The Genre needs to die to be reborn: Fantasy MMO RPG

[DoodyLich666]

Hehe, yep. Barbearian was what my group usually called me.
And on the subject of the op, it does feel like nerd culture, basically any fantasy and Sci-fi, has been appropriated and stripped of its essence to make it more marketable for the main stream. Maybe I’m just getting old though...

[Gravydoo II]

What was a good example of this genre?

[DoodyLich666]

Well, I guess I’m not thinking purely of mmos, but d&d has basically become a murder hobo simulator. The new edition took out most of the skills, and skills are what made characters different. Role play has been pushed to the shadows in favor of high number, fast combat. Magic the gathering feels the same. It used to be a slow, methodical wizard battle with cool art. It feels nothing like that now.
I used to think rpg games were trying to be digital d&d, and they just don’t feel that way anymore.

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by DoodyLich666 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, I guess I’m not thinking purely of mmos, but d&d has basically become a murder hobo simulator. The new edition took out most of the skills, and skills are what made characters different. Role play has been pushed to the shadows in favor of high number, fast combat. Magic the gathering feels the same. It used to be a slow, methodical wizard battle with cool art. It feels nothing like that now.
I used to think rpg games were trying to be digital d&d, and they just don’t feel that way anymore.

They were trying to be digital D&D with cool art. D&D was bought by Hasbro, the kids toy company, awhile back. Some of the big PC game staples have had some rough years. Ater Ziff Davis Jr. died in 2006 it went to pieces.

[Trexller]

OP thinks he can fix gaming the same way the alt left libtard dems think they can fix america.

"a great reset"

[Ennewi]

Originally Posted by DoodyLich666 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, I guess I’m not thinking purely of mmos, but d&d has basically become a murder hobo simulator. The new edition took out most of the skills, and skills are what made characters different. Role play has been pushed to the shadows in favor of high number, fast combat. Magic the gathering feels the same. It used to be a slow, methodical wizard battle with cool art. It feels nothing like that now.
I used to think rpg games were trying to be digital d&d, and they just don’t feel that way anymore.

MTG arena seems more Hearthstonesque with emphasis placed on distracting visual and sound effects. Only checked it out because I heard the bat screech from EQ was being used by one of the black cards and sure enough it was there.

[Jibartik]

lol I love when you hear eq sound effects in car commercials or some oscar nominated movie.

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol I love when you hear eq sound effects in car commercials or some oscar nominated movie.

when I was young, nickelodeon had a game show where when a contestant completed an objective, the EverQuest level up "Ding" sound was played.

That made me unhappy.

fuck you sony for selling our sounds

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

when I was young, nickelodeon had a game show where when a contestant completed an objective, the EverQuest level up "Ding" sound was played.

That made me unhappy.

fuck you sony for selling our sounds

I suspect you have it backwards, I don’t think they were sony’s to sell. Just free use license audio clip art. Eq used it as it was cheap.

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I suspect you have it backwards, I don’t think they were sony’s to sell. Just free use license audio clip art. Eq used it as it was cheap.

Some of those sound effects are also in Elder Scrolls Daggerfall.