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Van_Crackin · 02-07-2007, 08:20 AM

I love MMOs.

I've always wanted a successful, MMOFPS.

And although I do think Huxley may be a decent MMO, the more and more I think about it, the less and less successful I think it will be.
(The only reason I'm posting this here is not to dissuade anyone else from buying it, but for a discussion that perhaps could illuminate other points I've missed or forgotten.)

I'll do this in list form so that those of you who choose to respond can easily take it point by point.

1. Fast paced combat.
Run and gun trigger happy n00blings, 100 on 100? It's going to be a dissapointing fragfest without strategy. How does one coordinate 100 UT-esque fraggers? It was hard enough in UT with 5.

2. Three classes?
That's it? I know there are multiple skills, but three classes? Disappointing.

3. Based mainly off PvP.
I love PvP. More than PvE. But its hard to convincingly advance a story through PvP. I like plot. It matters alot to me.

4. The Xbox version will flop. MMOs are meant to be played with mouse and keyboard, interface mods, in a computer chair. Those Xbox players that deny it are lying to themselves or have never played WoW. When the Xbox version flops, funding goes down and the quality of patches/number of PC servers (unless each community is self sustaining-which I highly doubt), will drop. Plus, if any of you read the Xbox forums there are people already complaining about the monthly fees in addition to LIVE costs.

5. Where's the hype? There was hype for WoW, for Halo, for GoW. For every other big thing. Exception to the rule: Katamari Damacy. :D

6. The extreme graphical toll it will take on people's systems, and possible vista requirements. I have vista, it's a hog. But my machine is one too.

7. There are more but I'm currently being distracted by my girlfriend.
Jsut respond to these and I will be back later.

02-07-2007, 08:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
Van_Crackin Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 71	Why I Don't Think I Will Be Buying Huxley Anymore I love MMOs. I've always wanted a successful, MMOFPS. And although I do think Huxley may be a decent MMO, the more and more I think about it, the less and less successful I think it will be. (The only reason I'm posting this here is not to dissuade anyone else from buying it, but for a discussion that perhaps could illuminate other points I've missed or forgotten.) I'll do this in list form so that those of you who choose to respond can easily take it point by point. 1. Fast paced combat. Run and gun trigger happy n00blings, 100 on 100? It's going to be a dissapointing fragfest without strategy. How does one coordinate 100 UT-esque fraggers? It was hard enough in UT with 5. 2. Three classes? That's it? I know there are multiple skills, but three classes? Disappointing. 3. Based mainly off PvP. I love PvP. More than PvE. But its hard to convincingly advance a story through PvP. I like plot. It matters alot to me. 4. The Xbox version will flop. MMOs are meant to be played with mouse and keyboard, interface mods, in a computer chair. Those Xbox players that deny it are lying to themselves or have never played WoW. When the Xbox version flops, funding goes down and the quality of patches/number of PC servers (unless each community is self sustaining-which I highly doubt), will drop. Plus, if any of you read the Xbox forums there are people already complaining about the monthly fees in addition to LIVE costs. 5. Where's the hype? There was hype for WoW, for Halo, for GoW. For every other big thing. Exception to the rule: Katamari Damacy. :D 6. The extreme graphical toll it will take on people's systems, and possible vista requirements. I have vista, it's a hog. But my machine is one too. 7. There are more but I'm currently being distracted by my girlfriend. Jsut respond to these and I will be back later.