We are on the brink of something new and exciting. Less than 48 hours from now players will be jumping into new computerized habitats. Taking on new challenges and new frontiers. Mists of Pandaria will be open wide to show the best that the designers, graphic artists, quest developers and minds at Blizzard have to offer.
Along for the ride will also be the detractors from Blizzard. With the simplification of the game to many long time players, Blizzard is taking a chance with Mists of Pandaria in its simplification of a long standing titan of a game. It wants to remain the granddaddy of the MMORPG games and beat down the competitors that are nipping at it's heels.
For Warcraft to survive it will have to again be the innovator of the gaming world that it has been for years. Games such as Rifts and it's event system, Cities of Heroes with it's complex character creation system have opened up the eyes of gamers to what a massively multiplayer game could be. Games that present a Free to Play system have challenged the old ideas of a subscription based
system.
The naysayers have unofficially announced that Mists of Pandaria will be the end of World of Warcraft.
Blizzard at times have shown a reluctance to make changes from time to time with the basic structure
of the game itself. With players clamoring for faster updates, more content and better challenges
they will continually go to where their hunger is satisfied. Whether that is continuing with World of
Warcraft or searching for other games to feed on.
Here at JMTC central I don't believe it is all that dire of an outlook. We are less than
48 hours from that experience that ever player receives with each expansion.
The Oooo and Ahhh of new lands. Of the joys and Frustrations of new monsters and new quests.
The new lore that always interests me when I read it for the first time. That genuine excitement that
I get when I open up my first Christmas gift of the year for myself.
There will always be critics to anything creative. Sometimes they are right, sometimes they are wrong.
But they will always exist no matter how something is presented. The proof will be the players that
stay with the long running champ. That fill up the boards with how awesome a game can still be no
matter how old it is.
This doesn't mean I don't believe that Blizzard needs to keep changing. They cannot remain in stagnant
thought that some games fall into. Creative boss mechanics and quests along with tapping into other
sucessful parts of other games can bring the necessary boost into the product. New graphics
technologies will bring a new sensation to players views of the World of Warcraft.
But if Blizzard chooses to live on its laurels and not continue to lead in MMORPG innovation, it will
fall by the wayside and become it's own WOW killer.
Good Luck and Good Hunting
Popular Posts
-
There’s a lot of information to sort through when bidding, buying, or posting items on the auction house. In fact it’s too much for any one ...
-
Scott Alan Smith is a Crook! Edit: Screen shots and proof/explanation of the cookie stuffing Scott has used in the past are present a...
-
Automating Your Scroll of Enchantment Empire Sovash Korgath-US Alliance Hello JM2C readers! Markco has taken his shield, and a very larg...
-
Shattnerhoff said... " I hate that you try and gouge people for items that cost you nothing to make. How much is enough? You can...
-
This is a fascinating market that has been around since the start of the Darkmoon Faire. I only learned about it a couple months back when a...
-
I received this offer today and I was shocked. Of course I would never sell my account, nor would I ever recommend someone ever do it. But ...
-
Of all my posts at Just My Two Copper , I think that this farming spot is going to excite my hunter readers the most. In this article I am g...
-
I just checked MMO-Champion and to my surprise there was something that was data-mined. It's a real shocker if it's true, read the c...
-
This strategy was written quite a long time ago when snowfall inks sold like hotcakes (they still can for the faire but it's better to c...
-
Guest Post by Aeliel from Dreams of Iso'rath The price of Savage Leather just won’t go down on my server – and I need to level leat...
0 comments: on "The End of Warcraft? Whats Next?"
Post a Comment