I love WoW and am having a wonderful time playing it. I was thinking that if I could change anything about it, I would give it faster action... similar to Diablo II.
To me, the ultimate MMORPG would be a combination of WoW and Diablo II. I love the size of the WoW world and the variety of races, classes, quests, skills, etc. The turn-based fighting does get a bit boring to me sometimes, though. I miss the days of the absolute MADNESS of Diablo II. Whether PvE or PvP, Diablo II required lighting reflexes to survive through the arcade-style hacking and slashing. It was not only hack and slash, though, but a combination of attacking, running for your life, and firing off spells as fast as you could hit the F-keys. The only thing was that the game was small and limited, so there was only so much to do (even though I managed to sqeeze two years out of it).
I think that it would be wonderful to have a game like WoW but maybe a more top-down or 3/4 screen view with increased speed of the action. I know that it would be very hard on any machine to run a game like this completely in 3D, so maybe have 2D characters on a 3D background (I think Ragnarok Online does this). I know some people cringe at the mention of "2D graphics" but I'm not afraid to admit that I love 2D. There is just an unmatched level of beauty and detail that can be gained from hand-drawn 2D graphics on a more modern system, not to mention they are less taxing on the system. Then again, if there were a way to do 3D sprites as well, then by all means that should be what's done (think Warcraft 3). I do think that the world should be done in 3D either way, though, as it is much easier on the programmers... especially when expanding the content.
Ah... maybe someday there will be something like this. I think that given the success of both D2 and WoW, a game like this would be the most addictive game ever made.
To me, the ultimate MMORPG would be a combination of WoW and Diablo II. I love the size of the WoW world and the variety of races, classes, quests, skills, etc. The turn-based fighting does get a bit boring to me sometimes, though. I miss the days of the absolute MADNESS of Diablo II. Whether PvE or PvP, Diablo II required lighting reflexes to survive through the arcade-style hacking and slashing. It was not only hack and slash, though, but a combination of attacking, running for your life, and firing off spells as fast as you could hit the F-keys. The only thing was that the game was small and limited, so there was only so much to do (even though I managed to sqeeze two years out of it).
I think that it would be wonderful to have a game like WoW but maybe a more top-down or 3/4 screen view with increased speed of the action. I know that it would be very hard on any machine to run a game like this completely in 3D, so maybe have 2D characters on a 3D background (I think Ragnarok Online does this). I know some people cringe at the mention of "2D graphics" but I'm not afraid to admit that I love 2D. There is just an unmatched level of beauty and detail that can be gained from hand-drawn 2D graphics on a more modern system, not to mention they are less taxing on the system. Then again, if there were a way to do 3D sprites as well, then by all means that should be what's done (think Warcraft 3). I do think that the world should be done in 3D either way, though, as it is much easier on the programmers... especially when expanding the content.
Ah... maybe someday there will be something like this. I think that given the success of both D2 and WoW, a game like this would be the most addictive game ever made.
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