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Originally Posted by Ngruk  Under that philosophy people should have stopped trying to make sci-fi movies after Star Wars? Or stop making Fantasy movies after Excalibur?
People rarely remember who does things first, but everyone remembers who does it best don't they? |
Ok but you have to agree you can't get much better than a cracked out Merlin going apeshit on Morgana, or a long alcoholic Arthur throwing Excalibur down between his former best man and his wife who really shouldn't have been expected to remain faithful to a dude we can only assume was limp at best for the greater part of 10 years or so. That movie was so awesome.
Sure, everyone remembers who does it best, but the people who
do it the best typically know who does it first, if you catch my drift. That said, I quit WoW shortly after release (1.3?ish) because everything in the game at that point had been beaten, and playing a warrior FUCKING SUCKED BALLS. I came back later after they fixed many of the issues and have found it quite enjoyable (except for the period from BC's release to 2.2 or so where it seems like they COMPLETELY FUCKING FORGOT everything they did in 1.x to make the game better). I also quit EverQuest in Luclin and came back for PoP's release through to WoW beta.
I did not go back to Anarchy Online after their aborted ass launch, I did not go back to Asheron's Call after spending 3 minutes in the game and realizing I'd rather suck off a horse than play that piece of shit, I did not go back to DAoC after getting up to level 40 or so.
EDIT: Also, both WoW and EverQuest had two of the absolute worst launches in MMO history save for MAYBE Anarchy Online (maybe), but have been the front runners of the genre for the greater part of a decade now. EverQuest, in particular, didn't start picking up momentum until Christmas 1999 as I recall, and even then the game only steadily grew until WoW's release. I'm not sure if you were around for EQ's launch or not, but I was, and it fucking sucked. It was literally unplayable across all servers for damn near a week. Granted, it wasn't really EQ's fault, but still. I don't think I got as frustrated with AO's launch as I did with EQ's.
