Thought since we don't have any information coming out of them, might as well make somewhere we can discuss rumors. I'll go first: Gossip from Simu Just what somebody heard on Gemstone PC Forums...
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    Off Topic

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/60303/futurama-the-enemy
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    Still Humming Along

    I would like this too, but I think in an MMO, without instances, it's impossible. There's too many players per world. You would have to severely limit the players per world, make a game that's unrivaled in sheer land area, and have hundreds of different ways one can contribute to the war effort.
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    Still Humming Along

    And while we WANT purpose to exist in the game world in a real and measurable way, I think the only real way to pull it off is in instances. There's only so many walls and bridges and food reserves the player community requires. There's only so much stuff you can do, and no amount of GM...
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    Still Humming Along

    Well. The only problem with all NPCs contributing to the economy and reacting to it is the mobs. How quickly would boars have to be able to reproduce in order to satisfy the bloodlust of new adventurers? If you make it so they only are unconscious then you can't get pelts & teeth and such from...
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    Still Humming Along

    I'm not sure the term 'grinding' can be considered in WOW. FFXI is a grind, Gemstone IV is a motha of a grind. And it's not that WOW 'guides' you. It's that your experience is identical to everybody elses. It doesn't really give you a choice. You have to do the quests or your gear is gimped and...
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    Still Humming Along

    WOW is cookie cutter. It's sandbox. Here's my first log in into any game that I will later classify as a WOW-type game. I log into the game. I'm given a character select screen. I am given certain options; race, class, and 10-15 ways to change the appearance of my toon. I choose a server...
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    Still Humming Along

    You fargin racist, sexist, ageist bastage!
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    Still Humming Along

    Easy. Just a few simple questions. 1) Have you played EQ2 when it first came out and then now? 2) If so, What has changed? 3) Why has it changed? EQ2 has been changing since it came out, some for the better some for the worse. But a huge majority of the changes are right in line with...
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    Still Humming Along

    It's difficult when you miss my point. And it's probably me; I have a tendency to be confusing when I mean to be making myself clearer. So it's your contention that the WOW clones are just as challenging as FFXI. I agree that all games are fun for different reasons. But the reasons I believe...
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    Still Humming Along

    I guess I was confused, read level 10 and figured that's where you got... But If FFXI seemed so horrible, why did you play it so much? That's a lot of leveling for somebody who hates the game... I really hate Broccoli. I don't eat Broccoli. That's all I ever did in those games (WOW, EQ2...
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