Worse Launch Ever?

[StarDrake]

Not even remotely close to worst ever. A lot of you kids probably don't even remember Anarchy Online.

ARR, at least, has a functional client, with all the major issues currently being caused by server-side failings. Anarchy Online didn't even have that.

Hell, FFXIV's 1.0 release was worse than this in a lot of regards. Again, when the server isn't completely losing it, ARR works just fine and is a lot of fun. The same could not be said for 1.0.

[Greenbean]

Two worlds has to be the worst game of all time.

[Blackheart]

since this isn't the actual launch i'd have to say no, and even if it was i've been through worse lol

[avaughnimous]

Still haven't seen a worse one than Diablo 3. Absolutely terrible. Destroyed my enthusiasm for the game. And then I actually PLAYED the game, and that only served to cement my lack of enthusiasm. Massive disappointment.

[Woofles]

Still haven't seen a worse one than Diablo 3. Absolutely terrible.

Was going to bring up this one myself, diablo 3 was really bad, expecially considering it isn't a true MMO. Probably wasn't the worst ever, anarchy online sounds awful based on this thread, but it was the game that sprang to mind for me in recent memory.

[Neutron]

I'd say "no" to the worse launch ever simply because I have *nearly* error free on the Japanese servers. Thus far the +'s are the population is rather nice, the world looks very good, quests are entertaining, tons of tongue in cheek jokes (aethernet anyone?), the game play is smooth, classes are fun and distinct, there was thought put into each region to accommodate power levelers. The -'s are can't skip the character transit to the starting city, can't skip the starting quests (I know my way around by the 2nd alt in a town, thanks), I couldn't play with my bud on Diabloooo all day, no costume slot for a customized look, and sometimes gear progression makes me go whut (the S&M level 10 lancer gear?).

Who knows, they might offer free character transfers once everything has launched.

[StarDrake]

I'd say "no" to the worse launch ever simply because I have *nearly* error free on the Japanese servers.[...]

Yeah, this is the real frustrating part; like I said, the client is well-tested and just fine. Every single problem the game has in NA right now is related to server issues. Every single one.

There's a bunch of games, past and present - D3, Anarchy, Neocron, Conan - which can't claim to have been good games beneath the server issues. In that regard, this isn't nearly as bad a launch as the game itself is perfectly workable so long as the servers themselves aren't horribly overloaded. It's just the frequency of being overloaded in prime time that's the real issue.

[HEC]

no costume slot for a customized look

You'll have some spare gear slots once you start unlocking secondary classes on you main character.

[Mellotronscratch]

I wonder if integrating PS3 into the system gave some hiccups.

[Puck]

Anarchy Online. Prove me wrong.