wired magazine reviews the NGE

[Merlyn]

http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101, ... _tophead_1

interesting read.

[Jabe Adaks]

Sounded like the NY Times article, just a bit worse. Ouch.

Jabe

[Sai'nu]

I just call it drumming up more negative reinforcement reminders at this point.

/shrug

My 2 credits.

[Shensen]

Well we always have you for the endless positive reinforcement so it's all good.

[Sai'nu]

Someone has gotta step up to the plate and give ya all some glimmer of hope. Jus' hope I'm doing a good job for some of ya.

[Skorixor]

another great article bashing swg. I love it. There can't be enough articles in major publications explaining how we got screwed.

[Shensen]

There can't be enough articles in major publications explaining how we got screwed.

Completely agree.

[Keer]

"...the maraschino cherry on top of a sundae of failure."

LOL. I really don't care anymore, but this is funny as hell.

[Ekade]

"You put in a lot of time, your character changes and grows," says Burke, a Galaxies player himself. "So to be told that in two weeks, your labor investment, your year and a half's worth of work, is going to be destroyed, is tough for some people to take."

Not to mention an emotional investment.


The thing that REALLY bothers me.. I worry that this experience will prevent me from truly getting into my future characters. I really really enjoyed playing Ekade. She had her own personality which was both like and unlike my own.

Ekade was fun to play because of the amount of effort and emotional investment I put into developing her. To do it half-assed would have been a much less rewarding experience.

Did I expect to be able to play her forever? No. But I did not expect for the end to come as swiftly as it did. I was hoping I could part ways with my beloved character on my own terms.

Many, including Orr and Hocke, have begun to play the popular World of Warcraft. Members of the forum report that their new WOW community alone numbers 300 ex-Galaxies players.

WoW is a lot fun.. but the RP magic is just not the same.

Gamers may feel betrayed if the sequel to their favorite game isn't as good as the original, but they can play the original any time they want.

Not so for those who enjoyed the original Galaxies. It's gone forever.

*sighs deeply, hangs head, and sulks off*

[snado]

/comfort Ekade

Its aright, just think of mario dancing on a pole, that oughta cheer you up some.

[Skorixor]

/comfort Ekade

Its aright, just think of mario dancing on a pole, that oughta cheer you up some.

ekade is into sweaty plumbers with big mustaches and red trousers?

[Shensen]

/comfort Ekade

Its aright, just think of mario dancing on a pole, that oughta cheer you up some.

ekade is into sweaty plumbers with big mustaches and red trousers?

The guy in your avatar? :O

[Dew]

one of which is Jedi. In the previous version of the game, only a precious few dedicated, lucky players could hope to attain the use of the Force.

Can you tell the person writing this piece never played the game before lol

[snado]

he was talking bout the hologrind era probaly

[Dew]

he was talking bout the hologrind era probaly

So either he has never played the game, or hasn't played it for a long time lol