I’m not quite sure how something could have a broader appeal than World of Warcraft, but apparently Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick thinks his company can do it.
Just in case you live under a fucking rock, World of Warcraft is the biggest and most dominant game in the MMO space right now – topping something like 10+ million subscribers. That’s a lot of people playing this fucking game.
To me, that seems about as popular as a game like World of Warcraft could be. Although some things that might be considered more popular, perhaps the subject of Activision’s new game:
- Blowjobs (World of Fellation)
- Naked chicks (World of Naked Chicks Craft)
- The World of The World of Warcraft
That is actually all I can think of right now. Failing a game about blowjobs, I’m thinking that Blizzard might be making a more fast paced and modern MMORPG game. The Massive Multiplayer Online genre itself dates back a little more than a decade or so, and considering the age of the genre, not much has really changed about the gameplay. Most games are cooldown or auto attack based, and character advancement can slow down to a crawl or become tedious after a while. Part of this is that these type of games need to be designed around a range of computer hardware configurations, and part of this is due to somewhat lazy developers trying to copy design elements instead of innovating.
My money is on a massive third person action game, like Mass Effect, perhaps set in modern day or a sci-fi setting. If there is anyone who can pull this off, it’s Blizzard. And frankly, I’m sick of swords and sorcery games. Just give me a fucking railgun.
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whatever it is, if blizzard wills it to be the best, it shall be the best. they learned a ton from WoW and it has changed/evolved drastically since its release in 2004, much to the disappointment of the hardcore, but much to the delight of the casual. This was the perfect testing ground to come right out of the gate next time with a hyper casual/time sink/mmo that will net massive amounts of players across all demographics.
Knowing Blizzard who knows how long this mmo will take to develop but who’s in a rush when we have WoW?
Blizzard has made an absolute killing off wow, and now they want back all the Aion players! New patches, and expansion packs like Lich King and Cataclysm aren’t for them. But they’re letting us know they have something up their sleeve.