ExcalPilot1
1st Lieutenant
As the title implies, was WCIII A wonderful installment, or did it stray too far from the original concept of the WC Universe?
I started out with WCIII, and some of the people that I had talked to said that it was the worst because it was different from one & two.
Theres are the same people who didn't like Prophecy because it wasn't as story-intensive as WC4. That said, everyone complained about WC4 being so cutscene heavy that they (rightly) decided to bring Prophecy back to a much more WC1 style of gaming (more flying, "simplified" plot).
Its cyclic. We're currently seeing this with the Force Unleashed jerks: the Internets and Kotakus were blase towards the first one - and immedeately took offense that the new one wasn't like the first one which somehow became this holy grail in hindsight.
I hate the first one for destroying Star Wars lore, and I'm sure I'll hate the second for the same reason.
Theres are the same people who didn't like Prophecy because it wasn't as story-intensive as WC4. That said, everyone complained about WC4 being so cutscene heavy that they (rightly) decided to bring Prophecy back to a much more WC1 style of gaming (more flying, "simplified" plot).
Its cyclic. We're currently seeing this with the Force Unleashed jerks: the Internets and Kotakus were blase towards the first one - and immedeately took offense that the new one wasn't like the first one which somehow became this holy grail in hindsight.
I thought that argument was that the second one was TOO much like the first, except it was missing some options from the first, was shorter, was more imbalanced from the standpoint of your progress in acquiring abilities, and had a worse story.
So, even if the first one sucked (and I thought it was OK, myself), the second one failing to even stack up to the first is a legitimate complaint.
The problem is that you can't say that the second game is too much like the first ... and then say the second one failed to do what the first one did, if they tread the same ground. Thats trying to have it both ways.
The Force Unleashed didn't do any more damage than the Expanded Universe hasn't done already.
How can the Expanded Universe somehow have done more damage?
I don't know what popular opinion towards Ultima Online was at release...
I think it's possible to try to rehash something but then come up with a worse execution of it the second time around, and that's the vibe I'm getting from the negative comments on this game. I have yet to play the second game much, but I intend to, so I'll have to wait until I'm finished with it to see whether or not I agree with that.
I don't really understand this post. The Force Unleashed destroyed the Expanded Universe. How can the Expanded Universe somehow have done more damage?
None of the EU stuff follows the basic Star Wars formulas: myth, legend, archtype characters, mystery of faith, youth leaving the farm to find adventure, etc.