Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Jynx]

I think SW: TOR will do really well, Bioware don't often make bad games (Dragon Age 2 doing surprisingly badly, but given that EA now own Bioware to an extent, it wasn't too surprising ), and I was going to join it, but after playing FFXIV I don't have the desire to play TOR anymore.

You want to know why I think SW: TOR will fail like flaming pancakes?

This isn't EA's first forray into the MMO market, they bought out Origin and took over the Ultima franchise including Ultima Online a one of the first big thriving MMO's on the market. What did EA do?

They drove it into the ground.

[Konachibi]

You want to know why I think SW: TOR will fail like flaming pancakes?

This isn't EA's first forray into the MMO market, they bought out Origin and took over the Ultima franchise including Ultima Online a one of the first big thriving MMO's on the market. What did EA do?

They drove it into the ground.

And let's not forget another of their noticable fails, Warhammer Online. Bad developers (Mythic) with bad publishers (EA), it was only going to go one way.

Warhammer 40k: Dark Millenium looks to be shaping up nicely though, and it'll be THQ's first jump into the mmo market.

[Azurymber]

And let's not forget another of their noticable fails, Warhammer Online. Bad developers (Mythic) with bad publishers (EA), it was only going to go one way.

Warhammer 40k: Dark Millenium looks to be shaping up nicely though, and it'll be THQ's first jump into the mmo market.

I don't think it has necrons though which is disappointing :x

[Konachibi]

I don't think it has necrons though which is disappointing :x

There's always room for expansion packs.

So far I think they've announced Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orcs, Chaos Marines, Chaos Demons and Eldar.

If it let me play as a Dark Eldar, I'd play it.

[Azurymber]

i dont think it will be a serious threat to FFXIV though because there aren't -that- many people into it

[Coglin]

All I read was the first page of this thread. From that all I can say is that everyone on the first page needs to purchase a dictionary, because from most of the posts its clear 90% here don't even comprehend the meaning of the word "immersion"

[Konachibi]

i dont think it will be a serious threat to FFXIV though because there aren't -that- many people into it

Indeed, the differences between Warhammer 40k and FFXIV are huge and abundant. One is a violent sci-fi set in the future with spaceships and different planets, the other is a fantasy game with scorcery, swordfighting and kingdoms. All down to personal preference, but I imagine there's more FFXIV players that prefer it's fantasy genre over playing a sci-fi.

If you meant that there weren't too many people into Warhammer 40k though you'd be wrong. I go into a nearby Games Workshop quite regularly and it's always packed full of people, with new people coming in all the time. W40k - Dawn Of War really helped to promote it as a franchise as a lot more people started getting into the tabletop game after playing that, from my experience of talking to new tabletop players.

[Ilean]

http://kotaku.com/5841304/new-video-game-delivers-the-immersive-realism-of-waiting-5-hours-in-line-at-a-museum

[Azurymber]

http://kotaku.com/5841304/new-video-game-delivers-the-immersive-realism-of-waiting-5-hours-in-line-at-a-museum

see thats a really epic example of a game successfully pulling off immersion. I've played it for 5ish hours and had a lot of fun.

[Charismatic]

see thats a really epic example of a game successfully pulling off immersion. I've played it for 5ish hours and had a lot of fun.

ROFL

God, I really hope this is a joke.