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Do you really believe that McDonald's #2 World of Warcraft is the basis for which future games will be compared? You uh... ever play that pre EQII game? what's the name again?
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You do realize that the core gameplay in WoW is very similar to EQ, right? There are some class mechanics that are *very* different, and the combat is a bit more fast-paced, but it's very much so a similar style of game. WoW is a refined EverQuest, plain and simple. It follows a similar progression style that EQ did, now it just needs to deliver some post-level cap progression other than raiding(and rep grinds, unless they start offering abilities and talents through reputations), and it'll be golden.
I played EQ for nearly 5 years and I can't say I'm disappointed in WoW at all. I also think the game has done a very good thing for the genre - it's picked it up of its feet after massive failure after massive failure of releases. EQ was growing stale even before WoW entered beta - much more and I think people would have been searching for a new genre to spend their time in.
Basically, this game saved the genre. And you think that's a bad thing?
