Rift

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 20th, 2011, 12:09

I can't remember exactly why but this game piqued my interest after I saw the early videos. I suspect it was the promise of dynamic content and the variety of environments, due to the rift mechanic. Having watched the game preview video below I'm seriously tempted to stick in a pre-order.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_9oiBivg-g[/media]

Anyone else interested?

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 20th, 2011, 17:16

PCG (or RPS, I forget) seem to be moderately optimistic about this. I'm not keen on pre-ordering an MMO though after the amount of fails released.

Post by **Grimmie** » January 20th, 2011, 18:23

It looks sort of like a cross between WoW and the Warhammer MMO..
The level of class customisation looks promising, but I hope there's more to separate it from the big boys than just that.

Personally I'm holding out for Guild Wars II

Post by **Joose** » January 20th, 2011, 18:36

Grimmie wrote:The level of class customisation looks promising, but I hope there's more to separate it from the big boys than just that.

this, but I've not seen anything so far to convince me that, class customisation aside, its not just another lacklustre WoW clone.

Personally I'm holding out for Guild Wars II

also this, although DCUO is working rather well as a stopgap.

Imperatore · Post by **Imperatore** » January 20th, 2011, 19:07

I'm a sucker for a MMO. That said if SWTOR fails I'll lose all hope.

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » January 20th, 2011, 19:08

Imperatore wrote:I'm a sucker for a MMO. That said if SWTOR fails I'll lose all hope.

pro tip:

set your standards low, that way youll never be disappointed

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 20th, 2011, 19:11

shot2bits wrote:
pro tip:

set your standards low, that way youll never be disappointed

Agreed. An old girlfriend told me that.

Wait...

Imperatore · Post by **Imperatore** » January 20th, 2011, 19:17

shot2bits wrote:
pro tip:

set your standards low, that way youll never be disappointed

I actually do this with EVERYTHING in life except games oddly enough.

Edit: this quote from MMONG.com caught my attention: "Rift is a perfect game for folks who want more of the EQ2, WAR, WoW, LotRO, style but are sick of the previously mentioned games and would like to see a new take on the tried and true model."

Post by **FatherJack** » January 21st, 2011, 10:20

Will it be free to play? That seems to be the only way new MMOs are getting played beyond their trial sub/30 day time limits these days.

Even LoTRO which is the most polished example outside of WoW I've seen have now adopted the model. Allods Online, which I think has always been free is another example of a very slick-looking WoW-that's-not-WoW.

I think we need more things that really aren't WoW at all, because that market's sewn up.

I don't know what to expect from Guild Wars 2. If it's mainly a graphics update, that doesn't really count for much - I'd still be playing Guild Wars all the while if I liked everything else about it.

Post by **Grimmie** » January 21st, 2011, 10:49

FatherJack wrote:I don't know what to expect from Guild Wars 2. If it's mainly a graphics update, that doesn't really count for much.

They're reworked the way you get quests, I believe.
They're meant to be more tailored to 'you' and 'your story'.

Dunno how it will work in practice, but all the blurb on the GW II site looks promising.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 21st, 2011, 15:54

Yeah, the opening quests and storyline quests scattered around the game will alter the area around your 'home', which everyone will have in the city and be able to invite people to see. That alone is enough to pique my interest, without the payment model and old GW style of 'talent' builds.

FatherJack wrote:I think we need more things that really aren't WoW at all, because that market's sewn up.

Very much agreed.

Post by **Grimmie** » January 21st, 2011, 16:35

I watched the second part of their review, more WoW/WAR style gameplay.
That's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just not different, and those games didn't keep my attention long.

They're exploring the WAR style "public quests" in their next video.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 22nd, 2011, 10:44

Grimmie wrote:I watched the second part of their review, more WoW/WAR style gameplay.
That's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just not different, and those games didn't keep my attention long.

Sadly this.

I was hoping for something more. However we've only seen the very early game, hopefully the public questing will be more interesting.

It seems pretty easy to get a beta key without pre-order, I've received mine. Just gotta wait for a beta event then I can get a preview.

Post by **Roman Totale** » January 22nd, 2011, 11:06

When I win hundreds of millions on the Euro Lottery, I will make that SLA MMO

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 22nd, 2011, 11:30

Roman Totale wrote:When I win hundreds of millions on the Euro Lottery, I will make that SLA MMO

You'll need a creative lead for that.